I've asked myself about the future of Blitzkrieg Portal at regular intervals over the years. One obvious choice would have been Sudden Strike 3 (many players came to Blitzkrieg from the Sudden Strike series) but this already has a well-establish community. I have considered covering other games but a lack of time makes it difficult to consider the options. What is the future of Blitzkrieg Portal after Blitzkrieg ?
Blitzkrieg 1 came out in 2003 but it looks as if Blitzkrieg 2 hasn’t sparked off the same interest among players. Occasionally .uk referrals generate enough revenue to trigger a gift certificate from Amazon (which always goes on books) but, on the other hand, has generated $20 this year so I won't be retiring any time soon!ġ0.
Why should visitors have to look at adverts for villas in Bulgaria or for something they will never buy when all they want to do is download a map for a game? Unfortunately the referral fees generated when visitors order through the Amazon affiliate sites are not sufficient to cover the hosting expenses. The ethos behind Blitzkrieg Portal is easy access to everything for Blitzkrieg.
I am not opposed to internet advertising per-se but I never felt it would suit the site. The decision to have no advertising on the site (and forums) was deliberate. Is the site attractive to advertisers ? If so, is it a deliberate choice to limit advertisement ? Is the advertisement for Amazon sufficient to cover the expenses of your site? Blitzkrieg Portal advertises Amazon only and the adverts aim at selling books and games about WW II. We have “specials” for major events, such as an hour-by-hour account from the opening days of the Battle of Kursk (complete with relevant screenshots from Active Gaming’s Mission Kursk expansion) and the Russo-Finnish Winter War.ĩ. I am especially proud of the “On This Day” section which lists events that took place on the same day and month in WW2. In the near future I would like to see more historical information published.
As well as hosting as many maps and mods for the series as possible and publishing tutorials and reviews the site also began featuring profiles of armoured fighting vehicles, though this is one area where there is definitely room for expansion. The site had a major relaunch with a new content delivery engine and was made available in both English and German languages (and that remained the case until only recently when only a lack of translators forced a switch to English news only). When Blitzkrieg Bunker shut down suddenly in early 2005 Blitzkrieg Portal launched its own forums and milknova came aboard to manage the German community. There were no forums initially but in November 2004 I accepted an invitation from milknova (who was co-admin of the German Blitzkrieg Bunker site) to run an English language sub-forum as part of the Blitzkrieg Bunker forums. Judge Dredd™, STRONTIUM DOG™ Rebellion A/S, ©Rebellion A/S, All rights reserved.At that time in the game's life we were seeing the release of La Plata Studio's Rolling Thunder, announcements about Stalingrad, Total Challenge IV and pre-release information about Blitzkrieg II so the site expanded to include news items. 2000AD® 2000AD is a registered trade mark ® and © Rebellion A/S All rights reserved. K-9 image © BBC/Bob Baker/Dave Martin 1977. Cyberman image © BBC/Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis 1966. BBC, DOCTOR WHO (word marks, logos and devices), TARDIS, DALEKS, CYBERMAN and K-9 (word marks and devices) are trade marks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under licence. Warlord Games, Bolt Action, Pike & Shotte, Hail Caesar, Cruel Seas, Black Powder, Black Seas, Warlords of Erehwon, Blood Red Skies, SPQR, Beyond the Gates of Antares, Gates of Antares, Algoryn, Boromite, Lavamite, Isorian Shard, Concord, Ghar, NuHu and Freeborn are either ® or ™, and/or © Warlord Games Limited, variably registered around the world.
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