just a quick question?

how does isketch make its money??

I dont see adverts in the rooms although it looks as if there is space for them.

just confused to how it can be ran with no way of making money (that i can see)

sorry if that was a stupid question btw

Col-rox

weren't advertisements recently added? i always get a Trend Micro Security one, or one that says "click here for info about advertising here."

and Rob can't possibly spend all his time on iSketch... right?

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i don't (well havn't had yet) any adverts.

and who is Rob???

Isketch does not currently make any money. It seems they're goint to start making a little money as they've put an ad bar just below the game, managed by adbrite. A bar like that would probably cover its hosting and traffic costs, but otherwise the game is clear of any serious financial transactions.

Rob is the owner and creator of iSketch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/isketch

Edit: nevermind, the wiki entry was edited and at a glance it seems rob's name no longer appears on it.

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Rob is ace, i like Rob!

suprised about Rob not wanting to cash in like most game sites do.

he must do it for the love

Rob is our GOD!
He created isketch for us....much like God created the world.
We should worship Rob. And feed him strawberries

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Remember us pleading to the isketch gods (namely Ivonne and Rob) on the forum last october during the brownout?

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well i was gonna put god but didn't know how the forum felt about religious involvment.

how about Demi-god?

*whispers - i mean god realy Rob

Ahem!

I don't think the forum's ever dwelled into people's religious beliefs.

But being little pagans as we are, we do have this sort of isketch cult here

And thus isketchforum it is called.

Disclaimer: isketchforum has no association with isketch whatsoever or is sponsored by the creators of isketch.

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Pagans? Didn't HE get banned recently?

I had some ads on screen last week and I have a habit of tapping my pen on the tablet to get it connecting before I draw - so I know where the cursor is. How many times did I log out of isketch because of it???

Don't answer - I'll tell you - 5 times in 3 consecutive games.

I then reduced the window size so that I could only see the names and chat on the left across to the main box. I will use this in future - that way I don't have to see any ads. Or accidentally click on them

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I have that problem too, minus the pen. I can't keep control of my touchpad sometimes, and I keep hitting the ads on the bottom instead. If the ads opened up into a seperate window, I wouldn't mind, but it opens up into window that isketch is already in :S

I've done what you've done, as that's the only solution it seems. Loads of people keep clicking the ads by mistake though. I see people vanish and come back and cursing it, lol. It's something I was going to write to feedback about, but I forgot. XD

thats why some people are realy good at drawing!! touchpads!!

i just presumed all were using mice because i was! lol!

Erm - it does help - but you may find that quite a few of us use graphics tablets. Although if you can't draw to start with it just helps to make your already crap drawings less crap looking

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You are right that Rob runs isketch without charging players and is aided by a dedicated team of admin volounteers (just thought 'd mention that LOL)

Many thanks guys xx

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Touchpads = good drawing? Never! lol! Well, not for me, anyway. I think you mean like a graphics tablet, like BM pointed out :) I just use the touchpad on the laptop, which I find is harder to use than a mouse.

As irrelevant as this is to the thread, I feel I need to stand up for touchpads again. Touchpad drawing is much easier than using a big bulky clumsy stupid mouse. It's easier to move your finger around in a way you want to draw than it is to move your hand, to move a mouse to get the picture you want.