I think that group on Steam or IRC will be good ideas :)

[There's also the Desura group!](http://www.desura.com/groups/gaming-on-linux)

We're 126 strong there :D

Quoting: mentoriousI think that group on Steam or IRC will be good ideas 

I'm not too sure how much an IRC channel would help grow the community, but a Steam group, definitely now Steam Linux is upon us, would be a good idea. I post in many other forums, so I'll keep a link in my signature to help out a bit. Providing I'm not breaking any of their rules.

Thanks guys signature links on your favourite forums help as well :)

We do have a Steam group - I need to be more active on it I think!

Quoting: liamdaweThanks guys signature links on your favourite forums help as well

We do have a Steam group - I need to be more active on it I think!

I did have a quick Google search for it, but no luck. Would you be so kind and provide a link? :p

[http://steamcommunity.com/groups/gamingonlinux](http://steamcommunity.com/groups/gamingonlinux)

There you go :P

Quoting: liamdawehttp://steamcommunity.com/groups/gamingonlinux

There you go

*wipes off dust*

Thank you. :) We'll see what we can do about this. :P

Events are very interesting things in groups on Steam. Maybe organize a some challenges for users in free time (weekends) ?

What sort of challenges? Would need to be interesting.

I don't know, we can to think something. E.g. regulary Team Fortress 2 matches with our closed ranking on the group page or other short contest.

I mean that the game must be free to play for all gamers and available on Steam.

Heh, just got TF2 working today ;)

Isn't this one of the _only_ forums dedicated to linux gaming?

The only other one I've ever found was the linuX-clan.net, but it's all in German.
There are others, sure, but only as subforums.

So maybe you could get more users here by pointing out to them that this is (unless I'm wrong) the only english speaking forum purely dedicated to general gaming discussions on all Linux distros.
It's what attracted me here at least...

I'm pretty sure there must be other Linux gaming forums somewhere.

The problem I am having is other Linux websites don't want to feature any of our content, omgubuntu never reply, webupd8 replied with our content isn't fit for his website...then 2 days later posted gaming news which annoyed me a bit.

Lxer accept most of what i submit to them as does reddit.

Need to find other places to get the word out to grow the website, give me a hand folks and spread the good word. I want to be able to keep bringing you the news!

Well i've submitted a few links to some bigger G+ communities, hopefully that will help.

I wanted to register to suggest something that seems to have been missed and is something I've witnessed to have huge returns when used.

A [Facebook contest](http://smallbusiness.chron.com/make-facebook-contest-29478.html) seems to be the method of the day to get a lot of followers.  Someone likes your contest, sharing it on their FB page, which begins a trickle-down situation as the exposure grows exponentially.  I would suggest giving away a Steam credit, game pack or particular linux game and have the contests on a regular schedule.  A contest that can be counted on will  have much better success than something that happens every couple of months or so.  Also, your core users will often be happy to make a small PP donation to help gather the money needed for the prizes.

I don't have an FB account so I can't help you on that end, but I will donate some money to buy the first  prize :D

That's a good idea I will be doing more competitions as time goes on.

Game nights would be ideal. I host a weekly Sunday night freeware game night. For example tomorrow will be Cube Metalheart @ 9:00 PM EST - I use Xfire, Raptr and STEAM to organizes friends, family and the few PUGs that join up for forums and what not and then play for about and 1 hour or more.

Maybe you guys can host a free server with blurb about the site. Most know what I'm about and will mention games for me to post during the game night and it's a good way to get to know ppl in your community.

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