My Saga (Pt 1)
Posted on April 16th, 2008 by Cronus under BeginningsWell I figure in order to learn to make money online, perhaps you would need an example. I will be telling a bit of my story, and how I made it to where I am today. This may take a few days of posting so bear with me.
I was 15 and started out doing what I loved to do, play games online.I first started out in Yahoo! Pool. I’m sure many of you have played a game or two there. I began to participate in “Leagues” and soon become a tournament director. This is where I learned my first bit of HTML coding, by making the tournament pages, colors, images, etc. Some issues then arose in the league and I chose to leave and go elsewhere.
I then came across an online Text-Based RPG named Torn City. Torn city was and still is a great game, with a HUGE player base. Although as a new player it is very hard to get anywhere, as all the old members are so far ahead of you. Many people thought this, so one person decided to do the impossible, make a new Torn City. A certain player named “Dabomstew” then created his new Torn City knock-off, MonoCountry. While the name seems a bit drag the game was generally fun and the people were great. After a while myself and Enigma grew bored of the game, and wanted our own. We eventually convinced the owner(Dabomstew) to give us a copy of the site to run ourselves. Neither of us had any prior knowledge in coding, and at only 15 and 16 years of age it seemed impossible. Eventually after fiddling with it long enough, we began to learn, and that’s when the fun began…
We then began our first project, a Text-Based RPG called The Crews Of LA(no longer in existance). We took an exceptionally long time to create the game and because of this, it failed. Our members waited and waited and we never delivered, so they gradually all left.
By this time the original owner of the codes(Dabomstew) had released his codes for purchase. This meant that everyone now had a copy of the same script that we did, so we were nothing special. Luckily, this opened a whole new market for us, we now created add-ons(mods) to this code that people could purchase. We created new features, new parts of the administration panel and anything you could think of. Enigma then branched off and made his own new game, while I stayed and made these “mods”. After I had made 20-30 mods that people bought regularly, I made a website and sold them all there. This is how Titan Gaming Media was created, and profitted nearly $3,000, while I was still only 15-16.
After a while my creations were being passed around like candy, and no one purchased them anymore. Because of this I had to find a new beginning, a better niché to bring in money, as this one was dead. That’s when Enigma and I stumbled across a great idea, one that was new, and innovative….



April 16th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Well first off, you are my idol. I origianlly thought you were 42 and this was your second job, but once i realize you were 15 you became my idol. I m 14 and i have always wanted to start something like you. I just have one question. Did your parents know about this?
- Andrew
April 16th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
How things have grown Cronus, from no coding experience, to a successful site owner.
April 16th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Andrew,
Of course my parents knew. They didn’t really believe in anything internet-related and still don’t, but they have been seeing my $200-$1000 checks showing up in the mail and are starting to believe a bit more lol.
April 16th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Oh. Thanks because i was going to start something and not tell them. (My dad still doesnt belive Gmail is safe.) Keep all my money in a Alertpay account until i get seperate bank account.
April 17th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Get a separate bank account as quickly as possible. Its much safer than keeping your money online.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Someone have tolde me your age but i just did no belive!
Now i know it is true and my admiration towards has just grown up!