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BlueFlame
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Paying to play
« on: 06/08/03 at 18:27:28 » |
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I dont really like the idea of paying to play nightmist
i think you will loose many game players
if people want to pay they can donate like jurian
that is my view on paying to play nightmist
What do you think?
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #1 on: 06/08/03 at 18:29:33 » |
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I hope it goes P2P. Lot less people. And it's not that much to play. Lots more fun for me. 
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #2 on: 06/08/03 at 19:40:27 » |
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look at the moment jlh spends alot of time and money on this game and we all expect him to do that for free.
if the game goes p2p he will allways get more money then now. And if it goes p2p you have to pay like 30 cents a crit a month. Everybody would be able to pay that. if you pay for 3 crits a month you don't even pay 12 dollars a year. You can ahrdly call that p2p 
and since i would certainly pay i would porbably enjoy it alot
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #3 on: 06/08/03 at 21:03:45 » |
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I like the idea of donating but p2p is a much better idea in that it will as you pointed out get rid of some players thus less lag.
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #4 on: 06/08/03 at 21:14:37 » |
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on 06/08/03 at 18:27:28, Stodge wrote:
if people want to pay they can donate like jurian
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Been there, tried that.. It did not work. I think a whole 1 person donated.. The only way is to MAKE people pay by going p2p.. JLH has put thousands of dollars and THOUSANDS of hours into the game! The least you can do is pay a tiny amount like a dollar a character for six months or around that amount...
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #5 on: 06/08/03 at 22:27:47 » |
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on 06/08/03 at 21:14:37, Matt wrote:
Been there, tried that.. It did not work. I think a whole 1 person donated.. The only way is to MAKE people pay by going p2p.. JLH has put thousands of dollars and THOUSANDS of hours into the game! The least you can do is pay a tiny amount like a dollar a character for six months or around that amount... |
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #6 on: 06/08/03 at 22:32:47 » |
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To avoid repeating the same information that has been posted before....
1) Nightmist may go pay to play. If the donations coming in are not sufficient to cover the costs of running the game then it will.
2) It doesn't matter how many players we lose going pay to play. The reasons for going p2p are because we cannot finance the game. If we don't go pay to play, we lose everyone as the game server shuts down. If we do, people will leave, but at least the server is financed or part financed.
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #7 on: 06/08/03 at 22:39:33 » |
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I think even if the donations are sufficient then it should still go P2P. I mean like Matt said JLH, Pandilex and other staff members have put time and money into this game and i think its time a little something was given back. Also it would get rid of alot of losers who arent really serious about playing and just annoy people, and others who just dont want to pay would leave resulting in less lag and annoyances. Another thing is once we start paying things would probably get going faster on the staff side of things, since we would be paying customers. Every way you look at it, its good.
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #8 on: 06/09/03 at 00:39:36 » |
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Do you take checks?
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #11 on: 06/09/03 at 03:59:11 » |
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I have something that could work, I'm sure some people are familiar with this. (I got this from another game)
First off, I'm not trying to advertise other games, but couldn't there be a way to have money come in yet, not being forced to go P2P? Yes. ON ROK, they have a system called Charter Membership (Something like that). Where people can pay a fee and get special benefits, that only charter membership people can get. The benefits are special add-ons to weaopns, special areas. (Personel Houses) ect...
Perhaps NM could have a system like this? Where people pay a fee and get special benefits (Staff would have to come up with these) and obviously, ONLY people who pay, and have this special membership, would get these special features.
I'm not sure if this has been brought up before.
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #12 on: 06/09/03 at 04:32:40 » |
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i am against this idea, as it means people who are unable to 'donate' (more like pay in the charter membership case) are at a disadvantage.
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Bean
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #13 on: 06/09/03 at 04:32:48 » |
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NOOOOO NO SPECIAL MEMBERSHIPS!
That gives way to more and MORE of the 'Im better than you' Attitude among players.
PLEASE DEAR GOD NO JLH! DONT LISTEN TO HIM!
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #14 on: 06/09/03 at 05:02:05 » |
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Ahh, I never saw it that way. Thanks for pointing that out, just a suggestion. 
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #15 on: 06/09/03 at 05:20:02 » |
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do u know how much its gunna cost? or will ya havta pay like every few weeks?
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #16 on: 06/09/03 at 05:44:11 » |
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But really JLH. Could we send checks to you?
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #17 on: 06/09/03 at 08:59:00 » |
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yep, as it says in the file link i posted.
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Bean
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #18 on: 06/09/03 at 23:46:02 » |
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Oh sorry, It wasnt there when I clicked it the first time. Now it is. My apologies
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Re: Paying to play
« Reply #19 on: 06/10/03 at 14:33:53 » |
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I wanna know (is blushing) Do you take food stamps? * SmILe hides his face 
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