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chaosprime · 08-28-2007, 12:38 PM

Crat, how severely damaged do you feel your model is by this extension?

( ) Payment required to play
( ) Payment / donations accepted, not rewarded in-game
( ) Payment / donations accepted, rewarded in-game; all rewards also available without payment / donation
( ) Payment / donations accepted, rewarded in-game; a few rewards only available by payment / donation
( ) Payment / donations accepted, rewarded in-game; most or all rewards only available by payment / donation
( ) No Payment / donations accepted

I think this is important, because I don't feel it's fair to IRE or other games where you can seriously play without paying to lump them in with "oh, you want to advance to level 2? have to subscribe now" games, and by doing said lumping, we're saying to them that they might as well just callously use their free play as a bait-and-switch marketing vehicle, because the community doesn't see a distinction.

Looking forward, I'd like for myself to be able to pick a position in the pay-for-perks space and have some ethics involved and recognized, rather than being categorized and -- you know it's true -- dismissed along with some of the lamest vile-marketing-exercise games extant.

08-28-2007, 12:38 PM	#176
chaosprime Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Home MUD: Lost Souls Posts: 199	Re: What does "Free" Mean? Crat, how severely damaged do you feel your model is by this extension? ( ) Payment required to play ( ) Payment / donations accepted, not rewarded in-game ( ) Payment / donations accepted, rewarded in-game; all rewards also available without payment / donation ( ) Payment / donations accepted, rewarded in-game; a few rewards only available by payment / donation ( ) Payment / donations accepted, rewarded in-game; most or all rewards only available by payment / donation ( ) No Payment / donations accepted I think this is important, because I don't feel it's fair to IRE or other games where you can seriously play without paying to lump them in with "oh, you want to advance to level 2? have to subscribe now" games, and by doing said lumping, we're saying to them that they might as well just callously use their free play as a bait-and-switch marketing vehicle, because the community doesn't see a distinction. Looking forward, I'd like for myself to be able to pick a position in the pay-for-perks space and have some ethics involved and recognized, rather than being categorized and -- you know it's true -- dismissed along with some of the lamest vile-marketing-exercise games extant.