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Valg · 09-02-2007, 08:25 AM

Could you please cite one of these examples, using an actual game? I've searched the thread and I'm unable to find your examples.

No, they are fundamentally different to the player because some are required payments, and the other two are optional, with or without a difference in play if they are ignored. This absolutely matters to a player.

Again, do you really think a player wouldn't pay attention to the difference between the DragonRealms model ($50-$75/month plus additional fees for perks available) and a game that offered CafePress T-Shirts? Are you saying that difference isn't important to a player?

If a player subscribes to your viewpoint that purchasing T-shirts or whatever impacts the fairness of the game, they can search for only games which check:

[ ] Neither payment nor donations accepted.

The four-option system's additional flexibility puts that choice in the hands of the searcher, instead of obscuring it among one tiny category and one monolithic category that ignores all differences between financial models.

09-02-2007, 08:25 AM	#319
Valg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Home MUD: Carrion Fields Posts: 643	Re: What does "Free" Mean? Could you please cite one of these examples, using an actual game? I've searched the thread and I'm unable to find your examples. No, they are fundamentally different to the player because some are required payments, and the other two are optional, with or without a difference in play if they are ignored. This absolutely matters to a player. Again, do you really think a player wouldn't pay attention to the difference between the DragonRealms model ($50-$75/month plus additional fees for perks available) and a game that offered CafePress T-Shirts? Are you saying that difference isn't important to a player? If a player subscribes to your viewpoint that purchasing T-shirts or whatever impacts the fairness of the game, they can search for only games which check: [ ] Neither payment nor donations accepted. The four-option system's additional flexibility puts that choice in the hands of the searcher, instead of obscuring it among one tiny category and one monolithic category that ignores all differences between financial models.