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BlueScreenJunky

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« Reply #15 on: May 30, 2003, 11:33:24 am »
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I would go with the idea of Donating  if you donate so much say you give the player some gold or crystals or maybe a special item?  


i think this is very stupid.
If you donate, it\'s for nothing in return, it\'s because you like the game and want to help, not to have a better item or so ...
i hate those who think like that sorry X(


Maybe donators could get a special item or something, which would not change anything for gameplay, but would show that they donated. I think this would encourage others to donate.
Anyway, I don\'t like donations, because I live in Europe and I don\'t have any credit card, so even if I\'d gladly give 10 bucks for prgrams I like, I always give up because it\'s too much trouble :-(

But I do think it would be a good idea for you to make some money, either by donations or sponsors (or both)

[QUOITE]it would be really hard to be able to say yes from this point on X gets paid when there are people who came and went that have done more for the game.[/QUOTE]

You don\'t have to keep it, just use it to improve the game : Buy some new servers, or some add space on the web to advertise for the game and bring more players, or just buy some new developement tools.
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« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2003, 02:35:04 pm »
i\'ll make it REALLY short:



- game: free
- playing it: free
- get paypal (it\'s a donations system)
- if you meet a PS dev IRL buy him/her a beer or something similar



p.s. that\'s how most bigger open-source projects work
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« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2003, 08:30:34 pm »
How about for someone who donates, they get a title for one of their characters or out-of-game profile that says \"Contributor\".  Rank them by stars for how much they have donated.  That way it doesnt affect the game directly, but people are recognized for contributing.

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« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2003, 08:32:46 pm »
HAHA I like that one hook. Rounds on me Devs.

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« Reply #19 on: May 31, 2003, 12:37:16 pm »
ok i\'ve (finally) read the whole topic

a) no advertisments ...they\'d ruin the game (imagine having an IRL beverage or company add in the middle of the World)

b) special treatment for paying players? ...nope ...i don\'t want to get any special treatment if i donate anything, and i don\'t know why in a free (GPL\'d open-sourced community-based) project there should be any difference between \"paying\" and \"non-paying\" members

conclusion: ...i\'m still for the same idea i already posted
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« Reply #20 on: July 07, 2005, 07:25:48 pm »
ok let me just say i quit the last free mmo with a monthly fee to have access to member quests/items/weapons. it totally ruined the game for me because i could run into a PK area and get slaughtered by weapons i wouldnt be able to get because im a cheapskate ( $5 fee a month lol ).  gopd thing i just read the other posts and its still going to be free woohoo! :D

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« Reply #21 on: July 07, 2005, 09:11:40 pm »
Your idea sounds like Runescape, trhe ones who plays get the good stuff, while those who are free just all the bad stuff

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« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2005, 11:05:21 am »
yep ******** sucks because of that, and the graphics of course :P

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« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2005, 06:14:09 pm »
Old topic, and not really one that needed to be revived. :)


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