Rant/Funding Idea

[Nickname]

I'm sorry but trench Wars just isn't worth my money. There are to many other quality zones that i play.

And as for the community, I can still chat with everyone in TW when i'm not in TW.

[Galleleo]

If only I would have feeled like reading this all.. this is way to fucking long

[Pearl Jam]

Priitk is paying $1000 a month to fund OUR entertainment, yet Blast wouldn't pay roughly $1.08/month because it makes him feel like a "tool".

If any kind of fee was mandated, I'd like to see how many people who have said "NO WAY I'LL PAY TO PLAY" would actually quit. I doubt very many. Ever seen someone post "I QUIT FOREVER AGGGGH MAD PROPZ TO MA BUDDIES!!!" then 3 days later they're back? Same sort of situation.

[arrogance]

What I get out of this game now, the way it's currently run and has been for years, is worth far more to me than $15/year. I don't think there are many games online that generate the kind of social structure TW does and despite all it's shortcomings, it's still been endless hours of fun. I'd be happy to pay $15 a year.

The Edome stats page says that roughly 17,000 unique handles log onto TW every 2 weeks. If we assume those same 17,000 would be the ones who play monthly, disregard duplicate handles and then narrow it down to those who would be willing and able to pay $15 a year, you'd be pretty damn close to 1000 left.

[Bilbo]

Originally posted by Pearl Jam
Priitk is paying $1000 a month to fund OUR entertainment, yet Blast wouldn't pay roughly $1.08/month because it makes him feel like a "tool".

If any kind of fee was mandated, I'd like to see how many people who have said "NO WAY I'LL PAY TO PLAY" would actually quit. I doubt very many. Ever seen someone post "I QUIT FOREVER AGGGGH MAD PROPZ TO MA BUDDIES!!!" then 3 days later they're back? Same sort of situation.

Actually, thanks to the donations TW has recieved its not $1000/month.

[brookus]

Considering all the money I've saved from purchasing other games (or, at least, purchasing CDs to burn other games to), I have no problem paying a bit.

As for an idea to reduce bandwidth, why not have a 30 minute idle timeout? If you don't move/chat/change arenas for a half an hour you get kicked, just as if you were sitting in a safe.

llater,
Tony

[Luckily Yours]

This game has always been free and believe it or not thats wat keeps people coming back as well, if u make SS go pay u will lose at least half of those 1000 people u aforementioned and sincerely speaking I think people are willing to donate but are not willing to be forced to pay for a 2d online asteroids game, if u start paying to play 2d games that have been going for lik 7 years then u should either get a life or play another game.

Despite pay to play not getting many supporters , donations do.

Ill speak for myself now , if this goes pay ill go play space invaders or something.

Dont get me wrong Priitk is the source of my entertainment at least right now but if maybe donation goes through my mind just to help with the costs of such a server in no way do I feel the need to pay for this game, and Priitk shouldnt too i dont know why he does it.

[Galleleo]

I wouldnt start playing when it cost a certain amount of money a month, but I will give a 1 time donation of around 100 euro.

when I figure out how I can do that

[dymolex]

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If I donate will at least some of my game development suggestions/bug reports be realized/fixed? I'm afraid to post them cause it look like a spam

[Mayo Inc.]

Why I would play:

I enjoy video games on pc and other platforms as I'm sure many of you do. I've paid hundreds for systems and game throughout my life. There is not one 50 dollar game or 300 dollar system that i have played as consistently, let alone enjoyed, for over a year. For some reason I've continued to play subspace longer than any other game I have or will ever purchase.

Paying may not be for everyone, but don't think this game isn't worth 15 bucks a year. That's birthday money for a 9 year old. I would be completely ok with a $15 or $20 per year fee, if you're not willing to dig that deep into your pockets... then how do you afford housing, internet, and electricity bills to play the game in the first place?

I'm for this idea if it can be solidly instituted and controlled throughout TW.

[Fit of Rage]

PJ, if you can find a way to implement a payment system, I'm all for it. You volunteering to be in charge of it?

P.S. The trial for new accounts is a good idea. Same with the no-aliases.

Edit: I know the no alias thing is funny coming from me, but I'm sticking to my current name now.

[Mitch]

You know, with the activity we have on the TWL and TWD sites and within the game. I think when we go to a TWL or TWD site we should have an ad. With the popularity of that site and the worldwide population viewing it, I'm sure some company wouldn't mind placing an ad up there. Also, you know how when you enter some zones (and it used to be in Trench Wars I believe) there was a little banner that wouldn't go away for like 5 minutes showing the top players' scores...Well we could put an ad there and make a few thousand dollars from it.

My 2 cents.

[yung]

The player base in TW is way too young to charge them any sort of money. If you inact a yearly fee you will loose the majority of players.

[Pearl Jam]

I disagree.

The average age of an Everquest player is 14. They pay 13 bucks a month.

[MariusTheRed]

As an amatuer, and moderately succesful webdesigner, i completely agree with mitch. The ad's displayed upon entering the zone are easy to set up, would be viewed by everyone, and the time they are displayed can be shortened or made longer.... Talk to any company and tell them that if they pay you, every one of 17,000 biweekly players will be exposed to their brand name/website url/etc.... Who could turn that down ? And a few popups here and there on the TW website wouldnt kill us, though it is great not having any...
But to get with the main subject of the post, i would pay a lot more than $15 dollars a year for subspace, i just feel there are better alterantives, that would be better for the playerbase...

I'd hate to remind you of infantry, which was a perfected version of subspace....and is now almost dead...
- Marius