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CFlam Posted:
I guess its cool you were trying to say that except no one is really saying it should be completely free, so I still don’t really know what you are trying to accomplish. |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 12:02AM | View Adapt's Profile | # | ||||||
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You know it just occurred to me had they simply asked that 360 Log in to see images! for the unlimited inbox space that would have made sense. Like, “Hey guys, this is clogging up the server; if you want an unlimited inbox give us 30 bucks or delete some stuff — take it or leave it; that’s just how it is”. People would have been fine with that. There have had been no outrage.
Where they ****ed up was trying to nickel and dime it with grease monkey scripts and piddly bum bull**** to sweeten the deal like it was some kind of package. That shifted the focus away from the practical needs of the server (which we could have all understood) to instead, as a result, us scrutinizing it’s value in comparison to the various little mundane improvements they tried to tack on to the deal. Celerysteve edited this message on 02/19/2010 12:10AM |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 12:05AM | View Celerysteve's Profile | # | ||||||
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Anyone who bought this is NOT supporting the site so much as ****ing with 99% of the community and everyone who helped work on the game (a noble goal, if it were the actual goal of the people buying it). 5 people buying it for $30 is not going to help line ET’s xbox shelf as well as the loads of people who’d be perfectly willing to buy it for $10 or $15.   PS: Smiley by my name change option needs to be included like you liars said it would |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 1:15AM | View 1337xxxxxxxxxlol...'s Profile | # | ||||||
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Honestly, at 100 BP that puts it fairly on par with the bigger things on the site but I’d agree that for the lack of real additions to the game itself 50 BP would make more sense.
As far as donations are concerned, I fully intend on buying 1000BP eventually and messing around with stuff like contests and Avatars/Pranks for my own amusement. Whereas in order to be able to extract one file at a time I’m considering simply deleting a bunch of TMs from my mailbox and dealing with the smaller bar in Battle even if Orange were completely free.
Having something like 50 BP for the whole bundle or 20-25 BP for individual applications of Orange I think would be more sound as it offers the ability to customize while supporting CZ at a very reasonable price that many would be willing to pay while instead looking to offer more inane options to play around with like leetlol’s smiley change.
At 10-15 BP I can bumure you that many people would want to change their smiley, especially to new ones being added every so often by the community. I know I’d pick up about 8 of them myself. The real moneymakers are the little things that the community can do to each other imo.
Of course I don’t know what BP is used so I could be very wrong of course. But for the amount of effort put in, I know I’ve spent more on Avatar changes than on Episode 3 (Hell look at the fine upstanding member of society prank or Parlok/spf)
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 2:47AM | View Dunatis's Profile | # | ||||||
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The only thing I’d want Orange for is the flamebate icon thing to hide all the horribly **** user made emotes. This is not a feature, but a fix – something that should have been made available as soon as user made emotes became an option.
I’m having trouble getting angry about it though. |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 3:41AM | View meeeeeeeeee's Profile | # | ||||||
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as an apprentice i want to say that i want this for free |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 5:16AM | View cya's Profile | # | ||||||
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It seems to me that Forumwarz Orange™ is just a last ditch effort to get some money before the end. |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 6:13AM | AIDS woman's genitals | # | ||||||
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Scripts do everything better, except the navigation bar. |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 8:00AM | View Xx-EmO_4_LiFe-xX...'s Profile | # | ||||||
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meeeeeeeeee Posted:
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Xx-EmO_4_LiFe-xX Posted:
P. sure Scripts can do everything FWZ orange can do to the navigation bar, it just takes a little more effort. |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 8:25AM | View Skyman747's Profile | # | ||||||
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Skyman747 Posted:
As time goes on, I end up with less and less emotes to choose from. Also this would block the emotes from displaying at all, thus rendering my fellow posters childish dribblings even more incomprehensible. |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 8:52AM | View meeeeeeeeee's Profile | # | ||||||
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1337xxxxxxxxxlolololololololololxxxxxxxxx1337 Posted:
That’s basically how I see it.
About 5 people paying $30 each < (I would predict) half the people who bought episode 2&3 paying $10 each |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 1:01PM | View Celerysteve's Profile | # | ||||||
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well there could be a compromise; say for example that buying packages contributes to a “virtual purchase” once a certain milestone is reached.
Something like this: A flat rate of 200 BP for Orange Lifetime. THEN, if people feel chintzy, if they buy a month or two of orange it contributes to a 300 BP amount which if ever completed will ultimately buy them orange. That way, if people don’t feel like buying it right away or want a short term solution or want to pay over time, they still are reducing the ultimate cost. You could reduce the proportional cost of the lifetime membership too.
Just a thought. |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 7:38PM | View Fortunato's Profile | # | ||||||
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Fortunato Posted:
The idea of the shorter ones reducing the cost of the lifetime subscription is a good idea, I think.
The biggest beef is that people don’t want to pay for something that expires with no lasting benefit. |
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Posted On: 02/19/2010 7:57PM | View Shii's Profile | # | ||||||
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I like the idea of monthly subscriptions reducing the cost to buy Orange in the end, I’m still not a fan of the price tags, though. |
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Posted On: 02/22/2010 4:01PM | View Ricket's Profile | # | ||||||
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Ricket Posted:
It should be free with the option to disable it, if you ppl pay for shiny beads and parlor tricks soon every website you go to will want money for browsing comforts..who knows? Microsoft could start charging money for windows updates and it will be all your fault for not killing the beast when it was Bourne!! |
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Posted On: 02/22/2010 4:51PM | View iDavid's Profile | # | ||||||
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iDavid Posted:
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Posted On: 02/22/2010 5:12PM | View SanDyk's Profile | # | ||||||
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Hey guys,
We met about this tonight and decided that, before we do anything rash, we ought to do as Bashy suggested and properly poll the community.
In the past, we’ve always done market research before deciding on pricing. So in that respect, we really “dropped our balls,” as the saying doesn’t go.
But since your Forumwarz Orange⢠trial period is still ongoing, it gives us an opportunity to pick your brains about the subject. So look out for a fun ‘n flirty Google Docs survey, coming soon! |
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Posted On: 02/22/2010 10:40PM | View Jalapeno Bootyho...'s Profile | # | ||||||
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Jalapeno Bootyhole Posted:
i have never heard of this saying ever dude, what the hell. pretty sure you meant ‘dropped the ball’. Log in to see images!
but okay i am for a fancy google docs survey thank you for your response bumhurt i love you. |
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Posted On: 02/22/2010 10:42PM | View megazeroexe's Profile | # | ||||||
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megazeroexe Posted:
It’s usually what happens when a boy becomes a man.
JB’s saying he’s either really 12, or a woman.
Also, yay polls! |
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Posted On: 02/22/2010 10:51PM | View Bridgit's Profile | # | ||||||
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Jalapeno Bootyhole Posted:
Hooray Log in to see images! Wow. That was an actual use of that emoticon too. What have I become? |
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Posted On: 02/22/2010 10:55PM | View Joseph of Suburb...'s Profile | # | ||||||