Quote:
Originally posted by EliteDeath
This is going to get nowhere. Graal is an extremely cheap online rpg when compared to others.
If people don't want to support Graal and pay 15 dollars to play the classic servers, they don't need to be here. I'm sure there is no one here that could not pay 15 dollars. That's like less than you spend eating lunch at school for a week. That's like a large pizza and soda's. That's like 1/4th of a videogame. That's like 3 movie rentals.
I mean seriously, there is no point in making Graal free, unless you just like seeing Graal fall into a pit of despair. If Graal is free, nobody could afford the servers, and they would be taken down, and there would be no Graal. Sorry, but I'm closing this topic unless someone finds a reasonable and legal way to provide free Graal without Graal losing money.
Above quote by Konidias
my reply:
Although I agree 500% that 15 bucks is DIRT cheap I, being the argumentative jerk that I am, had to offer some solutions, #1 banner advertising is able to keep some servers on popular things up (: oints at gamefaqs.com where banner advertising supports them for quite a good web server: if you forced them to click a banner before playing each time this could (theoretically) work.
#2) Corporate endorsement, sell graal to some big wig company like Blizzard who will provide bettere management, and only make you pay once (like for Diablo)
#3) Threaten to send nude pictures of Birdbird (<3 birdo) across the world in a giant chain letter, governments will cave in and support you with billions of dollars to prevent such a catastrophe.
|
1.) Yes. I like spending my money on essentials. I need food, not Graal. Thanks. (Ghostie said banners. They're fine, just no GOD DAMNED POP-UPS ON WEBSITES@#$@#%@WEFSDG) I don't want to spend $50+ a month on Graal like I do clothes. Just because I pay for something more than something else doesn't mean I need to spend that much money on something else. If I build a computer for $1,000, I'm not going to pay an extra thousand just to play Graal.
2.) Graal needs money, yes, but that doesn't mean you need to charge people an arm and a leg on games. I don't usually use level editors, but Graal's editor is very easy to use. Anyone with a brain and a mouse (and preferrably a finger or two) can use the editor. I'm going off the topic, though.
3.) You go back to the money thing. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." GO is doing good as it is.
4.) Why would LC want to sell their main game to a big company? They lose power over it. Not all power, but it's like giving "COMPANY" level 4 RC, and Stefan/Unix/Koni/etc. get level 1. Not good.
5.) I don't want to see naked pictures of Birdbird. I already have the whole collection. >:] ;p