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Topic: Planetside... money making scam...

walker2009~rb

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Category: SoFII General Posted: Monday, Jun. 9, 2003 01:22 pm
I have been on this game continuiously for the last 2 days, Im well addicted! It looks like the votes are in favour of ripp off, How many of you have actually played this game before voting? I think if you would have played this game most of you would have a different opinion! I think this game is awesome! Most of you here probably pay server fees for your clans anyway on sof2 or any other game! and they are MUCH more expensive!!!
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Andrax~rb

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Category: SoFII General Posted: Monday, Jun. 9, 2003 02:56 pm
Well, pay to play is not going to be going anywhere. Its viable and profitable for companies to operate in this capacity. And if you think about it you are getting quite a bit of bang for your buck. $13 per month breaks down to .43 cents per day. So for less then the price of a coke from a vending machine you get access to a well maintained server that has several thousand other players playing on it. How exactly is that a bad deal? Not to mention the fact that the games are constantly updated with patches to fix issues as well as add content. So instead of the 2 to 4 patches that you might get with a regular non pay to play game, you are looking at at least monthly patches/updates. ####, If you don't eat at McDonalds twice in a month's time you have your fee covered. Hmm, what else is there... You could go to a movie (alone) and get a snack and a drink and have 2 hours of entertainment, or for the same price, you can get almost 24/7 access to a game for a full 30 days. Its all about perspective. Look at all the games that appear to be doing just fine using a pay to play model. Ultima Online, EverQuest, Dark Age of Camelot, Anarchy Online, EVE, Earth and Beyond, Shadow Bane... Then there are the games that are coming out that will be pay to play... Worlds of Warcraft, Starwars Galaxies, EverQuest 2,
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Supersonic~rb

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Category: SoFII General Posted: Monday, Jun. 9, 2003 05:40 pm
it all depends what type of game you are into and also if you have a group of people to play with. i did enjoy the beta for a while, very addictive gameplay, but got frustrated with the constant crashes and unrealistic damage. for me it isnt worth paying a monthly fee for a game since i dont play games all that much anymore. h311, i havent played sof2 for over a week now, just too much stuff going on in the real world at the moment. id rather wait for the new tribes to come out and try that then get planetside since they will be similar play but the world wont be persistant which really doesnt bother me.
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Richard Ramirez~rb

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Category: SoFII General
Posted: Monday, Jun. 9, 2003 06:33 pm

Quote (Andrax @ June 09 2003, 9:56 am)

Look at all the games that appear to be doing just fine using a pay to play model. Ultima Online, EverQuest, Dark Age of Camelot, Anarchy Online, EVE, Earth and Beyond, Shadow Bane...

Then there are the games that are coming out that will be pay to play... Worlds of Warcraft, Starwars Galaxies, EverQuest 2,

whoa, that's a huge list of games i'll never play!

hrm, a clan server for lets say 80 a month. how many in a clan? more than 8 i bet. so lets say 6 ppl pitch 10 each, i pitch nothing (because we all know, i pay with my ping lol) and the admin pays 20. it works out to be a whole lot cheaper...

oh, and all you people who say your addicted to this game....what happens when your free trial is up? are you really going to send $15 a month (or whatever it is) once you realize that the game is mind numbing and repetitive?

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Supersonic~rb

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Category: SoFII General
Posted: Monday, Jun. 9, 2003 06:46 pm

Quote (Richard Ramirez @ June 09 2003, 2:33 pm)

so lets say 6 ppl pitch 10 each, i pitch nothing (because we all know, i pay with my ping lol) and the admin pays 20. it works out to be a whole lot cheaper...

you forgot to take into account that the canadian dollar aint worth sh1t either, so your $10 CDN would be what, like $4 American

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Richard Ramirez~rb

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Category: SoFII General Posted: Monday, Jun. 9, 2003 08:07 pm
good thing i'm the only canuck in our squad! and like i said, i pay with my ping. oh, our dollar is sittin pretty right now. 15 year high i think? so 10 canadian is about 7 american..
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Magic Stuffs~rb

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Category: SoFII General Posted: Monday, Jun. 9, 2003 08:28 pm
wait... what good mp online games have ever come out from sony...? Everquest... bah. oh ya, its either the game or res, but the pic looks really squarish
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Andrax~rb

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Category: SoFII General
Posted: Monday, Jun. 9, 2003 10:01 pm

Quote (Magic Stuffs @ June 09 2003, 2:28 pm)

wait... what good mp online games have ever come out from sony...? Everquest... bah.

LoL

Name any other company that has had time to get 2 or more, MMO games out.

SOE has gotten EQ and Planetside out, and Microsoft has gotten Asheron's Call and AC2 out. Other then that, there are no other companies that spring to mind that have had 2 releases in that genre.

Granted, Planetside is the first FPS to be a MMO type title that is pay to play. But I certianly don't think it will be the last.

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Nutzack[LL]~rb

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Category: SoFII General Posted: Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2003 05:55 pm
Never will i pay 4 a monthly fee, even if the world is persistent. Imho, this creates a race to gear up buy any means possible. for instance, last year i was in a class (wireless connection) where a kid sold his EQ player and goodies for 400 dollars...i saw the transaction. could not believe it... oh, and as much as i loved star wars as a kid, that mmorpg will attract dorks on an epic level.
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