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boghat
Profile Joined January 2007
United States2109 Posts
May 23 2007 04:53 GMT
#41
On May 23 2007 13:52 TheSchwA wrote:
Who would honestly pay to play a video game...

Are you an idiot?
Pika Chu
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Romania2510 Posts
May 23 2007 04:58 GMT
#42
Blizzard ANNOUNCED OFFICIALY that bnet will be free for sc2-ers and will be played from the WoW taxes.

So no pay to play for us, thx to WoW.
They first ignore you. After they laugh at you. Next they will fight you. In the end you will win.
useLess
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4781 Posts
May 23 2007 05:10 GMT
#43
On May 23 2007 13:58 Pika Chu wrote:
Blizzard ANNOUNCED OFFICIALY that bnet will be free for sc2-ers and will be played from the WoW taxes.

So no pay to play for us, thx to WoW.


Source? Id like to read up on that.
Moonlight Shadow
BuGzlToOnl
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States5918 Posts
May 23 2007 05:20 GMT
#44
On May 23 2007 14:10 useless wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2007 13:58 Pika Chu wrote:
Blizzard ANNOUNCED OFFICIALY that bnet will be free for sc2-ers and will be played from the WoW taxes.

So no pay to play for us, thx to WoW.


Source? Id like to read up on that.


I would like a source aswell. :p

If it's play to pay I would use the free one/two month membership for free, but after that I wont become part of the "pay to play" group. Although I think SC2 is going to kick a lot of ass I'm a college student that's paying off his car. Plain and simple that money can be used towards a better good.
If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.
Hollow
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Canada2180 Posts
May 23 2007 05:26 GMT
#45
Damn right I would, who cares, it would probably be cheap as hell anyways.
Sucks for broke ass students though
hixhix
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
1156 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-23 05:34:30
May 23 2007 05:34 GMT
#46
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TheSchwA
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States248 Posts
May 23 2007 06:25 GMT
#47
On May 23 2007 13:53 boghat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2007 13:52 TheSchwA wrote:
Who would honestly pay to play a video game...

Are you an idiot?


ARE YOU an idiot? Honestly, unless you have extra money, what would give someone the idea that paying to play a video would be a beneficial plan?
ArtLu
Arget
Profile Joined May 2007
United States87 Posts
May 23 2007 06:29 GMT
#48
no way, i'm thinking of sticking with bw anyways :D
sAviOr fan!
Klogon
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
MURICA15980 Posts
May 23 2007 06:37 GMT
#49
Uhh you pay to buy the damn game, moron. That's what he meant.
useLess
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4781 Posts
May 23 2007 06:38 GMT
#50
On May 23 2007 15:25 TheSchwA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2007 13:53 boghat wrote:
On May 23 2007 13:52 TheSchwA wrote:
Who would honestly pay to play a video game...

Are you an idiot?


ARE YOU an idiot? Honestly, unless you have extra money, what would give someone the idea that paying to play a video would be a beneficial plan?


He means "Are you an idiot? Look at WoW!"
Who cares if its a beneficial plan? This isnt the stock market, where you put in money and hope you get money out of it. Its just like buying paying for new games (albeit in small amounts for a certain amount of time), and theyre not forcing you to pay.
Moonlight Shadow
Doctorasul
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Romania1145 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-23 07:06:03
May 23 2007 06:58 GMT
#51
It would make better sense for them to encourage the growing of a big, healthy progaming scene which will (potentially) produce more money from a huge spectator population than superficially going after each individual players' money and consequently hindering that development.

The reason I think a fee would discourage the rise of progaming in SC2 is that there would be less players overall, which means less competition and a smaller player base from which to find the next Boxer.
"I believe in Spinoza's god who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists, but not in a god who concerns himself with the fate and actions of human beings." - Albert Einstein
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27156 Posts
May 23 2007 07:02 GMT
#52
I would pay a lot of money to register my username, thus greatly reducing the presence of hackers, abusers, and bad mannered people. People would respect their id's, and I always think that is a good idea.
ModeratorGodfather
Zironic
Profile Joined May 2007
Sweden341 Posts
May 23 2007 07:22 GMT
#53
On May 23 2007 16:02 Manifesto7 wrote:
I would pay a lot of money to register my username, thus greatly reducing the presence of hackers, abusers, and bad mannered people. People would respect their id's, and I always think that is a good idea.


Since accounts are usually banned both on their account and their cdkey if they use hacks what would be the difference from now? Still costs $50 to get banned. (Well a bit less now then when the game was new since you can get BW for like $10 and TFT for $20).
karelen
Profile Joined October 2003
Sweden2407 Posts
May 23 2007 07:29 GMT
#54
i'd pay a handsome price for the game itself but i would never pay some kind of fee every month for a game
zzzzzz
Ranger)
Profile Joined April 2006
Chile105 Posts
May 23 2007 07:53 GMT
#55
lol, no way
Win or lose but always fight
draeger
Profile Joined July 2003
United States3256 Posts
May 23 2007 08:29 GMT
#56
I'd rather have it pay to play. Why? Because then you can expect a much more direct and immediate Blizzard response to abuse and game balance.
t.t
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
May 23 2007 08:55 GMT
#57
it blows my mind that so many people here think Blizzard might actually do this.

and sorry Mani from what ive seen from WoW, making the game pay to play does not reduce the bad mannered people, it doesnt generate more respect, and it doesnt remove abusing. i knew and saw soooo many people who were botting and Blizzard never really did anything about it for years. People still scammed each other whenever possible (tho by design it wasn't easy), they didn't care. It's like since every player already had no trouble affording the monthly fee, they didnt even care if their account was permanently banned.
No, making it pay to pay isnt going to remove the hacking, abusing, bad manner ppl, Blizz would try to stop cheating/abusing the same regardless of fee/no fee.
ModeratorBlame yourself or God
PissedOffEmo
Profile Joined March 2007
Canada777 Posts
May 23 2007 10:48 GMT
#58
On May 23 2007 13:50 boghat wrote:
I'd rather suck an ultralisk's cock then pay a monthly fee for sc2.


I've already sucked an ultralisk cock just so i dont pay.
Shit happens and then you die
KodoU-
Profile Joined November 2006
United States129 Posts
May 23 2007 10:56 GMT
#59
lol well said raist.

Schwa.
not "Are you an idiot"
its You are an idiot.
do you buy your games? did you buy Starcraft? did you buy Broodwar?
Yes
You payed to so that you could play. you dont get to take the game home for free do you? you had to pay for it HAH. snap you lose =)

Pay to play already exists. its 100% inevitable. Unless your some kind of software pirate. but the kind of p2p we are talking about is subscriptive p2p. Paying on a monthly basis or bianually or anually etc.
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intotherainx
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States504 Posts
May 23 2007 17:08 GMT
#60
On May 23 2007 13:02 semioldguy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2007 23:47 ChApFoU wrote:
On May 21 2007 18:39 semioldguy wrote:
Actually paying to play might increase my chances of playing, it means less immature people most likely. Most people who complain about these relatively small monthly fees are the people without jobs and people I generally don't like anyway.

okay, maybe not increase, but it wouldn't stop me. And there is always LAN.


Yeah because in WoW you have a lot less immature ppl, and how about ppl who can't find a job or teenagers from poor families ? what a bunch of bastards, complaining for getting ripped off 15 bucks a month to play 6 games a week....

Do us a favor, get the fuck out -__-;


Hey, I don't play WoW, back when I did play MMOs quite a few years ago it wasn't rampant with immature people. Apparently that's not true anymore.

I was a teen from a poor family. I've even had to live on the street before. And you can always find a job if you are out there looking hard enough. At sixteen I had found a job and was making more than either of my parents and helped them with bills, and food and such. Even if you're poor, you can still learn to manage a little money each month to have fun or for the ones you care about to have fun. Additionally, from my experience, the ones complaining aren't the ones who make little money, they are the lazy people who can afford it but don't like the idea of having to pay.

I don't have a problem with people who make little or no money, I have a problem with the attitude that usually comes with those people who publicly complain about it. When your dirt poor, you complain among those you live with about money issues, but you don't bring those complaints to other people. So why don't you shut the fuck up until you learn a little more about what you're trying to defend.

edit: it's a very embarassing thing for a teen to be a part of a poor family so why would they want to bring attention to themselves for being poor by complaining about it?


Whoa, I think you took a post way too personally. I don't think he meant it as an attack on poor people or anything... he's just making a simple point... why would anyone want to pay extra money when it can be free? It's easy to see everything as an attack of who you are, but get over it. =/
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