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Article #88808

Re: WoW Pay to Play

#88808
From: Steven Ung
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:56
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"hayman" <holmankevin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > Of course, that was the point of charging people. Blizzard is not a
> charity
> > > organization, you know ;-)
> > >
> > > The main point here is that will you pay to play online even though
you
> had
> > > bought the game.
> >
> > Well, you should ask this question to the 400 thousand EQ subscribers
> > who have no only bought the original EQ, but have also paid for the 6
> > (or 7?) expansion packs that followed. Not to mention that the
> > subscription fee has been increased from US8 to US12 recently.
> > Blizzard is not publishing WoW for those who don't want to pay a
> > monthly fee. They are doing it for those who will and the market
> > proved that there ARE people who are willing to pay. If you don't want
> > to pay, don't play. The end of the story.
> >
> > Can't believe that people are still arguing over this. Not as if
> > MMORPG was born yesterday.
>
> ppl need to complain about things, or complain about the complaining, its
> natural...
> like suggested in matrix ppl can't life in a perfect society, I think
thats
> more correct than we want it to be. satisfaction only last as long as we
> don't have other wishes.

Yeah, something like that. People are never contempted. That's why them
animals categorized us as "humans" :p

> back to the subject however, I will buy the game and play, and if it
doesn't
> match or surpass my expectations I will stop playing.
> the trailer looked good, so I hope the rest of the game is also.

I think its a matter of preference on what type of games one like to play.

Some like RPG/RTS etc, whilst some don't. I'm one of them that falls into
the "I don't like the MMORPG" category, I'd say.
-- 
Steven Ung, ICQ# : 65203722, BattleNet Nick : SuperNuubie
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Subject: Re: WoW Pay to Play
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