Nate wrote:
Sarah wrote:
I think an extra forum would be nice, no rank or anything, just access to a forum, bit of apprieciation with no cost to the site, a lot of other sites do that.
But what would you actually discuss?
Lol, you should see the legends forum.
Let's just not go there. It's a silly place.
Anyways, on topic. I don't like the idea of Gold Membership. I can't really point my finger on the exact point where it looks wrong in my eyes, but .. it does. However, I do think that the donor icon mod should be put back relatively fast. Not really to make the donaters stand out from the rest, but rather to give them recognition. I don't support the idea of an extra forum, though. The only point of discussion would be "and how much did you donate already?"
Also, when Gold Membership gets put in, it might get set for something like $5 a month, or so. Now if the amount of people that do now donate on a monthly base, all go back to $5, that might cut down on the income as well. Now, maybe more people would be subscribing, but I think that the monthly income would be less then it would be now.
An other point against it, is that if it gets incorporated, people would find .. creative ways of paying as well. Possibly even creating situations in which they are using their parent's credit card without them allowing, because it gives you a certain status on RV (like buying the Legend rank, an other point against..). This has happened before and caused quite some trouble on Hiker's side, as I recall.
Statistics: Posted by Elanthiel — May 8th, 2008, 2:34 pm
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Sarah wrote:
I think an extra forum would be nice, no rank or anything, just access to a forum, bit of apprieciation with no cost to the site, a lot of other sites do that.
But what would you actually discuss?
Lol, you should see the legends forum.
Statistics: Posted by Jackstick — May 8th, 2008, 6:16 am
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I think an extra forum would be nice, no rank or anything, just access to a forum, bit of apprieciation with no cost to the site, a lot of other sites do that.
But what would you actually discuss?
Statistics: Posted by Nate — May 8th, 2008, 6:00 am
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Jackstick wrote:
Anyway, I don't think donors should be given free stuff from the store... People should donate because they want to help RV. I think a donor image is enough.
Agreed, sorry.
Thirded
Statistics: Posted by Winterfresh — May 6th, 2008, 6:48 pm
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Statistics: Posted by Purez Skillz — May 6th, 2008, 2:17 pm
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Good idea. Make them special. Give them an @runevillage.com e-mail maybe? Access to a donor's forum and stuff. A cool image, title and rank would help also. I've seen it done before, it works well.
As I have. I got the idea from another for I use where they call it "Platinum Member"
You would only get some freebies if you signed up for a year though, so the money going out would be nothing compared to whats going in.
Statistics: Posted by Rentonc — May 6th, 2008, 12:54 am
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Statistics: Posted by Rory — May 5th, 2008, 6:36 pm
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Isn't that kinda contradicting? Eventually Hiker would be losing money instead of getting a decent net profit. =/
Statistics: Posted by Gamestar — May 5th, 2008, 2:52 pm
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Anyway, I don't think donors should be given free stuff from the store... People should donate because they want to help RV. I think a donor image is enough.
Agreed, sorry.
Statistics: Posted by Donut Juice — May 5th, 2008, 12:18 pm
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It isnt a "Donate and get free stuff idea". It's an option to upgrade your account. If people wanted to become a gold member they would be doing so they could get acess to the extra forum and to become part of the special group. It's not just a way to encourage donations. They money could be used anywhere.
That sounds a lot like the legends rank. They get a rank for being a outstanding villagers, as well as a private forum. I prefer giving benefits to people because of who they are rather than how much money they have. Yes, donors should recieve some kind of thanks for their care. The donor rank is good enough
However, the donor rank is not used right now because of our move to phpbb3...
Statistics: Posted by Jackstick — May 5th, 2008, 8:27 am
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help is appreciated but never expected
Statistics: Posted by Richboi — May 5th, 2008, 6:12 am
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Anyway, I don't think donors should be given free stuff from the store... People should donate because they want to help RV. I think a donor image is enough.
Statistics: Posted by Jackstick — May 5th, 2008, 6:07 am
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Statistics: Posted by Mackerel — May 5th, 2008, 6:03 am
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You would pay say... $5 or £2.50 a month and have your account upgraded to a gold account. You would have acess to an extra forum and maybe get sent a free gift from the store or something, providing you signe dup for a year. You would have an extra icon under your name which is like a gold badge which says gold member on it. If somebody got this set up surely it would help money issues slightly?
What does everybody think?
Statistics: Posted by Rentonc — May 5th, 2008, 4:01 am
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