What some of you people don't realize is, sure you can go buy a game in the store for 30 dollars or less, it might have online mode, but I highly doubt it's a mmorpg.. They are more like "multiplayer-networked" then "online".
With Graal, you're basically paying for the service.. you get a full year of an online rpg, that changes, and grows. They listen to your input, you can help make the game, you can come online one day and there will be new things. You can't find that in an offline rpg game, or a networked game. Maybe patches and things, but basically the players run their own servers with those games. So it's costing the players to pay for the good connections so they can run their own servers, and then they aren't even as fast as they could be.
I have no problem with paying for Graal, I just wish there were things on Graal that would make me want to upgrade again.. because right now, 2k1 is crumbling apart, and the other p2p servers are all either UC or need to be removed since they are rebuilding everything over again when they just got online. *cough* Andor *cough*
So what exactly would I be upgrading my account for? I don't even play on and p2p servers barely now.. because there is nothing good at the moment. That is why I said it would have been better for them to change the prices AFTER they released 2k2 and new pw's. Then people would be like "my account is running out, but 2k2 is so fun, I guess I will upgrade" and not like "my account is running out, and 2k1 is boring and so are the other P2P servers, oh well I guess I won't upgrade".
Oh, and I applaud unixmad for his English improvements.
