Very important announcement - Page 26

Falcor · #**376** 04-19-2002, 08:46 PM

Slag that was utterly stupid. I don't go to movies I don't want to see. There are maybe 2 or 3 GOOD movies that come out a year that I will go to. and that is why I myself to go to the movies often. I dont wanna see brittany speras movies or Jean Cloud van Damn starring in the same movies I've seen him starring in before... Or the 300000 war movies that came or are comming out of the box office.

Sjc2k1 · #**377** 04-19-2002, 11:37 PM

i think the fone thing will be like you put ur accoutn name and password into somwhere in the graal website and it gives u a number that will be valid for like 2 days and in that 2 days you have to fone up and pick the $15 or $39 using like press 2 now type thing then you type in the number you got off the website and your accoutn gets upgraded. how else are they gonna know what accoutn name it is unless it had extremly advanced voice regognition with soe of the dumb accoutns people have

AlexH · #**378** 04-19-2002, 11:39 PM

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Originally posted by Sjc2k1
i think the fone thing will be like you put ur accoutn name and password into somwhere in the graal website and it gives u a number that will be valid for like 2 days and in that 2 days you have to fone up and pick the $15 or $39 using like press 2 now type thing then you type in the number you got off the website and your accoutn gets upgraded. how else are they gonna know what accoutn name it is unless it had extremly advanced voice regognition with soe of the dumb accoutns people have

Maybe there gonna hire someone to sit there all day and upgrade accounts for them.
I'm sure the pay would be good.

ZeroFXSM · #**379** 04-20-2002, 12:08 AM

a 70 people who pay graal.

is better then..

a 700 people who don't pay for graal.

the end.

Tyhm · #**380** 04-20-2002, 12:57 AM

Unixmad's announcement shocked me. When I joined the Classic LAT I knew I wouldn't be paid for it, and I wouldn't get a free subscription. But I thought at this point, that nobody else was getting money for my work.
Now things are different. I have to fear my play account being reset, since I can't pay. Of course some of you are saying "Hey, you can pay for your internet access, so you'll be able to pay for Graal, too."
Yes, but when my parents would read "GraalOnline Registration - $15" on the phone bill, they'd be very angry, and won't allow me playing this game anymore.
I'm working for Classic, and I have to pay for it?
I'm working for Classic, so other people can get money for it?
If they are taking money for it, I want something in return. At least a free subscription for my play account for the time being a LAT member.

An other problem are the "annoying" newbies. Yeah, I know they are sometimes annoying. When I'm using my LAT tag I get lots of questions like "Can you give me a house?", "I made a cool house, can you put it on the server?", "I deleted my GC prize, can you give it back to me?", "Why aren't you on the staff list?",...
It is a good thing that on Classic the LATs are not on the staff list,
else I'd get lots more of those messages...
But do you want to lock those newbies completly out of the game? When their account is lost each time they disconnect, they have to do the start quest on Classic lots of times. And I bet after the third time they wouldn't play this game online anymore.
And they can't even ask the FAQ or other players for help, since Unixmad's plan was to disable sending PMs from the players list for trial accounts.
Ok, you need money for running severs. And this way most of the current players will register and so you'll get a lot of money. But that was the last time you got money for registering. No newbies will register.

I have other ideas:
You should save the accounts of trial players, but you should limit the time they can be online to two hours the day. After this they'll be put in ghost mode.
To stop them sending mass PMs you could limit the number of PMs they can send (not counting response PMs) to two the minute.
They shouldn't be able to join guilds.

Perhaps this would work to get money without blocking the newbies and people who can't pay at the moment totally out of the game.

Com013, Member of the Classic LAT

Tyhm · #**381** 04-20-2002, 12:57 AM

Yeah, but then people would make 12 accounts and just switch between them every 2 hours.

Spanko · #**382** 04-20-2002, 01:38 AM

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Originally posted by ZeroFXSM
a 70 people who pay graal.

is better then..

a 700 people who don't pay for graal.

the end.

It's better for the players indeed, but it's worse for the business.

And to Com013:
I'm assuming that you'll probably get an account which won't get the trial mode in classic alone.

Psyker · #**383** 04-20-2002, 01:46 AM

ZeroFXSM · #**384** 04-20-2002, 02:39 AM

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Originally posted by Psyker

How the hell do you get pictures of fat people like that

its awesome!

Psyker · #**385** 04-20-2002, 02:43 AM

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Originally posted by ZeroFXSM

How the hell do you get pictures of fat people like that

its awesome!

it's pretty easy.

freddyfox · #**386** 04-20-2002, 02:57 AM

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Originally posted by Tyhm
Yes, but when my parents would read "GraalOnline Registration - $15" on the phone bill, they'd be very angry, and won't allow me playing this game anymore.

$15 bucks ain't that hard to earn. Get a job around the house, save up the money.

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Originally posted by Tyhm

I'm working for Classic, and I have to pay for it?
I'm working for Classic, so other people can get money for it?

Yeah. I'm the Kingdoms Admin, I get to review sub-kingdoms until my head is about ready to split open. And I still haven't gotten RC. And I get to pay for the ability to do that. It sucks, but that's life.

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Originally posted by Tyhm

But do you want to lock those newbies completly out of the game? When their account is lost each time they disconnect, they have to do the start quest on Classic lots of times.

So? They simply see that it looks good and all they need to do to see the rest of the world is pay a measly $15 and they're insured for the rest of their lives. It's not that difficult to shell out $15.

ZeroFXSM · #**387** 04-20-2002, 04:57 AM

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Originally posted by Psyker

it's pretty easy.

Tell me over aim, you changed it again

Shorty2Dope · #**388** 04-20-2002, 07:59 AM

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Originally posted by Tyhm

An other problem are the "annoying" newbies. Yeah, I know they are sometimes annoying. When I'm using my LAT tag I get lots of questions like "Can you give me a house?", "I made a cool house, can you put it on the server?", "I deleted my GC prize, can you give it back to me?", "Why aren't you on the staff list?",...
It is a good thing that on Classic the LATs are not on the staff list,
else I'd get lots more of those messages...

Com013, Member of the Classic LAT

Being a LAT does not have to do with you wearing a tag all day. You make levels and fix levels. Why do you need your tag to do that?

Maybe stefan should add an 'away' or 'busy' message for PMs. So when someone PMs you it will send them a message back or show your status.

Psyker · #**389** 04-20-2002, 08:22 AM

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Originally posted by freddyfox
Yeah. I'm the Kingdoms Admin, I get to review sub-kingdoms until my head is about ready to split open. And I still haven't gotten RC. And I get to pay for the ability to do that. It sucks, but that's life.

Heh... we're in the same situation.

Neonight · #**390** 04-20-2002, 11:57 PM

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Originally posted by Shorty2Dope

Being a LAT does not have to do with you wearing a tag all day. You make levels and fix levels. Why do you need your tag to do that?

Maybe stefan should add an 'away' or 'busy' message for PMs. So when someone PMs you it will send them a message back or show your status.

If I had an away tag on, and someone got auto-PMed back saying "I am currently away." when they were PMing me someting überimportant, I'd sure as hell be mad.

Otherwise, I agree. You shouldn't need a LAT tag on to work.