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Originally posted by HoudiniMan
I don't really see anywhere this is mentioned, but i think the user agreement will still apply globally unless they ammend it and mature content should be outlawed period. You have to be 13 to play, so keep it PG-13 or below. Banning based on personal feelings is thier choice, some people should really be banned even if they are within the parameters of the official "rules" and what not... They have to know if they're going to be jerks they'll be gone.
As for the serverlist, this is my personal opinion. If i'm paying money each month to Graal for my playerworld i want it on the server list. I just had an inspiration. What if rather than hiding the worlds and only people with RC being able to really see them all, why not just make a third tab? We have gold and classic, we could just add a "payed worlds" type tab in the server selection screen. I'd certainly settle for that. For that guy that wanted competition between worlds, the payed worlds could compete for top of their list.
Nem, can you provide a ballpark, off the record estimate for how much they'd want to charge? I saw $20 USD a month up there and multiplied by 12, I would not pay $240 a year for a Graal server... Personally, i would want to keep it at most somewhere under $50 a year... I don't know how greedy they're going to be about this paying for worlds thing... Maybe they could charge you more based on size... I think a world having 10 levels for really lag free sparring (my idea  ) shouldn't have to pay as much a month as a server with 5000 levels taking up 500 times the space on the server, not to mention npcs, graphics, etc...
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$50 a year is not a reasonable amount considering the extra work, HD space, bandwidth and upkeep management of the Servers for the *******s, taking a guess it will be in $25 to $75 a
Month range to make it anywhere profitable for Graal. You can't host any game of any quality on the net for such a menial amount. This remember is not being done for you players convenience of wanting a PW up, it is being done to turn a profit for Graal for salaries, upgrades and future development of Graal. This takes money; nothing is cheap so you guys need to realize it is not being done so the average 16 year old can afford to do this. Also keep in mind you will share in the subscription money if players designate some of his/her upgrade to your server. This will offset your cost of the server and if enough do then even make it cost free for you to run. As I understand it, this will be done as some sort of online bank account, real money doesn’t exchange hands, your account is just credited a certain amount that players want to go to that PW.
note to ETD: Unixmad has 20 servers now, not all are used for Graal.