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Posted by ReLoaD on Mon Jan 19th at 3:00pm 2004

Just a FYI to all you mappers and gamers out there in snark land....

-ReLoaD

www.reloadsrevenge.com

www.globalassault.com





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Posted by matt on Mon Jan 19th at 3:13pm 2004

Until I can have my own account, globalassault has not really launched for me. [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Mon Jan 19th at 3:23pm 2004

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Currently membership is free of charge. Members who sign up (when registration is open) under the free umbrella will remain free when membership rolls into a fee based system. Once subscription based membership becomes effective new members will be billed monthly for access

Oh mai! I understand there are huge costs involved in running something like the setup at GA, but I can't help but feel this is going to be a mistake. I know as a student I have enough monthly expenditure, and something like this would be very near the bottom of my priorities. Great looking website and it all sounds extremely spinkee, but I fear this will scare off a lot of future users.

[addsig]



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Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Mon Jan 19th at 3:45pm 2004

Even a once off payment is a huge thing to expect, never mind a monthly. Hope he knows what he's at, wouldn't like to see it flop.



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Posted by Gollum on Mon Jan 19th at 3:52pm 2004

Perhaps some kind of subscription charge for premium membership, with special benefits - eg. web hosting. Unless there is a basic free membership option, I can't see GA building up a strong community. Maybe advertising could help build up revenue too.

And if it doesn't build up a strong community, it WILL flop

I admire the enterprising nature of all this - it would be great if Mustang et al could turn their passion for gaming into a career serving the community - but it would be a great shame for it to fail.

Good luck guys...





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Posted by Dr Brasso on Mon Jan 19th at 3:54pm 2004

capitalism rears its ugly head again....

Doc Brass...

[addsig]



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Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Mon Jan 19th at 4:04pm 2004

How would one go about paying monthly for subscribing to a site, especially when the majority of the target market won't have credit cards. Borrowing your dad's card each month seems like a hell of a lot of effort for the same people who can't search for their own tutorials.




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