GLOBALASSAULT !!!!

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

:eek:

-ReLoaD

www.reloadsrevenge.com

www.globalassault.com

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

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.

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.

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 :sad:

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...

capitalism rears its ugly head again.... :rolleyes:

Doc Brass... :dodgy:

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.