[Rei]

Originally posted by Gadzoox

Rei, it's not our fault if we can't pay, so please don't make us feel worse about it!!

I'm not trying to make feel worse anybody Gadzoox. Don't take my words as if they were a sort of curse towards the ones who don't want to pay (whatever the reason)! It's only that I prefer to read from some people sincere posts, like that they don't care and they don't want to pay, instead of reading so many posts saying "I'm sorry but I'm in big trouble and I can't". I'm not talking about you in particular way Gadzoox, I want this to be clear. But there are people who, as Hylas said, buy games and videogaming magazines on regular basis, so they can't say they can't afford the payment of the fee. It would be better for them to tell they don't need the service and I would accept it. I'm not blaming anyone, I'm not blaming people who said "Yes" or people who said "No". We're not begging here, trying to make people change their minds. We're trying to find the better solution for all.

BTW, many people here indeed think this site is only the "Forums" while it's not. It requires more work and resources than a simple site with a forum and nothing else. That's why, with the payment of a fee, we would be able to offer a better service, the same kind of service people find in a regular magazine, that, if I'm not wrong, costs not less than 6 or 7 dollars. Is it clearer now?

The Internet will crash thanks to the opposition of those who still think everything on the web is 100% free and those who are creating a web where high quality services need a payment, no matter what. And the ones who are still in the middle, like us, at this moment are suffering from this situation, because offering professional services for free is impossible, but people are not ready to pay for keeping the services alive. Look at other professional videogaming sites that were not part of bigger networks. You know what? They are closed now. During the last year, the greatest part of them disappeared for the reasons I mentioned above and for the reasons explained by Harry in his posts.