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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Radiating Gnome" data-source="post: 7650795" data-attributes="member: 150">That may be a fair assessment of my arguments -- I'm not sure i got to quite such a clear point. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I think, though, that because in our industry at this point, I'm having a hard time thinking of a subscription product that is entirely service, not either a content subscription (Like an Adventure Path) or a content+service subscription (like DDI), that when we're talking about service+content subscriptions it's not unfair to blend in the advantages of content subscriptions.  A big component of the DDI subscription is content -- and while it's not always as high quality as a monthly Paizo AP product, it's also not as expensive (and comes bundled with the online tools).I'm trying to think... if there are any subscription services for gamer stuff that are all service without content, and the only examples I can come up with are the VTT options like Fantasy Grounds and Roll20.There's some interesting attitudes to unpack there.  You want content, organized play, and networking tools -- and VTT tools.  That's actually a pretty robust set of wants that could (and are) be offered as services. But you prefer having relationships with multiple smaller companies rather than getting all of those from a single source. Now think about a video game service like Steam.  It's an online store/community hug/multi play organizing hub for video games.  Would you be interested in a Tabletop RPG version of that? What would have to be different?I mean -- the point I wanted to get with the article was not to ask you what it would take to get you to swallow a bitter pill -- but what you would LIKE in a service like this.  Imagine the service (or services) that could make this good for you.  And maybe the company that produces it isn't the game company -- maybe what we're talking about is an evolution of the RPGNow PDF store -- one that adds community, organized play, and good VTT options for every game system they sell.  Is that something worth subscribing to? -rg</blockquote>

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