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<blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1660498" data-attributes="member: 13098">*shrug*&nbsp; I can understand that there are many gamers with budget issues.&nbsp; Been there, done that, now I have more discretionary income.&nbsp; It's not a big deal.&nbsp; For some people, a tiered approach might work quite nicely.&nbsp; I don't know.&nbsp; What I do know is that I get a strong community feel from EN World.&nbsp; I have met an EN Worlder that I game with regularly.&nbsp; There are Story Hours that I read.&nbsp; There are Ceramic DM contests that I love.&nbsp; There are thoughtful discussions, there are less thoughtful discussions.&nbsp; I get a lot of ideas, I try to toss a few idea seeds of my own out there.&nbsp; I easily get as much enjoyment and as much value out of EN World as I do out of many gaming books.&nbsp; Could I enjoy that benefit for free?&nbsp; Sure I could.&nbsp; But, somebody is paying for server space and bandwidth.&nbsp; EN World generates overhead that has to be paid for.&nbsp; I can enjoy it for free, but not if expenses end up being too high and EN World goes away.&nbsp; I treat it as a gaming item I want out of my discretionary income.&nbsp; I could make do without all the features.&nbsp; I could make do without EN World.&nbsp; I could make do without the Book of Exalted Deeds, the Complete Warrior, The Book of Fiends, and several other books.&nbsp; But, I don't want to.&nbsp; I want EN World to stick around.&nbsp; I want to support the community so the public access clubhouse sticks around.&nbsp; The search funtionality is nice.&nbsp; The Custom title is nice, even if it is an &quot;in-joke&quot; for the people in the group I play in.&nbsp; The thousand+ posts a day of stuff to read is great.&nbsp; Is the cost too high?&nbsp; I don't know.&nbsp; What percentage is taken by taxes where Morrus lives?&nbsp; Is the chunk that RPGNow takes too high?&nbsp; I don't know, what do they end up paying in gross receipts taxes?&nbsp; The percentages on those amounts probably won't change.&nbsp; Morrus says that $35 at RPGNow helps him keep running.&nbsp; I trust that.&nbsp; Because I lurked here for a while, it was easy for me to feel like my first community supporter sign-up was for services rendered.&nbsp; If something happens and Morrus needs to shut EN World down, I will be sad, but I will never feel cheated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BSF, post: 1660498, member: 13098"] *shrug* I can understand that there are many gamers with budget issues. Been there, done that, now I have more discretionary income. It's not a big deal. For some people, a tiered approach might work quite nicely. I don't know. What I do know is that I get a strong community feel from EN World. I have met an EN Worlder that I game with regularly. There are Story Hours that I read. There are Ceramic DM contests that I love. There are thoughtful discussions, there are less thoughtful discussions. I get a lot of ideas, I try to toss a few idea seeds of my own out there. I easily get as much enjoyment and as much value out of EN World as I do out of many gaming books. Could I enjoy that benefit for free? Sure I could. But, somebody is paying for server space and bandwidth. EN World generates overhead that has to be paid for. I can enjoy it for free, but not if expenses end up being too high and EN World goes away. I treat it as a gaming item I want out of my discretionary income. I could make do without all the features. I could make do without EN World. I could make do without the Book of Exalted Deeds, the Complete Warrior, The Book of Fiends, and several other books. But, I don't want to. I want EN World to stick around. I want to support the community so the public access clubhouse sticks around. The search funtionality is nice. The Custom title is nice, even if it is an "in-joke" for the people in the group I play in. The thousand+ posts a day of stuff to read is great. Is the cost too high? I don't know. What percentage is taken by taxes where Morrus lives? Is the chunk that RPGNow takes too high? I don't know, what do they end up paying in gross receipts taxes? The percentages on those amounts probably won't change. Morrus says that $35 at RPGNow helps him keep running. I trust that. Because I lurked here for a while, it was easy for me to feel like my first community supporter sign-up was for services rendered. If something happens and Morrus needs to shut EN World down, I will be sad, but I will never feel cheated. [/QUOTE]

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