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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1096361" data-attributes="member: 99">I want to offer a message in contrast to what reapersaurus posted.  I want to be clear that I'm not suggesting that his view point is invalid, but it is certainly not universal (nor do I think that he thinks it is).My own use of the site is somewhat parallel to his in that I rarely make use of the other features outside the forums.  Once in a while if I'm contemplating purchasing a particular product, I'll check out the reviews on it.  More often I'll just post about it or read what others are saying on the forums.Regardless, to me, the forums alone are worth the cost of being a Community Supporter.  When I posted above about being sorry that I hadn't gotten off my lazy butt to do it, I did so in a kidding manner, but there was a kernel of truth to it too.  I'm going to remedy that today.As far as where the money goes, my first inclination is to say "I don't care".  But that is false.  If I had my way about it, Morrus would be getting bloody rich off of this site.  Everything I've seen indicates that he is a great guy who made a pretty ballsy move in taking up the reins of this site when Eric felt that he needed to walk away.  I wish him nothing but prosperity as a result.To me it is as simple as this:  ENWorld (the forums anyway) is a tremendously valuable resource to me.  If I had to attach a dollar figure to it, it would be a number considerably higher than the cost of a Community Supporter account.  It has a value much greater than that provided by my FLGS and yet I'm constantly seeing threads about how I should spend extra money (in the form of paying more for books there than I would at Amazon or Walmart) to support them.  It has a value to me greater than a Dragon Magazine subscription.Others may feel differently.  They may feel that there are plenty of other places they can go and talk about D&D and not feel like they need to spend a dime on this site.  The fact is that you DON'T have to spend a dime on this site and that's what I've done for my whole tenure here.  But I think it is analagous to a great piece of Freeware.  Nobody is making you spend money to support it.  But if you feel like it has value to you and you want to express your thanks to the developer, then maybe they'll keep producing more great products.  At very least your gratitude will be made known.So anyway, I'm going to put my money where my mouth is today and send in the cash for my Community Supporter account.  I don't know what Morrus will spend it on.  Maybe it will help pay for the costs of the forums or maybe he'll buy a D&D book he's been wanting.  I wish it were padding his already full bank account.Most of all, I hope he will consider it a small, and long overdue, token of my gratitude for the great service he provides.</blockquote>

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