Emicus Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Cheapest “subscription” you’ll ever pay.Keep the Bolter & Chainsword alive for another yearDrop a single cup of coffee, browse the forum! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyuzanriu Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 No. Definitely not. This would turn away people so quickly you wouldn't even be able to finish speaking that sentence before they start heading for the door. 1.50 USD for a premium membership that allows you to have a custom signature, alongside a lot more profile options is reasonable though. Adding a boarder and title of "Premium Member" or something like that is also acceptable. If you charge people just to view (what I assumed you meant by browse) then only those of us that know how amazing this forum is will pay for it. Everyone else will go to DakkaDakka and all those other lesser, xeno-defiled forums. I will gladly pay for my membership with this forum, as it is the best forum I have ever seen, but charging for viewing it is a terrible idea and would damage this forum's otherwise pristine reputation. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4065177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 We are not charging anyone for viewing the forum, Hyuzanriu. I'm afraid you've got the wrong end of the stick. We're asking for donations to cover the costs of running a server since Brother Argos cannot do so any more. Don't want to donate? Then don't do so. But don't mistake this as us charging people for membership. Membership here is free. Edit - I also want to make a point about adverts. B&C is currently ad free. However, allowing adverts on B&C is the only viable alternative, atm, to the annual donation drive that the staff are comfortable with. If we don't do donation drives then we would have to allow unsightly adverts. Personally, I think that's not a good solution compared to doing a donation drive once a year. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4065200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyuzanriu Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Ahh I apologize. I believe I may have misunderstood what was being said by Emicus. I thought it was a suggestion to make the forum PPV. Sorry. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4065207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeptus Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Could we look at a 'gold' system like Reddit has? If you like a comment, you give the poster 'gold' which gives them extra features and bonuses for a period of time (say, a week or a month). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4065211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 The staff has discussed that sort of thing before. More than once, I might add. We feel 'privileges' are not a good idea as it would breed an 'us vs them' attitude between gold/premium/whatever members and non-gold/premium/whatever members. We don't want a feeling of the 'haves' and 'have-nots' in this forum - everyone is treated equally and fairly, and (hopefully) expects equal and fair treatment. All members also get an equal usage out of B&C - adding privileges changes that dynamic. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4065215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethernitas Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Thats funny... I didn't even have an option lower that € 5,- :)Still totally worth it! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4065469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
casb1965 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Cheapest “subscription” you’ll ever pay. Keep the Bolter & Chainsword alive for another year Drop a single cup of coffee, browse the forum! Best £5 I'll spend for a while. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4065807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emicus Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Hey all,Just to clarify: In the linked thread, with the stats posted it is calculated that the site has an average 2000 visitors on the site at any given point. That’s not total visitors a day, no, that’s a constant flux of people totalling two thousand people any second of the day.Now, 3000 dollars to run the site for a year, 2000 people at any time, that’s 1.5 dollars per head unless my napkin is wrong.It’s not an actual “subscription”, but 1.5 dollars is all YOU need to chuck in the pot for an entire year of delicious Bolter and Chainsword action, delivered straight to your browser. Isn’t that insane value? Isn’t that the cheapest thing you’ve ever bought in your life? Isn’t that a wicked good investment for your hobby? What’s that, 1/3rd the cost of one pot of paint?... Seven magnets?In the donation listing on the page the smallest you can do is five, sure, but by just sending through paypal you can elect to do less. Though I’m happy to see other people trying to cover for the slackers that won’t sacrifice a cup of coffee for the website.May the Emperor Guide your Blade,Emicus out. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4066259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Sad thing is that is that some people are donating 30-100$ and we are still only 56% there. Only the minority is donating. Not very encouraging. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4066341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deamon Wolf Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 why is this conversation on the Grey Knights forum? Shouldn't it be on the general board ??? I have checked the DA forum and there isn't a similar topic so why are the Knights of Titan being tarred with this pay up or ship out brush? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4066398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Funnily enough, that might be because one of your fellow Grey Knight players cared enough to do a little bit of flag waving, Daemon Wolf. If Emicus was a DA player, it is likely this thread would have popped up there, instead. You are not being singled out. It's a simple matter of a Frater using his initiative and trying to encourage donations to a website he enjoys. Should it be on the general board? Perhaps. That depends on Emicus' intent. Is this a 'shape up or ship out' thread? No. Not even slightly. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4066500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emicus Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 As far as I know there is a stickied thread at the top of every forum, such as *this* one in ours. However as we are still short of the goal I hoped to nudge a few more souls in to pitching in, by trying to clearify just how little is needed to make a difference. I made a terrible click-bait headline and will surely pay the price in the afterlife.As for why it’s in the GK forum, it’s where I belong, so it felt natural to post it here to try and spur my fellow brothers.We are the Hammer,We are the Sword,We are the Spear,We are the Shield,We are the Soldiers at the End of TimeAnd by the Emperor if anyone is shipping out it better be to crush some foul daemons and heretics Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4066716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deamon Wolf Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Fair enough Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/308488-15-for-1-year-of-bc-worth-it/#findComment-4066736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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