Originally posted by davyreasons, as I understand them, for non-stars havng restrictions:
IF THATS THE CASE ,WHY ARE THEY RESTRICTED TO 6 GAMES ,AND CANT ENTER TOURNAMENTS,WHY NOT GO THE WHOLE HOG ,I THINK MORE PEOPLE WOULD JOIN ,GIVE THEM A TASTE OF TORNAMENTS FIRST,LET THEM SEE THE BENEFITS
playing here takes bandwidth. Bandwidth costs money. At first this was covered by C&R's generosity, but when the site took off big style (their own falt, shouldn't have made it so good) they needed help - so in came the origional PS's. The site grew more & subscriptions were necessary to keep it going. C&R haven't forgotten why & how the site started, so haven't shut it off from non-subscribers, but there has to be a limit so that the site can cope on the funds available (at one point the 3rd most active mover was a non-subscriber, the other 2 above in a frantic war).
Tourneys & clans involve playing many games, sometimes when you're least expecting it. With only 6 games total a non-PS can't have enough games spare all the time.
yes, the RHP subscription isn'tasking ofr much in your eyes. To a kid or someone in a poorer country who plays on the work PC it might be an unimaginable sum to give to a website.
One of the most important parts of this site is the family that is created in the forums. to keep out non-PS's would not only be unfair, it would lessen the site by stoping them form contributing.
And another thing - to pre-empt the argument that non-Pawn Stars can post any old contentious/offensive rubbish, there are the Moderators and many people who watch the forums and will have such rubbish removed very quickly.
If R&C locked it down too much, people wouldn't be able to get a good feel for the site before committing hard earned cash.
There have also been several recent cases of individuals who couldn't afford to buy a star being bought them by others because they're valuable to the site - that couldn't happen if non-Pawn Stars are gagged.
Paul.
One other thing....letting non pawn stars into the forums show them how many people there are that are pawn stars - that are willing to pay, and hopefully it might encourage them to do the same. You are right it is not much that pawn stars have to pay - and it is really worth it.
So i disagree with you.
However........i do think that these forums should be changed. No offence intended, but this Bulletin Board is really out of date - I recently set one up with phpbb2 and it is an excellent board and if RHP had a phpbb2 board Russ could easily link it to the RHP main site......The one thing i really dislike about this site is the antiquated forums and that is why i dont post much in here (thank god i hear some of you saying!)
A few examples of good PHPBB2 boards to give you an idea of what i mean......
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/index.php (biggest one - per members - i have seen yet)
http://www.therageclub.biz/phpBB2/index.php (the one that i help to run....you wont see much until you are registered)
I am not having a go - i just think that thes forums could be so much better, and it would attract more people to the site imho.
igi
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Originally posted by IGIthe nation states forum is really slow, I think the forum we have here is fine - what more do you need / want?
One other thing....letting non pawn stars into the forums show them how many people there are that are pawn stars - that are willing to pay, and hopefully it might encourage them to do the same. You are right it is not much that pawn stars have to pay - and it is really worth it.
So i disagree with you.
However........i do think that these forums should b ...[text shortened]... thes forums could be so much better, and it would attract more people to the site imho.
igi
Andrew
Originally posted by IGIthe only advantage I can see from that type of forum is you can see when & who the last post was made from the front screen. What are the others?
One other thing....letting non pawn stars into the forums show them how many people there are that are pawn stars - that are willing to pay, and hopefully it might encourage them to do the same. You are right it is not much that pawn stars have to pay - and it is really worth it.
So i disagree with you.
However........i do think that these forums should b ...[text shortened]... thes forums could be so much better, and it would attract more people to the site imho.
igi