Cheaper subscription fee?

Originally posted by kes29
How do you non-smokers survive?

We just don't suck. Simple.

Last stat (honest).

!00% of smokers wish they could quit.

I'm down to these 5 or 6 day roll ups.

Last time I quit for 2 months I came down with colds,
flu, all sorts of ailments and I put on weight.

Mind you the choice I'm facing now is not much fun.

Keep smoking and be dead before I'm 70 or live longer
dribble my food, go senile and wear nappies.

Not much of a choice we get left with is it?

No wonder all of us are born screaming and kicking - we know what is coming.

We are dated and stamped the moment we take out first breath.
Like being in prison.....a chain gang if you will.

Right - That's us back onto chain smoking again.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Last stat (honest).

!00% of smokers wish they could quit.

I'm down to these 5 or 6 day roll ups.

Last time I quit for 2 months I came down with colds,
flu, all sorts of ailments and I put on weight.

Mind you the choice I'm facing now is not much fun.

Keep smoking and be dead before I'm 70 or live longer
dribble my food, go senile and w ...[text shortened]... in prison.....a chain gang if you will.

Right - That's us back onto chain smoking again.

Nobody said quitting was easy. And if they did they were lying.

And it's not just that you die sooner, it's often that you die of a painful lungcancer which really sucks. Really.

And of course smoking close to other people harms those people as well. Although luckily smoking is banned in most public places these days, isn't it?

Ah well, it does take the strain out of living.

>insert Dick Chain-ey joke here<

'insert Dick Chain-ey joke here'

I do the jokes King Rat.

I'm Geoff Chaindler. 🙂

Chase
Chair
Chance
Cha....
Chi...
Ch...
C....

Nope, I'm all out of word jokes. You win. Smoking really does sharpen the mind. I'd be the weakest link, if you and I were a chain.

I'm bored with it too.

I'm off to watch a DVD.

The Chainsaw Massacre.

A classic that is.





May this topic rest in peace.

Originally posted by Great King Rat
A classic that is.





May this topic rest in peace.

Do the still make Topics?

Sorry, what's the hip word that's used as a replacement for topic these days?

Originally posted by Great King Rat
Sorry, what's the hip word that's used as a replacement for topic these days?

Chain?

Look guys this joke is over.

Now go and play some chess.

And keep an eye on those Pawn Chains.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Look guys this joke is over.

Now go and play some chess.

And keep an eye on those Pawn Chains.

I did, thanks, my pawns are now smoking hot being chained like this.

Originally posted by zozozozo
I did, thanks, my pawns are now smoking hot being chained like this.

Ah...back to chain smoking again.

zozozozo - your name looks like you are sleeping and blowing smoke rings.

Fine, I give up.

Who needs money anyway...?

Originally posted by Great King Rat
Dutch people are generally known to want to pay as less as possible for everything. I am no exception to that. In my opinion the current subscription fee of ~40 dollars per year is way too much money. As much as I enjoy playing chess on this site, I just don't think it's worth it.

However, let's say the subscription fee was 15 dollars/euros per ye ompared to the situation as it is at this moment, but I thought I'd suggest it anyway.

Look at it another way.

Say you currently have 10,000 players on the site of which 2,000 are subscribers (thats 20% ) who are all willing to pay $40. This gives you a guartanteed income of $80,000.

If you were to drop the rate to $15 your guaranteed income drops to $30,000 as the 2,000 current subscribers are going to be bluddy happy getting their subscription for half price and will happily continue to pay.

Now even if 25% of the 8,000 current non subs subscribe you are looking at a further 2,000 subs which generates a further $30,000.

You are now $20,000 out of pocket, yet are now servicing increased server costs etc as the gameload for the 2,000 new subs kicks into place.

Twice the subscribers but only 75% of the income. NOT GOOD BUSINESS SENSE

To bring in the same income at $15 you would need 5,334 subscribers. This is 3,334 more people than currently subscribe and is as likely as me winning the Euro Lottery.