Timewaster's Guide Archive
General => Site News => Topic started by: Spriggan on April 02, 2007, 08:38:15 AM
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As with the main site, to help Fell feed his family, we're moving to a pay-per system on the forum as well but in a more limited way. Now any thread that has the moneybag icon (http://www.timewastersguide.com/forum/Themes/TWG_4/images/post/money.gif) requires 1 Fell Point to post in, and today is a free trial as the main site.
How do you get fell points? Submitting articles for the main site is one way, earning awards via contests is another and for the lazy we're selling fell points for the low price of half a British Pound each, that's only 5 Pounds for 10 FP! The store will be up tomorrow and will be ran via Paypal so it's simple and easy to get your FPs.
Fell and his three kids thank you for your support in this hard time.
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I heartily endorse this change, as I get a small portion of the proceeds (enough to feed my comic habit, anyway).
And, for the record, "5 Pounds for 10 FP!" is one of the most surreal phrases I've ever heard or read.
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Isn't there a way we can charge people just for viewing the site?
Being a public servant and student leaves me with so much extra cash lying around.
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We weren't going to say anything about that yet, since it's still in the planning stages, but since you brought it up, I've actually been talking with Scott McCloud about micropayments quite a bit. He and I are putting together a system that will work. The problem was getting PayPal to work with us on it. So yeah, when we have the prices down and the backend put together, instead of having to buy articles individually you can just sign up for the micropayment system and you'll be charged as you go. It will work with the forum too.
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Well we are going to be charging to view front page articles, you buy them as boosters, but Fell hasn't gotten back with the write-up about that.
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Y'know, I was wondering when you guys would get around to this. Seemed like such an obvious next step. (Though the phrase "a day late and a dollar short" comes to mind.)
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Shh. They're trying to be creative and funny at the same time. I say we humor them.
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Actually we're being quite honest about this, we've been thinking of ways to have TWG pay itself off for the past few months and this is something we've discussed quite a bit. When Fell lost his job we started to push towards this model and this was a good balance between making house payments and not driving people away from the site.
There aren't going to be a lot of Pay-Per-Post articles but enough that our goals can be met, and we also find paying for articles as a "booster pack" instead of an expensive monthly subscription is more in spirit with the site itself.
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Right. I was thinking you should have done this years ago.
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Hah. Now I just have to find stuff I want to write reviews of... Any suggestions there? I know there are reviews of games, both video and tabletop, and movies, and books, but is there an area that is generally lacking in reviews, or should I just write by ear, as it were?
Will it cost a Fell Point per post, or will it just require a certain number of FP to post in a given forum or article?
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We are lately lacking reviews on most anything game related. That's what we'd prefer.
But we'll take anything, really.
The charge will be by post. So posting in a thread more often does not save money over posting in many threads.
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Man this was a disappointed April Fools.
Maybe if those lazy-sacks-of-crap SE and Fell actually did something for it instead of just piling everything on me at the last minute it would have tricked more then one person.
shessh.
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Whine whine whine.
Maybe if you had a life you wouldn't have time to do all the stuff. It's your own fault for being available to do it.
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You know, I'm really sick of you and Fell taking my willingness to help for granted, I do all the work and you two get all the money and review materials. I haven't gotten anything in a year and somehow you just bought a new PC, which I know you can't afford, and Fell has got all his toys he's been buying even though he doesn't have a job.
You guys are taking me for granted and I'm thinking without me there wouldn't be any TWG or money to line your pockets.
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oh geez. Have you heard the words "tax return?" Like I get that much from TWG.
I'm pretty sure that I could code it. But you *wanted* to do it. remember? You can put it in your little portfolio.
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Please, sneezing on a sheet of paper would be a better portfolio piece then this site. It's a joke, nothing more then a way for 2 people to get free stuff that's only visited by EUOL fan-girls that wish he'd leave his wife and marry them.
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Then why did you want to do it?
Seriously, I don't get it. It was Fell's idea. I wrote an article. I posted on the thread during the prank. You're the coder. I don't even have access. What did you *want* me to do?
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I did it because like it or not I'm part of a team on this site but no one on that team did anything aside me, heck Fell and you didn't even write your articles until after I harassed you both to do it, and I asked several times for graphics and banners we could use. You'd rather play WoW all day long then take any responsibility for this site.
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For the record, I quit WoW and played less than 4 sessions.
but that's beside the point. I wrote the article didn't I?
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Are we bringing back last year's April Fool's joke now, or are you guys fighting for real this time?
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heh. That would be lame. Repeating the same joke.
Besides, there were no nazi kobolds this year.
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Sprig's point is valid. Sure SE and Fell come up with great ideas, but do they deliver? Well, eventually, after much prodding. I mean, who wants a job that involves lighting a fire under either of them so they can deliver what they promise? Ok, well, I signed up for it, but little did I know how often they would ignore the fire.
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oh come on. For a long time I consistently posted articles daily. I've come up with original ideas. I'm have one of the highest, if not THE highest article authorship on the site. I've worked my butt off for this site. Then, when I get less consistent, suddenly no one cares about previous commitment. Well excuse me for having a life.
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Nessa blew it. If anyone is unlikely to add to the acrimony it is she. They're pranking.
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Um, hello Skar, you mean what I said isn't true?
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Nessa's pretty much pissed at me all the time.
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Let's just say I pity SE's wife.