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#177 May 04 2006 at 9:57 PM Rating: Decent
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#178 May 04 2006 at 10:02 PM Rating: Excellent
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#179 May 04 2006 at 10:48 PM Rating: Decent
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#180 May 05 2006 at 12:25 AM Rating: Decent
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#181 May 05 2006 at 4:54 AM Rating: Good
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I turned off my premium auto-renew as well, but not so much due to outrage at RMT. I don't really know Alla well enough to vilify him, I wasn't around during the early days, I wasn't there for his resistance to the IGE buyout or tirades against gold selling, I don't call him "Jeff." As such, I don't feel comfortable calling him a raging hypocrite or a sellout. To me he's just a neat guy who runs a wesbite that I like.

As for my premium, a major reason I kept renewing was due to the independence of Allakhazam.com. As he has stated, it was a LLC partnership, not a mega-corporation. It had quaint qualities, like servers going haywire and quirky admins that were also active participants and had actual relationships with users. It was a nifty little corner of the internet that I could claim to be a part of. Even as it continued to grow bigger with the WoW boom, I felt proud to say that it was something I contributed to, both with posts/guides and with money. My subscrition fee was my way of saying "hey, thanks for putting all this stuff together. Here's a few bucks so maybe you can buy another server or hire another programmer."

Now that it's getting real funding and absorbing its competition, I don't see their need for my dollars anymore. I won't ask for my guides to be removed, and I won't engage in some avatar-protest silliness, but I also won't donate out of the kindness of my heart anymore.

I'm also a bit afraid of what the community will be like after it nearly doubles in size. Not that growth is a bad thing, if left stagnant it would die. I guess I'll just have to wait and see how it pans out.

If premium costs get raised significantly, I won't renew. If services that by common sense should be free are instead restricted to premium solely for attracting more memberships, I won't renew. If, on the other hand, the new resources allow them to introduce tons of cool new features, maybe I will renew. If not, I'll just get a better ad-blocker and keep plugging away in the Asylum.


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#182 May 05 2006 at 11:12 AM Rating: Decent
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#185 May 05 2006 at 4:14 PM Rating: Good
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Just in case some of you forgot, the reeeeeely long blank space in posts thing reallllly pisses me off.


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Edited, Fri May 5 20:19:25 2006 by Kaolian
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#186 May 06 2006 at 1:57 AM Rating: Good
I see things are back to normal, post farming and trying to annoy Kao. Thank God, I was worried the asylum was going to take itself seriously and implode!
#187 May 06 2006 at 2:04 AM Rating: Decent
nah, it isn't dead, a few are worried what is to come, a few feel a bit betrayed. one or two were all butthurt and left but whatever. everyone left either doesn't care or is waiting to see what the net effect of all this is.

Welcome back red, missed ya Smiley: smile
#188 May 06 2006 at 2:12 AM Rating: Decent
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Just in case some of you forgot, the reeeeeely long blank space in posts thing reallllly pisses me off.


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#189 May 06 2006 at 2:17 AM Rating: Decent
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I want to **** off Kao


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We expect more out of you Nobby, put some effort into it dammit!



Edited, Sat May 6 03:27:13 2006 by bbking
#190 May 06 2006 at 2:26 AM Rating: Excellent
Redyne! How are you sweetie? I haven't seen you around here in so long! Welcome back, and I hope you don't decide to sneak off again any time soon.

As for being on topic... I've given this a lot of thought, and after talking extensively with both Kao and Dana, who have very patiently and courteously answered all my neverending stream of questions, I've decided that I'm not going to go anywhere. Both Dana and Kao have reassured me that they both hate the idea of this site becoming an IGE ad, and they've both told me that they will do everything in their power to keep things going in a positive direction, and I believe them. So, I'm turning auto-renew back on.

I've been here for over two years, and in that time neither Kao nor Dana have given me any reason to doubt them. You guys crack on Kao all the time, and not always in good fun, but he's a really good guy. And Dana has always been one of the most patient people on this site, ever ready to answer all of my stupid questions. If they're telling me they feel confident that everything will continue on, I believe them. I was really concerned at first when all this broke, but I've had time to think about everything rationally.

Anyway, sorry to re-rail the thread here. I'm done talking about the whole subject now, but I really felt I needed to say that. Back to your pharming. =P
#191 May 07 2006 at 11:38 AM Rating: Decent
So, since this thread was derailed. What kind of time line are we lookin on the merge Alla?
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