Post by Triple 7 on Aug 13, 2023 14:19:46 GMT -8
The subject is often frowned upon, but I would like to have a conversation about it all the same. In this instance, the play part would be your every day contribution to the story.
In the process of setting up the serve for onboarding functions and looking at other features I came across something Discord calls "server subscriptions". Essentially, they are setting up something similar to Patreon in where you can hand out benefits or tiers regarding your participation on the server. Emerald City Nights isn't suitable for individual tiers. The perks I was giving folks was more as a way to say thank you for your donation to keeping the story alive while also accepting it with grace. I don't like donating and not getting some form of appreciation in return.
At the moment, there are two options; I can try to figure out a way to individualize tiers and give benefits back in return for donations based on the perimeters Discord has established, or I can make the Chronicle completely exclusive and everyone would be charged a small donation enabling them the opportunity to play. The payment amounts range from $2.99 to $6.99 a month. That's a minimum of $47.88 USD to a maximum of $83.88 USD per year for each Player.
At the moment I am leaning toward the completely exclusive option as it is the easier of the two. The Discord options for tiers are not exactly conducive to our needs as a Chronicle. They're based on Roles and Permissions and I am pretty free and flexible with both of those when it comes to the members. The one thing I did think of charging for was invitations to the server (giving Players the ability to invite their friends without need for my approval), but the system Discord has in place didn't seem functional for strictly just that benefit. If I made it pay to play, anyone could invite others whenever they wanted.
At the moment we are still doing Patreon. I want to know your opinion on this topic. Most replies will likely be "hell no I won't pay to play!", and that is fine. I am asking for opinions now before I make any sort of a decision. Depending on how the opinion of the public is, I will likely just remain a free game and ask for donations through Patreon as we have been. As always, the donations you give me go toward bettering the server and the forums, convincing my family to give me time to donate toward the Chronicle (which hasn't been much lately - DTA's, *Cough*), and supporting the electric and Internet connection bill. I have often suggested splitting the cost between the Storytellers, but have been turned down multiple times.
Thanks for your time.
In the process of setting up the serve for onboarding functions and looking at other features I came across something Discord calls "server subscriptions". Essentially, they are setting up something similar to Patreon in where you can hand out benefits or tiers regarding your participation on the server. Emerald City Nights isn't suitable for individual tiers. The perks I was giving folks was more as a way to say thank you for your donation to keeping the story alive while also accepting it with grace. I don't like donating and not getting some form of appreciation in return.
At the moment, there are two options; I can try to figure out a way to individualize tiers and give benefits back in return for donations based on the perimeters Discord has established, or I can make the Chronicle completely exclusive and everyone would be charged a small donation enabling them the opportunity to play. The payment amounts range from $2.99 to $6.99 a month. That's a minimum of $47.88 USD to a maximum of $83.88 USD per year for each Player.
At the moment I am leaning toward the completely exclusive option as it is the easier of the two. The Discord options for tiers are not exactly conducive to our needs as a Chronicle. They're based on Roles and Permissions and I am pretty free and flexible with both of those when it comes to the members. The one thing I did think of charging for was invitations to the server (giving Players the ability to invite their friends without need for my approval), but the system Discord has in place didn't seem functional for strictly just that benefit. If I made it pay to play, anyone could invite others whenever they wanted.
At the moment we are still doing Patreon. I want to know your opinion on this topic. Most replies will likely be "hell no I won't pay to play!", and that is fine. I am asking for opinions now before I make any sort of a decision. Depending on how the opinion of the public is, I will likely just remain a free game and ask for donations through Patreon as we have been. As always, the donations you give me go toward bettering the server and the forums, convincing my family to give me time to donate toward the Chronicle (which hasn't been much lately - DTA's, *Cough*), and supporting the electric and Internet connection bill. I have often suggested splitting the cost between the Storytellers, but have been turned down multiple times.
Thanks for your time.
