• Valve Discusses Charging Customers Based on Popularity
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If valve are so sure they know who is making hacks, why don't they just ban them instead of charging them 100 dollars? What is up with all of valves weird and greedy as fuck plans they're coming up with or have already done. I'm really quickly losing all respect for them.
Guys. Guys It's an idea in a very early stage that will probably never make it, and was largely misinterpreted.
Guys, don't forget that Valve loves trolling. I'm pretty sure they are not serious.
I like this idea, I'm pretty nice to people over games
[QUOTE=Scar;29865763]Guys. Guys It's an idea in a very early stage that will probably never make it, and was largely misinterpreted.[/QUOTE] How the fuck do you misinterpret "Assholes get their ingame voice capabilities taken away and have to pay 100$ to get it back" and "Really popular people get free stuff"? Those sound like pretty concrete examples to me. Either way it's a terrible idea, except for the part when people who contribute something to the community get rewarded.
I am... liked. At least I have a lot of people who seem to like me and people who don't, don't really LEAVE the game because of that. Heck, Kassi and Prince of Cats make playing on the TF2 server a BITCH but nobody leaves. I get frustrated but I stay on. Free games are awesome but then you have to think about the other people. Just because I HATE somebody doesn't mean I think they deserve to buy something full price when I get a discount. Its unfair. People have different opinions of people. This would NEVER work. Speaking of which... what about ragequitters? Would their "reports" or whatever is going to measure a person's popularity, going to affect another person's popularity?
Valve's second worst idea after dynamic pricing in css
Another astounding trolling by gaben
[QUOTE=dass;29866369]Valve's second worst idea after Mann-Conomy[/QUOTE] Fixed
[QUOTE=Fort83;29858301]yes really[/QUOTE] Have they implemented this at all?
[QUOTE=Robber;29867391]Fixed[/QUOTE] Actually you broke it. There is nothing wrong with MannCo business.
[QUOTE=pebkac;29866002]How the fuck do you misinterpret "Assholes get their ingame voice capabilities taken away and have to pay 100$ to get it back" and "Really popular people get free stuff"? Those sound like pretty concrete examples to me. Either way it's a terrible idea, except for the part when people who contribute something to the community get rewarded.[/QUOTE] How the fuck do you not get hyperbole?
I would be ok with this if it only applied to people who make maps/ models etc, getting cheaper games.
hmm I don't like this idea at all to be honest. A 10% discount on items in the Mann-store could work but games themselves? Nah
Theoretical being the key word here. Would be interesting to have seen how it would turn out though.
So how do they plan on making money? If the people who play seriously get it for free, and I don't think the ones being charged more than normal would pay for it then who is going to spend money? Perhaps it's people like me who in Gabe's example don't play TF2 and therefore are neutral. Yeah, I'm totally going to buy a $50 when they're giving it to other people for free. Just kidding I wouldn't buy it.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;29869645]So how do they plan on making money? If the people who play seriously get it for free, and I don't think the ones being charged more than normal would pay for it then who is going to spend money? Perhaps it's people like me who in Gabe's example don't play TF2 and therefore are neutral. Yeah, I'm totally going to buy a $50 when they're giving it to other people for free. Just kidding I wouldn't buy it.[/QUOTE] While at its core its hilariously dumb, the people saying, "How come I have to pay money but these people who basically advertise the game and create a revenue for a company without getting a paycheck get it for free!?" Which kinda shows how human beings never want to better themselves.
And I thought gayben was smart.
I mean seriously, if you act like a dick, be prepared for consequences :v: If you want free stuff, be nice. Is it THAT hard to be nice? Theoretical Argument Advisory:THIS DOES NOT MEAN I ENDORSE THIS IDEA
[QUOTE=wakkydude;29865294]This is where my info came from.[/QUOTE] Chris made all of that shit up, it's not what Gabe said.
[QUOTE=animephreak135;29869963]Chris made all of that shit up, it's not what Gabe said.[/QUOTE] And you know this how? If you're gonna claim that he's making shit up, give sources to back up your claims.
[QUOTE=Swilly;29869892]I mean seriously, if you act like a dick, be prepared for consequences :v: If you want free stuff, be nice. Is it THAT hard to be nice? [/QUOTE] Whether you are liked or not depends on what server you play on. While people may love you on one, they may despise you on another (sometimes for ridiculous reasons). Personal real world example of the latter: getting kickbanned from a no-swearing server for pointing out that their swear filter wrongly censors the word "conspicuous".
[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;29870070]Whether you are liked or not depends on what server you play on. While people may love you on one, they may despise you on another (sometimes for ridiculous reasons). Personal real world example of the latter: getting kickbanned from a no-swearing server for pointing out that their swear filter wrongly censors the word "conspicuous".[/QUOTE] I've never had this problem :v: Note:Anecdotal evidence doesn't work.
Guys, this is for MODDERS and people who CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT NICE PEOPLE.
[QUOTE=Swilly;29870124]I've never had this problem :v: Note:Anecdotal evidence doesn't work.[/QUOTE] Hey I'm not saying everyone is like that, but I'm sure a lot of other people will agree that there's plenty of shitty clan servers and power tripping admins out there. [editline]16th May 2011[/editline] Also, their server filters the word "jew". And I've seen people kicked for saying "flipping" or "f-ing" in place of fucking. :sigh:
thank god i was in idiots of garrys mod and full life concequences? i hate this anyways so meh
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;29870404]Please tell me this is a joke. [B]PLEASE[/B] It wouldn't affect me much because I am a likeable person in general, but this is just retarded... [h2] WHERE IS THE REAL VALVE AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THEM[/h2][/QUOTE] [QUOTE=wakkydude;29870181]Guys, this is for MODDERS and people who CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT NICE PEOPLE.[/QUOTE] You only get additional prices if you do things like make hacks or are really disruptive.
I don't think they ever considered this further than a distant idea that would only work in a perfect world.
I love how they are discussing EVERYTHING. Even if in the theory it wouldn't work for us, they are still trying, instead of ignoring it just because. Even if we all know that this isn't going to work, they are doing one huge brainstorm about this right now. This is what I call a good company - checking every possible way because who knows, it may work. [editline]16th May 2011[/editline] Just like Portal 2 without portals
Now you get a reward for being cool on the internet.
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