Due to the current economic downturn...

[Rob52240]

Netflix is only 10 bucks a month. 

You people that pay for cable television pay what again?

$150 a month with internet.

[guncrasher]

If the only thing you are using the internet for is aces high then I ask, what century are you living in?

that's all I use my home internet connection for.  everything else I do it on my phone.  what century are you on.

semp

[grizz441]

that's all I use my home internet connection for.  everything else I do it on my phone.  what century are you on.

semp

You're in the minority then.

[guncrasher]

no, where I am you are in the minority.

semp

[BaldEagl]

Okay, we're trying to explain player number decline in terms of an economic downturn, but how likely is it that $15 dollars a month is breaking anyone? You'd almost think player numbers would go UP because sitting at home and playing Aces High is so damn cheap.

It almost broke me when I was out of work for over a year.  I was fotunate enough to have community members cover my subscrition for 6 months or I'd have been forced to leave.  It was a time when I learned just how many things in your life you can get along without.  For a long time I made 6 figure salaries.  When I had money I spent it.  That changed  a decade ago then things got worse.  Now I work 13 hour days and barely make it.  It's like I'm back in college.  I agree AH is cheap but when it comes down to food and shelter or AH I'd ultimately choose food and shelter.

BTW, I now pay $8/mo. for cable TV.  No frills 21 channels supplimented with $10/mo. for Netflix but I've been considering dropping Netflix.

[Shuffler]

15 is not much but when it is eat or play..... one should eat.

There are a lot of folks in desperate situations. Most of us are in no way equipped to vouch for them.

My only concern is that our co-conspirators in game and the game company itself survive successfully.

[Stalwart]

I could afford the $15 each month, but until I find meaningful work in my industry I decline to subscribe out of principle.

Work before play. 

When I do find work again, I'll still have to upgrade my machine before I subscribe.

[Max]

500 dollars on a full CH set too.......

And a box of $150 cigars to smoke while playing on the $500 CH gear...

And a $50 bottle of Patron to drink while smoking the cigars...

And...

[Shuffler]

And a box of $150 cigars to smoke while playing on the $500 CH gear...

And a $50 bottle of Patron to drink while smoking the cigars...

And...

... toilet paper

[Mayhem]

I would Like to point out you may want to be careful with Streaming media, and online gaming. Most ISP's are capping your bandwidth.  AT&T Just implemented 150gb Cap for DSL and 250 GB Cap for Uverse. To make matters worse AT&T's meters count upload and download and include encapsulation, not to mention they tend to error in the favor of at&T any way. Most companies that Cap have a Tiered TV service to protect. So far Broadband Companies that don't sell any form of TV service are not Capping, YET! Currently DSL re-sellers that resell AT&T DSL in part or whole are not effected and don't seem to be capping.

[Bear76]

... toilet paper

I thought Corky was already toilet trained?   







Corky, I kid 

[VonMessa]

it's 15 plus internet which in my case it's 45 not including electricity.  add beer and pretty soon we are talking some serious money.

semp

Solution...

(no one should have to drink chitty beer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDB-tPbsP5k

[gatt]

 .... and due to the fact that - graphic wise - the sim stopped its development 6-8 years ago ......

Heck, my beloved Macchi C.205, so beautiful 8 years ago, now is simply horrible.

[Traveler]

Okay, we're trying to explain player number decline in terms of an economic downturn, but how likely is it that $15 dollars a month is breaking anyone? You'd almost think player numbers would go UP because sitting at home and playing Aces High is so damn cheap.

All depends on the price of gas now doesn't it.  I was out of work for two years and 4 months, I was self employed, so collecting Unempolyment was not an option, although I paid into it for 30 years.  We lived on what we had saved and any tempory work that I could get.  My home went into foreclosure, can't afford health insurance, trust me, when your pockets are empty, $15.00 is a lot of money.   I'm working again, but at 63 years of age, not enough time to make up everything that's been lost.

[bj229r]

I play on a cheap dial-up connection that costs me 15 a month. Its not perfect, I get way too many discos, but its better than the sattelite connections of certain players who will go nameless....

Pfft, my dialup is $10!