Would you be willing to pay $50 a month?

[Fatty]

I would probably stay at $50, it's not a definate though, I can't say for sure if I'd commit to it.

For that much per month, if I was paying, Nate and SF better be designing in some nudie pics under the cockpit seat for the long flights though.

[Lephturn]

Fariz,

Reports of PC gaming's death are highly overrated.  

Seriously, I've been around long enough to see this cycle come around about every five years or so.  PC's have some advantages that consoles do not, and it will continue to be that way.  There will always be PC gaming.  There will always be console gaming.  Both markets ebb and flow, but both always survive despite periodic forecasts of doom for one sector or the other.  



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Lephturn - Chief Trainer
A member of The Flying Pigs  http://www.flyingpigs.com
 
"A pig is a jolly companion, Boar, sow, barrow, or gilt --
A pig is a pal, who'll boost your morale, Though mountains may topple and tilt.
When they've blackballed, bamboozled, and burned you, When they've turned on you, Tory and Whig,
Though you may be thrown over by Tabby and Rover, You'll never go wrong with a pig, a pig,
You'll never go wrong with a pig!" -- Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"

[Beegerite]

Confession time, I happen to be somewhat of an authority on the workings of the addictive mind.  Guess, what?  We've got a lot of died in the wool addicts in here.  Rationalization is one of the biggest tools of the addict.  We can rationalize anything including the fact that playing AH only costs me $29.95 per month.  WRONG!!! Here's my sad story
Initial expense when I started flight simming $9.95 x 12 = $119.40 per year and because the game wasn't all that good I only toyed at it maybe an hour per day.

Pssst, I know where you can get a really good high!

Move to AH (Good Mooove) $20.00 additional x 12 =  $ 240.00
Upgrade to ISDN line to see if score improves with better connection (it didn't) $70.00 x 12 = $ 840.00
ISDN ISP cost additional $ 25.00 x 12 = $ 300.00

Costs of additional peripherals e.g. Saitek joystick, Pedals, Hardback books on tactics and maneuvering, WWII videos and assorted other roadkill items  $200.00 per year

Total additional cost to play AH as of today = $ 1580.00

Now the REAL cost 3 hours per day x 7 x 52 = 1092 hours spent away from my family.

Now the last lesson that those addicts lucky enough to survive an addiction must encounter - BOTTOM!!! That point at which things look so bleak that you just give up and surrender.  Guess what, I might be an addict but I ain't stupid nor naive, $1580 I can rationalize as a cheaper past time than hanging around bars as long as I keep my head buried in the sand and ignore my families cries for more time with me.

Cross that line in the sand and you're going to find out that in the last 19 years I've regenerated more than a few brain cells.  
$29.95 that's it, Ain't paying no more and if that ain't enough to keep the ship afloat then tough cookies.  Wonder what kind of new diversion I can have for $1580 a year?
Addition: I forgot the interest on the new uber computer I brought on time as a direct result of needing SPEED/POWER over what I used to need.  Add $20.00 per month or $240.00 year for a total addl expenses $1820.00 per year.

Beeg

P.S. When planning for this don't forget to factor in the cost of a good divorce lawyer or what a 12 gauge might cost you should you need one to scare the milkman.

[This message has been edited by Beegerite (edited 02-03-2001).]

[StSanta]

$50 would make in financially impossible for me. I'd be struggling with food if they were to raise the price.

Tummie usually wins such battles  .



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Baron Claus "StSanta" Von Ribbentroppen
9./JG 54 "Grünherz"

"I don't necessarily agree with everything I think." - A. Eldritch