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Offline Shuffler

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Re: The future of Aces High is on Facebook
« Reply #135 on: December 28, 2019, 04:14:21 AM »
Those players are reluctant to pay a subscription when they could instead pay to for certain items or features instead.  F2P games use gambling as a model for their microtransactions, knowing that some will keep buying stuff, like a gambling addict will keep gambling.  In the gaming industry those players are called "Whales", just like what casinos call them.

On the MMO I work in, while the game uses a subscription model, we also have microtransactions.  We have players that spend thousand of dollars on microtransactions.  When I say thousands, I mean some have spent tens of thousands of dollars on items.

I have read news stories about the amazing amounts a lot of people will pay in those games. It is exactly like the gambling industry.
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Re: The future of Aces High is on Facebook
« Reply #136 on: December 28, 2019, 10:34:43 AM »
I have read news stories about the amazing amounts a lot of people will pay in those games. It is exactly like the gambling industry.

I actually spent over 700 bucks over 2 years and I couldn't keep up with a lot of players.  New line of tanks and within a few hours there would be players getting tear  10 tanks. And not just a few but every match would have them.


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Re: The future of Aces High is on Facebook
« Reply #137 on: December 29, 2019, 10:52:54 PM »
Don't expect freedom of speech on the HT facebook page.
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Re: The future of Aces High is on Facebook
« Reply #138 on: December 30, 2019, 12:48:45 AM »
Don't expect freedom of speech on the HT facebook page.

How about silly cat videos?
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Re: The future of Aces High is on Facebook
« Reply #139 on: December 30, 2019, 12:53:00 AM »
Don't expect freedom of speech on the HT facebook page.

Don't expect freedom of anything when you are a guest in somebody's house. You respect they're rules.


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Offline Nefarious

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Re: The future of Aces High is on Facebook
« Reply #140 on: December 30, 2019, 10:34:37 AM »
Don't expect freedom of speech on the HT facebook page.

Not much here on the BBS either, we all agree to abide by the forum rules. Facebook is no different.
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Re: The future of Aces High is on Facebook
« Reply #141 on: January 03, 2020, 06:07:21 AM »
« Last Edit: January 03, 2020, 06:10:10 AM by Nefarious »
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Offline lunaticfringe

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Re: The future of Aces High is on Facebook
« Reply #142 on: January 03, 2020, 08:00:17 AM »
I hear more and more people are leaving it.

I myself only look at it once or twice a month.
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Re: The future of Aces High is on Facebook
« Reply #143 on: January 03, 2020, 08:10:39 AM »
I hear more and more people are leaving it.

I myself only look at it once or twice a month.
Yep...pretty soon they'll be down to only 2.35 billion active users.
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