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[djhogg]

i didnt say it was your fault speedbird, im just stating a possibility that other designers will choose to charge and spoil the expierience for new players, i loved the way i joined asked and was given a livery, it shows there are people out there who want to help others out and create a brilliant atmosphere for everyone, i did however wish you luck, im not having a go at you personally we all know your designs are some of the best around. However i do believe that the airline empires staff should be seriously thinking about how this should be done, and if it catches on then getting a percentage to aid in the development of this game....

my thoughts

[sviridovt]

Mind if I ask how exactly it's 'dragging this good game down'?

if other designers follow you, but just saying. I will always design liveries for free

[djhogg]

you say that speedbird, but your happily advertising your products on here..... surely advertising should be paid for

[djhogg]

and sb, i wasnt aware that you pushed for liverys, i'm sure i join the whole community in thanking you, however when you thought of this was it to add to the experience or so you could make a few bucks on the side, many many good online games have been spoilt in similar ways.

[djhogg]

listen im not arguing with you, really cant be bothered, just wanted to state my views, what annoys me though is how the game designers do all they can to keep it free and someone suddenly decides to make money themselves, if any admin reads this, why should a user profit from your hard work, either take a cut or dont allow it to happen in-house.

Rant over



again speedbird i respect you and your work i just dont agree with what your doing.

[djhogg]

i know the answer so why suddenly charge and create the possibility of ruining something you created?

[djhogg]

what costs?? loads of us make liverys doesnt cost us a penny

[djhogg]

lol, as for facebook you will find that apps pay for the privilage of making money so do big companies, small businesses can create a profile sure, but they cannot contact unknown people how do you think facebook makes so much money??

[sviridovt]

website, domain, advertising, etc...

sure... you spend allot of money on your moonfruit website

[sviridovt]

Your point is? I'm a small business with a profile on a social network (ie AE)... according to you that's fine...

Regardless, that wasn't my point anyway. You'll quite clearly see that various business of all sizes have pages, groups, etc. They're most certainly not charged for that...

SB, AE is not a social network, its a free online game, this game doesnt have a steady profit (and advertising isnt really steady, which I know from running my own site), so I am sure that devs would be happy to get a cut from your profit. Also you should give at least a part of your profit because you are changing how this game could be viewed by new members. If you charge for liveries and they look at that, they might think that this game is turning into a business rather than an airline simulation game where people help others to start their own airline or design graphics for them.

[sviridovt]

oddly enough mate, I'm paying £15 a month and am expecting a reasonably large figure for the domain... I don't know about you but that's a relatively large quantity...

try $114 a month that yuxi has to pay to keep the game running (or somewhere near that, I remember I asked him how much it costed to host it, and I remember he said something like 114