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Subject: We need to be appreciative.

- Mike

I was looking at the Ideal Science Store. I saw how much there forums actually cost and it is very shocking. Ideal BB.NET Unlimited is $24,999. I assume bungie.net runs unlimited due to our high volume and development features. All I know is that after seeing that price for forums and the price it cost to maintian them, all those complainers can "Shut the heck up"! Seriously...

  • 04.12.2006 10:56 PM PDT

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True!

Although I think Bungie may actuallt be a little cheaper, since they helped develop the version that B.net uses. But either way.

  • 04.12.2006 10:59 PM PDT
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I think they can handle it.

  • 04.13.2006 2:30 AM PDT
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I could've sworn it was only $2000 a year ago.

I think Jim could be right. Plus, I imagine Microsoft may have helped out with funding. The forums do work very well and I'd sooner have them over other brands (the simplicity is really good IMO).

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  • 04.13.2006 4:10 AM PDT

Posted by: Psyched
I could've sworn it was only $2000 a year ago.

I think Jim could be right. Plus, I imagine Microsoft may have helped out with funding. The forums do work very well and I'd sooner have them over other brands (the simplicity is really good IMO).


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  • 04.13.2006 4:21 AM PDT

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He would be a good person to ask then.

  • 04.13.2006 7:24 AM PDT
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You know what would be great? If we could all donate to maintain this site. Help out with the bugs n stuff. And those that donate could get some cool privileges, like say use the Rich Text Editor in chapters. :-D Of course it would have to go through some testing and be tweaked so no one can screw up the layout like Achronos said. Oh maybe you can even get a discount from the Bungie store.

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  • 04.13.2006 7:42 AM PDT

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How about this, a donation to the forums of $1000 gets you the right to post images of a certain size, but if it's misused then you lose the priviledge AND your thousand bucks.

  • 04.13.2006 8:24 AM PDT
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I have returned from the Untamed Lands. MOAP is dead.

Can it be once you reach up to $1000 of donations?

Not that I care, really. I love my Myth avi.

  • 04.13.2006 8:29 AM PDT

Posted by: GameJunkieJim
How about this, a donation to the forums of $1000 gets you the right to post images of a certain size, but if it's misused then you lose the priviledge AND your thousand bucks.


Im in...where do you sign?

I can give you a downpayment of 1p.

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Posted by: EL
You know what would be great? If we could all donate to maintain this site. Help out with the bugs n stuff.

Yeah, kind of like Mozilla where they give you the source codes, tools to write and How-to's, among other things. I'd defiantly do that here.

  • 04.13.2006 9:41 AM PDT
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By the gods!!! I never knew it cost that much!

  • 04.13.2006 9:48 AM PDT

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Posted by: Psyched
I could've sworn it was only $2000 a year ago.

I think Jim could be right. Plus, I imagine Microsoft may have helped out with funding. The forums do work very well and I'd sooner have them over other brands (the simplicity is really good IMO).


Em, Ask Johnrap. He pays for our Games in action forums


Your funny, your forum only has 57 members. B.net I bet has about that or more on at any given time. Now RedvsBlue, thats who you should ask, they have about a thousand registered users on their site at any given time, using their forums and member features.

  • 04.13.2006 10:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: EL
You know what would be great? If we could all donate to maintain this site. Help out with the bugs n stuff. And those that donate could get some cool privileges, like say use the Rich Text Editor in chapters. :-D Of course it would have to go through some testing and be tweaked so no one can screw up the layout like Achronos said. Oh maybe you can even get a discount from the Bungie store.

I know buying from the Bungie store is supporting world domination (bungie studios) but I would donate alittle money to the site itself. My way of saying thanks for all the hard work and cool features... Maybe if you donate you can get a cool title that says Donator or something.

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  • 04.13.2006 3:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: antiherosk8er
I was looking at the Ideal Science Store. I saw how much there forums actually cost and it is very shocking. Ideal BB.NET Unlimited is $24,999. I assume bungie.net runs unlimited due to our high volume and development features. All I know is that after seeing that price for forums and the price it cost to maintian them, all those complainers can "Shut the heck up"! Seriously...


Ok, I'm sick of this type of stuff.

anti, take away $24,999 from $300,000,000 (6million copies of the game sold at $50 a shot. Although it's cheaper now in the states, we still pay full-whack for a copy over here so it evens out). Not a lot really is it? Don't forget Bungie is a business at the end of the day. Of course they're going to be nice to you, give you nice forums to go on, because at the end of the day we're paying their wages. The business model is not all that different to that of one 'Bunny Ranch' out in Nevada (I think it's Nevada, not too sure though being across the pond and all).

Not having a go at you, just remember that $25,000 to bungie is literally the equivelant of about a dollar (55p) to us. Nice of them yes, but they're going to make a shed-load of cash come 'the next project' what with the increased sales of 360's to boot.

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  • 04.13.2006 5:09 PM PDT

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  • 04.13.2006 5:17 PM PDT