JUNKER FREEPORT PROPOSAL

[Malaclypse 666]

I agree with Dab here dont be idiots, pay for what you need, Dont expect Admins to pay for stuff all the time,

if you want something earn it, its the same goal in Real Life .

Cheers

Eris just spoke to me, Tony, and told me to cheer for the idiots this time. Forgive Her.

It does seem that Tortuga is something that will in some way, shape, or form be of benefit to the entire community; if for no other reason than it's a cool idea and it looks cool. So, either the community at large should contribute; or, the Admins should indeed delve into their endless supply of "funny money", and pay Mr. "Whines-alot" his filthy lucre for designing and building it.

In a way, the community "will" pay for it; simply by remaining around to enjoy it, and not going elsewhere. It's about the numbers, in a way. Product placement and validation. We have a superb mod. Making it even better with this addition can only help its popularity along. It's "win/win".

As to paying for stuff "all the time", what in blue blazers does that refer to? Are we asking you to give up yer Admin salary or sombunall of it?

And Dab, your analogy of a designer doing it for free ain't holding the Holy water.. sorry. Who cuts the check for a Library or a State Office Building? The "Government" does. In this case, the Government being the Server Gods. Oh, sure, the Government gets it back through taxes, or bonding, or parking tickets, from the citizens; but again.. what's to be governed if everyone decides to move to the next State where the Libraries and Edifices are shinier and newer?

Maybe we should have another poll, to approve a "Bond", or a one-time "tax levy" for the project. Dab quotes a prices somewhat less than his usual cut-throat rates; We post his price, divided by the number of players who have, say, more than a million creds in their Net accounts; and that's the tax we'd vote on. If approved, just as an example, we'd all wake up the next morning with each of our characters, say, 30,000 credits poorer. That should cover it if the Admins won't. Scrooges.

Cheers,
Mal for Eris... gotta love Her, eh? Who ever thought me 'n D.O. would agree on something?

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