everconfused wrote:
Naniwai wrote:
borovan90834 wrote:
rejuvinate wrote:
Curious about someting
Isn't the whole Portal/premium access thing supposed to be helping with the costs of running the site? (when it's fully released) And if so, why do you still need to have huge sponsor banners?
Or will people with premium/portal not have those banners show up?
No sponsor banners will show up to premium/portal users at all evah.
Dont quote me on that, it may change, that is the idea though...
*bad feeling*
Neo is truly going pay-to-play, you realise that?
And does that mean those of us who tested the portal and got to keep it won't see ads, or only the people who have fallen into the trap of commercialism and actually PAID TO GET AN ADVANTAGE ON NEO?
I was thinking the same thing (pay for play) ... I did not get to test the portal, and at the time I really thought it was not a biggie - I have a home page already, can't use any other toolbars with my ISP - it's jealous! plus most really DO have hidden trackers in them - tried this with yahoo - my Spybot went nuts finding stuff.
I also have NO interest in having an @ neomail.com email or the ISP (really bad privacy issues, plus I've heard it's not all that reliable).
That said, can a person JUST sign up for the portal, and not have to deal with the ads? What about people with more than one accout? Do they have to sign up for each account (sees money adding up there). If it's not too expensive, I will get something (like maybe better support?) and no huge ads, I would consider it. I didn't and still don't like the whole premium thing "giving an advantage" to players who have it. Most people with it have said to not bother to be honest, that they were most likely going to cancel it.
Oh, btw, there really should be a premium link on the site - there's not one I can find to do some more reading up on this and it has been awhile since I've looked into it.
I signed up for the Isp, portal package thing and only after I had handed over my credit card details, downloaded and installed it, did it tell me that it wouldnt work in my country! Its a 15 day free trial and I emailed them 3 times and it took them 12 days to reply and cancel my email. (BTW, I dont think its actually run by TNT)
I have to admit that the portal worked great and if I had the extra money i would probably consider it, but the rest of it, in my opinion isnt all that! Apart from paying users wont get the ads, there really isnt much more of an advantage to paying. I think you get 1000np a month and the possiblity of getting Random Events in your email (not on the actual neopets site) when you take into consideration the hassle involved in signing up, downloading and installing the thing, you may as well just play some games to earn np instead!:P
PALADIN: I used to get that message all the time when i played gormball before so dont think its anything new!