I'm still undecided on the model, but one of the benefits of charging both an up front fee and a recurring fee is that the up front fee for account activation makes it less feasable for those with the intent to simply make an account to make other players unhappy to continue to do such indefinitely even when their actions cause their account to be revoked.
Whether this is actually of any value I'll leave as a judgement for the reader. I know that as a MUD admin I've frequently wished a particular griefer was paying me $50 every time he recreated his account.
I spent over a year with the company I worked for being behind on paychecks (at one point 3 months behind, and until I left I was always down a month) and working uncompensated overtime due to the management constantly making promises to the customer that we then had to scramble to keep. I got laid off for deciding to use my vacation time over the Xmas/New year holiday. So much for loyalty.
I wouldn't however walk out on someone without a backup plan (another job lined up) even if they deserved it. Particularly in this economy.
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I'm still undecided on the model, but one of the benefits of charging both an up front fee and a recurring fee is that the up front fee for account activation makes it less feasable for those with the intent to simply make an account to make other players unhappy to continue to do such indefinitely even when their actions cause their account to be revoked. Whether this is actually of any value I'll leave as a judgement for the reader. I know that as a MUD admin I've frequently wished a particular griefer was paying me $50 every time he recreated his account.
I spent over a year with the company I worked for being behind on paychecks (at one point 3 months behind, and until I left I was always down a month) and working uncompensated overtime due to the management constantly making promises to the customer that we then had to scramble to keep. I got laid off for deciding to use my vacation time over the Xmas/New year holiday. So much for loyalty.
I wouldn't however walk out on someone without a backup plan (another job lined up) even if they deserved it. Particularly in this economy.