BorB Benefits for donors

[The King]

This may cause a little bit of drama in these forums, but I have been thinking about offering some benefits for donors of the Zone.

This site provides a great home base for a lot of us. And it does so for free, I also run this game for nothing and I think all of you who play know how much that entails.

It's that time of year where we discuss as a staff what we can do to help raise money for the site. I was thinking about creating some exclusive BorB benefits and auctions for donors.

1. Adult Star auctions.
2. ZB bonuses for donating.
3. Weekly flash auctions only available to donors.
4. BorB Sub-forum where you can discuss BorB uncensored.

What do you guys think?

[CuseJetsFan83]

This may cause a little bit of drama in these forums, but I have been thinking about offering some benefits for donors of the Zone.

This site provides a great home base for a lot of us. And it does so for free, I also run this game for nothing and I think all of you who play know how much that entails.

It's that time of year where we discuss as a staff what we can do to help raise money for the site. I was thinking about creating some exclusive BorB benefits and auctions for donors.

1. Adult Star auctions.
2. ZB bonuses for donating.
3. Weekly flash auctions only available to donors.
4. BorB Sub-forum where you can discuss BorB uncensored.

What do you guys think?

i am all for it, but if you are to do that, is there a way you can code it to age verify... since ya know... NSFW isn't always a good enough deterrant

[TMu11]

Yes

[YardRat]

Sure, why not?

[BLeonard]

Not against it per se, just think some things should be set/clarified beforehand:

1. Adult Star auctions.
2. ZB bonuses for donating.
3. Weekly flash auctions only available to donors.
4. BorB Sub-forum where you can discuss BorB uncensored.

1. You could have these anyway... If the cards would still be in our sigs, nudity would still be a no-no, I assume. Reason being, the cards would show up in our sigs regardless of where we post.

2. The only question I have is, would it be X amount of ZB, regardless of how much you donate, or the more you donate, the more you get? I could see where the latter could be a bit of an issue.

3. Could those cards then be dealt in deals to non-donors? If not, it kind of handicaps the trading to an extent.

4. Dunno how much it would be used, but not against it.

Again, I'm not against it and would probably encourage some people to donate. But, I also don't think that the benefits should be "game breaking" for a non donor.

-Bill

[BLeonard]

i am all for it, but if you are to do that, is there a way you can code it to age verify... since ya know... NSFW isn't always a good enough deterrant

I would think that, if they have the means to donate via transferring funds online, they're old enough to have access to an adult site.

-Bill

[jamze132]

I've been a donor since 2003. Count me in.

[jamze132]

Not against it per se, just think some things should be set/clarified beforehand:



1. You could have these anyway... If the cards would still be in our sigs, nudity would still be a no-no, I assume. Reason being, the cards would show up in our sigs regardless of where we post.

2. The only question I have is, would it be X amount of ZB, regardless of how much you donate, or the more you donate, the more you get? I could see where the latter could be a bit of an issue.

3. Could those cards then be dealt in deals to non-donors? If not, it kind of handicaps the trading to an extent.

4. Dunno how much it would be used, but not against it.

Again, I'm not against it and would probably encourage some people to donate. But, I also don't think that the benefits should be "game breaking" for a non donor.

-Bill

I see your not a donor.

[The King]

The Cards would not violate the TOS.

[ServoBillieves]

I'm not a donor but I'm all for it. This is a free site and the people who run it I am in debt to, so when i can donate believe me I will, this just coming from the non-donor side of the coin.

If people freely donate, then they certainly deserve privledge

[BLeonard]

I see your not a donor.

Don't see how that's relevant, as I said I wasn't against it. Was just pointing out that, if the benefits of being a donor are weighted too heavily, it could discourage non-donors from playing... Less people playing isn't a good thing, IMO.

Personally, I would have no problems donating and, to be honest, have thought about doing so in the past. Fortunately, I'm in a financial position where I would be able to donate... Others might not be as fortunate. That's all I'm saying.

-Bill

[The King]

A monthly donation costs 2.50 you dont have to pay for the year up front.

[Mski]

well even the thought of one just made me donate again

[The King]

I was thinking it would be a 3,000 credit per month for all donors. If you pay for the year upfront it will be a credit of 30,000, 50,000 or 100,000 depending on your donor status.

[The King]

This is just an idea right now, nothing is set yet.

[utmhead]

I was thinking it would be a 3,000 credit per month for all donors. If you pay for the year upfront it will be a credit of 30,000, 50,000 or 100,000 depending on your donor status.

I think the 3k per month is fine, but the 30k and up is wrong, not fair that some people can afford to toss $100 into a game while others can't afford to do that, Whats to say someone does not toss $200 and gets 200,000 zone bux, that part seems a little unfair to me.

[BLeonard]

I think the 3k per month is fine, but the 30k and up is wrong, not fair that some people can afford to toss $100 into a game while others can't afford to do that, Whats to say someone does not toss $200 and gets 200,000 zone bux, that part seems a little unfair to me.

That's what I was alluding to with my first post... the divide could get pretty wide pretty quick.

IMO, everyone should get the same amount of "bonus ZB," regardless of how much they donate, as opposed to tiered, with the advantage going to who donates more. On top of that, tracking how much people donate and when they do so could become troublesome, unless Bedard has a way to see who donated and how much they donated.

IMO, it should be a "flat rate" of, say, 30k ZB if you donate to the site. That's not too high of a number to separate the donators from the non-donators and it also doesn't create a wide gap for those who can afford to donate more than others.

-Bill

[The King]

I'll do 3K per month,.

[Forward_Lateral]

It might give me a reason to start donating to this site again.

[BLeonard]

I'll do 3K per month,.

That's more fair, accross the board, IMO... Even a person donating for a year (which I will likely do) will only get $36k... That's not too big of an advantage for non-donators to overcome, but a nice perk for those who do donate.

-Bill