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I'm canceling my AOC subscription today. As the only player over the past month and the current guild leader this will mean that if any of you come back to play you'll have to have a GM take my guild status from me due to inactivity. My current subscription runs out in 30 days so if you want me to hand over the guild to you, let me know.
Bill
Should check out the new WoW expansion.
I liked both AoC and WH but it got pretty lonley out there.
Enjoyed a few good guildy runs through some instances last night and found what I was missing ;)
Nuts it would be cool if you re-installed WoW and started playing around in it again.
It would also be cool if you'd stop being a weenie and get Left4Dead. :nuh:Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]StitchJones
For the PC, not the kiddie version. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Bribo
I have L4D, but there are two issuesQuote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Bribo
1.) I have the 360 version
2.) It's wrapped under the Christmas tree
I suffer from 2x the phail today.
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]StitchJones
http://www.banklawyersblog.com/3_ban...oundergeek.jpg
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Originally Posted by [AK]Bribo
I smile because I have no idea what's going on.
I have never had any SUBSCRIPTIONS to close! Can you imagine how much money I have saved! How much have you spent on stupid pay to play? Now, you can never play it again Nuts without opening your wallet again. Not a very smart purshase if you ask me. Come back to fps 1st person shooters. Where real men play!Quote:
I'm canceling my AOC subscription today
Food for thought!
Dude I was all with you but part of the enjoyment I got out of playing BF was playing with other folks. When everyone went to WoW, playing BF2 and Quake Wars become dull. I tried WoW but it was just monotonous and the graphics weren't doing anything for me (I prefer a more 'realistic' look).
When AoC came out I thought it would be a good compromise... good graphics, a bit FPS (more control during combat than in WoW) and the things that attracted AK to WoW.
But AoC was too demanding for some people's rigs, it was a bit buggy at roll-out and there just wasn't a flood of people to the game. I stuck it out for about 6 months but playing all alone was dull... paying for it was even worse.
So FC.... are you in Left 4 Dead? You have got to get this game. It's the best I've played in years.
Not yet, I have been addicted to Crysis Wars. Its been a long time since I loose sleep over a game but I am on every night.Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Nuts
If I can scrap some cash then ill pick it up. We are real tight right now. Wife got laid off and I'm making half what I'm use to at the railroad.
Actually thinking about going back to the clubs and beating people up again.
Its getting bad.
Stay away from iRacing then. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]FiGHT*CLuB
$156 + tax for a yearly subscription
$15 for each vehicle (Currently 9 vehicles, 2 come with initial subscription)
$20 - $25 for each track (Currently 25 tracks, 7 come with initial subscription)
Luckily, being on the closed BETA Team, I got everything available at that time for free at launch so it saved me a couple hundred bucks on tracks. So I've probably only spent maybe $200 total so far. You get 'iRacing' bucks with long term subscriptions to apply toward other purchases, some iRacing bucks for on track performance, and you also get bulk discounts for purchasing multiple items.
Not a cheap hobby. ;)
Lets see, $14 a month, or $39-49 twice a month (the amount of time it takes to burn through L4Dead, Fallout 3, Crysis, or whatever the flavor of the week is.)Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]FiGHT*CLuB
I don't care about such things, but WoW nets out cheaper than the slow drip game addiction.
squid is correct. I found WoW to be cheaper than other PC gaming over the long haul.Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Squidly
Nuts, if Beaker and I will pick up the expansion next week. We'll level up with you. Being a spport/tank type guy, I suggest you roll a Deathknight, palidin, or Druid. If you roll a Druid, be sure to name it spotted oil, you California nut.
I took 6 months off from WOW and saved myself $90.00.
During that time I purchased (2) other games that I will not longer play and are now collecting dust. Which cost $99.98 (not including subs)
It COST me money to NOT play WoW... and thats what I keep telling the wife. :emblaugh:
You
14.00 x 12 (months) = 168. Plus cost of WoW 39.99 back then. (Plus cost of expansions every 6 months for another 39.99, = not totaled in price to be nice)
Total 207.99 plus tax and Internet cost!
Me
Crysis = 29.99 when purchased,
The orange box = 39.99 when purchased.
Quake wars = 39.99 when purchased.
Total = 109.97 plus tax and Internet cost!
I can play 3 games for the rest of my life without costing me anything again!
I can buy 3 more games and still not spend as much as you!
You can play one till next month!
I'm saving almost 100 bucks.
Sorry but you can try to talk yourself into reasons why you pay monthly but your math and reasoning doesn't add up to normal people.
If you want to go down this road, lets get the figures correct:Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]FiGHT*CLuB
The game has been out 4 years. There has been 3 batches of content, not 8.
So:
39.99 (Launch)
142.89 (First Year - first month free)
155.88 (Second Year)
39.99 (Burning Crusade)
155.88 (Third Year)
39.99 (WOTLK)
155.88 (Fourth Year)
Total = 119.97 + 610.53 = $730.50
$731 for 4 years of gaming. Sounds like a lot, and it is.
Now lets compare to the "gaming treadmill". Talk to most hardcore gamers and they go through a game or more a month. The numbers you quote are NON-TYPICAL for most hardcore gamers. And games generally run from $39.99 to $59.99.
So figure 12 months as follows
4 x $39.99 = 159.96
4 x $49.99 = 199.96
4 x $59.99 = 239.96
Total = 599.88
4 year cost = $2399.52
So compare $2399.52 to $751.00
Even with games gifted, games that last for more than a month, and cheaper than $39 games, that's a LOT of ground to cover to come close to the gaming cost of WoW.
Maybe you can get by on 3 or 4 games a year. Good on ya. For most of us, the larger figure I quoted has been a way of life for a long time. In fact, 1 game a month is a joke... try 2 or 3 or more. That's how I rolled before WoW.
so WOW + expansions is the only games you have bought in 4 years? That's a serious gamer there!
Anyways your post proved my point. Thank you.
No, WoW + Expansions is not the only game I've played, but it's been cheaper than if I was on my former 1-4 game a month treadmill.Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]FiGHT*CLuB
And I don't see how my post "proved" your point, unless your point is that you're happy with 4 years of the same 3-4 non subscription games.
The internetz is serious business and lol at the pic above, you made my day :D
LOL, thanks Bribo, that one cracked me up.
Let me know when clay and ill pick it up same time!Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Clay
The bottom line is play what makes you happy.
Probably Friday. I'll let you know!Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Camelwalk