Supporter! for Dummies Like Me
1 year ago
Texas, USA

I'm not a fan of the HR speak and there's a lot of information to sort through, so I'm going to try to break this thing down into real talk:

"Boosting a Board" just means giving three random people access to the No-Ad perk. I haven't seen any reference to adding more than that perk. It's just a marketing scheme to give access then take it away to people hoping they'll think "$4 isn't too bad to get back what I had" and become new subscribers.

So, SRC is going to add requested features, but will only add them for people who pay the monthly subscription. There will be a supporters-only forum, available only to paying subscribers to request new features or modifications. EDIT: features are for beta-testing, access to the rest of it will be released later for everyone.

It was stated that "we wont suddenly increase price at any point", but focus on the "suddenly" part of this post. It means that if the price is increased, there will just be advanced notice. In the same post, it mentions "locking the price", which would only matter if the price was going to increase. You would not have to lock a price unless it was going to change.

I'm not going to get into the donor aspect, because I unfortunately could never afford to be one myself. However, a red flag to me is that in the Supporter FAQ, they thank previous donors because it was integral to the "start of the site", implying that it is no longer necessary. At the end, they thank subscribers for their support, but not donators, which feels like a slap in the face to previous donators. If you want to be a donator now, it is a mandatory amount regularly, and they revoke features if you miss a payment.

As always friends, be aware of posts made by new accounts or by people paid or otherwise given incentives to do so. You all add value to this community regardless of how much money you have or whatever size your game's board is. Stay safe everyone and keep being you.

EDITed to reflect some things mentioned that I missed.

Edited by the author 1 year ago
United States

I was under the impression that the functional features are available to supporters only right now because they’re in beta. I messaged in the announcement thread to clarify that though.

Somerset, England

Beta features will be available for free once they've been fully developed

Gaming_64 likes this
Texas, USA

@Pear @YUMmy_Bacon5 You both were right. I've edited the post to reflect. I don't believe it will remain that way based on the required monthly payment structure, but that it is for now.