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No need to be sarcastic, it doesn't make you sound any smarter.

You can buy a dvd from England, because you understand English... I can't buy a dvd in Germany (regardless of price), because I don't speak or understand enough of the language. This is a completely different arguement..

Whats being suggested is that 'poorer countries' pay less for supporter features.. Which is wrong... $40 is alot for most students, regardless of where they're from.. What about people out of work, can they get supporter free because they don't earn anything? Where does it stop?

I have an idea on how this can be discussed further... Find another online game that implements the ideas suggested here... I GUARANTEE you won't find one because too many people would just leave or stop paying.. Game devs are not stupid people, they know what they're doing, and I hope they know that implementing this would be more detrimental than beneficial...

As for the differing levels, that would work, but like what was said, there would have to be noticable differences between each package, and it would have to be fair for all.

To be honest I'm surprised at the number of people that have said something like,

"I'll stop buying supporter in protest because people from other countries might be able to get it cheaper."

That is simply silly. Firstly, it is "supporter" which means you are paying to support the game. The extra features are a bonus of you showing your support. Secondly, who cares if people from less fortunate countries get to pay a tiny bit less, it doesn't affect you in any way.

I come from a relatively wealthy country (Australia), and it is very easy to afford 12 dollars (or whatever it is) for 3 months. That is equivalent to 1 dollar a week. I'd find it hard to believe anyone in Australia playing this game who said they couldn't afford that (that are 18 years old or above). However, there are people in the world that come from less fortunate countries, where the average wage might only be 1 dollar a week, so asking them to spend 1 dollar a week for supporter is never going to allow them to become supporter.

Not everything is equal in all countries, and prices should be adjusted accordingly.

Last edited by Naker Virus at 6/2/2011 1:35:41 AM

No need to be sarcastic, it doesn't make you sound any smarter.

You can buy a dvd from England, because you understand English... I can't buy a dvd in Germany (regardless of price), because I don't speak or understand enough of the language. This is a completely different arguement..

99% of the german dvd have an english(original) language line, also some of the english Movie have the different language versions on it.

Whats being suggested is that 'poorer countries' pay less for supporter features.. Which is wrong... $40 is alot for most students, regardless of where they're from.. What about people out of work, can they get supporter free because they don't earn anything? Where does it stop?

but it is the difference, if it the sum you pay when you are one night out(and you pay it every halfyear), or the money you spend for your appartment. Thats why nearly all products, make differeence about the market. Like MP3 cost in russia ~20$ct, in most europe 0,99€ and in the USA 0,99$ - and they all sound the same and a sold through the internet ...

let's make an equal salary for equal work.
in Ukraine and former USSR countries, the doctor gets 300-500 dollars a month.
and in the U.S. physician receives 15000-50000 dollars a month.
Work is the same, and pay is different.
do you think we can afford to buy a Supporter?

System supporter in other basketball manager Charazay
Small - 100 CBMoney = 1 month supporter = 2€
Average - 300 CBMonay = 3 month supporter = 5€
Large - 600 CBMonay = 6 month supporter = 8€
Extra-Large 1300 CBMonay = 13 month supporter = 16€

What about new cheaper type of supporter package? It would have all features except of blocking the advertisement.

If X = current price and Y = income per person from advertisement, the price of new supporter package would be Z = X - Y (current price minus income per person from advertisement). BBs would make some extra money and more people would afford it.

What do you think about that?

You asked me about the former Soviet Republics the other day, well I was put on the spot and had to name them at school. Silly Buzzerbeater had me saying things like Hayastan and Sakartvelo which no-one had ever heard of and I ended up with 16 one too many!

I think one possibility would be to offer anyone who buys supporter to pay one or two bucks extra as a donation. That money would be collected in a pool and at the end of every season (or once a year, whatever is easier to handle) given away in free supporter packages to selected users form countries with either low supporter numbers or low GDP.

I would certainly donate one or two bucks every once in a while if I knew that money would be used for a good cause and help the game.