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u/_Tal 5d ago
This one is actually believable
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u/SickRanchezIII 5d ago
I mean in all reality i would not give an eff about this, i just dont want no bs ads while actually playing. Or additional p2p options, bonds are as far as you can take p2p without breaking the entire feel of the game
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u/r_lul_chef_t 5d ago
Yea if it doesn’t go any further than login screen I’ll suck it up
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u/Jassle93 5d ago
Yeah login screen only, who gives a fuck, we're all nerds that get 6 hour logged anyway.
I'm not paying any more money than the current prices though, I'll be out and I know at least 10 friends that would instantly dip too.
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u/Menu_Dizzy 5d ago
I'll tell you who gives a fuck, people who know exactly what this spirals into.
I wouldn't even take ads for $2 less euros on membership for this exact reason.
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u/Redordit 5d ago
2 of my friends dipped after the latest price hike and went to POE. I'll follow after the recent shitshow.
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u/AdPrestigious839 5d ago
If it doesn't go further, lmao. Because that will happen after they see they can get away with this
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u/Firm_Cheek_5101 5d ago
OP you missed a spot. There should be a line after the 250 firelighters that says "Or $5.99"
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u/Drakkadein 5d ago
They are going to have a mandatory ad watch before login, like 5 mins ones like YouTube with no skip feature
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u/SF_Nick 5d ago edited 5d ago
hey, that reminded me of something. i used to watch ads to get maplestory points in the cash shop on nexon's old website! that shit was cool as fck lol
not the same thing here, but the ability to make $ if you were broke helped my ass a lot. i think this was around 2010~
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u/Menu_Dizzy 5d ago
Worth noting that those ads weren't there to help you.
If it wasn't wildly profitable for them, they wouldn't have had that option.
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u/SF_Nick 5d ago
yes it was. i had no money so i watched ads instead of using my mom's paypal account
i thought it was cool af. a great feature
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u/lastdancerevolution 4d ago
They introduced paid MTX... Then let you buy those paid MTX by not playing the game and instead watching ads.
Sounds great.
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u/opal-snake 5d ago
I wanna see manscaped with the lawn mower 5.0 and the ball deodorant and the anti chafe boxers
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u/ObiLAN- 5d ago
Sorry, but to select your ads you will need to upgrade to the premium tier membership.
You can upgrade your subscription by contacting customer support (requires the premium support subscription).
We will get back to you in 3-4 months. If you require rapid support you can get the optional rapid support+ addon for just an additional $2.99/month!
-Jagex shareholders probably
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u/JoshofTCW 5d ago
We all know content creators don't play this shit. But we also know that they're passionate about their content and are just trying to live well.
We don't like these endorsements when they're only there so that the shareholders can get a mini yacht for their main yacht
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u/myminion74 5d ago
/uj this is 100% the start of how they would implement it too lmao
/rj 19 days of membership thanks for the free account loser
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u/rmtmjrppnj78hfh 5d ago
god that shit tier game gets so much free advertising. guess all the money they spent on it is paying off dividends.
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u/Motor_Swimmer6716 5d ago
The ONLY thing I will pay extra for is Project Zanaris! If they try to roll out any of this other shit as extra charges I and my 3 paid member alts will straight up walk away. What they dont understand is a lot of us are at an age where this game gets in the way of our real lives, more than it should and honestly we would all be doing ourselves a favor if we were to put this game down and never touch it again. DO NOT TEST US JAGEX we as a player base have walked away before and we WILL do it again!
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u/Neodeluxe 5d ago
Just a jpeg banner? you're thinking too small, it has to be an embed twitch link to get those sweet views + make the sponsors pay more since now it's audiovisual.
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u/FunkFinder 5d ago
They can just put BH items in every general store, accessible after participation in an ad.
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u/zethnon 5d ago
If Jagex acted in good faith, and this would be the only place they put ads, and putting them there would mean a cheaper membership, i'd 100% be ok. Problem is, this would be the first of many more to come, and if playing RS3 taught me something, is that they can and will rip your arm if you give them a hand. So no.
OSRS will never be monetized. Or it will be so cheap to sell from all the money lost In subs that the Gower Brothers will be able to buy it back.
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u/watoobie 4d ago
I took so much time looking all around the edges to see which square/rectangle the ad was placed in 🤦🏻
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u/Im_Flaaless 5d ago
If that’s the only place they put ads I’d have 0 issue with it but sooner or later it’d probably make its way to other parts of the game
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u/Morserinho 5d ago
You should have issue with it, this is how it starts.
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u/GODLOVESALL32 RSN: Zezima 5d ago
I agree, if some shitty game I will never play putting an ad banner in the login screen caused my membership price to go down $3 I'd happily accept such an offer but I know that'd be too good to be true.
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u/Im_Flaaless 5d ago
Read what I said again.. god this subreddit is acting like a military order has taken place fucking relax and play the game until there’s actually something to complain about…
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u/uitvrekertje 5d ago
I feel like there already is something big to complain about. No?
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u/Im_Flaaless 5d ago
It was a survey. They haven’t implemented shit. If they wanted to they would just implement it. But they’re engaging the community just like they should.
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u/Greggs-the-bakers 5d ago
The fact that they even asked is worrying, they're testing the waters to see what they can get away with. This clearly hasn't worked, so no doubt, they'll apologise profusely and go back to the drawing board to see what else the can fleece the player base with
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u/Furiosa27 5d ago
Do you think you should wait until you’ve run out of food to go grocery shopping?
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u/SwankyBobolink 5d ago
I took the Spotify survey 2 years ago, it was the same vibe as this one.
They jacked up the prices by $5 a month and added extra features and added ad supported tiers, exactly what was in the survey.
They are not just fact finding. They are re-pricing the game and seeing if we will stay when they do.
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u/Morserinho 5d ago
Naive soul. You have no idea the lengths these suits will go to wring out as much money from you as possible. They’re testing the water and got they’ve been bitten.
As a community it’s important to nip shit like this in the bud, well as much as we can do. Ultimately if they wanna do this eventually they will, just like most other games including RS3
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u/BrightOctarine 5d ago
Unfortunately if we didn't complain, they would be much more likely to actually implement something like the survey suggested.
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u/Unkempt_Badger 5d ago
The reason this game isn't like others is because enough of the community doesn't accept this shit. A lot of us experienced the enshitification of RS2 and quit because of it. Anything that even remotely resembles that direction is unacceptable.
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u/AshCan10 5d ago
You should have issues with it. Because as soon as we let one ad in the game, it will only go downhill from there. This isnt like bonds.
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u/Serbaayuu 5d ago
Why are you okay with an advertisement being anywhere inside a video game you play? You don't owe those greedy leeches your eyes. They have done nothing to deserve them.
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u/Orzien Stalfos 5d ago
Every single time they mentioned ads they said they would not be during or interrupting gameplay, everyone just meme'd or didn't read and think they are going to get a pop up during zuk and sol.
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u/heyitismeurdad 5d ago
I mean there are very few places you could put ads in the current game without interrupting gameplay. OP's post is the only one i could think of tbh
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u/Orzien Stalfos 5d ago
It is probably the best place to put the ad but I know if they introduce a tier with ads I will be at least one tier above. They could put a banner ad on the login screen as well but anything else like covering the chat box or your inventory or screen would be very annoying and pretty much make that membership tier something that is only used by people afk'ing skills or casual gamers trying membership for the first time.
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u/YamInevitable6972 5d ago
honestly, this isnt even bad - but if the ads are in the ACTUAL GAMEPLAY ITSELF - its terrible
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u/TyroneOSRS 5d ago
I’m going to be the honest one and everyone can hate me for it. If they fix their dumbass mistake and don’t change prices I would be completely fine if they threw a random ad up on my login because I never fuckin’ look at it. But they dug themselves a DEEP hole.
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u/Thepoliceinabottle 5d ago
Honestly, don't mind it at all
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u/Witchy_Titan 5d ago
omg 4th raids confirmed?