helsaber said:Glen Hughes said:Sponsors will not be removed and will benefit from the same discount RG Elite members get. The RG Elite will not be accepting new members and will be replaced with Premium Membership. All current RG Elite members will stay the same unless they decide to upgrade.
You don't have to pay to access the forum, but for features which cost a lot of money each month we have to have a return. There will be non-premium competitions, but the prizes will be nothing like the Premium members competitions.
There also will be private premium members forums.
Thats not the point. We're the ones providing you with the money just to have access to a certain forum or a certain giveaway, those are nice and all.. but YOU aren't the one paying MONTHLY for these. I was well ready to settle and get either RG Elite And/Or Sponsor knowing it was lifetime and I'd have it for good. Also, What are you.. trying to welcome more leechers? Theres more of a chance of a leecher paying a mere $2.50 or $5 however you want to price it per month than paying a SET price due to the fact that the amount is higher, so the thought process of "will i be around for a long period of time" will raise. Not to mention, are we now paying MORE to have better access to a community some of us call home? Don't get me wrong because im not an RG Elite or Sponsor, But i could have EASILY and have been going through this thought process for a while and when i finally came down to the decision, this bomb is dropped. Not liking this update. Sorry. Lifetime > Monthly many will agree.
EDIT - So it's also now going to take 1 payment for the wrong person to leech out the stuff to other people or other forums since it's now cheaper and MONTHLY? They can easily stop the payment and move on after stealing everything from your "private" forum.
EDITX2 - Also, Sorry i am going off topic with this, but the idea's of how dumb this is sounding is pouring into my mind as we speak.
Read again.
People will keep RG Elite, unless they want to upgrade to Premium.
You won't be able to buy RG Elite after August 1, so buy it while you can. After August 1, if you want Premium you can buy it, and if you are RG Elite, you will receive a 50% of discount, each month. You will only need to pay once for RG Elite, but after August 1, no one will be able to get RG Elite.
That's what I understood from Glen's post.