2,848 [BASIN] shadowsrmine [BASIN] Members 4,347 posts 16,933 battles Report post #1 Posted September 8, 2020 About how nice WG/Lesco is being giving away Free Stuff Except it's no longer free when they Charge Extra for Other STUFF which WG/Lesco has been doing more and more Kindof Sorta a Case of Killing the Golden Goose so they can get the Gold all at once......................................................So my question is? Is WG/Lesco paying these Apologists or Just giving them a Discount? "Of course, the moral is stated at the end of Aesop's fable of The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs: "Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have." 1 1 3 6 2 14 15 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,017 [WOLFG] DrHolmes52 Members 11,088 posts 10,324 battles Report post #2 Posted September 8, 2020 WG pays me millions of dollars every year to not hate everything they do here on the forum. We thought we were getting away with it, but you are too smart for us. 3 8 2 8 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,112 [TARK] Daniel_Allan_Clark Members 7,331 posts 2,819 battles Report post #3 Posted September 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, shadowsrmine said: About how nice WG/Lesco is being giving away Free Stuff Except it's no longer free when they Charge Extra for Other STUFF which WG/Lesco has been doing more and more Kindof Sorta a Case of Killing the Golden Goose so they can get the Gold all at once......................................................So my question is? Is WG/Lesco paying these Apologists or Just giving them a Discount? "Of course, the moral is stated at the end of Aesop's fable of The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs: "Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have." There are three possibilities...two of which are not flattering... Most people are just bad at valuing goods. 1 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,848 [BASIN] shadowsrmine [BASIN] Members 4,347 posts 16,933 battles Report post #4 Posted September 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, DrHolmes52 said: WG pays me millions of dollars every year to not hate everything they do here on the forum. We thought we were getting away with it, but you are too smart for us. 1 minute ago, Daniel_Allan_Clark said: There are three possibilities...two of which are not flattering... Most people are just bad at valuing goods. Or four your Unpaid Shills? 1 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,017 [WOLFG] DrHolmes52 Members 11,088 posts 10,324 battles Report post #5 Posted September 8, 2020 Just now, shadowsrmine said: Or four your Unpaid Shills? Do you have a point, or are you just virtue signaling? Maybe I just wasn't foolish enough to ever think WG was in this for anything but the money? 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,112 [TARK] Daniel_Allan_Clark Members 7,331 posts 2,819 battles Report post #6 Posted September 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, shadowsrmine said: Or four your Unpaid Shills? Never underestimate how cheap people are to shill for someone else. Many do it for free. ;p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,848 [BASIN] shadowsrmine [BASIN] Members 4,347 posts 16,933 battles Report post #7 Posted September 8, 2020 26 minutes ago, DrHolmes52 said: Do you have a point, or are you just virtue signaling? Maybe I just wasn't foolish enough to ever think WG was in this for anything but the money? 25 minutes ago, Daniel_Allan_Clark said: Never underestimate how cheap people are to shill for someone else. Many do it for free. ;p "Of course, the moral is stated at the end of Aesop's fable of The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs: "Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have." 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
212 [RBMK2] contag10n [RBMK2] Members 602 posts 12,371 battles Report post #8 Posted September 8, 2020 I've read OP post multiple times and still cannot understand his point. WG is bad because they try to make money? Posters are bad for pointing out WG is a business? Players are bad for spending money? Any of those? Help a fellow out here, please. 5 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,109 [WOLFC] Nevermore135 Members 2,151 posts 10,518 battles Report post #9 Posted September 8, 2020 45 minutes ago, shadowsrmine said: Lesco Lesco? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,046 [BNKR] RagingxMarmoset Members 1,653 posts 2,811 battles Report post #10 Posted September 8, 2020 Just now, Nevermore135 said: Lesco? He means Tesco, the British supermarket chain. 1 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,017 [WOLFG] DrHolmes52 Members 11,088 posts 10,324 battles Report post #11 Posted September 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Nevermore135 said: Lesco? Lesta? Maybe Fresca? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
560 [-N-] GrimmeReaper Members 2,228 posts 14,840 battles Report post #12 Posted September 8, 2020 Like it or not WG is in this to make money, more often than not selling pixels. I know when I am on a contract doing programming work, I am there to make Money. So while you might not like it, those that don't want to spend money don't have to. Those want to can. It is that simple. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
724 Rouxi Members 1,741 posts 11,681 battles Report post #13 Posted September 8, 2020 I can only assume the OP is one of those people that believe it's morally wrong for a free to play game to have optional paid content. 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
26 rjpyro Members 48 posts Report post #14 Posted September 8, 2020 Back in my old hometown there was a business called lesco and they sold fruit and vegetables. W/G selling fruit and vegetables now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,450 [YORHA] JCC45 Members 5,192 posts 10,343 battles Report post #15 Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, DrHolmes52 said: Lesta? Maybe Fresca? Flex Seal? Edited September 8, 2020 by JCC45 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
666 [BGSSC] Murcc [BGSSC] Members 2,630 posts 10,659 battles Report post #16 Posted September 8, 2020 You have those that get up in arms when things change, especially when there is additional costs involved, or even a change in how those costs are distributed. You also have defenders of those changes if it doesn't affect them, or if they have more means such that it doesn't have the same impact. It's two different point of views looked at from two different situations. Both are generally valid in some way. A person who has only $200 per year of disposable entertainment funds due to lower income has a different outlook on a price change than someone who has $10000 per year in additional disposable funds. The high value player looks at it as a non-issue and justifies that the company needs the funds to keep going. The low value player might have their whole game experience changed and they feel like something has been taken away, because they cannot absorb the change. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
68 [BASIN] baccerman [BASIN] Members 72 posts 5,817 battles Report post #17 Posted September 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, Murcc said: You have those that get up in arms when things change, especially when there is additional costs involved, or even a change in how those costs are distributed. You also have defenders of those changes if it doesn't affect them, or if they have more means such that it doesn't have the same impact. It's two different point of views looked at from two different situations. Both are generally valid in some way. A person who has only $200 per year of disposable entertainment funds due to lower income has a different outlook on a price change than someone who has $10000 per year in additional disposable funds. The high value player looks at it as a non-issue and justifies that the company needs the funds to keep going. The low value player might have their whole game experience changed and they feel like something has been taken away, because they cannot absorb the change. This just one of the reasons I've stopped playing and found other things to do that aren't quite as overpriced and overvalued by the provider here's some other things that while overpriced and overvalued that aren't near as over priced and overvalued as WG's games 15 of the Most Outrageously Overpriced Products Movie theater popcorn/candy. Concessions such as $5 tubs of popcorn and $6 boxes of gummy worms are big revenue streams for movie theaters. ... Prescription drugs. ... Diamonds. ... Bottled water. ... Salad bars. ... Eyeglass frames. ... Soda. ... Wine/Champagne. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,795 [PVE] Asym_KS Members 4,778 posts 21,093 battles Report post #18 Posted September 8, 2020 35 minutes ago, DrHolmes52 said: Lesta? Maybe Fresca? Let's not bring religion into this........... You do understand that trigger word??? 1 hour ago, shadowsrmine said: About how nice WG/Lesco is being giving away Free Stuff Except it's no longer free when they Charge Extra for Other STUFF which WG/Lesco has been doing more and more Kindof Sorta a Case of Killing the Golden Goose so they can get the Gold all at once......................................................So my question is? Is WG/Lesco paying these Apologists or Just giving them a Discount? "Of course, the moral is stated at the end of Aesop's fable of The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs: "Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have." What they are seemingly doing is "getting their share" before there is no share to get........... Governments are on all video game's trail and sniff "money for nothing and the cash is free"........ That may be ending very soon. So, can you blames them for gorging while they can? 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,809 SteelRain_Rifleman Members 3,633 posts 42,202 battles Report post #19 Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, DrHolmes52 said: WG pays me millions of dollars every year to not hate everything they do here on the forum. We thought we were getting away with it, but you are too smart for us. I am being paid with detonation flags. I think it's a hella trade as I tend to explode a lot. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
943 Moggytwo Members 463 posts 20 battles Report post #20 Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, shadowsrmine said: About how nice WG/Lesco is being giving away Free Stuff Except it's no longer free when they Charge Extra for Other STUFF which WG/Lesco has been doing more and more Kindof Sorta a Case of Killing the Golden Goose so they can get the Gold all at once......................................................So my question is? Is WG/Lesco paying these Apologists or Just giving them a Discount? "Of course, the moral is stated at the end of Aesop's fable of The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs: "Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have." I think this is the forum equivalent of drunk texting... 1 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,136 [TDRB] kgh52 Members 5,162 posts 13,743 battles Report post #21 Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, shadowsrmine said: About how nice WG/Lesco is being giving away Free Stuff Except it's no longer free when they Charge Extra for Other STUFF which WG/Lesco has been doing more and more Kindof Sorta a Case of Killing the Golden Goose so they can get the Gold all at once......................................................So my question is? Is WG/Lesco paying these Apologists or Just giving them a Discount? "Of course, the moral is stated at the end of Aesop's fable of The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs: "Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have." Giving away free or discounting prices is part of everyday marketing. Why does it anger you that WG employs this common marketing strategy? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5,688 [SIM] SkaerKrow Members 5,580 posts 9,007 battles Report post #22 Posted September 8, 2020 Glad to see that you’re still living up (down?) to your reputation. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,809 SteelRain_Rifleman Members 3,633 posts 42,202 battles Report post #23 Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, DrHolmes52 said: WG pays me millions of dollars every year to not hate everything they do here on the forum. We thought we were getting away with it, but you are too smart for us. Darn, got busted. *Hides Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,732 [PQUOD] Capt_Ahab1776 [PQUOD] Members 4,837 posts 17,370 battles Report post #24 Posted September 8, 2020 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,046 [WDS] clammboy [WDS] Members 4,077 posts 11,783 battles Report post #25 Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Murcc said: You have those that get up in arms when things change, especially when there is additional costs involved, or even a change in how those costs are distributed. You also have defenders of those changes if it doesn't affect them, or if they have more means such that it doesn't have the same impact. It's two different point of views looked at from two different situations. Both are generally valid in some way. A person who has only $200 per year of disposable entertainment funds due to lower income has a different outlook on a price change than someone who has $10000 per year in additional disposable funds. The high value player looks at it as a non-issue and justifies that the company needs the funds to keep going. The low value player might have their whole game experience changed and they feel like something has been taken away, because they cannot absorb the change. This is true but at end of the day cheap people or people who complain about anything they get charged for are just that way . Some of the cheapest people I know are the most wealthy won’t tip won’t buy a drink and complain about every price increase no matter how small It is . For the people who truly can not afford the extra cost I feel for them . But at the end of the day cheap is cheap doesn’t matter how much they make they will complain and cry about it . Edited September 8, 2020 by clammboy 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
