CircleChange11 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I agree with the 10 bucks a year. 10 bucks for a repeat customer likely gets you a roster update, uniform updates, minor league uni and logo updates, portrait updates, some cyberfaces, etc. $10 for up to date gameplay is well worth it, and with unlimited access to total conversion mods, audio files, and everything else ... that's a bargain. If a person just wanted a one year subscription, they could download a whole lot of quality stuff in that year ... much more than $10 worth, IMO. I would seriously look at a one year membership, unlimited access. I would imagine most of us regulars, and a quite a few new members would re-up every year, and relieve the cost to the admin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonClark Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I think this is a grand idea, but when is the apology thread for theSpungo going to be erected? Soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim825 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I think this is a grand idea, but when is the apology thread for theSpungo going to be erected? Soon? It would be written if he visited the site, but since we all know that doesn't happen (right? ), why bother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I think this is a grand idea, but when is the apology thread for theSpungo going to be erected? Soon? He doesn't deserve it. He charges for his mods. I'm not charging for my mods. Trues isn't charging for his mods. No one is charging for mods. You are being asked to subscribe in order to have unlimited ability to download mods. You can download without subscrption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsox Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I agree with the 10 bucks a year. 10 bucks for a repeat customer likely gets you a roster update, uniform updates, minor league uni and logo updates, portrait updates, some cyberfaces, etc. $10 for up to date gameplay is well worth it, and with unlimited access to total conversion mods, audio files, and everything else ... that's a bargain. If a person just wanted a one year subscription, they could download a whole lot of quality stuff in that year ... much more than $10 worth, IMO. I would seriously look at a one year membership, unlimited access. I would imagine most of us regulars, and a quite a few new members would re-up every year, and relieve the cost to the admin. Bad idea since the site is then obligated to provide those paid members a roster update, uniform updates, cyberface updates, and the other mods that you have listed every year. People who work on these mods do so on their spare time (or so I assume) and it would just foolish to ask them to provide an update each year. And if they just don't feel like providing that update, it's only going to come back and bite Trues and this site in the ***. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 It would be written if he visited the site, but since we all know that doesn't happen (right? ), why bother? then why was thread bad mouthing him allowed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trues Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 then why was thread bad mouthing him allowed? I could have sworn he had a chance to explain himself in that thread, oh wait, that was AddisonClark, I'm sorry. Anyway, this isn't the thread for any of that so let's just move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleChange11 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Bad idea since the site is then obligated to provide those paid members a roster update, uniform updates, cyberface updates, and the other mods that you have listed every year. People who work on these mods do so on their spare time (or so I assume) and it would just foolish to ask them to provide an update each year. And if they just don't feel like providing that update, it's only going to come back and bite Trues and this site in the ***. That's certainly a possibility. But, in the same vein, there's always new stuff to download, as well as, old stuff such as total conversion mods for people to try for the first time. I would imagine that "someone" will always make a roster update for themselves, and be willing to share with others. I would not expect someone to make a mod that they would not enjoy making. This stuff, should be fun ... not work. My basis for my comments is that I was unaware (until recently) that Trues was funding the site out of his own pocket when the donation goals are not met. That bothers me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpapifan Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Plus, put a couple more adds. I don't care about the appearance, just the content. That way, a bit more money would enter and help to maintain the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterboy100 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 how do i just donate money? because i have some extra money in my budget and i figure that that not buying a baseball game for four years and still getting a load of enjoyment out of mvp 2005 is worth more than 10 dollars to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordo Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 (edited) you got that right, for example in my country (Venezuela) we have a limited use of Dollars per month with the credit card...so...is a little frustrating cause i love the game but can´t download anything from now on....good luck to all, hope this page can carry on for many years... If there is still a possibility of 2 DL's day without a subscription, then how is it you can't download "anything"? I really don't think that $5 or $10 is such a big deal considering what there is to offer and I'm not going to pretend to understand why guys would want their mods pulled from the site because of it, nor am I going to pretend to understand why there was a split to begin with. This is a video game. No one is curing cancer here. $150/month sounds a bit steep for this website in my opinion. I know I mentioned to Trues in a PM, but thought I would post here in case he didn't get it for some reason (Got an error when I sent). Anyways, how about moving to a web host that gives unlimited storage space and bandwidth, such as FatCow.com? Granted it's not eat all you want, but they say it should be enough to satisfy a personal or small/medium size business at $58/year. Probably more a pain than what it's worth though. (7zip'ing the files would help a bit as mentioned earlier) Not sure about the extent they can provide, but what about Yola? Edited July 9, 2009 by daflyboys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee4Life Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 how do i just donate money? because i have some extra money in my budget and i figure that that not buying a baseball game for four years and still getting a load of enjoyment out of mvp 2005 is worth more than 10 dollars to me. You can make your donation to the paypal account for this website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoop27 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 the donation tab is in the upper left corner of the main page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omardj38 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Trues...... you can use a SMS micropayments for donatios or subscripcions....... almost all people have cell phone and you can receive payments or donations from another countries outside US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgi Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Sorry it had to come to this guys, hope everything works out. I only log in once every two weeks or so, and no longer have the game or reason to download anything, but still loved all you guys have done, so good luck. MVP was the only good baseball game ever made, and I would really wish to get it back sometime soon. I miss you guys though, even some of you darn yanks fans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanRobinson Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Hey guys, appreciate the trouble you're in and sorry you're in it. This new scheme doesn't affect me much since I don't download a whole lot anyway. However--have you guys considered the possible legal issues with this move? I'm not in any way providing or attempting to provide any sort of legal advice or admonition here whatsoever, but it's probably something you should consider. Charging money for access to modifications to content to which you do not own the copyright--no matter how noble or necessary the reasons--can potentially get you into hot water if EA or its parent company (do they have one?) suddenly "stumbles across" this site. It's different than offering the content free--it's obviously necessary to put some payment requirement in place in order to keep this community alive, but beware of straying into those gray areas. Again, I don't have any vested interest in any of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee4Life Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Hey guys, appreciate the trouble you're in and sorry you're in it. This new scheme doesn't affect me much since I don't download a whole lot anyway. However--have you guys considered the possible legal issues with this move? I'm not in any way providing or attempting to provide any sort of legal advice or admonition here whatsoever, but it's probably something you should consider. Charging money for access to modifications to content to which you do not own the copyright--no matter how noble or necessary the reasons--can potentially get you into hot water if EA or its parent company (do they have one?) suddenly "stumbles across" this site. It's different than offering the content free--it's obviously necessary to put some payment requirement in place in order to keep this community alive, but beware of straying into those gray areas. Again, I don't have any vested interest in any of this. I think you are misunderstanding what this is. The subscription fee is for the payment for the server costs each month that this website has. 100% of the money goes to that and only that. Unfortunately this has come to pass here. Check out how many members we have here. As I write this there are 75,092 members and most of them contribute nothing to the running of the website. But, this is your opinion and that's how it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 That's the thing, we're not charging anything for access to mods. If people don't want to or are unable to obtain a subscription, they can continue to obtain mods for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim825 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 They are just limited to 2 downloads per day rather than unlimited downloads which is what the subscription gets you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Exactimundo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltruiSisu Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Thanks for the support guys.No, no ... thank _you_ Trues ... for the community you've helped create and sustain. $10 ... paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmi Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Hi,Baseball fan from Germany here.I'm not here for so long, but I like it here very well.I paid the 10$ and hope that it helps a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim825 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Thank you very much and welcome to MVPMods! Every little bit helps and it is greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omardj38 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Trues..... i could be wrong, but i think i heard that you said that the hosting of mvpmods is 1and1. i had that hosting service but non a dedicate server like you. Some days ago they increased the monthly bandwith for all packages to unlimited . you could downgrade your dedicated server to one of hosting package and you'll pay less than a dedicated server Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroEric Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Please remove all my downloads from the site. In addition, please, no one waste your two daily downloads on any mod that has "AstroEric" listed as the author. --Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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