Warrior General Games

I think there is a fine line between inquiring about a sale and demanding one. That being said, I think the powers that be consider any inquiry as a demand when it's clearly not the case. From a business standpoint, I'd gladly announce sales throughout the year, coupled with reward point bonuses. Overall, I think the user-base tends to spend more, not less, when these happen. Unfortunately, it appears the admin-base doesn't share this same theory.

Sans sales, I'd be inclined to spend exactly what's needed to get me through the season, calculate retirement refunds, and limit my creation throughout the year.

With sales (discount or reward points), I build like a fool, keep dots alive way past the point I realize they are going to be mediocre, and run multiple "test" dots throughout the calendar year. I also tend to donate more flex to team funds, create "just one more dot" on a whim for people who ask, extend team ownerships longer, and swap out custom eq like crazy.

Sales are the way to go imo. Locking threads that ask about them like GLB is doing me a favor is asinine. GLB is doing itself a favor by running sales and driving the user-base away every time it's actions suggest otherwise. Yeah, I get that some people aren't full of tact or are uncouth when inquiring about sales but ultimately, we're asking you (GLB) what's the best time to spend the most money. Maybe welcome the questions for a change. Your bottom line may like the results

Why are people asking for a black friday sale? What people should be asking for is a "out of beta" sale. And that I doubt bort would find arguments against.

Originally posted by Jaguar99


Well said.

Originally posted by Hagalaz
Why are people asking for a black friday sale? What people should be asking for is a "out of beta" sale. And that I doubt bort would find arguments against.

We got the extra free player for that

The extra free player did not generate income for bort. The sale would.

Leaving Beta should have no influence on sales.

If Bort wasn't selling flex, he'd put them on sale, me thinks..

People still buy flex?

Originally posted by Hagalaz
The extra free player did not generate income for bort. The sale would.

thats not true - custom eq

Originally posted by Schaffer05
People still buy flex?

only the cool people

coooooool story bro

The thing is Bort really likes to hear people bitch that they didn't have enough notice of a sale, or that they can't be bothered to check the forums everyday to find out about this. Bort gets off on all the "are we going to have a Black Friday sale" threads getting locked and pissing people off. Then the ultimate troll on all of us is that he uses his favorite Multi, DPride, to create a thread about it, and not have it locked, just to farther piss the user base off.

did I miss the sale?

Originally posted by Schaffer05
People still buy flex?
this