I am sorry, but I do not agree with this article at all. First off this is a game and a game that I would hate to see become pay to play. If that is what happens to this game I will be severely disappointed and feel like I have wasted my money. I get your ideas and concepts, but in the end this is a game. I don’t want to have to check my actual bank account at 2 AM while playing this game to see if I can afford to go through a few extra gates to visit a world just so that I can get some item. This is not an ideal thing to have in a game and makes it less of a game and more of a spam/advertising forum. No one wants that.
I get what you are wanting, but I think this is not the proper venue for such a thing. I do agree that it would be cool to see the implementation of live forum boards posted in game and possibly streaming (some) media in game, but no advertising and let’s keep this as what it should be a game, not a marketing or money making scheme. Overall I do like the idea of having players being in control of certain aspects, but I would rather not see real money play a major part of it. This just leads to a pay to play style that ruins so many games out there.
