Flucifial Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Old thread title: Charge IC Money for Lifeinvader, NOT OOC! Lifeinvader was announced as a "completely in-character social network," yet features like the verified badge, promoted posts, and site membership are exclusive to those who choose to purchase these with out-of-character money, and I assume staff members get these free (correct me if I am wrong). Post promotion, especially, is something that I think should definitely be offered ICly. It can be EXTREMELY useful and could honestly replace forum advertising. As it is an in-character social network, I believe that site membership options should also be available for purchase ICly. My suggestion is that financial transactions on Lifeinvader be completely in-character. I don't imagine it'd be hard to do, given our already existing wire-transfer feature. Either way, charging OOC money on that site is really a bad look in my own opinion and I think that it should stick to being 100% IC. My NEW suggestion (CREDIT: @Xoza) is that Weazel News offer a new IC service: "Lifeinvader Credits," that charges IC money. With that, I also think the Lifeinvader Credits should be a valid form of payment for site membership so that the membership features (primarily post and page promotions) can be available to players ICly. The verified badge is something I can understand being an out-of-character exclusive perk, however post/page promotions should absolutely be offered ICly. If you agree with my suggestion, please leave a +1 and if you disagree, please leave a -1! Edited July 18, 2020 by Flucifial Updated my suggestion. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copperhorse Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1 you should be able to buy it IC AND OOC. Just have a shop at the actual lifeinvader building where you can buy wallet credits. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason Carson Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qiang Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvador Rivera Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaesarSeizure Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 I think the main thing that should be made with IC currency would be the advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandiego Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1 Not sure why is there OOC payments in a "FULLY IC" website 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddythanose Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KocKo Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minta Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaim Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 I agree with advertising being with IC cash only, the other stuff are non-essential and can be used to support the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braden Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1, like somebody else suggested before in a comment, there could be a credit store at the lifeinvader building, and if you purchase credits money is taken from your IC account and credits are given on the lifeinvader site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SykoZayn Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy69 Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1 - the OOC charges are ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WobblierDog15 Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 I agree that the promoted posts, pages and profiles should be paid for with IC currency. The other stuff that does not give you an advantage, such as the verified badge, should be paid for with OOC currency because it shows you support the server and offers no advantage to you, other than cosmetics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bastianguzman1 Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikoh Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 Like most have said, I think the IC content should be paid for with IC money. The content that’s simply cosmetic/provides little IC benefit can be paid with IRL money to support the server. I understand why devs did it this way but I don’t think it’s all that immersive to charge IRL money to advertise your IC content better. Overall +1 to this suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaesarSeizure Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 gonna double +1 this, as was stated by Ballin, when the service is fully launched, it will be the IC marketplace and i think we should be allowed to pay IC money to advertise our stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flucifial Posted July 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 I could easily get behind site membership being an OOC charge which could provide paid members with in-character discounts for page and post promotions BUT post and page promotions should be offered ICly regardless. The verification badge, however, is something that I don't think should cost money at all, IC or OOC. That badge should be given to users who have a certain amount of friends or followers or are of some IC importance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenichis Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 +1 Glad someone posted this as it doesn't make any sense at all. If LifeInvader is IC then the IC perks should be obtainable ICly. A poor person IC could all of the sudden be verified and promote posts because they paid OOC money, while if it was charging IC money then only the actually ICly rich people would gain the benefits, which makes complete sense in a social media platform. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessa Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capone. Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohad Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 +1 from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoza Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 +/- 1 I think Weazel should really be the only entity that can purchase "Life Invader Credits" for another's IC money. That way there's a middleman and Life Invader is included in that transaction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...