Good morning, happy campers.
IN-LAWS! Had the wife's family up here for a visit this weekend. As such I didn't get much gaming in. Rocked out on some Mario Party and some Mortal Kombat, but that was about it. I did get to log in early on Saturday, but that was mostly just to check broker sales. I accomplished nothing of significance.
As always, in lieu of a gaming update I have a discussion question for the class: Would you pay an extra fee on top of your normal station account fee for access to "Gold Service" game servers or customer support? I'm talking maybe an extra $10 to $15/month. These servers would have a response team dedicated to them that would have 24/7 live support, GM's in-game always for assistance at a moment's notice, and other benefits. Instant enforcement of naming policy and the PNP. Unstuck in from geometry in seconds. Service level agreements with regards to outages and downtimes. Basically, "do you want to call a taxi when you get to the airport and wait for it or do you want to have a limo waiting for you"?
I personally would be willing to pay extra for a higher level of support. I'm at a point in my life where my time is more valuable than it used to be and I'm willing to shell out a little more to make my in-game experiences more enjoyable. Sort of like my servers at work. Sure, I could go with the standard support that everyone gets when they buy a computer. But that's not the level of service I expect anymore. I pay thousands of dollars a year just so that if say a memory chip goes bad or a power supply blows out, that I have a guarantee that someone from Dell will be at my site with a replacement part in under 4 hours from my call. I'd like to see the same thing applied to my game experience. When I /report "Phatlewtz Rapeurmomlol" I want to see him disappear from gamespace and pop back with a changed name in seconds. When my character is stuck on a table in someone's house and my call is down, I want to /petition and get unstuck immediately. I want GMs to be at my beck and call and I am willing to pay a premium for the privilege. How about you?
How was your weekend?
Edited, Jun 4th 2007 10:41am by Stugein