Subject: Re: [O-T] Thoughts on the Dojo Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:39:14 -0500 From: Jeff Abbott To: MTG-STRATEGY-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM On Thu, 12 Nov 1998 19:24:17 EST, Walt Wilfinger wrote: >In a message dated 11/12/98 5:31:56 PM Central Standard Time, >arsujdak@MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU writes: > >> Two suggestions: >> >> 1. Make it a pay site. The information there certainly has the potential >> to be valuable enough for something like that. Say they charge 10 bucks a >> month, even. That's almost nothing compared to the amounts that most of us >> (myself excluded--i only play online) spend on cards. >> >> 2. Recruit "specialists". For instance, one-two people focusing >> specifically on limited deck construction, etc. To some degree, FK has >> already started to do this with Zvi opening up a deck clinic, Quard >covering >> humor, Nicoloff doing human interest, etc. Here's a list of all the areas >> there SHOULD be: >[Snip of some very good ideas] > >Man, this sounds great! Besides the fact that I like the $5 a month charge >better (mentioned earlier, sorry, forgot your name) this sounds like a very >very very good idea. Heck, if Frank wont do it, somebody else should! > >~Wę > >->Insert stupid .sig here > You have got to be kidding me. How could anyone possibly like the idea of having to pay for information which the whole community deserves to have access to? This would cut certain people off, such as younger players, or players without jobs, or high school age players who just have internet access through school. I thought part of the point of The Dojo was to spread ideas, not restrict them to the monetarily elite (The Mox Effect?). A "members" section with a fee would be a different matter, though. Something with a more intense discussion group, with more serious people, and with newer techs that the members didn't want getting out into the public just yet. Jeff ---- --== Jeff Abbott :: fdiv_bug ==-- fdiv_bug@bellsouth.net :: ICQ UIN 1774975 :: http://fknight.yocum.org/arclite/ *** PGP Public Key (updated 7/20/98) http://fknight.yocum.org/arclite/pgp.html