(09-17-2016, 03:07 PM)maxx55 Wrote:(09-17-2016, 02:48 PM)RTBoss Wrote: Thinking out loud here:
Originally, being a tester and buying AOSI/DMSI was one and the same.
Then, there was the revelation there would be another level of DMSI that would require another purchase. AOSI/DMSI testing did not achieve the results initially intended, so this new level (3.0) became a "free upgrade."
There are people who could have just ran EHPRA 2.0 continuously for 8+ months (or another sub) while other people helped out to test, and they (the new purchasers) get to pay base price for 3.0 - after all the "kinks" are worked out. Meanwhile, the "testers" get a "free" upgrade. Months of helping out, but at the end of the day, pay exactly the same as someone just coming on board for the final product?
Seems off to me. Either charge people more for DMSI 3.0 to reflect all the work you've put into this, or...well, give long-term testers some kind of future testing privilege unavailable to others (or some other perk).
I know the E2 comment was totally about me :angel:
I do see your point though, but the thing is that this is something should have been made clear from the get go. If prices would increase as time went on, then that should have been stated. Shannon said that he will be increasing the price after the initial release of the final version once it's produced the results x amount of times over. I'll hold him to that and I think that's fair.
On the other side, I do see why testers could want an extra benefit from dedicating time to it. I'll be one to say that I'm appreciative that people like you, CatMan, Chaosvirgin, and everyone else are all a part of this and publicly posting your results. I sincerely appreciate that. At the same time, I know that I was testing DMSI right now, I'd see my reward as giving Shannon enough feedback and him upgrading and adding enough resistance-killing tech into it for me to achieve the goal of the program.
Perhaps - but I'll have you know, I respect your decision to stick with E2 as long as you have. I've said it before. I perceived a trait in you, and others that have done the same, that I admire greatly. It's just the mental "split" that I have - that part of me that's unsure I did "the right thing," and is envious of you, that lashed out. So keep being, and doing, you. You've changed in some amazingly positive ways. You have a really bright future ahead of you, and I hope it only get brighter. :exclamation:
