Telamon
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| 17 Aug 2007 02:45 PM |
Rather than answer a million different threads, I am creating this one post to explain the recent changes in the ROBLOX economy.
As many of you are now aware, we are no longer giving login or traffic bonuses in ROBUX. This has raised a lot of questions.
"Why are you doing this?!" -
We plan to support ourselves by selling virtual goods - hats, shirts, etc, or by letting users sell them to each other and taking a small percentage. This won't work if ROBUX are free, because then we are just giving everything away for free.
"But you were doing it before!" -
We've been issuing ROBUX backed in ad dollars - which are next to worthless. Now ROBUX are backed by subscription costs, so each is worth considerably more. We've been planning this transition for a while now - we even posted about it in the News section 2 weeks ago.
"So the only way to get R$ is to join BC?" -
Yes.
"But I can't join BC!"
We don't expect everyone to join BC. We do want people to be able to have a good time on ROBLOX without paying a dime. That's why we introduced TIX two weeks ago and sell some items for TIX only.
"I want it to be free"
I want everything to be free too. But it's not. The ROBLOX Team believes we have found a good way to support ROBLOX while at the same time keeping the game open and free to play. We do give a lot away for free.
"I'm quitting unless you make it free"
Ok. |
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TehYumz
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LuigiFan
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| 17 Aug 2007 02:48 PM |
lol this thread is so true
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Walyn
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| 17 Aug 2007 02:48 PM |
["I'm quitting unless you make it free"
Ok.]
Win and Awesome, Telamon. WIN AND AWESOME. *gives Telamon a Chocolate Chip Cookie of Win and Awesome* |
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| 17 Aug 2007 02:49 PM |
| Thank you for posting this. |
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Rombom
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| 17 Aug 2007 02:49 PM |
| Heh, I like your answer to the "I'm quitting unless you make it free" question |
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LuigiFan
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| 17 Aug 2007 02:50 PM |
If telamon replys to that saying "thanks =D" I'm gonna laugh.
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superloco
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:01 PM |
It's kind of sad (to me), but I understand why. It makes sense financially to the Roblox staff, and us users are still getting plenty for free!
I thank you guys for still allowing Tickets (for now ;) )
I wonder if anyone will actually 'quit' - I think they'd regret it if they did. Roblox is an excellent game, something that I haven't found anything better to on the Internet! I've done a lot of searching for good games, too!
GOOD JOB ROBLOX STAFF! |
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LuigiFan
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:04 PM |
I agree with chess about roblox being the best game.
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superloco
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:08 PM |
When you think about it, it's actually a pretty smart move, considering that we're gonna have a primitive in-game market.
However, it's gonna be harder to get Kaiser helm :-( |
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stang90
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:09 PM |
| do BC people get R$ traffic award? |
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:11 PM |
Yes. It reminds me greatly of a game called Club Penguin, which my family encountered before Roblox. They had a worse system - you could get coins, but almost all items where unavailable unless you paid membership, which only allowed you to buy more stuff.
This is a much better method, since you not only get to buy cool things without membership, if you DO get a membership (happens to be the same price, too) then you get to sell AND buy AND create more stuff! It's cool! I'm not about to buy membership (financial issues), but oh well. |
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klayman31
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:16 PM |
| y cant u let us buy old hats with tix? |
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ArticunoX
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:18 PM |
You non-BC guys will be able to trade Tx for R$ soon, so don't worry. And TheYumz, you'll get your teepawt soon enough after they implement this.
also: the OK thing was indeed win and awesome. PWNage too. |
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HolyMac
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:22 PM |
| Im in Bc... But that is injustice! For crying out loud!!! |
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koontay
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:24 PM |
| Sigh.....There goes my dreams of having a teapot hat...... |
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HolyMac
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:25 PM |
| Koontay... If i ever get that hat and they ever let us give stuff to other people, i'd give you that hat. |
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klayman31
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:25 PM |
ther goes fedora :'( i feel like theyre forcing us to buy BC just to get robux........uhhh..ohh......i just told wat they might be doing!is it true? |
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:30 PM |
| So can we depend on it (for sure) that we get to have a robux/tickets trading system? (I don't mean with each other, just with the "bank") |
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klayman31
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:30 PM |
| wait....u can soon trade tix for robux?YAY!!!!!!!!and it doesnt mattter if ur really doing evil stuff its ok if u let us throw away tix for bux! |
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klayman31
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:31 PM |
| i thought it was something about a player giving a nother one bux. |
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k9chief
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:32 PM |
| awww but tickets are still free right? I mean, i just bought santa hat and have like none left, sooooo.... is it? |
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klayman31
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| 17 Aug 2007 03:33 PM |
| PARTY BECAUSE WE CAN GET PAYED ROBUX FOR THROWING AWAY TIX!!(gets out lighter and burns tix)YAY!!!!!! |
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