Pay 2 Play Whitelistings.... not on i think

[Tubzy 5]

Hey guys, been hearing a few different groups around taking money for signup fee's for their white listing's on their private hives.

It may be just me but i think this is a bit wrong, sure donations are fine and everybody knows the servers need our support.

But there are a few groups out in the streaming community that are taking signup fee's on their server and getting a response from a much larger number than can actively use the server at any kind normal level.

when it comes down to it they have already monetized the free mod by streaming and now charging for servers, it's all bit wrong i think.

Maybe it's just me...

*Edited to clear up the confusion*

These are Private Hive servers that are whitelisted ran by groups that are locked, they advertise through their stream(s) for a membership to their password locked server, a membership cost a certain amount and gets you the password and onto the server, until you break rules then you are banned.

Edited November 5, 2012 by Tubzy

[liamcz@hotmail.com 98]

Hey guys, been hearing a few different groups around taking money for signup fee's for their white listing's on their private hives.

It may be just me but i think this is a bit busted, sure donations are fine and everybody knows the servers need our support but their are a few groups out in the streaming community that are taking signup fee's on their server and getting a response from a much larger number than can actively use the server at any kind normal level.

when it comes down to it they have already monetized the free mod by streaming and now charging for servers, it's all bit wrong i think.

Maybe it's just me...

Your post confuses me. I understand the first paragraph, but then you lost me. Are you just saying that you think people charging others to whitelist their server on their database is wrong?

[sausagekingofchicago 4711]

I thought he meant they were charging players to access their whitelisted servers.

[liamcz@hotmail.com 98]

I thought he meant they were charging players to access their whitelisted servers.

No. Read the first line :P

Hey guys, been hearing a few different groups around taking money for signup fee's for their white listing's on their private hives.

He's talking about people running their own database so there is no need to rely on official DayZ whitelisting.

[Pvt. Kairis 14]

just dont use that server, I guess asking for dontations is fine...but to pay for access is kinda wrong i think too,

still i guess it creates a stable player base and gets rid of most scriddies....

[Tubzy 5]

I edited it but basically yeah, i think it's wrong of these groups to monetized a free mod in an overwhelmingly commercial way, using their streams to recruit people to their white list for a cash benefit.

just dont use that server, I guess asking for dontations is fine...but to pay for access is kinda wrong i think too,

still i guess it creates a stable player base and gets rid of most scriddies....

yeah, i guess thats the selling point.

Edited November 5, 2012 by Tubzy

[Toilet 204]

I agree. Not sure what the legal ramifications would be with the products used in the mod like Heinz, Coca Cola and Pepsi. My understanding is the products can be in the mod as Rocket was not making any money from it. If people are charging however, I dunno.

[puppetworx 474]

It's an understandable solution given the problems that the DayZ Mod has faced. Since they're adding value (filtering) I can't have a problem with them charging for the added service.

However, hopefully in the standalone measures like this won't seem necessary or be profitable.

[bad_mojo (DayZ) 1204]

I wouldn't ever pay for access to a server, but if they can make money doing it, good for them. People will justify it by saying it'll filter out the hackers and help pay for the server. But, there's still going to be hacking(no filtering system can ever stop it completely) and the rest of the servers are free.

I myself play on the heavily populated(30+ players) main hive servers exclusively. The hacking is there, but it's not as bad as people make it out to be. I would estimate I average playing 4-8 hrs a day & I only get teleported to my death about once a week.

[renegade9z 3]

I have noticed that there are a lot of Twitch.TV DayZ streamers who do this and usually call it "donating" to "access" their server. First off I don't mind people doing this, just don't call it a mandatory donation because that's called a fee and is no way donating - however you slice it. This will ultimately ruin the community in my opinion.

[hawc 63]

I see this as a self solving problem. Idiots give away money to be with other idiots. It doesn't really affect you in any way so why should you bother?

[fluxley 2228]

From what i've seen the main reason these streamers are making people pay to get whitelisted is so they can enjoy the game without getting stream sniped every 5 minutes.

Which i think is fair enough.

[Mphlol 16]

There is nothing wrong about charging money for a whitelisted server. Servers cost money to keep up. Servers also take a lot of time to manage. Although, if I'm going to be playing on a server that I pay to play on, it better be the best damn, dedicated server I can experience.

[Siberian (DayZ) 527]

LOL, paying to play on someones server ???

not bloody likely..

[xx_fr0st-w0lf_xx 53]

Don't mind it, would never pay for it but if people want to do that on their server that they rented them who are we to stop them.

I don't think it is right but why should we care, don't pay and go on the free ones