Angels getting payed to play the game?!?

[Avzeke (Khr0n1k)]

"Perhaps the most interesting statement Jason made during his presentation was this: “We’re going to pay people.  We haven’t ruled out the possibility of paying large groups of players to manipulate the storyline.”  In simple terms: The Collective of Furious Angels or any of the “power factions” might actually be contracted by Monolith/WBIE to push the story in a specific direction and get paid for doing it.  This possibility of being paid to play is definitely going to appeal to some if it comes to fruition."
http://matrix.stratics.com/content/press/MxOLaunch.php

heck yeah I like the sound of that.

[Anonymous]

Just let me play for free (no monthly charge) and that'd be enough for me. Although, being paid to play would definately justify my desire to spend hours playing this game to my family and friends.

[Anonymous]

Where do I sign up?

[Anonymous]

Hells yeah that sounds good to me. We gets paid to do stuff we'll be doing otherwise. It's always been a dream of mine to get payed to play games. Thank you Jebus!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I've think that we've entered heaven guys...... paid to game?  Somebody pinch me!

[Anonymous]

I love all the attention that the furious angels are getting!!!!!

[Ketamininja]

Well, in all seriousness, we have a shot at it, if he speaks the truth. Of course, they can reverse the decision at any time. They haven't ruled out the possiblility that they might pay us. They may well rule it out and might not pay us

However, I think we should be diplomatic with this.
As mentioned, playing for FREE would be a bonus in itself. Pay me? Sure, would be great, but if Tbone could go back to Jason and say "We don't want paid, just give us free accounts", then we might have more chance of being "part of the team" at MxO, or at least show that we are more than willing to be part of that team without being "bribed" to play.

Naturally, if the Collective get paid, we want to get paid, but just something to consider.

[Anonymous]

I think (and kinda hope) that they might either mean contributing money to the faction as a whole or paying just the officers or something.  If they were to pay all members then they'd be opening themselves up to increased spending every time we decided to recruit someone.  Also, there would be the problem of tons of people trying to join just to get some money.

[Anonymous]

/pinch Malvado

Well, looking at it from a business stand point, there should be like the majorly active portions of the faction (Such as captains, and then first mates, and then the most active of the crews) getting paid, while the remainder of the faction gets free accounts. Something they would have to consider, however, is that in order to push a storyline, it would require people know and understand that that is what you are there to do.

Let's face it, if a Furious Angel walked up to "DaN30Dude" and said "I have a message from the three-winged angel. Follow the silver bullet, to the fourth spatial dimension, and wait there" (Translates to, "I have a message from Seraph. Take the subway to Stamos Northwest (HyperSphere Monument (HyperSpheres/Cubes exist in four spatial dimensions by the way), and wait for the messenger), they're just going to sit there and stare at you funny or be like "WTF n00b?!!?!111?!11one!/1" and then spout off that we aren't able to do that, we're not allowed, etc etc. Some of the "GM" abilities would probably have to be accessible to our higher up people, like say the captains of hovercrafts.

Or at least, in my opinion, that's the best way to go about it ethically, and financially

[Anonymous]

Something about being paid to play kindof discourages me....I don't know, It'd be a dream come true, but then again, if i'm forced to change something or do something the way the devs have said to do it I have this tendency not to want to. Which is why I left photography, but thats another story. However, I do think it would be an honour for all the hard work that many "Angels" have put into the faction and there actions should be rewarded, but I think the reward we've already been given

[Anonymous]

Shh. They're paying in chocolate. Pipe down, you!

[Anonymous]

Well for chocolate I'll do it

[Broin]

Mmmm.... Chocolate....

*Holds up sign reading*  "Will work for chocolate"

[Anonymous]

Well nothing deicieded yet but if they did pay someone to do a certain action to help swing the story the way they need it, then its to help out the game. Although it may or may not go wth what you believe in the end in helps continue the game. There are of course extreem actions that would probly not sit well with anyone but I'm sure we'll hit that hurtle if it comes our way.

If they do pay us in chocolate I hope to god they package that right, nothing worse then a melted pack of chocolate goo.

[Avzeke (Khr0n1k)]

well of course they probley wouldnt pay us unless it was somting we didnt want to do.