Increase Freemi game limit from 4 to 8.

by **jefjef** on Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:02 pm

Concise description:

Increase number of games freemium accounts have available to play.

Specifics/Details:

Increase the number of available games from 4 to 8.

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:

New players to the site will be more apt to stay and play instead of missing turns or deadbeating due to the boredom of the wait.
Potentially fewer multiple accounts will be made. (More games = fewer accounts)
Potentially could convert more freemi accounts to premium due to less site boredom from having only 4 games.
With more game slot availability clans will be less restrictive towards freemiums and that could also lead to more premium purchases.
More tournaments would be accessible to freemium players.
They will be able to rank up faster and higher and premiums would be more willing to play them more often. At the moment me and others are filling foe lists with low rank freemiums. Especially considering what you call random. We pay for our points...

by **Victor Sullivan** on Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:51 pm

There will be less incentive to buy premium, then, no?

by **rdsrds2120** on Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:54 pm

The incentive debate of whether to buy premium if the game limit is extended for free members can go both ways, and I'm not sure there is a definitive, conclusive way to say which will happen. One argument is that with the better site experience, they'll be more obligated to buy the premium membership as jefjef notes. Your argument, Victor, is also plausible. The idea of "Wait - I don't have to buy premium to play the number of games I want" may be a disincentive to buy premium membership.

-rd

by **40kguy** on Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:56 pm

Victor Sullivan wrote:There will be less incentive to buy premium, then, no?

yeah.

by **jefjef** on Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:01 pm

rdsrds2120 wrote:The incentive debate of whether to buy premium if the game limit is extended for free members can go both ways, and I'm not sure there is a definitive, conclusive way to say which will happen. One argument is that with the better site experience, they'll be more obligated to buy the premium membership as jefjef notes. Your argument, Victor, is also plausible. The idea of "Wait - I don't have to buy premium to play the number of games I want" may be a disincentive to buy premium membership.

-rd

Premium members have a lot more than 8 games going on. Its like an addiction for many of us.

I do believe it is a safe bet that this would reduce the number/creation of multi accounts. I see a lot of multi account bust involve 2 accounts. (8 games) Of course there are those busts that involve many more but those people will make more anyway but at more games even they would probably make fewer.