Announcement: The Future of GuildWarsGuru

If a fee is charged for a service that would somehow be advantageous to whoever is willing to fork out the money. Guru has never asked it's user base for any money and the site has been running fine. I will not accept, "We need money to keep the site up" as a plausible excuse. Guru has been offering its Select two-tier memberships for years now. The link was/is a large square on the Home page. This came about from members driving the admins crazy with demands to donate cash to upgrade the servers (they were very, very bad). As most countries have very strict rules (and tons of paperwork) for charities, they came up with the paid memberships. I have been a member since day one.

So this type of paid membership does not bother me. It's an optional thing with very small benefits, but helps to offset the cost of servers, internet service and software upgrades. If the cost of a paid membership takes a big jump, then, once again, it is optional. No one will force you to hand over some cash.

Did anyone seen what vbulliten did to boards who converted to the new format? Looks like we have the same fate to look forward to. You're referring to VBulletin 4.0. With 176 critical errors right now, a necessary skin redesign and having to pay $$$ to upgrade to it regardless of your license, that's not going to be happening.

I think deleting as little as possible is always a good idea. Whether the notion of threads being shaped from above is real or unreal, the best way to combat that notion is to let the discussion stand as it is and allow people to draw their own conclusions.
I find it very encouraging that posts which aren't curse-friendly have not been deleted. Even if it's a flame or troll post, letting it ride is the best policy, because it's the best way to show that you have nothing to hide.
Just my two cents. K-tet i couldn't agree with you more

The original WiK viral marketing thread got hidden away in the off topic section when it was clearly about GW1 content, and this thread is in Riverside? Uh huh, that makes sense... The original WiK thread was posted about in Off Topic by a forum user when someone received a flyer that none of us had seen before and no one understood that this was a Guild Wars Event. When it WAS realized we moved it to Riverside. No conspiracy involved.

I find it very encouraging that posts which aren't curse-friendly have not been deleted. Even if it's a flame or troll post, letting it ride is the best policy, because it's the best way to show that you have nothing to hide. *has had posts that could easily be considered anti-curse (if the person who deleted them actually read them) deleted*

*has had posts that could easily be considered anti-curse (if the person who deleted them actually read them) deleted* Didn't see those. Re-post em.