Publisher?s Club

[DividedUnity]

Are full episodes of shows available as video podcasts for ipods or?

 

[Corven]

An ad free escapist?

sign me up (as soon as I get some cash)

 

[Stranger of Sorts]

When my dad sobers up I'm going to pay for this. It's the least you deserve for letting me post my terrible reviews without being punished.

 

[TheBritish]

I've never been on Amazon.com before, why do I have to join that to subscribe for the premuim membership thing?

Because we don't want your credit card info, and Amazon is a trustworthy major retailer who happens to offer a nice third-party payment system. The other option was PayPal, but we don't like using them for various reasons.

But they don't like PayPal either! This is very bothersome since I lack online-compatible credit cards.

Also regarding your special publisher club contests. Do note that those contests may not leave people outside the US in the dark. Previous contests did that frequently if I recall correctly.

Darn... the US only contests... I forgot that. That's really annoying

 

[zBeeble]

I throw in another vote for paypal. I don't have credit cards (a matter of circumstance and choice) and I would sign up with paypal, but I'm unable to sign up with amazon.

 

[Sparrow]

Not sure how I feel about this. I know it's optional, but I don't know, I've never been a fan of payed memberships. Especially ones I have to renew.

I've got to ask, is there any one-time payment option going to be introduced?

Also: Paypal has never, ever failed me. It's the least shady online money-transfer system I know. Then again, I don't exactly know alot of online money-transfer systems.

 

[7ru7h]

Suggestion: It would be nice to access the videos from the iPhone's Opera Mini browser. It kicks safari's ass in terms of speed, so it's all I'm going to be using anyway...

I'll see if I can convince one of our iPhone-using staff to get the Opera browser so we can see if we can make it work.

Would you be able to do something similar for the Android browser? Cuz I love this site, but it is a real pain in the ass to have to set aside various items in my RRS to come to back after I get back to my machine. I see that, on the subscription page, there is something about that. Is that already implemented, or, like the iPhone, is it a soon-to-come feature?

Also, speaking of RSS, I'm assuming that I will have to change the RSS source that my feed reader scrapes to get the full feed, correct? And if so, will this new source be obvious? Yes it is.

And to add yet another question, will I get videos in said RSS as well, or will I need to hit the article on the page for those?

Edit: Yet another question. Does anybody know how to add authenticated RSS feeds to Google Reader? Or am I just SOL on that front for the time being?

 

[BlindMessiah94]

Okay, can someone please tell me how to change my title?

I looked everywhere on my bloody profile and can't do see it.

 

[GodofDisaster]

I would join, but lack of credit card and money prevents, me from doing so.

However is there any chance of a paypal option being included using my debit card?

 

[Epitome]

I love this site too much, The Escapist has been nothign but good to me since I stumbled upon my first ZP. But I dont thinks Im gonna get paid in time for discount But when I get a spare few euro's I promise its coming here. (Also Im on this sit waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more than 20 mins per months rofl)

 

[comadorcrack]

Seeing as I lack a credit card. And this links me to the American Amazon. I'm not being allowed to pay. America does not know of this thing we call Solo in the UK

Sooo.... Am I to be left out in the cold....?

 

[David_G]

I would join this, if I wasn't 13, and if my parents would let me borrow their credit card, even though I could repay them the 10 bucks easily.

 

[Shjade]

Support one of the few sites I visit near-daily for interesting articles and entertainment?

Sounds reasonable to me.

 

[John Funk]

While your argument is mostly correct in theory, there is no site on the internet today, not even the IGNs of the world, that have a 100% fill rate all of the time. Meaning, 100% of the ad inventory is always sold. Though, I must admit, it'd sure be nice to have that "problem" here at The Escapist. Even if it does make my life rather hellish.

I'm just saying, advertisers are less likely to work with sites with lower success rates and less ad views means less revenue from that source. If I wind up being right about the losses, I want Russ to buy me a puppy.

Everything you've mentioned is something that the people calling the shots have thought of, I assure you

Besides, if 5,000 people go for this, that's really a drop in the bucket.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

I looked everywhere on my bloody profile and can't do see it.

Did you check Account Settings?
(Shot In the Dark)

 

[Weaver]

Question which must be answered: Will the premium features be affected if my account gets suspended/banned/deleted?

Not unless you do something so terrible that we actually have to disable your account completely. That's very very rare though. Posting porn would do it, for example.

Publisher's Club members don't get any special reprieve from moderation though. All normal rules still apply.

Wouldn't this get into sticky legal situations as you're restricting access to a service that's been payed for? If someone posts porn you could hide behind the law as there are people under 18 who browse the site. Legally though, if someone hurts someones feelings and their account is suspended you have no legal recourse to bar them access from the service they payed for.

I'm no lawyer though.

 

[Segadroid]

I got a mail from them and this stood out IMO.

"...But only if you subscribe by April 21st. After that, you'll be just like everyone else. And who wants that?"

This is the reason why I won't join. They want to make me feel special and are practically saying I'm stupid if I don't join the Club.

This may be a bit rude to say, but:

Up Yours, Publisher's Club. I won't chain myself(Read: pay 20 cents a week) to a Club I'll rarely visit anyway.

 

[Dudemeister]

I have a question.
What's this walled garden exactly? I mean I know it's a separate forum area but is it just for keeping the peasants out of sight of subscribers or is it a different kind of forum?