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Originally Posted by Méo
I speak for the average player when I say:
I think that IF someone can afford the luxury of a Rig that currently runs SH5, AND IF he can afford the luxury of spending time playing it (instead of spending time earning money), HE CAN afford a REASONABLE internet connection, there's no doubt about it in my mind.
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I don't think you understand my point, Meo. For many of us,
IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF CHOICE!!!!
In many of our cases, cost of monthly service is not the issue. (But it may be for those who pay per MB, like many of our European members.) I pay almost $100 per month for satellite Internet at our vacation house in Georgia. Problem is satellite Internet is highly unreliable! If it rains, your screwed. If its too overcast, your screwed. And North Georgia certainly gets its share of those days! Where money is an issue is needing to pay $5,000-$10,000 to have a cable line run out to the house so I can have a stable Internet connection to play a stinking game that shouldn't require it to begin with. Or having to pay $20-$30 per night for Internet access while in a hotel. (Which is about 30-40% of my gaming time.)
Sorry if I sound VERY frustrated by this but I keep hearing people talk about this like we have a choice.
NEWSFLASH! There is a whole big world out there beyond your neighborhood. In that great big world, there are lots of places that do not have cable or fiber Internet yet and may not for many years to come. And YES, those "hicks" and "pygmies" often have high end computers and even money to buy games. In fact, there are geographically MORE of those places in the world than there are that have high speed wired Internet.
With all respect guys, please stop being _____ and assuming that everybody lives in your apartment building!
(Oops, Sorry Neal, I was going to say
obtuse but then I realzed that might be provacative so I just left it blank.
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