I fear you just to have to let your wife know you are a roleplaying geek or go with the free membership. But fear not, I suspect she knows of your roleplaying geekery already.

I wasn't referring to me specifically in the joke because my wife and I have separate accounts.  I just know she rolls her eyes patronizingly if I spend money on anything related to "games" and can imagine how it might be for someone with financial sensitivities.  She finally stopped trying to throw out my boxes of game materials when I told them they were vintage collectibles.  :)

As a young girl I had my id stolen by someone using paypal, as a result I will never voluntarily use paypal.  And I, like I am sure some rpollers, have no consitant income.  For logistical sake and those behind rpol's greatness I am behind the subscribe, but otherwise never have been fully behind it for the reasons listed.

I don't think this is as big of a sticking point as it might appear. One of the benefits of subscription was going to be access to adult games.

I was just hoping that a paid subscription would get me a larger ScratchPad.  I keep so many game notes there that it's constantly full, and I need more space.  : )

In reply to jaberwok (msg # 10):

And yet payment options ARE just about the biggest sticking point.  There are countries where credit cards are not so common, and Paypal may not be an option.

Should we exclude every site member from those countries from ever having access to Adult games on RPoL, simply because only a relatively small fraction of the adult population of those countries have a credit card?

And we have to be careful what other options are offered, since security is, as always, a primary consideration.

That's a good point.  I went for years in Japan never using a credit card (although I was lucky to have a few U.S. cards I could use when traveling or doing something online).

Well, forgive me if I ask a redundant question, what is the benefit of subscribing? I can't remember anyone saying "If you subscribe you get these features (list of things) and If you do not subscribe you do not get them." As it stands I am currently happy with how things are ran here. Is rpol simply low on funding or are you trying to add new features to the site?

In reply to bigbadron (msg # 12):

That's a very good point; I had meant to simply address the comment about minors having subscriptions.

In reply to shady joker (msg # 14):

I don't recall if they were going to add new features or not, but I think part of the reason is that minors tend not to have credit cards, so it would better ensure they do not participate in adult content games or break the ToL.

Yes, there will be additional features for subscribers.  One of the suggestions, a larger scratchpad, was mentioned above.  Others were suggested, but there is no final list.

One thing that has definitely been decided is that only subscribers would be able to access Adult games.

In reply to bigbadron (msg # 17):

Then I fear you will be locked in your current PayPal quandary for quite sometime. Of course there are people who are more qualified to weigh in and help with the subject.

In reply to shady joker (msg # 18):

And that is why there is no projected date for incorporating subscriptions.  If/when an option that satisfies the criteria of those making the decision comes available, it'll happen.  Until then, things are working relatively well as-is and I personally think it's better to bide your time until the right opportunity comes along than rush into something and give yourself a few dozen new problems to have to resolve.

Also--access to Adult games doesn't HAVE to be part of the subscription package.  I would imagine someone could, theoretically, subscribe as a minor and get all the other odds and ends.  It's just that, once subscriptions start, ONLY people with subscriptions will have access to Adult games, as I understand it.  I mean, from a purely commercial point of view, it doesn't make much sense to NOT take someone's money because they're too young to access Adult material, if they want the rest of the subscription package.

Regardless of all the back-and-forth about the whats and whys of it, though, the point is, the plans are still in place to do it at some point...but there is no projected date (not even a rough projection) for it to happen.

. . . so, subscriptions aside, is there any way to get a bigger ScratchPad?  : )

Use smaller words?

In reply to Lance H (msg # 20):

I'd suggest saving some of your notes to word or some other document? To use the whole scratch pad must mean you have epic level of detail since your scratch and scribbles are so much.

I certainly use a Word doc.  It's sitting at 128,133 words long at the moment (242 pages)--all material related to my campaign.  So yeah, I wouldn't mind a longer ScratchPad for quick reference. :)

Start a thread in your game in a group only you can see and save your notes there?

If you're the GM... make a thread - set a group only you can see...

Personally, the size of my scratch pad is the number of Z threads I can have in any given game multiplied by 1000 posts. I use GM-ing privelages to my advantage as the others have mentioned.

Doesn't even have to be Group Z threads...just some group that nobody else can see.

Thank you for asking and offering.

By some strange coincidence I've been talking to my accountant about this (how grown up of me) and how it needs to be done.  At this stage it's looking pretty simple, so it might actually be happening soon.

For the interim it'll probably just be PayPal, and we'll monitor it from there.  It's flattering that people do want to help support the site so I'll probably push ahead with the quickest, easiest and most widespread payment gateway first.

Perks we'll flesh out as things develop, as well as other payment gateways you can use to show your support.

I use the GM character sheet or a separate private GM thread for overflow, or just a Word version of what I want handy. There are many alternatives to the limited scratchpad.

Funny
I always thought of the scratchpad as a sticky postit note on rpol. And here I'm reading that folks want to use it to post several .... a thread is much easier since you can also post links in the thread :)

The problem I see with this is it's going to cost you a lot of people on Rpol because honestly, some of us just don't have the income to do what you all are asking of us. I know I have no viable income and you can't use food stamps, I watch my friends kids for room and board so I don't have any funds. If you make it so we have to pay to play our games in the adult section, then I will be forced to leave.