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Post by blaggers on Oct 10, 2008 2:49:24 GMT -5
This is going to absolutely suck for new users. Either you need to make the prices cheaper, or you need to increase the amount new users get when they first join.
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Post by Casablanca on Oct 10, 2008 13:27:21 GMT -5
New users should work their way up...it's realistic. Also, they shouldn't be given too much money. I believe they should make small projects in order to finance big projects.
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Post by Dale on Oct 10, 2008 14:17:33 GMT -5
New users should work their way up...it's realistic. Also, they shouldn't be given too much money. I believe they should make small projects in order to finance big projects. That's a great way to look at it. ~Mr. Vincent |
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Post by blaggers on Oct 10, 2008 17:26:24 GMT -5
Wait, what happened to the post where you said that new users would start with $250,000? Why did you delete it?
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Post by Dale on Oct 10, 2008 17:33:52 GMT -5
Wait, what happened to the post where you said that new users would start with $250,000? Why did you delete it? I think I made that decision too quickly. I will need some time to think it over. If you have ideas on where it should be set to -- send me a PM. But for now -- it's in the air. ~Mr. Vincent |
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Post by blaggers on Oct 10, 2008 17:51:07 GMT -5
$250,000 seems like a good amount. Remember, somebody has to pay $100,000 to simply stop somebody from stealing their characters and ideas, so new users need a large amount to start with.
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Post by Legend on Oct 10, 2008 17:58:18 GMT -5
Actually, I'm all for just having a copyright altogether...I mean, a new member shouldn't have to decide he doesn't have enough money to stop people from stealing his stuff. It should just be against the rules to steal other people's stuff.
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Post by Dale on Oct 10, 2008 17:59:40 GMT -5
Actually, I'm all for just having a copyright altogether...I mean, a new member shouldn't have to decide he doesn't have enough money to stop people from stealing his stuff. It should just be against the rules to steal other people's stuff. In real life -- you have to pay for copyrights & trademarks. It's all an extra value to realism. You have to be wise when using budget money from now on. ~Mr. Vincent |
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Post by Legend on Oct 10, 2008 18:03:53 GMT -5
Actually, I'm all for just having a copyright altogether...I mean, a new member shouldn't have to decide he doesn't have enough money to stop people from stealing his stuff. It should just be against the rules to steal other people's stuff. In real life -- you have to pay for copyrights & trademarks. It's all an extra value to realism. You have to be wise when using budget money from now on. ~Mr. VincentYeah, in real life, tickets all cost the same amount, actors aren't all payed the same amount whether they speak one line or a hundred, and you don't have to pay a certain amount of money per word in your film title. Not everything on the site should be completely realistic, especially if going against what really happens would benefit the site and new members. New members can't just "be wise" using this system-with $100,000, they essentially can't make a film. If they do manage to scrap together the budget money, the film will be out for 2 weeks tops (most likely 1) and they'll end up selling a few tickets and losing money. There's no way to "build yourself up" to bigger movies when you can't make a profit. I just think the copyright is something we don't need that would at least ease the burden on new users. It's kind of accepted that you just don't take somebody's work. Anybody who did that would probably be labeled a douche anyhow. |
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Post by Movie Lord Productions on Oct 10, 2008 21:59:36 GMT -5
In real life -- you have to pay for copyrights & trademarks. It's all an extra value to realism. You have to be wise when using budget money from now on. ~Mr. VincentYeah, in real life, tickets all cost the same amount, actors aren't all payed the same amount whether they speak one line or a hundred, and you don't have to pay a certain amount of money per word in your film title. Not everything on the site should be completely realistic, especially if going against what really happens would benefit the site and new members. New members can't just "be wise" using this system-with $100,000, they essentially can't make a film. If they do manage to scrap together the budget money, the film will be out for 2 weeks tops (most likely 1) and they'll end up selling a few tickets and losing money. There's no way to "build yourself up" to bigger movies when you can't make a profit. I just think the copyright is something we don't need that would at least ease the burden on new users. It's kind of accepted that you just don't take somebody's work. Anybody who did that would probably be labeled a douche anyhow. For one thing, it would be a real dick move to steal someone's ideas. I think we're all above that, although I'm not positive. I also think that with these prices this high, the newer members should get 200,000 or 250,000. Like the point was already made, new members will end up losing money, then they'll just end up going bankrupt or whatever anyway, and we would probably lose popularity and publicity, therefore, we would lose new members.  |
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Post by SCF on Oct 10, 2008 22:02:33 GMT -5
MLP, get your picks done nao  |
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Post by Joey Jojo Junior Shabadoo on Oct 10, 2008 22:24:53 GMT -5
most (jurisdictions) recognize copyright in any completed work, without formal registration.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CopyrightCopyright is free in real life. If it's done, it's copyrighted. When something is posted here it is done. New users should work their way up...it's realistic. Also, they shouldn't be given too much money. I believe they should make small projects in order to finance big projects. I think Movie Reels can be two different things to different people. In addition to the community aspect, which is one of the best aspects of the site, it can either be about the game, or about the writing/filmmaking. To me it is certainly the latter, and while some of the game aspects are fun, when they get in the way of the writing/filmmaking I think it is a definite con. New users may join because they have a script or idea for a script and they want to get feedback on it, but in order to do this under the current budget they will need to make a cheap movie first, in most cases either changing what they already have done or making a completely new one which they may not care about and may not be as good. This would add to what was being said about there not being enough money to actually make a profit to begin with, and makes it even more difficult. When new users see this they may be turned away from the site at the start and we just lost a user. New users shouldn't have any more difficulty releasing a film here than older users, or else we are scaring away those new users.
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Post by Casablanca on Oct 11, 2008 17:10:09 GMT -5
Well, yes, the game aspect isn't the main point at all, I just feel that it is a better indicator of a director's talent to see him work his way up. This is from a critic's viewpoints, but if I see a director make the most of what he has, that can tell me how good he really is.
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Post by tim on Nov 1, 2008 19:17:03 GMT -5
We are in a recession you know?
lol, but seriously if you're gonna raise the prices you should also raise the chances that we could get our budget up.
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