I agree 100%, though I have a slightly different take on this final piece:
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Originally Posted by Kangostar
And you expect the staff of OOTP to run two servers one CC friendly and one not. Why? Only one pays for itself, times 100 I'm sure - you expect the one to pay for both?
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It doesn't make great sense to create a F2P server alongside the normal one at launch. However, I would argue that - especially if the single server is paying for itself 100 times over - it wouldn't be an unreasonable 'fan-service' ask that someday, sometime in the future, a small portion of that profit be used to run a F2P-only (maybe with an initial up-front cost to buy in) server on outdated tech. I.e. once OOTP 21 or 22 or 23 is launched, and each PT version has made tons of money, perhaps a little bit can be spent to create a F2P-only OOTP 19 server. Wouldn't detract from current revenue streams, but would offer a fun, truly level playing field for those who crave (and would pay a bit to have access to) such an environment.