Taming the Premletariat

Do you like that? I put Premuim and Proletariat together to describe a class of have nots. Now understand Premletariat does mean Prem. The Premletariat is a sub-class of the Prems.

The Premletariat is someone who bought this game, opened the box, played the free month and didn't come back. We don't need to worry about why they left, just understand they are coming back, and they are coming back in droves.

Now we need a cool witty name for everybody who is a Prem but not a Premletariat. The major difference between this sub-class and the Premletariat. The Premletariat can't use global chat, can't talk in broadcast..

If you're a Prem and you can use global chat, can talk in broadcast, can send tells your life is golden, it's nothing but unicorns and rainbows. Realize that any member of the Premletariat can lift themselves up and out of the horrible existence for the cost of $15. For the cost of a monthly subscription for the ruling VIP class will give that Premletariat 400 pts to spend, access to all the social tools this game offers, and the self pride of knowing they are better then the freeloaders and better then the Premletariat.


Now the Premletariat share so much with the Freeloaders. They can never advertise in Broadcast "hey, I'm looking for a team" they can't reply to the tell asking if they want to join a team. But they can join a Super Group, in fact they have all the tools they need to run a supergroup. They can invite other Premletariat to the SG, even promote them, design a supergroup outfit.

Now there's two "not so simple" things ViPs can do to make the Premletariat's life easier. a little less miserable. You can help them join a preexisting SG or you can help them start their own SG.

Both those options are going to require you to meet a Premletariat at some point. When you do and you want to help, you and your new Premletariat buddy head to atlas and you need to talk to the Supergroup Registar.

If you choose to help them join an already existing SG that registar will show you the top 100 SGs on your server. That list has issues, we don't need to go over here. In that list of a 100 SGs is a group of SGs that want new players. You are going to have to learn how to identify those SGs. I'll give you a clue, there are global names of SG leaders in the SG descriptions. If a SG leader is advertising their global name they want to here from you. You need to send a tell to that person, explaining the sitituation your Premletariat buddy is in. Let them know your buddies social standing.

Then your done, leave it to the people running the SGs to take your buddy under their wings. You've done your part to creat good community.

The other option is to let your Premletariat buddy pick a SG name and you create it for him, invite him. And then you're done, you've given that Premletariat the tools to help out other Premletariat, possibly build some good community, without ever bothering a ViP again. Just say good luck once in SG chat before you /sgleave.


TLDR version
Supergroups are refugee camps for a class of have-nots barely better then Freeloaders. You hate people if you don't support refugee camps.

PS If you don't have a second account and you've ever thought about having your own personal SG get the 1.99 deal. You'll have your own private Premletariat for life.

Does that make VIP's the Vourgeoisie?

Despite myself, so do I

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

WOMAN: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
DENNIS: You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes--
WOMAN: Oh there you go, bringing class into it again.
DENNIS: That's what it's all about if only people would--

Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.