I read the recent Edge magazine article and it made me a little more convinced about this. Things like the engine only rendering what is on the screen and not the entire world. He is also of South African descent which explains his odd accent :P
There is going to be an interview with him on Good Game (an Australian TV show so probably not accessible to other countries) this week so maybe we'll know some more about it soon.
I certainly don't pay the yearly fee to feel special or exclusive. These guys never cease to produce entertaining content, and at the end of the day, their hard work needs to be supported financially and I'm willing to pay money to keep it going. They have repeatedly emphasised that they don't want to flood the site with ads and promotional material like most other commercial sites, so a subscription system is probably the best middle-ground they can achieve.
If people love the site and want to support it, then all they have to do is rearrange their financial priorities and make some allowance for a subscription. I mean all it takes is to put aside money for ONE game they don't REALLY need, and buy a yearly sub. Then you have 11 MONTHS of freedom to enjoy the content.
@Titus said:
I paid the monthly fee and now I am without a house and my wife has left me. I will never get those five dollars back and I blame Ryan.
Well fuck, I feel for ya man. Ryan can be such an asshole sometimes >___>
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