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How To Sign Up
Note: This page describes functionality not yet in place. Only anonymous play is available at this time. The other tiers will be made available when time to devote to them arises.
Tier 0: Anonymous Participation
This tier resembles the classic days of the CYOA Story Engine: you just hop right in and play, no strings or logins attached. But this is also your most limited option.
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Advantages:
- No need to register or login
- Complete anonymity
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Restrictions:
- Limited to five submissions per day
- Submissions limit based on IP (users of a shared computer look like one user)
- Plain text submissions only
- No access to BBS or to VIP chapter feedback
- No email link or feedback form on your chapters
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Cost:
- Free
Tier 1: Normal Login
In exchange for just your email address, you can have a higher daily limit and a login id of your very own. Having a positive identity makes some perks possible.
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Advantages:
- Unique id that no one can impersonate
- Daily submissions limit based on login id (which can distinguish between users of a shared computer)
- Email link on your chapters so readers can send you fan mail
- You may post to the BBS and to VIP chapter feedback forms
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Restrictions:
- Limited to ten submissions per day
- Plain text submissions only
- No feedback form on your chapters
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Cost:
- Free
Tier 2: VIP Login
You get what you pay for, right? If you purchase a monthly, semi-annual, or annual subscription, you get Very Important Person treatment. I'm fresh out of red carpets, but here's what I can give you.
- Unique id that no one can impersonate
- Unlimited submissions
- HTML Chapter Editor
- Email link on your chapters so readers can send you fan mail
- Chapter feedback forms allow logged-in users to leave comments right on the page
- You may post to the BBS and to VIP chapter feedback forms
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Cost:
- Monthly Subscription: To Be Determined
- Semiannual Subscription: To Be Determined
- Annual Subscription: To Be Determined
I'm still deciding exactly how much to charge, by what vectors to expect payment, and what kind of grace period to allow for late payments. You know. Minutiae. Those details probably won't be revealed until right up on the day the option goes into effect, but then you don't really need those details 'til then. Stay tuned, as usual.
