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When Getting Premier Membership

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I have been meaning to get Premier membership (again, after once getting a year long subscription), and have finally bought a lifetime subscription with encouragement from the anniversary sale.

 

So, I'm waiting around for a couple days for everything to get processed through. Then, one day, I check my email, like I always do first when logging onto my computer. The first thing that draws my attention is an email from the "BZPower Forums" titled "You have been given a warning." I could see next to the title the beginning part of the content of the email, saying "You have been given a warning by Black Six." I open the email, and the next part said "Reason: Premier Membership."

 

By then the heart stopping feeling I had changed to "OMG WHAT DID I DO DID MISS SOMETHING DID PAYPAL NOT PROCESS THE PAYMENT PROPERLY DID B6 GET MAD AT ME FOR BEING CHEAP ENOUGH TO TAKE THE DISCOUNT SOMEONE HELP ME I'M INNOCENT"

 

This warning prevented me from posting on the forms until I acknowledged the warning. The rest of the message? It said:

 

"Thank you for your recent Premier Member purchase! As a token of our thanks, we've increased your Proto. The Administration truly appreciates your support of BZPower!"

 

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I don't know if it's some prank or scheme by the staff, but congratulations, you successfully scared the Karzahni out of me. :P

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Vorahk1Panrahk2

Hah, I had the same reaction when I purchased my PM-ship for the anniversary. Except my noticed appeared in the little posting box and wouldn't let me post until I read the warning. It was very ominous and I had no idea what I did wrong... and then I read the 'warning' and it was all good.

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Eyru

Same thing happened to me when I got a proto boost awhile back. I thought I'd broken the rules at first. Scary...

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GSR

Technically speaking, the Proto system is actually piggybacked off of IPB's warning system, so all the changes get expressed as 'warnings' and there's not much that can be done about it.

 

Also the contradiction is fun.

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Underscore

It happened to me as well:

 

"You have been given a warning."

 

After the ambulance left, I clicked on "read": "Thank you for reporting news. As a token of our gratitude, we've increased your proto level."

 

It probably was better when we just recieved PMs from the staff that awarded us proto. Unfortunately, I haven't been around long enough to have experienced those days. =P

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V-N

It probably was better when we just recieved PMs from the staff that awarded us proto. Unfortunately, I haven't been around long enough to have experienced those days. =P

 

That's what I got when I first bought a one year membership- a PM. I thought it would just be the same thing or something. I was caught completely by surprise.

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Pomegranate

Oooh man the WARNINGS. Every time I got proto I was like OH NO IM GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR TYPING TOO MUCH I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME :P

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fishers64

And that is why I brought Premiership in the first place. I figured if I was an OBZPC, I wouldn't be getting any more of those freaky things. :P 

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