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My Thoughts on Premier


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So, I guess this is my last entry. My premier membership is expiring soon, and so I thought I'd give you guys my thoughts, and explain why this is my last entry.

 

When I bought Premier three months ago, it was always just as a test, just to see if it was something I'd continue. It was cheap, and I thought it was great to give back to the community that I've been a part of for... what, five years? The perks sounded fun at first, but here I am, three months later, and the only one I really used was the blog, and that was only occasionally. I guess I'm not all that much of a Blogger, and I just used it when I had something to post. So, to wrap it up, here's my thoughts:

 

Pros:

- Give back to the site we all love and keep them running for a while longer.

- Access to polls, blogs, G&T, etc. (if you're into that kind of thing and have an idea of it)

- Group PMs (only did it once)

- Ability to help others who aren't Premier with games, group PMs, etc.

 

Cons:

- If you're like me, you won't use most of the perks and it doesn't feel any different.

- If so, you might as well just use that Donate button.

 

In theory, it's a great thing, and I had a hard time really coming up with Cons. I just didn't notice or use most of the perks. Maybe there could be something else that's more fun, like custom profile pages (just a banner and some new buttons would be fine), new custom post options, or access to a special forum (though I'm not sure what just premier members would talk about. I guess they could discuss the membership and what could be better). I don't know, what do you guys think?

 

And just a quick reminder, if you're a fan of LU or ever wanted to design your own Minifig armor, check out my previous entry for more information on how you can get your design into a fan-made LU game!

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BZPower is a free website. Premier Members get perks for volunteering to support the site, but those perks can't be too exclusive or necessary to enjoy the site. BZP wouldn't be free that way.

 

For example, if creating topics was made exclusively a PM perk, BZP would cost money to use, even if the site claimed to be free, because you couldn't really do much of anything without becoming Premier. I think the Admins do want Premier Membership to be something worthwhile, but at the same time, not force anyone to get it to use most of the site's general features. Many of the perks, such as more messaging space and faster searches, don't deny other members the use of the tools, but still give PMs privileges.

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Also the ability to do quick name changes. That's a nice perk, as you aren't stuck with something for 90 days.

 

But yeah, I find that I don't use the Premier perks all that often either. Although I like the pretty rank images!

 

~B~

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About the only Premier perk that I regularly use is my blog. The others are nice (like more space in your PM inbox), but I never really use them except for every now and then.

 

-TNTOS-

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I think that Premier members should have just a little something extra to add to that pro list, 'cause like you said, not everyone's a blogger, and besides name changes that's the only real noticeable benefit. You did forget to mention the exclusive Premier raffles, I think that's a thing, right? 

Larger avatar and signature sizes/ability to use gifs for those would be cool, off the top of my head. 

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I bought Premier back when you had to have that to do polls. I still do that. 

 

I use my blog every so often. It would be kinda funny going back to not having it now - I've gotten used to it. 

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