Today we announced that the subscription price for WinCustomize was going to go up $10/year from $20 to $30. Now, of course we had to come up with a good justification for this, something that would fool the sheep of the forums into believing we did this for their own good and that they're getting the better end of the deal.
But, just between you and me? Complete BS.
As some of you may know, today's Angie's birthday, so as a gift the company bought her a new car...
So that would have probably accounted for a $2.50 increase per subscription, but some of us were looking at that car and asked "What about us?" After some haggling and stomping of feet and numerous rude gestures, we sold upper management on the idea of the Stardock Porsche Fleet...
Each, of course, added $2.50 to the unit cost of a WinCustomize subscription.
That's why the subscription is now $10 more per year. Gotta pay for the fancy cars!
Now, I know some of you are probably getting worked up about this turn of events, especially considering how we told you it was really about the free skins, and not the Porsche fleet. To calm your nerves, here's a serene picture of some geese...
That's right, here at Stardock HQ we have a fleet of Porsches AND cute little baby geese!
No kidding.
Good Morning!
I'm glad that the vast majority of you were able to quickly identify the joke. What was the first tip off? The heavy over-dramatic tone? The photo of Brad's porsche with Angie standing behind it? Perhaps it was the ridiculously arbitrary "cost" that made no sense? Maybe it was the really silly photoshop on the subsequent 3 photos with my, seabass and milksama's names edited in?
I bet everyone was fooled until the geese. I mean seriously, geese? Has to be a joke now right?
Or maybe it was pretty much the stark opposite of how we've always regarded site subscribers and our users (minus the belligerent ones, we have a low threshold for those) these many years. This actually reminds me of the time I made a Mac joke on the site and a few users acted like I had murdered their mothers.
Zoomba wonders when people lost their sense of humor.
I can only assume that you joking....especially when you made this comment:
But, just to be clear- implying that you will post warez to this site is never taken as a joke, and is grounds for removal from the site.
And, in case there is anyone left out there that doesn't have a sense of humor, I'll clear this up:
1) We like to poke fun at ourselves. We're worse than this in person.
2) I think the poorly photoshopped sign is a real giveaway. What is even funnier is that we had to take the picture twice because we spelled Porsche wrong the first time.
3) The Porsche was previously revealed: https://forums.joeuser.com/171074 It's the owner's Porsche. And, when you think of it, if the owner can't afford a Porsche, we're a pretty pathetic company.
4) Yesterday really was my Birthday. With that, it is typical of me to do something stupid because it's..well...fun.
5) The goslings (baby geese) really do live outside of Stardock. They are funny little buggers.
6) The subscription price has nothing to do with our silliness. We're providing 12 skins a year now, which have a total value of $60+ per customer. However, I rather have a Porsche.
Stardock will continue to have its sense of humor. If you are offended by obvious humor, this is not a place for you.
Don't tell me....you left out the 'c', right?....
Actually, it isn't.
It's what is known in the field of Internet communications as a 'forum thread'.
Yay....I got mine...
Er....Karma....why is mine different?
Looks like it shrank in the mail....
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