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Author Topic: Heads Up: DonationCredits will change from 10 per dollar to 1/1  (Read 9137 times)

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the original system of 10 donationcredits per 1 US dollar seemed like a good idea at the time but is unnesc. confusing.
we will be moving to a 1:1 equivelance in the next couple of days.

if all of the conversions go smoothly then it shouldn't inconvenience anyone and you'll just notice that your credits are now expressed as dollars (or partial dollars).  so if you had 100 credits, now you will have 10.00 credits (equal to $10).

hopefully this will be simpler for everyone.

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Re: Heads Up: DonationCredits will change from 10 per dollar to 1/1
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2006, 08:13 AM »
the change has now been made.
let me know if you encounter any issues.

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Re: Heads Up: DonationCredits will change from 10 per dollar to 1/1
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2006, 10:43 AM »
thats a bummer, i preferred it the other way.

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Re: Heads Up: DonationCredits will change from 10 per dollar to 1/1
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2006, 10:48 AM »
Actually, I did too. To be completely honest. Perhaps you could make an option for each user to select how they are displayed?

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Re: Heads Up: DonationCredits will change from 10 per dollar to 1/1
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2006, 01:05 PM »
note you can still give out fractions of a dollar.

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Re: Heads Up: DonationCredits will change from 10 per dollar to 1/1
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2006, 02:57 AM »
As long as I can still give out fractions of a dollar it works for me. I wasn't really confused under the old system but the new one isn't confusing either. If some people had problems then I understand the change may be necessary.

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Re: Heads Up: DonationCredits will change from 10 per dollar to 1/1
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2006, 03:25 AM »
I think that this simplifies the whole issue and is easier to understand...and find that it's easier to manage...
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« Last Edit: July 23, 2006, 03:28 AM by Baseman »

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Re: Heads Up: DonationCredits will change from 10 per dollar to 1/1
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2006, 04:17 AM »
i think it's easier to understand too.

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Re: Heads Up: DonationCredits will change from 10 per dollar to 1/1
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2006, 08:23 AM »
I have to admit I was confused when the donation credits first were implemented. I was under the impression that 100 credits was $1.00 and not $10.00. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised when I found out otherwise.

I think moving to a 1:1 system will be less confusing to newcomers that might make the same assumption that I did.