westkarana.com - 8/5/2009
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Well, would YOU bet $200 on a game that nobody but press is allowed to talk about, a month before it’s released? When Lord of the Rings Online offered the same deal — A Benjamin and his identical twin for a lifetime subscription — you had a month to think it over. Not so ...
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 8/6/2009
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blog.weflyspitfires.com —
Coincidence or shrewd planning, I don’t know, but
I received two emails yesterday offering me discounted lifetime...
subscriptions to MMORPGs. The first was from Codemasters (the European distributor for Turbine), offering me a limited offer 50% discount on Lord of the Rings Online ...
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Lifetime Subscriptions
massively.com - 8/4/2009
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massively.com —
Here's yet another reason to really consider picking
up Champions Online come launch day. Cryptic is offering...
pre-order customers the chance to purchase six months of subscription for $59.99, instead of the regular $89.99 fee, which unofficially ...
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Champions Online offering $199 lifetime sub, access to ...
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A ding world —
... As has been seen in a few other blogs, people are commenting on Cryptic Studios’ lifetime/6 month subscription offer, which is similar to what Turbine offered when LOTRO was released.
Well, the lifetime part of the offer is what people argues about really – the 6 month option does not include any controversy. It is just a reduced price.
Contrary to the LOTRO offer, the lifetime offer seems to be offered to everyone as far as I can tell from their newsletter, not just pre-orders. But on the other hand the offer expires when the game ...
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