[X] My Assistant

[Hiraelle]

How exactly do I tell it that I want to switch to the new system (other than... donating to it)?

There's an area at the top of the Plus page where you should be able to do it.

I don't see anything there that allows me to switch ? That may not be normal.

I don't see where I'm supposed to say I want to switch from the old to the new.

[Special K]

Users who contributed under the old system will be able to keep their existing perks, or upgrade to the new system and receive the new ones (and in addition, a free bonus of 15 Credits as a thank you for your continued support!). All users, regardless of when they've contributed, will continue to have a separate user group.

How exactly do I tell it that I want to switch to the new system (other than... donating to it)? And what's this about 15 free credits? :P I know.. I should have waited till all the kinks were ironed out... but I read the whole page & already had been on paypal for something else, so I got excited! :P No 15 credit bonus though xD Am I reading that wrong?

It just asked me to switch over from the old system by going to the Plus page. You should also have 15 credits like I did. As well as everyone else that donated previously.

I feel stupid for not being able to find it, but it didn't ask me anything when I went to the Plus page. I did select "Buy credits for myself" though, and bought 10 credits. And received 10 credits. So I'm clearly using the new system xD I spent 1 credit to see if that would help convince it I'd switched over, which is why I have 9 now.

Can't figure out where I'm missing this, haha.

Edit: But I see I'm not the only one having trouble! ^ *pokes above posts* In case it's relevant, similar to what pumpkinking said, I donated $10 before the limit was raised, with the old system...

This post has been edited by Rafiki: Oct 10 2012, 04:33 PM

[nokrow889]

How exactly do I tell it that I want to switch to the new system (other than... donating to it)?

There's an area at the top of the Plus page where you should be able to do it.

I don't see anything there that allows me to switch ? That may not be normal.

I don't see where I'm supposed to say I want to switch from the old to the new.

same with me i dont quite understand it...

[Manticore]

I mentioned this earlier, but no one responded to it.

Can someone tell me why the Plus tab remains selected even when you're viewing a different tab? This is kind of bugging me...

It's not selected, it's just a different colour.

[Lwaxana Troi]

Reading this thread made me realise my AdBlock for some reason switched back on. So sorry for blocking the ads for the last month and a half (or more, I have no idea). I have turned it off again.

The new system itself... well, I guess I will have to say it's awesome if only for the reason any donation benefits everyone.

[Zero Ukai]

it took me a few minutes to understand fully what this was implementing but once i got the idea it was like, WOW THAT'S BRILLIANT... i really really want these perks so i'm probably going to upgrade.

[Rapps]

This is a fantastic update, a really good motivation to donate and I love that it benefits the entire site and not just the person donating, brilliant idea guys.

[Crystal Shards]

I do not have an option to switch over.

Neat idea though!

[Big Bidoof]

Anyone having issues seeing the option to switch over should now (or shortly) be able to. Sorry for the inconvenience, yup yup.

[Kelleo]

It's not selected, it's just a different colour.

Strange, it looks the same color to me. :/

[Crystal Shards]

Awesome, that fixed it. Thanks, SaS.

Also I don't know if this was answered but do we get ads disabled for the three months or whatever as well as the 15 credits?

[Esc]

I personally don't like this system, but I do like the fact that we get to decide between the old and new.
Personally, the only eye catching perks for the new system are no one hour rule, and unlimited sweet honey.

I do have a question, however. I don't know if I skipped over it, but how much does each 'new' perk cost (in terms of credits[is it 1?]). Also, How long does the perk last? I know it lasts 3 days for everybody if the counter fills up, but what about that individual?
Though, I can see people using this a lot during SWSHs. They could actually hatch double the amount.

[Manticore]

It's not selected, it's just a different colour.

Strange, it looks the same color to me. :/

Well, I just mean that the default colour for it is "selected" So. Idk. Lol

[pumpkinking0192]

It's not selected, it's just a different colour.

Strange, it looks the same color to me. :/

It is the same color as a selected tab. "Different color" was probably a poor choice of words; she probably meant to express that it's intentionally got a special highlight regardless of whether or not you're on the page, and even though it's not "selected", that color is not a glitch.

EDIT: Ninja'd by the person in whose mouth I was putting words in the first place. Ignore me please.

This post has been edited by pumpkinking0192: Oct 10 2012, 04:40 PM

[Chrome]

That sounds like something Obama would do...and I'm not a huge fan of sharing the wealth.

This is not a place to try to spark a political argument. Take it somewhere else, please.

Users who contributed under the old system will be able to keep their existing perks, or upgrade to the new system and receive the new ones (and in addition, a free bonus of 15 Credits as a thank you for your continued support!). All users, regardless of when they've contributed, will continue to have a separate user group.

How exactly do I tell it that I want to switch to the new system (other than... donating to it)? And what's this about 15 free credits? :P I know.. I should have waited till all the kinks were ironed out... but I read the whole page & already had been on paypal for something else, so I got excited! :P No 15 credit bonus though xD Am I reading that wrong?

There's an area at the top of the Plus page where you should be able to do it.

I'm not seeing anything like that anywhere on the page (except, of course, the button to actually donate). There's a big red "Help make the site better..." banner, but nothing in it appears to be clickable. Other than that, nothing stands out as a possible switch-to-the-new-system button... Could this have something to do with the fact that I donated $10 back before the adblocking amount was raised to $20?

It didn't spark anything until you decided to emphasize that part of my post.
No need to minimod on me, that's just how I feel. :P

Anyways, Big Bidoof fixed this issue, you should be able to see that option to switch now.

[Thor94]

How the free counter does works??
some bonus are ever partially fills.
can we fills plus upgrade for free (or it's only only with credit)?
If we can fill for free, how it's done for each plus?

How many time the pokechest power can be used after activation?
thks

[Commander Wymsy]

I personally don't like this system, but I do like the fact that we get to decide between the old and new.
Personally, the only eye catching perks for the new system are no one hour rule, and unlimited sweet honey.

I do have a question, however. I don't know if I skipped over it, but how much does each 'new' perk cost (in terms of credits[is it 1?]). Also, How long does the perk last? I know it lasts 3 days for everybody if the counter fills up, but what about that individual?
Though, I can see people using this a lot during SWSHs. They could actually hatch double the amount.

There is no it lasting for the individual. You buy credits, and then choose which Plus counter you want to put your credits into. Once a counter fills up, that Plus will be active for everybody (except those who previously donated and wish to stay in the old donation system) for 3 days.

[Esc]

ALSO, Can we have an option of hiding the button to switch between old and new? I can see myself clicking that by accident :s

[Kelleo]

It is the same color as a selected tab. "Different color" was probably a poor choice of words; she probably meant to express that it's intentionally got a special highlight regardless of whether or not you're on the page, and even though it's not "selected", that color is not a glitch.

EDIT: Ninja'd by the person in whose mouth I was putting words in the first place. Ignore me please.

Well, I think the color should be changed. I keep thinking I'm on the Plus tab when I'm not. xP

[LavenderEyedNine...]

I've come up with a situation to try and understand the new system better, and would appreciate knowing if I a) have everything correct and b) what the motivation for my last point was and why it was implemented.

User Z donated a year ago. By not 'switching' perk systems, nothing changes for User Z.

User Y donated a year ago also, but switches perk systems. Thus User Y begins to receive perks. And of the new donators, User Y would have to donate roughly $5 a month can have their ads continue to be removed. That means that, for $60 a year (10 every 2 months), User Y could be ad-free legally when they click, in addition to getting the other perks that activate through everyone's donations.

However, user X has never donated, never will donate, and under the new system will receive site perks whenever they are activated.

Now, I follow why the decision was made to allow only one system or another, but at the same time the new system seems a bit unfair to those who donated in the past. They don't get any of the perks that happen through site effort. Is there the option to buy new credits to activate the new system while keeping the ad-blocking effects of the old, thereby assisting the site, or must they switch to it first and lose the continuous ad-blocking? Must all the perks be taken away from the old donors? Would there be a way to allow them to only receive the benefit on the perk on the first day of its activation, so that to get its full effect they'd be motivated to switch systems? Because, as of right now, the wording in the phrase "no gameplay advantages to said users" is a bit misleading, as it seems that both those who donate now and those who don't donate will begin to get a gameplay advantage over those that donated before the new site came out.

PS: As of right now I'm still undecided if I'd like to switch donation systems, so I'd appreciate if nothing I said above was taken harshly, as I simply wanted to ask for some clarification without drawing criticism or flames...