Ok, I've been away for a while. I read through the 11 pages of this thread, and it's been a week since anyone else has posted. but it's stickied. Since I'm not going to be bumping it, I'll post my thoughts.
It's important to point out I have no skills, education, or brains. these are just random thoughts that make enough noise in my head to warrant me writing them down.
Don. If you wanna charge an annual fee for "Membership" I'd pay it. How much doesn't really matter that much, be it 12$, 25$, or even 50$. I'd pay it once, at least. Not for avatars, search abilities, PMs, or being on the cutting edge of being able to d/l home-made adventures in PDF.
But just because what I've already gained from this site, would make it worth it.
That being said, I wouldn't pay for this site if I'd just found it. I'm a cheap bastard, and I'm ok with waiting a month to read anything. and I can ignore pop-up ads with the best of them. I don't think I'm alone on that.
Which leads me to thinking, after an initial subscription-flurry, You may be OK for a year, but, the funds would likely drop off significantly after a year, (It's important to note that this may be for the best, as then we can see what kind Hell StarTrek RPGs have sunken to in that time.)
So... I prolly had a point when I started, but the 4 year old trying to remove my dogs' spleen has pretty much shattered my train of thought, which really wasn't that impressive to begin with.
If you give a monkey control over it's environment, it will fill the world with bananas, and whereas that is a great accomplishment, it's still a very stupid thing to do. --Doctor Who #2