A few years ago, RadioSEGA VIP was the name given to the membership service which you're all a part of. It didn't give you anything, other than the ability to make requests.
In the future, and I do have to stress the future (this isn't something that's going to appear overnight), I will be looking at relaunching VIP as a Subscription service, with loads of added features on top of what you receive already. Just to help out, here's some of them:
- As a VIP member, you'll gain access to an exclusive forum where you'll be able to chat with other VIP members. You'll also show up on the forums as being a VIP Member.
- VIP members will be invited to participate in Beta testing new RadioSEGA features. You'll be able to provide us with feedback and help us with any changes that may need to occur.
- VIP members will be entered into occasional prize-draws. Prizes will vary, dependant on what swag we can get together.
- VIP members will also be able to make more requests than regular members. Should this feature make its way in, Unregistered visitors will either be able to make fewer requests, or none at all. That's not been decided yet.
As a seperate entity - RadioSEGA Live! hosts will be empowered to give away RadioSEGA VIP memberships as a part of any contests they may choose to run.
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There's a lot more ideas floating around in my head as well, but until Project 7 launches (which I'm still assured is quite soon), I can't tell you about those.
Here's where YOU come in. Basically, I'm intrigued as to how much you think this is all worth, i.e. How much would you pay? If/When RadioSEGA VIP launches, the results of the poll will be taken into account when we look at pricing. And just to make things extra clear, all the cash raised via VIP Subscription will go back into funding RadioSEGA.
It was easier for me to make the poll using GBP (£), so to aid you non-UKers who don't want to convert the amounts yourself, £1 = US$1.54/1,19€/134 Yen/AU$1.71/CA$1.60/NZ$2.11. Use XE.com if your currency isn't listed in that bit. Also, the poll amounts are per-month. You'll be able to subscribe in 1, 3, 6, 9 or 12 month "packs". Depending on the value chosen, we might make 9 and 12 month Subscriptions a little cheaper, but we'll see.
So there you are. The first real news to come from The Gavvie Empire, only the RS staff didn't know I was going to do it

Thanks for reading.