How Much Have U Spent on SRO so Far?

Majorharper · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:03 am

Stating my cousin

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Games that make you pay extra for items in-game are the future of gaming. Even though the game is free, they make huge amounts of cash with that system.

That is so true. I have spent about 130$ on silkroad..

Questmaster · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:25 am

BuDo - You're quite right. I thought I can play this game without silk, so I simply got on, doing grunt work, picking up quest items. It turns out I spend more time seraching for this items(the dead monster's body does not disappear right away. I got to pressing the space bar a lot of times just to pick up gold and items during my first levels. I got a looter when it has gotten too boring picking up stuff all the time, instead of killing mobs, and finishing quests.

I bring along SRO in Flash disks, because I am not at one place all the time. In many places, SRO is not installed. I have to install it myself in order to play, because most of my free time is spent outside my home. If I have time to play, an Internet Cafe is the nearest. I bring two, because... well - what if one happened to get damaged?

XMoshe - yup. I played at Internet Cafes in the Philippines(Where I got introduced to SRO). I played at Cairo. I usually play now at Abu Dhabi or Dubai(damn, the PC rates per hour are expensive - around 2US$ per hour for the Cafes with faster PCs). I call 'em because there are times when I get my hands on two PCs, and I can PLVL myself. I then would need some help - as in - borrowing their Characters. You are right about the Video Card thing,though... That was stupid. Well - I just thought of it as a gift afterwards... On the Computer.. I do not have time to play now, due to work. I get to play on weekends, but time is limited. I like the game though, and the Specs of the computer I bought was geared towards gaming with SRO in mind. I plan to get Starcraft 2 when it comes out. That is, at least, how I envision relaxing on my Vacation Leave(from work - around three months). Of course I will also be doing other things. (But I'll still be on vend mode). On the Internet Connection - I used to piggyback on the Internet connection of someone else for email and ordinary surfing. It was slow. I am now subscribing because of SRO.

On the times spent on Playing Computer Games - If I include all the times I spent in Playing them since 1986 --- Damn... I could have finished not just an MBA, but maybe a PhD as well. I do not regret it though. It's my recreation, and who wouldn't want to do some relaxing time?

Nixie · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 1108 **Location:**

BuDo wrote:

Quite a few people stated that they only spent $20, $50, $100 etc since they started playing and I bet they say this with a proud and smug expression on their face. But I would guess that half of them had to put in a lot more playing time than those that did buy silk.

If you toss into the equation the amount of time spent playing SRO without prems, grab pets, reverse returns scrolls etc then SRO might have cost them way more than the people that actually bought silk. Because that time spent playing without mall items couldav been used for a real job.

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Date of Charge Silk
Nov 01, 2008 09:17 am 100 Silk
Aug 21, 2008 10:40 pm 50 Silk
Jun 24, 2008 10:52 pm 50 Silk
Jun 12, 2008 02:10 pm 300 Silk
Apr 27, 2008 08:11 pm 50 Silk
Apr 12, 2008 00:39 am 50 Silk
Mar 28, 2008 03:24 pm 50 Silk
Feb 27, 2008 00:15 am 100 Silk
Feb 27, 2008 00:15 am 100 Silk
Jan 28, 2008 10:52 pm 100 Silk
Jan 12, 2008 01:45 am 100 Silk
Jan 02, 2008 08:58 pm 100 Silk

Total Silk charged this month 1150 Silk

Also add 200 silk for my new account, bought the black angel wings on it. So I land on a total of 1350 silks (135$ ~ (approx)105€). It's even less than I stated earlier in this thread.

KylieMinogue · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:47 am

zero, except electricity.

Sylar · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 1571 **Location:**

10$, 200k SP on ecsro, that's it

Fermions · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 158 **Location:**

too much...probably around $500-700 on my last account and characters. i quit for the last year, but this time around, i am only buying a squirrel and the $5 revivals each month.

_IceCold_ · **Joined:** Dec 2007 **Posts:** 146 **Location:**

Playing for 3 years now and spend a total amount of 25 euros wich i spend in:
1 month Premium
1 month Fairy grabber , most usefull of all <3
and a couple Tigers to dont get assraped in Taxis.

theblindarcher · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:44 pm

NONE WHOOO

The Furious Ninja · **Joined:** Nov 2008 **Posts:** 353 **Location:**

1 gold ticket and gold sp ticket and bunny first silk i bought and avatar and a 3 foot crow
1 premium gold and gold sp and another bunny 2nd time (different server) 3 foot crow
1 premium gold and a gold sp and a avatar plus a clock of reincarnation
1 premium gold and one gold sp

80 from premium, 2 avatars (24)

so some where about 160-180, i don't remember the prices of some of the things and too lazy to do math

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

Phantasma wrote:

BuDo wrote:

Quite a few people stated that they only spent $20, $50, $100 etc since they started playing and I bet they say this with a proud and smug expression on their face. But I would guess that half of them had to put in a lot more playing time than those that did buy silk.

If you toss into the equation the amount of time spent playing SRO without prems, grab pets, reverse returns scrolls etc then SRO might have cost them way more than the people that actually bought silk. Because that time spent playing without mall items couldav been used for a real job.

Really? It is those who spend more silk spend more time playing, which results in them wasting more money since that time can be used for a real job. Those who buy more silk are generally more addicted, and so they would be spending more time on the game. It is just that those who spend less silk would be lower level/weaker.

Thats where we disagree. Some of the postings here shows players playing since 06, and without ever purchasing silk(The ones that don't have others buying them silk anyways). If anyone been playing SRO for such a long time and without silk to buy grab pets, experience scrolls, reverse return scrolls ect (things that speeds up lvling) then it is a much bigger addiction because it requires a lot more time to level. People who tend to buy silk regularly are more likely to reach the caps, get bored and them quit.

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

Questmaster wrote:

BuDo - You're quite right. I thought I can play this game without silk, so I simply got on, doing grunt work, picking up quest items. It turns out I spend more time seraching for this items(the dead monster's body does not disappear right away. I got to pressing the space bar a lot of times just to pick up gold and items during my first levels. I got a looter when it has gotten too boring picking up stuff all the time, instead of killing mobs, and finishing quests.

I bring along SRO in Flash disks, because I am not at one place all the time. In many places, SRO is not installed. I have to install it myself in order to play, because most of my free time is spent outside my home. If I have time to play, an Internet Cafe is the nearest. I bring two, because... well - what if one happened to get damaged?

XMoshe - yup. I played at Internet Cafes in the Philippines(Where I got introduced to SRO). I played at Cairo. I usually play now at Abu Dhabi or Dubai(damn, the PC rates per hour are expensive - around 2US$ per hour for the Cafes with faster PCs). I call 'em because there are times when I get my hands on two PCs, and I can PLVL myself. I then would need some help - as in - borrowing their Characters. You are right about the Video Card thing,though... That was stupid. Well - I just thought of it as a gift afterwards... On the Computer.. I do not have time to play now, due to work. I get to play on weekends, but time is limited. I like the game though, and the Specs of the computer I bought was geared towards gaming with SRO in mind. I plan to get Starcraft 2 when it comes out. That is, at least, how I envision relaxing on my Vacation Leave(from work - around three months). Of course I will also be doing other things. (But I'll still be on vend mode). On the Internet Connection - I used to piggyback on the Internet connection of someone else for email and ordinary surfing. It was slow. I am now subscribing because of SRO.

On the times spent on Playing Computer Games - If I include all the times I spent in Playing them since 1986 --- Damn... I could have finished not just an MBA, but maybe a PhD as well. I do not regret it though. It's my recreation, and who wouldn't want to do some relaxing time?

Well its good to see that even tho you love SRO so much you still somehow manage to keep a balance with your work life. Nice one man..

eaglehawk · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 230 **Location:**

i'd say $US 4000 for 4 accounts over 3 years, its not much if you compare to what kuwait players even spend on only one account, it prolly would only be $2000 if i ever bothered to use curst hearts but i dont like wasting sp.. i cant imagine losing 80k sp after grinding 400k sp time making sp is something $$ cannot buy, if only there was 8 pt ong power farming at 60 cap

iSinnnn · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:38 am

Time is money..

The Furious Ninja · **Joined:** Nov 2008 **Posts:** 353 **Location:**

well what was nice about back when i had premium is i actually played less then i did with out it, i'd log on grind my time and log off, no worries about spending 2 hours logging on the next day, less time spent grinding total as well, having premium actually made me less addicted, infact every time i got premium i probably only used 3 weeks of it. Also the sp ticket and grab pets, let me spend less time so i was leveling at least 5 times faster with silk then with out, and spending less time a day on doing it. Sometimes i'd only grind 2 of the 3 hours and be content having meet my xp goals for that day

TheDrop · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 7150 **Location:** uefa2012

$0 spent and playing since around the start of '07

Kirkaldi · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 3083 **Location:** nyc

Nothing.

Jstar1 · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 4757 **Location:**

BuDo wrote:

Thats where we disagree. Some of the postings here shows players playing since 06, and without ever purchasing silk(The ones that don't have others buying them silk anyways). If anyone been playing SRO for such a long time and without silk to buy grab pets, experience scrolls, reverse return scrolls ect (things that speeds up lvling) then it is a much bigger addiction because it requires a lot more time to level. People who tend to buy silk regularly are more likely to reach the caps, get bored and them quit.

lol thats some new logic. The fact that you'd shell out $2000 for a game that will be meaningless in a few years shows that you are addicted. And plus, time is money so spending all your time on SRO buying silk or not, your just letting all the sand spill through your fingers.

xKingpinx · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2153 **Location:**

hmmm honestly...id have to say about $500 maybe.. maybe a lil bit more..

SunDark · **Posted:** Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:55 am

im playing this game since it was in beta Version...
i charged only 200Silk to buy black angle wings
not too much silk but i have more fun and alot friends ^^

_Dutchy_ · **Posted:** Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:04 pm

about 2K usd i think or something like that maybe a bit more maybe a bit less

NeverNighTz · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 156 **Location:**

Mhh.. not much, just 100 silks. My brother pays the silks (500 silks per month).

Glavie's Girl · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 1464 **Location:**

I have purchased 5,400 silks for a cost of 540 US dollars.

Thats for my only paying account, which has a FF lvl 60 hybrid int china nuker, and a lvl 90 75% farmed europeon warlock. first silk bought June 27, 2006.

XMoshe · **Posted:** Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:31 pm

Jstar1 wrote:

BuDo wrote:

Thats where we disagree. Some of the postings here shows players playing since 06, and without ever purchasing silk(The ones that don't have others buying them silk anyways). If anyone been playing SRO for such a long time and without silk to buy grab pets, experience scrolls, reverse return scrolls ect (things that speeds up lvling) then it is a much bigger addiction because it requires a lot more time to level. People who tend to buy silk regularly are more likely to reach the caps, get bored and them quit.

lol thats some new logic. The fact that you'd shell out $2000 for a game that will be meaningless in a few years shows that you are addicted. And plus, time is money so spending all your time on SRO buying silk or not, your just letting all the sand spill through your fingers.

I think Chaby or Crumpets once said that gaming is a hobby. If you like your hobby and choose to pay for it isn't that your own buisiness? And if your hobby is like trainbuilding and you pay a few k for some locomotives it's normal but if you do it for a game you like to play it's weird?

Srsly...GTFO

Majorharper · **Posted:** Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:16 pm

eaglehawk wrote:

i'd say $US 4000 for 4 accounts over 3 years, its not much if you compare to what kuwait players even spend on only one account, it prolly would only be $2000 if i ever bothered to use curst hearts but i dont like wasting sp.. i cant imagine losing 80k sp after grinding 400k sp time making sp is something $$ cannot buy, if only there was 8 pt ong power farming at 60 cap

Thats because daddy is a rich millionaire and pay anything the kids want..

Example: "daddy i want a car" daddy goes buy a BMW for the 16 year old...
"daddy i want 3000 silk NOW on my account! give me your credit card!" daddy gives his credit card...

sheeplol6 · **Joined:** Sep 2007 **Posts:** 720 **Location:**

i think its was £10... and i dont plan on buying more till i see half arsed customer service for a decept period of time.

ThatBluePerson · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 1647 **Location:** Earth

If you have spent over $300 on this game I think the best option for you is to sit down and re-evaluate your life. It will only take a few minutes.

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

ThatBluePerson wrote:

If you have spent over $300 on this game I think the best option for you is to sit down and re-evaluate your life. It will only take a few minutes.

Anyone spending $300.00 or more on their own entertainment that's their choice and that choice shouldn't have anything to do with what you think....shouldn't it??

blablaz · **Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:45 am

0.00$

AznRogue · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 47 **Location:**

Dam u people are like freaks on SRO. Just a game no need to spend money lol.

Glavie's Girl · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 1464 **Location:**

An average family goes to the movies like 3 times a year. At average two adults and 1 child. thats $9 per adult and $7 for the kid at $25 just for tickets. A soda is like $4 and a large popcorn is aslo $4, thats another $8 for basic snacks. That total is $33 and if going 3 times a year it costs $100.*

Playstation 3 Retails at best buy for the 80 gb version for $500 dollars. The games are
$60 a pop!

In the end does it really matter as long as each dollar makes you happy whether or not that dollar was spent on silk or a movie ticket or some other form of entertainment.

*Movie prices based on NY prices, I know it varies from state to state.

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