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** Some of ''Trope Worlds''' premium features become available to free-account users.


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** The paid accounts still have more features than the paid accounts, or the ones that became available to free accounts are replaced with ''new'' premium features.

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"Again with the freemium. It's bad enough that small games give you a pay wall for more stuff, but the Triple A games are on it too!?"
* '''Conversed''': ???"Does anyone else feel that most games now a days give you a free game but make you pay for the more exclusive items? Because this is the trend they're following."
* '''Implied''': The name ''Trope Worlds'' kind of implies it has a freemium paywall to the design.



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** ''Trope Worlds'' offers items for sale via credits that can be purchased with real money, but no distinct paid/premium/etc. accounts

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** ''Trope Worlds'' offers items for sale via [[{{Microtransactions}} credits that can be purchased with real money, money]], but no distinct paid/premium/etc. accounts
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'''Basic Trope''': An app, website, game, etc. that ''can'' be played or used for free, but to get the most out of it, you'll need to upgrade to a paid account.

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'''Basic Trope''': An app, website, game, etc. that ''can'' be played or used for free, [[AllegedlyFreeGame but to get the most out of it, you'll need to upgrade to a paid account.account]].

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* '''Basic Trope''': An app, website, game, etc. that ''can'' be played or used for free, but to get the most out of it, you'll need to upgrade to a paid account.
* '''Straight''': Anyone can play [[{{MMORPG}} ''TropeWorlds'']] for free, but players get more {{Phlebotinum}} and/or other perks for upgrading to a paid account.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''Trope Worlds'' is free, but only as a five-minute demo. After that, you need to pay to play.
* '''Downplayed''': New players can access a code that's good for a ThirtyDayFreeTrial of the enhanced paid-account version. They can then choose to let the trial expire, or to upgrade to a paid account.
* '''Justified''': In order to be able to provide the game/app/site/etc. for free, the people behind it need a certain amount of people to pay for it. In order to get them to pay, they make it worthwhile by adding in more features.
* '''Inverted''': An app/website/game/etc. that ''used'' to require payment to use becomes available to everyone for free, all features included.
* '''Subverted''': The blogsite "Trope Journal" allows free-account-users who agree to allow ad banners on their blogs have all of the features they would get with a paid account.

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* '''Basic Trope''': An app, website, game, etc. that ''can'' be played or used for free, but to get the most out of it, you'll need to upgrade to a paid account.
account.
* '''Straight''': Anyone can play [[{{MMORPG}} ''TropeWorlds'']] for free, but players get more {{Phlebotinum}} and/or other perks for upgrading to a paid account.
account.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''Trope Worlds'' is free, but only as a five-minute demo. After that, you need to pay to play.
play.
* '''Downplayed''': New players can access a code that's good for a ThirtyDayFreeTrial of the enhanced paid-account version. They can then choose to let the trial expire, or to upgrade to a paid account.
account.
* '''Justified''': In order to be able to provide the game/app/site/etc. for free, the people behind it need a certain amount of people to pay for it. In order to get them to pay, they make it worthwhile by adding in more features.
features.
* '''Inverted''': An app/website/game/etc. that ''used'' to require payment to use becomes available to everyone for free, all features included.
included.
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The blogsite "Trope Journal" allows free-account-users who agree to allow ad banners on their blogs have all of the features they would get with a paid account. account.



* '''Double Subverted''': But if they don't want ads on their blog, they'll have to spring for a paid account.
** But buying the credits means getting more things to enhance the game, or things that will make it easier to advance.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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But if they don't want ads on their blog, they'll have to spring for a paid account.
account.
** But buying the credits means getting more things to enhance the game, or things that will make it easier to advance.



* '''Averted''': The features for paid accounts and free accounts are the same.
** There is only a paid account, or only a free account.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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The features for paid accounts and free accounts are the same.
** There is only a paid account, or only a free account.



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* '''Exploited: Bob keeps entering the various "free trial" codes he finds online, even though he's been a ''Trope Worlds'' member for ''years.''

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* '''Exploited: '''Exploited''': Bob keeps entering the various "free trial" codes he finds online, even though he's been a ''Trope Worlds'' member for ''years.''
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*'''Basic Trope''': An app, website, game, etc. that ''can'' be played or used for free, but to get the most out of it, you'll need to upgrade to a paid account.
*'''Straight''': Anyone can play [[{{MMORPG}} ''TropeWorlds'']] for free, but players get more {{Phlebotinum}} and/or other perks for upgrading to a paid account.
*'''Exaggerated''': ''Trope Worlds'' is free, but only as a five-minute demo. After that, you need to pay to play.
*'''Downplayed''': New players can access a code that's good for a ThirtyDayFreeTrial of the enhanced paid-account version. They can then choose to let the trial expire, or to upgrade to a paid account.
*'''Justified''': In order to be able to provide the game/app/site/etc. for free, the people behind it need a certain amount of people to pay for it. In order to get them to pay, they make it worthwhile by adding in more features.
*'''Inverted''': An app/website/game/etc. that ''used'' to require payment to use becomes available to everyone for free, all features included.
*'''Subverted''': The blogsite "Trope Journal" allows free-account-users who agree to allow ad banners on their blogs have all of the features they would get with a paid account.
** ''Trope Worlds'' offers items for sale via credits that can be purchased with real money, but no distinct paid/premium/etc. accounts
*'''Double Subverted''': But if they don't want ads on their blog, they'll have to spring for a paid account.
** But buying the credits means getting more things to enhance the game, or things that will make it easier to advance.
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*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': The features for paid accounts and free accounts are the same.
** There is only a paid account, or only a free account.
*'''Enforced''': See "justified"
*'''Lampshaded''': ???
*'''Invoked''': Bob plays for a while, but then decides he needs more dragons to destroy Alice's in-game castle. In order to get enough credits to buy more dragons, or enough space for a dragon in his party, he'll need to upgrade to a paid account.
*'''Exploited: Bob keeps entering the various "free trial" codes he finds online, even though he's been a ''Trope Worlds'' member for ''years.''
*'''Defied''': Bob feels he can't justify buying a paid account or buying credits, so he makes do with what he has.
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*'''Conversed''': ???

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