ATTN ED: or Adam or Charlie

Fellas, I know you have probably been asked this question about a million times before, and you may have answered it and I missed it, but how much will the fee be for the NRL? Will it be based monthly or by usage? It's not like it really matters, I will join anyway but it would be nice to know. If you can't release the actual numbers can you play higher lower? Will it be over or under $50? Thanks, Jason -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jason Powers SDRC Technical Support - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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>Fellas, > I know you have probably been asked this question about a million times >before, and you may have answered it and I missed it, but how much will >the fee be for the NRL? Will it be based monthly or by usage? >It's not like it really matters, I will join anyway but it would be nice >to know. If you can't release the actual numbers can you play higher >lower? Will it be over or under $50? >Thanks, >Jason >-- >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Jason Powers >SDRC Technical Support >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

We aren't yet ready to announce NRL pricing. Ed Martin Producer, Series Director NASCAR Racing League Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Ed, I hope when you set the pricing you will try to price it so that more people can afford to play. I used to only race 1 league race each week, about 1 hr of time. My phone bill still was over 100 dollars. From checking the Hawaii stats, it is clear that some people must be spending several hundred dollars each month to race on Hawaii. These people must be able to pay whatever it takes to play or they are willing to pay whatever it takes to race everyday. Please do not base your estimates on these people, because there are probably a lot of people who would like to race more but cant shell out $6 -8 dollars an hour. Im not asking for pricing info, Im just hoping it will be reasonable and affordable. Thanks, Mark Roberts

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>Ed, >I hope when you set the pricing you will try to price it so that more people can afford >to play. I used to only race 1 league race each week, about 1 hr of time. My phone >bill still was over 100 dollars. From checking the Hawaii stats, it is clear that some >people must be spending several hundred dollars each month to race on Hawaii. These >people must be able to pay whatever it takes to play or they are willing to pay whatever >it takes to race everyday. Please do not base your estimates on these people, because >there are probably a lot of people who would like to race more but cant shell out $6 -8 >dollars an hour. Im not asking for pricing info, Im just hoping it will be reasonable >and affordable. >Thanks, >Mark Roberts

We plan to have local access numbers around the country to take care of the long distance issue. I think you'll be pretty happy with the pricing (but we're not ready to announce it yet). Ed Martin Producer, Series Director NASCAR Racing League Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.

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>We plan to have local access numbers around the country to take care >of the long distance issue. I think you'll be pretty happy with the >pricing (but we're not ready to announce it yet). >Ed Martin >Producer, Series Director >NASCAR Racing League >Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Does this mean that you've got a deal inked with a carrier? Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

>On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:05:09 -0500, Mark Roberts >We plan to have local access numbers around the country to take care >of the long distance issue. I think you'll be pretty happy with the >pricing (but we're not ready to announce it yet). Groan!!!!! I can' stand the waiting.... Is there any further updates you can give us Ed? Reading through the threads it seems that very serious progress is being made, some kind of unofficial progress report would be a real gift <g>. Anyway, keep up the great work! (That goes for Adam and Charlie also). Matt Myers --------------------------------------------- Expressing individualism is just plain wrong. Crow T. Robot

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> On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:05:09 -0500, Mark Roberts > >Ed, > >I hope when you set the pricing you will try to price it so that more people can afford > >to play. I used to only race 1 league race each week, about 1 hr of time. My phone > >bill still was over 100 dollars. From checking the Hawaii stats, it is clear that some > >people must be spending several hundred dollars each month to race on Hawaii. These > >people must be able to pay whatever it takes to play or they are willing to pay whatever > >it takes to race everyday. Please do not base your estimates on these people, because > >there are probably a lot of people who would like to race more but cant shell out $6 -8 > >dollars an hour. Im not asking for pricing info, Im just hoping it will be reasonable > >and affordable. > >Thanks, > >Mark Roberts > We plan to have local access numbers around the country to take care > of the long distance issue. I think you'll be pretty happy with the > pricing (but we're not ready to announce it yet). > Ed Martin > Producer, Series Director > NASCAR Racing League > Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc. HIP-HIP--HARRAY!!!!!!!

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Sounds good Ed! after over a year of testing, it would be great to be able to buy groceries again!

How about around the countries and include Canada?? Randy

>On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:05:09 -0500, Mark Roberts >>Ed, >>I hope when you set the pricing you will try to price it so that more people can afford >>to play. I used to only race 1 league race each week, about 1 hr of time. My phone >>bill still was over 100 dollars. From checking the Hawaii stats, it is clear that some >>people must be spending several hundred dollars each month to race on Hawaii. These >>people must be able to pay whatever it takes to play or they are willing to pay whatever >>it takes to race everyday. Please do not base your estimates on these people, because >>there are probably a lot of people who would like to race more but cant shell out $6 -8 >>dollars an hour. Im not asking for pricing info, Im just hoping it will be reasonable

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>>and affordable. >>Thanks, >>Mark Roberts >We plan to have local access numbers around the country to take care >of the long distance issue. I think you'll be pretty happy with the >pricing (but we're not ready to announce it yet). >Ed Martin >Producer, Series Director >NASCAR Racing League >Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.

What about people who don't live in the cities???? Wouldn't an 800 number be better? Dave Smith

I REALLY doubt that I will have a local access # in my area. Since you would have to cover 1 out of every 2 cities in america (not to mention other countries) it would be impossible to make a local call for everyone. HECK: I don't even get Compuserve and AOL is 2400 baud! So no you won't take care of the long distance problem. Leaving millions of customers out of luck. Or will there be a 1-800 #? And will it cost more? how much more? I hate to sound mean Ed, but I am really worried, because I've heard the major differances between nas 1 and 2 is: better grafics system crew cheif little things (paintkit inproved, better replays) MOST of all: multiplayer (NRL) w\ out the multiplayer part what is the point of getting part 2? --Kai Fuller

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>> We plan to have local access numbers around the country to take care >> of the long distance issue. I think you'll be pretty happy with the >> pricing (but we're not ready to announce it yet). > I REALLY doubt that I will have a local access # in my area. Since you >would have to cover 1 out of every 2 cities in america (not to mention >other countries) it would be impossible to make a local call for >everyone. HECK: I don't even get Compuserve and AOL is 2400 baud! So no >you won't take care of the long distance problem. Leaving millions of >customers out of luck. Or will there be a 1-800 #? And will it cost >more? how much more? > I hate to sound mean Ed, but I am really worried, because I've heard >the major differances between nas 1 and 2 is: >better grafics system >crew cheif >little things (paintkit inproved, better replays) >MOST of all: multiplayer (NRL) >w\ out the multiplayer part what is the point of getting part 2? >--Kai Fuller

Please don't panic yet... just wait until we announce our provider & then take a look at whether or not you'll have a local access number. Ed Martin Producer, Series Director NASCAR Racing League Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.

>Please don't panic yet... just wait until we announce our provider & >then take a look at whether or not you'll have a local access number. Still waiting for a UK version - at least it's easy to give everyone a local call number over here <g> Cheers, Richard