Pay to Play - Revision history

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 ''Games that require players to pay in some for to play.''
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 === Examples ===
-[[:Category:Gambling Games|Gambling Games]] are archetypal examples of games requiring people to pay to play them. Examples include [[Blackjack]], [[Poker]],and [[Roulette]]. [[:Category:Pinball Games|Pinball Games]] and later [[:Category:Arcade Games|Arcade Games]] such as [[Asteroids]], [[Donkey Kong]], and [[Pac-Man]] later mechanized this.
+[[:Category:Gambling Games|Gambling Games]] are archetypal examples of games requiring people to pay to play them. Examples include [[Blackjack]], [[Poker]], and [[Roulette]]. [[:Category:Pinball Games|Pinball Games]] and later [[:Category:Arcade Games|Arcade Games]] such as [[Asteroids]], [[Donkey Kong]], and [[Pac-Man]] later mechanized this.
 Some [[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games|Massively Multiplayer Online Games]], e.g. [[Ultima Online]] and [[World of Warcraft]], require players to pay monthly subscription fees to continue playing. Others, e.g. [[Farmville]] and [[Candy Crush Saga]], don't require players to pay to play directly but does it indirectly by letting them by upgrades and power-ups.

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 The easiest solution to designing [[Pay to Play]] is of course to demand payment of players. This can either be in a fee to be allowed to start playing, extra costs during gameplay, or a combination. An alternative is [[Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership]], where players in advance need to acquire game elements by paying for them.
-[[Pay to Play]] can be applied to allow players to get [[Expansions]] and well as provide extra [[Lives]] so that gameplay can continue even if a [[Game Over]] event actually took place.
+[[Pay to Play]] can be applied to allow players to get [[Expansions]] and well as provide extra [[Lives]] so that gameplay can continue even if a [[Game Over]] event actually took place. Allowing players to pay for [[Pick-Ups]] and [[Upgrades]] are indirect ways of creating [[Pay to Play]] as players can get stuck and in effect not be able to progress unless they engage in [[Pay to Play]].
 == Consequences ==
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 == Relations ==
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 [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]],
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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Expansions]],
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+[[Game Over]],
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 ''Games that require players to pay in some for to play.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+People need to have access to games to be able to play them. All games that have to be bought are in a sense [[Pay to Play]], but this pattern specifically looks at game design that require players to pay to play the game rather than own it.
 === Examples ===

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 [[:Category:Gambling Games|Gambling Games]] are archetypal examples of games requiring people to pay to play them. Examples include [[Blackjack]], [[Poker]],and [[Roulette]]. [[:Category:Pinball Games|Pinball Games]] and later [[:Category:Arcade Games|Arcade Games]] such as [[Asteroids]], [[Donkey Kong]], and [[Pac-Man]] later mechanized this.
-Some [[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games]], e.g. [[Ultima Online]] and [[World of Warcraft]], require players to pay monthly subscription fees to continue playing. Others, e.g. [[Farmville]] and [[Candy Crush Saga]], don't require players to pay to play directly but does it indirectly by letting them by upgrades and power-ups.
+Some [[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games|Massively Multiplayer Online Games]], e.g. [[Ultima Online]] and [[World of Warcraft]], require players to pay monthly subscription fees to continue playing. Others, e.g. [[Farmville]] and [[Candy Crush Saga]], don't require players to pay to play directly but does it indirectly by letting them by upgrades and power-ups.
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 === Examples ===
-[[:Category:Gambling Games|Gambling Games]] are archetypal examples of games requiring people to pay to play them. Examples include [[Black Jack]], [[Poker]],and [[Roulette]]. [[:Category:Pinball Games|Pinball Games]] and later [[:Category:Arcade Games|Arcade Games]] such as [[Asteroids]], [[Donkey Kong]], and [[Pac-Man]] later mechanized this.
+[[:Category:Gambling Games|Gambling Games]] are archetypal examples of games requiring people to pay to play them. Examples include [[Blackjack]], [[Poker]],and [[Roulette]]. [[:Category:Pinball Games|Pinball Games]] and later [[:Category:Arcade Games|Arcade Games]] such as [[Asteroids]], [[Donkey Kong]], and [[Pac-Man]] later mechanized this.
 Some [[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games]], e.g. [[Ultima Online]] and [[World of Warcraft]], require players to pay monthly subscription fees to continue playing. Others, e.g. [[Farmville]] and [[Candy Crush Saga]], don't require players to pay to play directly but does it indirectly by letting them by upgrades and power-ups.

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
		+	[[:Category:Gambling Games\|Gambling Games]] are archetypal examples of games requiring people to pay to play them. Examples include [[Black Jack]], [[Poker]],and [[Roulette]].

		+	[[:Category:Pinball Games\|Pinball Games]] and later [[:Category:Arcade Games\|Arcade Games]] such as [[Asteroid]], [[Donkey Kong]], and [[Pac-Man]].

	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==