I haven't been visiting the forum much lately... It's strange that Kostya doesn't understand such simple things, and the guys have become too set in their ways. Of course, the comments about fearing an influx of new, unskilled players are quite amusing. It's not about a lack of time; I think everyone can adjust to that (the turn-based nature of the game has spoiled people too much...). However, I would most strongly support one of the early posts about free-to-play and pay-to-play models. No matter how small the fee, a newcomer will not play if they are forced to pay in 95% of cases. Imagine a situation where they create a super-amazing game, similar to Heroes (let's say Heroes is dead), and everyone praises it, but Mail.ru buys it, and to even try it, you have to pay 100 rubles to create an account and 1 ruble for each hero! It's pocket change, but the thought will linger that they are trying to squeeze money out of you, no matter how small the amount. So, why would you even bother? It's not something you want to spend most of your time on... In short, until you are willing to pay 168 rubles for each of your opponents, you shouldn't make grand statements about the necessity of a mandatory paywall; otherwise, it's either a lack of awareness or hypocrisy. Thank you for your attention. P.S. As a vivid example, I want to mention the situation with a very popular game like DOTA (back then, the first one), which became famous worldwide, and then VALVE bought it and, after the beta test of the second DOTA, tried to make it a paid game. They released it for a one-time fee of 1.5-2 thousand rubles with a bunch of visual enhancements (while still keeping it freely available at the time), but even the rumors and the possibility of buying clients (which is the only way you could play online soon) caused the online player base to drop sharply (people rushed back to play the first part, which remained free). So, they had to backtrack, retract their statements, and refund money to many buyers. If you think that because our game has popularity based on something else and the numbers are completely different, you are wrong. As someone rightly said, if you don't want a paywall, don't register.