I'm grateful to see the change in the gambling mechanics, considering it could have impacted the site from a legal standpoint going forward and was definitely not good for the welfare of younger players or those who struggle with addiction. Though I still can't see renewing my subscription, which is frustrating because I actually really want to help financially support the sites I use! :(

But the math is just so unkind to subscribers, I can't justify it.

2000 for one free item.
600 "credit" per month for premium users = 1800 over 3 months.

So this means that you're asking for us to pay you a subscription fee per month to financially support the upkeep of the site, but *also* telling us that we need to pay more money on top of that to actually use our "reward", which we can only get once every three months unless we spend quite a bit more?

:S Couldn't you just give us one free item per month, thus actually rewarding us *monthly* for giving you money *monthly*? If someone subscribes for one month, they get one free item that month (200t value) and no credit. If someone subscribes for 3 months, they get one free item per month for the next three months (600t value.) If someone subscribes for 12 months, why not give them 12 items (one per month) and throw in the 600t "credit" as a bonus thank you?

You'll get way more people willing to give you money if they feel it's worth the value, instead of relying on a limited pool of "whales". With more people spending, the site economy will do better as well, as there won't be money being made via reselling in *only* that small population of whales.