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TrackMania Nations Forever changes free player access
Posted by: TimothyT on: 12/12/2010 01:21 PM in [ Print ]
Since one year, the in game advertising revenues are in troubles and Microsoft is now even closing the whole thing down.
In order to adapt to the new situation, Nadeo has decided to make an evolution on the way players get access to the online servers.
Players with a free account will now have direct access only to freezone servers, hosted by Nadeo. In order to have access to any other server, they will have to go through the use of the favorite server function. The goal of this operation is to better welcome the free players in a place that encourage them more to buy the paying game (TrackMania United Forever) while preserving the capacity for the most enthusiastic players to access to all servers.
To upgrade your account, go in the profile page in the main menu of the game.
We are aware that the game can't be bought by many (even in some nations) This is why we keep the solution to enter a server with the favorite list function. This list will be reset and limited to three for free account. A server can simply be added through a tmtp link like this "tmtp://#addfavourite=serverlogin"
For your information, around one third of connections are from paying accounts. The Nadeo team is working hard to have the capacity for all simultaneous players using free accounts. If we encounter unforeseen issues, we will try to adapt quickly to the situation and we apologized before if we create troubles. We have been informed really late by our partner that they are shutting down our contracts, and we now have to quickly adapt.
Looking forward to your comments
Florent
Nadeo Managing Director
TrackMania Nations Forever changes free player access
In order to adapt to the new situation, Nadeo has decided to make an evolution on the way players get access to the online servers.
Players with a free account will now have direct access only to freezone servers, hosted by Nadeo. In order to have access to any other server, they will have to go through the use of the favorite server function. The goal of this operation is to better welcome the free players in a place that encourage them more to buy the paying game (TrackMania United Forever) while preserving the capacity for the most enthusiastic players to access to all servers.
To upgrade your account, go in the profile page in the main menu of the game.
We are aware that the game can't be bought by many (even in some nations) This is why we keep the solution to enter a server with the favorite list function. This list will be reset and limited to three for free account. A server can simply be added through a tmtp link like this "tmtp://#addfavourite=serverlogin"
For your information, around one third of connections are from paying accounts. The Nadeo team is working hard to have the capacity for all simultaneous players using free accounts. If we encounter unforeseen issues, we will try to adapt quickly to the situation and we apologized before if we create troubles. We have been informed really late by our partner that they are shutting down our contracts, and we now have to quickly adapt.
Looking forward to your comments
Florent
Nadeo Managing Director
TrackMania Nations Forever changes free player access