Private Server with Top-Up cards

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I remember this one a decade  ago in the Phils. Level up! Official Phi.l Ragnarok which has 3 servers which used a subscription model.

They used to have 3 servers with a population of a whopping 20k on average, one server can get up to more than 60-70k on a single day
when ragnarok was popular. I used to play that in 56k connection with lag issues, spend over 10k php  in subscription fees.

The decline came when other online games crop up, when private servers became popular. Then they used php to by ingame items and the economy went downhill.

Oh, Level Up made billions of pesos for this game.

It started when Valkyrie server opened. That's when the Ragnarok community in PH became "stupid." You see people flaming all day long through megaphone and people  doesn't really play anymore. They just bot 24/7. 95% bot, 1% doing Endless Tower and 4% AFK.