Durnic
Knight
I have only recently attended my fourth Alliance event so I am still a newbie and I, too, thought it was strange that I had to pay for the electronic version of the rulebook. Granted six smackaroos wasn't really a problem for me but I can understand why people wouldn't want to drop that money right out of the gate for what they worry might essentially become worthless after a quick skim and not finding it to their liking.
I work as a software engineer in the mobile application development field and I see people not wanting to drop two or three dollars for applications that offer great functionality, entertainment or productivity improvements on the smartphone that they carry with them everywhere and use every single day. That's why the free-to-try applications and free-to-play games have become so popular; people get to try them out before they throw down any money on them at all.
If hosting really is a problem, I have a personal web server with plenty of bandwidth available and I would be willing to host it for free.
I work as a software engineer in the mobile application development field and I see people not wanting to drop two or three dollars for applications that offer great functionality, entertainment or productivity improvements on the smartphone that they carry with them everywhere and use every single day. That's why the free-to-try applications and free-to-play games have become so popular; people get to try them out before they throw down any money on them at all.
If hosting really is a problem, I have a personal web server with plenty of bandwidth available and I would be willing to host it for free.