Quote Originally Posted by Raz
I visited it's forums for several months before it had even been released (it was in beta testing). I left it alone since the developers were swaying towards the "monthly fee" policy and possibly even worse the "pay real cash for play cash" policy. But now that I look into it now, it seems to have lost that image. Which is good.

Edit: Hmm, now that I look into it more, it seems it hasn't changed at all. *sighs*
Second Life has a similar setup with exchanging real money for in game money. You can also purchase a lot of property for $9.95 when you start your account I believe.