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Hey guys. Did you know...? That you have to pay to read this in the original Korean? Lol. I don't know what Gravity Tales was doing before -- probably someone along the hierarchy was paying using whatever patreon or donations they were receiving (or god forbid, out of their own pockets out of the goodness of their hearts) -- but did you know, if you reside in a country that's not Korea, you CAN'T input your credit card information into the website, so even if you WANTED to pay to read those chapters in Korean, you physically could not? So hey. I'm not happy about the paywall either. Especially since they jacked these chapters from GT. BUT, at least I have the OPTION to read this if/when I get the money. I remember trying to read another novel by the LMS author in Korean and what do you know, after chapter 14 there was a paywall in Korean. And Munpia wouldn't take my credit card(s -- no matter if it's visa or mastercard or whatever, it just doesn't work. It's country exclusive, much like online games for each country). And the English translators had dropped it, because guess what, there was a paywall they couldn't cross, either. So thank you, Qidian, for bringing this novel to us. I'm sad that you put a paywall over the heritage chapters, but I understand. For anyone who's looking for hidden gems that are still free, go check out Kobatochandaisuki -- I recommend "Everyone Else is a Returnee." Go read stuff before Qidian snatches it up! But remember. There's no free lunch in this life. And many of the novels that are currently free in English on QI right now are actually paywalled in Chinese! Wanna check? Click this Chinese writing next to "other languages available." You should be able to see the little red (I forget what color it is) looking little locked symbol over some of the precious chapters in the Chinese. We're lucky to be able to read the stories that are less popular here for free. :( It's all gonna be paid soon. Anyways. Please don't rate the novel 1 star because you're angry about the paywall. Feel free to rate it 1 star if you read it and absolutely hate the writing and story... but we're honestly privileged to at least have the option to read this.
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I think I tried it like 2 years back, not sure if they had paypal then. If they did, then hot damn! Imma try it. Hopefully paypal doesn't flag it as a shady transaction. I've had trouble with paypal and certain international transactions before :/ thanks for letting me know though!!!
RainbowRoots:You don't have to input your credit card info on Munpia. You can buy gold with PayPal. Did you already try that?
Disheartend_Chaos:I love this story on gravity, but for some reason the chptrs don't work ( says deleted) I try again every day...same error. So weird, guess it doesn't want my ss
I feel ya! I feel like it can be much more expensive to buy chapter by chapter depending on what kind of novel it is -- whether the chapters are short or long, etc. For most Korean/Japanese novels, you end up paying around $10~$13 dollars for 240 pages or so. I feel like with webnovels, the chapters are usually much shorter, and if you're paying $0.50 (or even $0.10 cents) per chapter, once you hit 1000 (short) chapters, that **** is no longer cute -- you've just spend $500 on a series that when converted into physical books might have cost you only $200 to own all 20 books or so. So yeah, I agree with you on the micro transaction thing. In the long term they're taking a lot more money from us. But... I dunno. All the (paid) novel sites are like this nowadays. :/ And if they ever buy out GT or Wuxiaworld, those sites will be like this too... There are a lot of good fantasy novels in our native languages that are available as physical books, but I just like the escapism of Chinese (and Korean) webnovels. I'd rather read these novels than Game of Thrones. At least for the moment lol. If English is your native language and you're looking for good physical books, try the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson! And for Korean webnovels, Wuxiaworld is killing it with Overgeared and Trash of the Count's Family.
AlphaHost:Right i wouldent mind paying once full price for one novel, but Im not paying for chapter by chapter don't really give a **** if translators deserve support and **** like that. Micro transactions wether it be in game or books can **** itself
PanYuZi:I think I tried it like 2 years back, not sure if they had paypal then. If they did, then hot damn! Imma try it. Hopefully paypal doesn't flag it as a shady transaction. I've had trouble with paypal and certain international transactions before :/ thanks for letting me know though!!!
