The article is from MMOsite Writer Club member cesarsuki.

Lately I've been reading more and more complaints about players that just seem to hate the Free to Play model. I see it everywhere, in the forums, in the blog, in my cereal. And I'm sick tired of it. I keep reading and I never get to the part of someone replying "Oh no man Free to Play is really cool I like it .." No, the rest is just people nodding and as usual throwing in additional complaints of their own. 

Well I think Free To Play needs a lawyer, and since I would go down defending it, here is my effort on paying Free To Play back for all the fun that I've had.

Start

Curiosity was what brought me to online games, I had heard about World of Warcraft, but since I couldn't afford it, I didn't even google it. Later, I saw more and more references to online games from the TV series I watched and gaming websites, and I became inevitably more curious by the hour. One day when I finally embarked on the quest to play online I saw "Free to Play!" on a web banner and I thought to myself "There is hope!!". I kept browsing and I found Rose Online, I downloaded and played for a while, but later I read the website more carefully and realized it was just a trial. Bummer, I was just getting excited, what point was there to play then for a week if I just would be able to keep exploring after a week? So I kept going and bumped into 2D online games, I found some nice people and some hostile encounters.

Later I got hooked on Fly For Fun, F.E.A.R. Combat and other free games. In my situation I have so many things that I have to pay that I just can't afford to pay a monthly subscription. Maybe I could pay a subscription one or two months, then I might buy a book that I need and voila! I don't have a penny.

"Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance."
                                                                         -William Wirt

Plus, paying for a game would make me feel somehow that I am wasting my money if I don't play for a certain amount of time on the week.

That would certainly trigger my mom's voice in the back of my head saying "You shouldn¡¯t be paying for games you don't have time to play!!!" 

This is where Free To Play suits me like a made-to-order tuxedo, I can spare some money every now and then to buy some luxury item on the mall; and I could just login and say "Hey guys I have final exams the next two weeks, I'll be offline for a while". Maybe I will be guildless when I log back in, but I don't have to worry about money spent for nothing.