Our team on gameknot has grown to 16 people 4 of whom are paid members. The others are limited to a certain amount of games. As it is here paid subscribers do have more benefits. The point I suppose is you have to have a certain amount of stuff for non subscribers or there just isn't a large enough pool of players to enjoy the activities of which are offered to paid membership. The Secret Hiding Place Fellowship consist of myself and one other person. Kind of tough to put a team together with just two people.
Kind of like being the only member of a club and seeing the other member every tuesday night. Pretty soon the club isn't a club because one or the other person goes and finds a club where there is more intereaction.
Doesn't really matter to me. When it gets to the point where I can not participate and have tournaments with members of the 65thsquare club here, then I will spend my chess money where I can. Pretty simple I think LOL.

Una