People spend $300~$500 on a PS3 / XBox360, and $40~$60 on each game they buy. Those games only last about 2~3 months because after that time, you're bored to hell with them. On here, 1) the game is free, 2) donating is a choice - but if you do it, you can have better gears to further optimize your fun and gameplay. Ultimately, donating +/- $100 and playing here for more than 5 months is actually a better investment as opposed to spending $60 dollars on a game that you'll only enjoy for 3~4 months - tops.
I speak of personal experience - Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, Gears of War - been there, done that. So if you choose to donate the $100, go for it man, you've been here for quite some time anyways.
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As far as the gears, well, it depends. If I were you, I'd just sell off the Ads and have the money ingame to buy items already carded/in-game which 99.9% of the time is cheaper than if you buy it off the website. Also think: which class do you enjoy the most and would like to gear up? Once you've answered that, buy what ever it is you need to get.
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