Chebucto Regional Softball Club

This blatant psychological manipulation will only be replaced with covert psychological manipulation. The entire business model exists to funnel you toward throwing unlimited money at them for essentially nothing. Nothing inside a video game should cost real money. Only legislation will fix this.

I remember having a similar feeling just from the demo for the game, probably about 10 years after its release. Perhaps it just didn't age well.

Ah, the slightly different strategy of offer a great deal to lure in the user count, and then sell it to someone else who will turn on the monetization.