Premium

Premium is a player-rank status implemented by Shotbow to denote how much an individual has purchased in rank packages which range from Silver($25 USD) to Obsidian($500 USD)https://shotbow.net/forum/p/buy_premium/. Varying premium benefits and privileges apply to any Shotbow game mode but some common benfits include: XP multipliers relative to rank, early access to new game modes and colored names in chat. In contrast, Regulars receive no such benefits. 
Premiums, also known as "Coloreds" or "Prems" form a distinct social class in the Network's community that have at times become synonymous with an aristocratic oligarchy. Premiums are key in Shotbow's politics and have played leading roles in the community drama. Because of their disproportionate amount of influence in the game's affairs, they are also considered as the traditional enemies of the UNKNOWN [?] Trading Company, mainly in matters of marginalizing how other players(particularly regulars) want to play their games. Aside from political differences, the Company is also mostly disgusted by the cultural differences between them and the premiums. Most of Company culture is largely developed as a reaction to premium culture, which - according to the Empire - is PvP-based inflated ego and bad musichttps://www.reddit.com/r/UnknownTradeCo/comments/1tj4e3/the_empire_the_companys_official_news_source_40/https://www.reddit.com/r/UnknownTradeCo/comments/1oczal/the_empire_the_companys_official_news_source_33/.
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