Nice work guys. Not sure how I feel about having to pay after you successfully sell stuff (I would have just suggested "premium" advertisements, I think we already had those too though) and I'm not sure how the community will take it (probably not well) but good work after all. I just think having more premium options for users to pay for is a great middle ground, but I think once all of the options are "pay" in a previously free community is when it will start to drive people away. The new rating system seems kinda cool.
Even though it was a heavily debated thing I'm surprised to see the "deathmatch" area, almost going from zero tolerance to... full tolerance, in an instant. It's one thing to keep the people happy but make sure it doesn't get too out of hand as well.
Thanks for all you do for the site guys.