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Reply #35 on: April 07, 2009, 11:52:47 AM

You mean like I did in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, or 2009? OBVIOUSLY.

Those years you were just lulling people into a false sense of trust and security. Finally, you have them in your grasp and are bringing your evil plan to its fortuitous end.

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World Domination @ $5.00 a head. It seems I am like most supervillains. Inefficient with a useless plan.

What's $5?!

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Lighten up, schild. The fact that I gave you 50 dollars a few months ago should tell you that I am aware of that. Hell, I couldn't even give a fuck about that second server you talked about because I wouldn't have use for that anyway.

And if I'm still as entertained and not completely shut out by my corporate firewall, I'll do the same this year. Or do it monthly if its all the same (on both my and your side).

Everything else is just shooting the breeze. But somehow you imagine I want something from you, in contrast to the other people joking around here.

Dude! Sorry for confusing you! At no point was I being dead serious in this thread other than offering a sub button (which will be on a seperate page, with its own unsubscribe button (for those wondering). Sorry if I crossed wires! I didn't even mean to bring up a second server in that capacity! That's not at all what I meant! Also, I'm 99% fucking around outside of the initial posts content!

Iain, It's so easy to join.
« Last Edit: April 07, 2009, 11:54:57 AM by schild »
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Reply #36 on: April 07, 2009, 11:55:33 AM

World Domination @ $5.00 a head. It seems I am like most supervillains. Inefficient with a useless plan.

What's $5?!

My guess: You plan to use the money to buy the world's supply of ShamWows and then threated to empty the oceans unless you are paid a tidy ransom. 

"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."

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Reply #37 on: April 07, 2009, 11:56:59 AM

World Domination @ $5.00 a head. It seems I am like most supervillains. Inefficient with a useless plan.

What's $5?!
My guess: You plan to use the money to buy the world's supply of ShamWows and then threated to empty the oceans unless you are paid a tidy ransom. 
Sir, I think you found your true calling. Screw that professor shit.
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Reply #38 on: April 07, 2009, 11:59:38 AM

If only I could spell. 

I think asking for donations is reasonable.  I'm not sure the monthly thing will go over well though.  Seems easier to just had over $20 for many than give up $5 a month. 

My offer to mail you Raman still stands though.

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Reply #39 on: April 07, 2009, 12:01:42 PM

I think asking for donations is reasonable.  I'm not sure the monthly thing will go over well though.  Seems easier to just had over $20 for many than give up $5 a month.
The donation button will still exist. But I'm being completely transparent, $5 a month over a year is more than $20. And $5 a month "to the brain" is less than $20 a once.

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My offer to mail you Raman still stands though.

I just got a shipment from someone, thanks again for the offer though!
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Reply #40 on: April 07, 2009, 12:08:49 PM

Guys, you don't have subscribe to heap piles of shit upon Schild.


Shamwow should  have an option were you pay to have to custom logos imprinted on them.

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Reply #41 on: April 07, 2009, 12:10:22 PM

Lets get serious for a moment.

You should talk to Paypal and check the numbers. A swift Paypal fee calculator (the first google coughed up) tells me that 60 Dollars=57,96 for you, whereas 12x5 Dollars=54,60 for you. And international fees seem to be 2% higher than that. Maybe its different for subscription fees.

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Reply #42 on: April 07, 2009, 12:12:28 PM

Lets get serious for a moment.

You should talk to Paypal and check the numbers. A swift Paypal fee calculator (the first google coughed up) tells me that 60 Dollars=57,96 for you, whereas 12x5 Dollars=54,60 for you. And international fees seem to be 2% higher than that. Maybe its different for subscription fees.

These numbers are correct. I already looked into it and planned on doing a dry run with one local and one international person. But if we want to get really serious, the mental/emotional/psychological difference between $5 a month and $60 a year is extraordinarily different. I have never given $60 for a year of anything on the web, but I've had many subscriptions between $3 and $5 a month for many websites.

Edit: In short, for some people, donating $60 is what they'd rather do. And the regular donation button will continue to exist for that. Or whatever amount. I've gotten donations from $0.99 all the way up to $300. Do you think I've scoffed at any of them? While I may have hare-brained ideas from time to time, I'm not completely insane.

Edit 2: Also, it's hard to be serious about $5. I mean, What's $5?! /snicker
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Reply #43 on: April 07, 2009, 12:14:19 PM

Ah, its a "Better 55 Dollars in the hand than 58 Dollars on the roof" thing. Gotcha!
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Reply #44 on: April 07, 2009, 12:15:41 PM

I'd pay for that. 5$ a month for removal of "fucking" from all thread titles. I don't know anymore exactly how retarded Restate really is.  Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?
That could be done with a filter fairly easily. So $5 a month to connect to the filtering proxy. Interesting.
See, maybe Righ will hand me some code or some shit and magically you'll have gotten something for your $5! but for now! you get nothing! except a warm feeling in your stomach.

Load mod_proxy and mod_substitute

Define a new server instance, map lesslewd.f13.net to it and add the following directives to its configuration:

ProxyPassReverse / http://forums.f13.net/
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AddOutputFilterByType SUBSTITUTE text/html
Substitute s/fuck/gently caress/ni
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Reply #45 on: April 07, 2009, 12:16:21 PM

Ah, its a "Better 55 Dollars in the hand than 58 Dollars on the roof" thing. Gotcha!
Well, really, it's about knowing exactly what I'll get by the end of a year from subscriptions alone. Frankly, I'd be OK with stopping subscribers and donations at the exact price of the server each yea and then just starting it up again after the server is paid. I'd have no problem with it. On the other hand, while completely insane, I'm not stupid. Also, it's more about the end user. There are a LOT of people here who would never donate $60 in one chunk but $5 a month? Sure! Why not? It's $5! Which is nothing! It's the internet equivalent of an impulse buy, like vector magic, or rapidshare.
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Reply #46 on: April 07, 2009, 05:11:28 PM

Gah, I would have to give up one Venti a month.

Not fucking possible.

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Reply #47 on: April 07, 2009, 05:32:10 PM

I'm happy to pay $5 a month, except that the exchange rate is going to leave you $3.50 or so. Minus taxes / charges.

... but in exchange, I want Schild to go back to being a GAMES JOURNALIST writing 1 ARTICLE A WEEK! MWAHAHAHA!  Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?

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Reply #48 on: April 07, 2009, 05:36:22 PM

I'm happy to pay $5 a month, except that the exchange rate is going to leave you $3.50 or so. Minus taxes / charges.

It's $5USD, so it woudl be what, $8 to you? whatever the exchange rate is would apply on the backend I'd assume.

Edit: $7.06AUD to be exact.

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... but in exchange, I want Schild to go back to being a GAMES JOURNALIST writing 1 ARTICLE A WEEK! MWAHAHAHA!  Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?

I would, honestly, other than the conflict of interest.
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Reply #49 on: April 07, 2009, 06:17:03 PM

F13 was down for several minutes, I want my 0.69 cents back. Also I was right in the middle of a flame war, so I deserve my postcount increased by at least 17. My side lost because of the downtime, so an admin must delete our embarrassing posts. Ironwood's accent is not working as intended, Lum's avatar is overpowered and Signe is clearly cheating. The admins must fix these problems in an emergency patch and move Broughden to the Corpnews server. If this does not happen immediately, I will start a 72-page protest thread and a class action lawsuit.
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Reply #50 on: April 07, 2009, 06:18:21 PM

 Ohhhhh, I see.
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Reply #51 on: April 07, 2009, 08:26:18 PM

I would, if I had money. But I don't. I'm more likely to make a donation at some point in the year when I somehow manage to find extra money.

So I'd recommend still keeping the option to make a donation if you do choose to do a subscriber thing too.
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Reply #52 on: April 07, 2009, 09:00:41 PM

I would, if I had money. But I don't. I'm more likely to make a donation at some point in the year when I somehow manage to find extra money.

So I'd recommend still keeping the option to make a donation if you do choose to do a subscriber thing too.

You can't afford 5 bucks a month?  Wow, that sucks.  What was for dinner tonight?

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Reply #53 on: April 07, 2009, 09:28:37 PM

Can you read?

I'm just suggesting that schild keeps the donation option open so those that find it easier to give something when they feel more comfortable, rather than subscribe, be able to do so.

No need to be a dick about other people's finances. I suppose you're sponsoring 30 children around the world, give regularly to charity and volunteer down and the old folks home, but some of us aren't as comfortable as that.

Also exchange rates make lump sums better for those of us living overseas.
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Reply #54 on: April 07, 2009, 09:31:42 PM

He's just sad that my idea is cooler than Kiva. It's completely alright to ignore him when he says absolutely stupid shit.

And he should know better since I really couldn't afford $5 a month if I want to keep eating my random 'not-ramen' meals.
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Reply #55 on: April 08, 2009, 06:41:10 AM

I'm sorry guys, let's all be friends again!   awesome, for real

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Reply #56 on: April 08, 2009, 09:24:41 AM

You finally figured out how to make f13 an MMOG?  why so serious?

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Reply #57 on: April 08, 2009, 11:20:29 AM

$5 is $5. Which is nearly nothing for most of us. Hell, who hasn't spent more time here than 'flavor of the month' mmo?

You should nerf HaemishMs at launch.
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Reply #58 on: April 08, 2009, 11:22:05 AM

http://www.f13.net/subscribe/

wooooo! tested! works! minimal loss on paypal fees!

If anyone international wants to try it, sign up and shoot me a PM, if it's crap fees, I'll remove the option for international people!

(f13, now more legit than darkfall and with a working billing system!)
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Reply #59 on: April 08, 2009, 11:54:47 AM

We has 3 subscribers! Only ∞+1 to go until I can make this a full time job!
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Reply #60 on: April 08, 2009, 11:58:11 AM

f13 Nothing for Something Campaign confirmed working as expected for International people! Have at ye, members of the global community!
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Reply #61 on: April 08, 2009, 12:20:07 PM

How fucking insane is it that I think this might be a good idea, and that I might actually contribute.  God damn it.  I'd feel better if at least you'd threaten some cute little animal.  I know that this is supposed to be for nothing, but somehow I feel that I need to get...something.  Not SOMETHING, just something.

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Reply #62 on: April 08, 2009, 12:24:36 PM

How fucking insane is it that I think this might be a good idea, and that I might actually contribute.  God damn it.  I'd feel better if at least you'd threaten some cute little animal.  I know that this is supposed to be for nothing, but somehow I feel that I need to get...something.  Not SOMETHING, just something.

YOU GET NOTHING. And neither will this adorable little puppy, until you subscribe, then I might start THINKING about feeding him again.

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Reply #63 on: April 08, 2009, 12:26:34 PM

So we get something if we give nothing, provided others give something? That's what you've indicated with the puppy.

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Reply #64 on: April 08, 2009, 12:28:24 PM

So we get something if we give nothing, provided others give something? That's what you've indicated with the puppy.
No, that was just for Cyrrex. And I still guarantee nothing. Nothing.
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Reply #65 on: April 08, 2009, 12:29:29 PM

Yes, but that's for those that give something. What about us that give nothing? It seems unfair to them that you'd share with us what you're giving them. Therefore, you should give us something for nothing.

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Reply #66 on: April 08, 2009, 12:29:53 PM

I can't help but wonder if this isn't some crazy lab experiment to determine how retarded we are.  You couldn't at least give colored names to your subs?  What's the color of stupid?

And yet, I'm still thinking about it.

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Reply #67 on: April 08, 2009, 12:31:03 PM

I can't help but wonder if this isn't some crazy lab experiment to determine how retarded we are.  You couldn't at least give colored names to your subs?  What's the color of stupid?

And yet, I'm still thinking about it.
It's not a lab experiment. It's just a way to streamline donations. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. There's almost no sweat off anyones back. You probably have $5 lying between the cushions of your car and will never know it.
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Reply #68 on: April 08, 2009, 02:40:44 PM

Six people! That's a 200% increase over the last few hours! Comeon folks! What's $5?!
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Reply #69 on: April 08, 2009, 02:45:45 PM


"Who uses Outlook anyway?  People who get what they deserve, that's who." - Ard.
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