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Bzalthek
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"Use the Soy Sauce, Luke!" WHOM, ZASH, CLISH CLASH! "Umeboshi Kenobi!! NOOO!!!"
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I managed to register an account. But the store is down due to server maintenance. I blame God.
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"Pity hurricanes aren't actually caused by gays; I would take a shot in the mouth right now if it meant wiping out these chucklefucks." ~WayAbvPar
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Quinton
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is saving up his raid points for a fancy board title
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I suppose that's one way to avoid SQL injection attacks via your password field!
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Mrbloodworth
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Ack, just when I put up a Hexxit Server too!
What? Where? I'm getting a minecrafty itch again. I was even considering Crafting Dead. Ack, just when I put up a Hexxit Server too!
What? Where? I'm getting a minecrafty itch again. I was even considering Crafting Dead. +1 Though with Cube World and TUG imminent maybe just a folly :) I'm migrating the server today, IP will change, ill make a post on our site or PM you today about it.
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schild
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I don't actually understand why the purchasing mechanism for Cube World is still down.
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Mrbloodworth
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AFAIK, it will not be up until all the people who already bought it are sorted out. Meaning I think the issue issue is a bit deeper than just a web page working.
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kildorn
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I don't actually understand why the purchasing mechanism for Cube World is still down.
Apparently he built his own web store. Which is a brilliant thing smart people do instead of only making $17/copy for two employees and paying someone else to deal with that infrastructure. (note: I may be slightly bitter and have the auto refreshing "can you buy this yet" page up)
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schild
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He built his own web store?
Is this where I assume the creator of Cube World is an idiot manchild that couldn't just, you know, do things in a sane, efficient way?
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Nebu
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He built his own web store?
Is this where I assume the creator of Cube World is an idiot manchild that couldn't just, you know, do things in a sane, efficient way?
This is a sign of true genius. Smart people always think that they can reinvent the wheel.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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kildorn
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He built his own web store?
Is this where I assume the creator of Cube World is an idiot manchild that couldn't just, you know, do things in a sane, efficient way?
From what I've been told yes, it's all his own code. He's using paypal as a payment processor, but everything else is his doing. Which is why it's taking so long to fix and broke under pressure (and why they had to take a side trip into making sure people who paid got their download) It's all pretty silly. Even if he gave a 25% cut to a store he and his wife would be fucking rich right now.
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schild
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He built his own web store?
Is this where I assume the creator of Cube World is an idiot manchild that couldn't just, you know, do things in a sane, efficient way?
This is a sign of true genius. Smart people always think that they can reinvent the wheel. Naw, it's a sign of people that don't deserve success but get it anyway.
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Paelos
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Nobody deserves anything.
The store is ridiculous tho.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Quinton
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Building a web app around an existing, proven, payment processing system is not exactly rocket science.
Failing to contemplate how you're going to scale with load is a pretty common mistake in this space, sadly, partially because it's pretty hard to test.
Not wanting to introduce more intermediaries between yourself and your users (beyond the payment processor -- you're just nuts if you want to roll your own credit card processing), is not unreasonable.
EDIT: Collapsing under unanticipated initial launch signup/payment/download load happens to projects with $100M budgets and projects with $10K budgets -- it's embarrassing, it gets sorted out, and people move on. I'm willing to cut a small shop some slack as they get this stuff sorted -- I mean, really, I've seen Google (a company that does infrastructure and scale better than almost any other) product launches stagger under initial loads.
Going to a third party does not guarantee success and involves giving up a lot of control and a possibly significant chunk of revenue.
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« Last Edit: July 03, 2013, 08:45:44 AM by Quinton »
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schild
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They should've just used Humble Bundle. Which is absolutely used to this sort of load and allows payment through Paypal and does all of the software hosting. Their cut is hilariously low also.
Or, sure, they can reinvent the wheel as mentioned and we can "cut them some slack."
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Nebu
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Or, sure, they can reinvent the wheel as mentioned and we can "cut them some slack."
IT WAS A JOKE.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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schild
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I know. That was a response to Quinton. I merely used "reinvent the wheel" because that's what they're actually doing.
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Xanthippe
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I'm migrating the server today, IP will change, ill make a post on our site or PM you today about it.
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Malakili
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The fact that this thing is still down gives me pause about the entire thing. But I'm still probably going to pick up a copy.
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Malakili
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Some annoying people playing the game you can't.
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schild
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If I can actually get this today, I might stream it a bit this week. Would be willing to play with a few other people (who can get it). Fuck these people and their stupid homebrew store.
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Malakili
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I was just able to create an account, but the shop is still down.
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schild
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The shop is currently disabled due to server maintenance. Please try again later.
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Soln
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the opportunity for evil is just delicious
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We built a business. Without door knobs.
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schild
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ARGH
WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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ARGH
WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG
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Severian
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It's up, and I'm playing
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Wasted
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Store is still down
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Wasted
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Yeah its up again now, just bought it.
Edit: Its pretty spotty though, trying to buy a copy for my son now and the store is down again.
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« Last Edit: July 04, 2013, 03:57:15 AM by Wasted »
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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Still not working for me...
EDIT: Working now, just had to hit reload for a few mins :p
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« Last Edit: July 04, 2013, 04:02:09 AM by apocrypha »
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"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1915.
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Quinton
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Too slow. Not up for me now. EDIT: Hit reload a minute later and it worked. Let's see if I can get this downloaded and installed. EDIT2: Site navigation is a bit wonky. If you can't find your way back to the download page after purchasing, the URL is https://picroma.com/account/games
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« Last Edit: July 04, 2013, 04:06:54 AM by Quinton »
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Bann
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Store up for me as of this posting. Downloading as we speak. I hope I spend at least as much time playing this game as I have frothing about it over the last 2 days.
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Severian
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There's no game music, so I'm playing with the Game of Thrones soundtrack in the background. It is the same aesthetic, more or less.
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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Just spent an hour playing.
Very polished for an alpha. Enjoying it a lot! Level 3 undead wizard, starting to get the hang of combat. It's not minecraft! You don't make tools and chop down trees, you find crafting materials in the world and "mine" them by attacking them. I can't work out where to get wood from, it doesn't seem to be from trees! In fact I can't work out a lot of things so far, including how to tame pets. I'm guessing I need food but not worked out any specifics yet.
The style is ridiculously cute.
Going back in to see if I can find a cave or something and try to locate some iron!
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"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1915.
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