Falcon let me know if you want to make a HYPER trading site like eBay for HYPER. This is desperately needed and I think you would be perfect to manage this project.
I am also happy to hear ideas about how HYPER can sponsor more game servers that use the currency in different ways. Also we do need to have HYPER trading for other in-game tokens and assets. We can do this on a HYPER for eBay that you might set up Falcon. We could also do this on a decentralized exchange like Counterparty so there are lots of options! EDIT: for now people can also trade ANYTHING for HYPER on Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/HyperTrades So if anyone has anything they want to sell for HYPER they should post it there! Also ANY steam game can be bought 15% off at Falcon's awesome
http://hyperbundle.com site.
Yes, I think a site like eBay would be great! It's a natural fit to what we want down the line. My only worry is this: what if eBay begins to accept cryptocurrency? I also see other eBay-like clones that people have started, but there's nearly not enough traffic at those sites. Anyway, I do think creating this would be a big but very rewarding project for HYPER!
As for ideas, source games like CS:GO have the ability to create custom servers with lots of different customization. I see a good use-case of HYPER within servers with zombie survival or jailbreak mods. Also, Garry's Mod has a lot of opportunities, too. I think what Falcon is noticing is what many of us feel as well. As the person who created hypergg.com, I also think there are not enough players playing on these servers.
Most gamers don't know a thing about cryptocurrency, so we also have the problem of people not knowing or trusting cryptocurrency in the first place. Second, personally I think a faucet-like server is good to have but doesn't do much in terms of inspiring community-building. Community is such an important part of gaming and making HYPER succeed. Third, tournaments are good only when there's a large community that is excited and pumped about the tournaments taking place. Perhaps, people can take the initiative to promote HYPER and the tournaments within the real gaming community. Friends usually follow and trust their friends, so as soon as people who are not part of the bitcointalk community join the HYPER movement, more and more people would start to take notice. I also think part of problem with HYPER is that people don't know what it is or how to implement it in their servers. Also, the web wallet would be helpful for many gamers, so both the game server plugins and web wallet are something we are working on right now! Ideas are ideas until they come to fruition, and the HYPER community is working hard to make that happen. It's only a matter of time and resources. As get past this stage, I think we would have very different conversations.
hopefully haha.
Another thing that I am slightly worried about is outsourcing work to devs who may not necessarily care about HYPER. We can wait for people to join in or we can actively promote it within the forums. One thing that I see is that not enough people are promoting HYPER outside of this thread. A post here and there within other threads and even forums outside of HYPER could work wonders! Oh and one other thing, it's worrisome for me when the main website hasn't been updated in the past couple of months (or an year maybe?)! heh.
I think it's awesome that we can have these conversations. It means we really care about HYPER's future, and we should deal with these issues as soon as we can. Acknowledging and addressing problems is such an important step for growth! On another note, HYPERfuture, I think we need a testnet for HYPER, so people can more easily run tests for HYPER transactions.
Wow, I love seeing all these ideas being discussed! In all honesty, I'd been looking for a coin that I can really focus my cryptocurrency energies on, and HYPER is definitely it. Falcon, as HYPERfuture already said, the store for trading virtually anything for HYPER is sorely needed, and would be an amazing addition if you'd like to start it. As a tip on that subject,
Newegg already accepts Bitcoin, so I think it would be easy to begin trading HYPER for items sold there (and Newegg happens to focus on computer hardware & technology, so perfect inventory for gamers).
As for the use and earning of HYPER on the game servers, you guys gave me an idea...not sure why I didn't think of it before. You're absolutely right that tournaments really only work once the server already has a somewhat large player base, and right now more players is what we need. I've already been trying to improve that front on the StarMade server (since it seems to attract random players who've never heard of HYPER), by including info on the login server message, and a link to this thread. However, there still aren't enough regularly active players to begin hosting tournaments (yet), and I have yet to find a way to truly integrate HYPER into the server (sent a message to the StarMade dev, but haven't heard back yet, and my own research into the subject hasn't found anything yet either...that's a lot of "yet", lol). But, a good way to begin getting HYPER used on the server is to implement a way to spend HYPER for in-game stuff. I think I can set up a thread on the HYPER forum, to allow people to set up trades in-game, where they can spend HYPER to receive resources or credits. I would have to work the transactions manually, but it can certainly be done, and the incentive is certainly there, as starting out in the game can be very laborsome, so an infusion of resources or credits can be very helpful early-game.
I'm going to be very busy over the next several days (moving to a new house), but I'll try to get the system set up as soon as I can!
