Topic: I have to give this Bitcoin quote it's own thread. It's that good. (Read 1122 times)
interesting... if we're going to be able to pay bills and food with our online gaming habits in the future then we're getting somewhere
April 16, 2012, 10:32:08 AM
Brings up an interesting point - how soon until people realise that they can buy an sell virtual game items for bitcoin in any game? Blizzard wont like that.
April 16, 2012, 01:17:43 AM
It is kind of funny how most of these people complaining about Bitcoin being "cheating" propose as a "solution" the blackmail and robbing of Bitcoin users in-game.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/sb92r/you_dont_need_bitcoins_to_store_value/
tl;dr: Using Bitcoin is cheating because it prevents me from robbing you.
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However, the more popular concern seems to be that people can use Bitcoin as an invisible, unbreakable chest outside of the Minecraft world, unavailable to other players, in which Bitcoin users may keep their valuables.
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While it is true that value in the form of Bitcoins cannot (barring hacking) be taken without a user's consent, that does not mean it cannot be stolen... Here are just a few of the ways that Bitcoins can be taken:
* Threaten to attack a town, unless Bitcoins are transferred to you.
* Attack a town, and occupy it until Bitcoins are transferred to you.
* Harass and grief a town, and demand a payment in Bitcoins to stop.
* Imprison a player, and require a payment in Bitcoins in order to release them.
* Threaten to release the coordinates of a secret location, unless a payment of Bitcoins is made.
* Pretend to engage in a Bitcoin-denominated business transaction, but take the Bitcoins and run.
* Set a large bounty of diamonds on someone, which you promise to remove if they give you their Bitcoins.
* And many more!
* Threaten to attack a town, unless Bitcoins are transferred to you.
* Attack a town, and occupy it until Bitcoins are transferred to you.
* Harass and grief a town, and demand a payment in Bitcoins to stop.
* Imprison a player, and require a payment in Bitcoins in order to release them.
* Threaten to release the coordinates of a secret location, unless a payment of Bitcoins is made.
* Pretend to engage in a Bitcoin-denominated business transaction, but take the Bitcoins and run.
* Set a large bounty of diamonds on someone, which you promise to remove if they give you their Bitcoins.
* And many more!
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The seller is compensated with something that still has influence in the world but is not contained within the world and does not have to be protected in the world, unlike an in-game currency like Iron that honest people use.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/sb92r/you_dont_need_bitcoins_to_store_value/
tl;dr: Using Bitcoin is cheating because it prevents me from robbing you.
April 16, 2012, 12:32:37 AM
This game looks like the bastard child of an orgy among Civilization, Sim City and Doom.
April 15, 2012, 04:12:35 PM
Trolololololol....
Street lights are on, time to goto bed little boy
Street lights are on, time to goto bed little boy
April 15, 2012, 02:24:09 PM
Why fucking bother? He can finance a prison-break with bitcoins. Yet another service he can acquire without a single iota of effort exerted in-game.
Seriously, just give up trying to fix prison mod. It's going to become increasingly irrelevant the more bitcoins get used, except against non-bitcoin users. Might as well just toss it.
lolololol
Seriously, just give up trying to fix prison mod. It's going to become increasingly irrelevant the more bitcoins get used, except against non-bitcoin users. Might as well just toss it.
lolololol
April 15, 2012, 01:53:36 PM
"I can't stop everything, so I will attempt nothing, not even against those who do so openly and blatantly."
So can you at least do something to balance this? Like I said, maybe make protected chests invincible so there's a way to maintain liquidity without risk for those who don't use bitcoins? Also, make those chests infinite in size like bitcoin wallets, please. Also, make them accessible for anywhere on the map. Also, make it possible to transfer instantaneously across any distance, so if I get imprisoned I can wire somebody diamonds from my omnipresent chest. This is how you would create a balanced counterpart to bitcoin.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/sar9i/%E0%B2%A0_%E0%B2%A0/c4cjul6
Bitcoin is so good that this guy is begging for a counterpart of it in-game.
So can you at least do something to balance this? Like I said, maybe make protected chests invincible so there's a way to maintain liquidity without risk for those who don't use bitcoins? Also, make those chests infinite in size like bitcoin wallets, please. Also, make them accessible for anywhere on the map. Also, make it possible to transfer instantaneously across any distance, so if I get imprisoned I can wire somebody diamonds from my omnipresent chest. This is how you would create a balanced counterpart to bitcoin.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/sar9i/%E0%B2%A0_%E0%B2%A0/c4cjul6
Bitcoin is so good that this guy is begging for a counterpart of it in-game.
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