Wtf @ the new token

[PlayTrumpet]

Re: Wtf @ the new token *mwahahahah*

Definitely get PayPal working for it. Otherwise I can't currently buy it. =P Darn Verizon.

[EAGAMES]

Re: Wtf @ the new token *mwahahahah*

Also why is FFR so money hungry at the moment? Could subscribers/supporters get some sort of fiancial break down of what is needed and why? Alot of people are pumping money into the system and it seems that its just being used for more revenue raising features....

A financial breakdown would be nice. I think a lot of member would feel motivated to help out.

[Tasselfoot]

Re: Wtf @ the new token *mwahahahah*

i think that is asking just a WEE BIT too much guys... suffice it to say, we need all the help we can get from you all, and we most definitely appreciate it.

[Omgooses]

Re: Wtf @ the new token *mwahahahah*

Perhaps as an alternate method for acquiring it would be to buy the token from the shop for an absolutely ridiculous cost: around 300k+ credits. Maybe an addictional restriction would be in place, such as having at least 1000 forum posts before it shows up, proving that you're part of the community. Technically postwhoring is frowned upon, so that shouldn't be an issue. That way the token is still achievable without spending money, silencing the whiners, but you have to be dedicated to FFR and - by the time you achieve those goals - you'd have to be part of the FFR community.

I do support being able to buy just the token itself, since if you continue with this plan it's only inevitable that a song I will want to play, but with an artist's album that I don't want will be released. Although the song is a reward, I view it as a reward for helping out FFR. The reward for helping the artist should be the music itself, after all.

Either way, I'm buying this album for the album number one.

[Xx{Gay}xX]

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I hate being triple ninja'd ... in any case, it's weird that it's 9:99 instead of 10:00 ... considering 1.) 9:99 doesn't exist and 2.) Having a stepfile that is 9:59 is a complete mismatch with a song called Ten Minutes with Tass.


It's like having Attack of One Minute be 0:59 seconds long.

Yeah well... One Minute Waltz is longer than a minute >:O I don't see you complaining about it.

[Sprite-]

Re: Wtf @ the new token *mwahahahah*

The real name of the piece is Minute Waltz. The word Minute was intended by the publisher to mean "small" in this case. It was not intended as an amount of time.

[MrRubix]

Re: Wtf @ the new token *mwahahahah*

Think minute as a sort of translation intending the meaning of "minute" -- as in, "mai-noot" -- meaning small. But we say "minute waltz" anyway. According to wiki, the waltz is basically supposed to represent "a happy puppy chasing its tail" or something.

[Coolgamer]

Re: Wtf @ the new token *mwahahahah*

I don't use a mobile phone, so I'll just wait for the PayPal, I guess...

[All_That_Chaz]

Re: Wtf @ the new token *mwahahahah*

So Tass told me to read this thread that I had apparently missed.

While I think it's an interesting idea, this is the first instance where content in the game is made available by a fiscal transaction. I can sympathize with users that get worked up over that. It's new and scary. Someone had mentioned rithum earlier, and that was the first thing I thought of when Tass brought this idea up to me. I understand that the userbase and ownership structure of FFR makes it downright silly to try to set this up in rithum right now, but that would be something for the future.

An enhancement that really should be made for this (and I don't know if it's done or in the works, I kind of skimmed this thread), is that you should be able to purchase the album for other users. That way, inevitably there will be a "store" thread where someone takes credits and in return buys the album.

The only other issue I have is the perceived disconnect between a token and an album. Yes, they are connected by the musician, however game content and mp3 files may not have much in common for your average token-lover. I think it's been mentioned already but I think it would be a good idea to come up with a scheme where you can buy either the token or the album, or the combined package with a small discount. That will also make it easier when non-ffr users get the link from say, myspace (or eventually rithum) and buy the album but don't know what a token is or want one; not to mention that it is giving a token to someone without an ffr account, which seems screwy.

Oh, and keep these purchasable tokens out of Tier Points. That would be unfair.

Other than that I think this is a fine idea.

[Coolgamer]

Re: Wtf @ the new token *mwahahahah*

I am trying to make it even easier by modding the subscription service in vbulletin to act as if it is a "shop" where you can buy albums. The price would be $6.99 and would essentially be a 20 year non-recurring subscription. I just need to figure out how to automate the download functionality. This system would use paypal / creditcard.

Cheers,

Synthlight

The price would be $6.99 and would essentially be a 20 year non-recurring subscription.

20 year non-recurring

Um, excuse me? I think that must be a typo, as I really don't see why there should be an expiration date on something I'm going to be paying for. Surely, you just made a mistake while typing. Happens to the best of us.

[devonin]

Re: Wtf @ the new token *mwahahahah*

Um...your mistake was in not understanding what he was saying.

He's suggesting that he's going to make the album purchase be available in the shop by pretending that the album is a subscription, since the subscription service comes with vbulletin and thus woudln't require any new programming to enable.

So he tells the site system "Make available a 20 year subscription at the cost of 6.99" and instead, you will get directed to where you can download the album. This is not a subscription, your access to the songs won't vanish, nothing will expire.

Also, for irony, the post directly after Synth's reads

You should probably clarify that before someone gets confused and posts annoying questions

[heyitsmee]

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WAIT wait wait i am just realizing something

so Dendrite v2 shows in my lvl rank list ...that sucks if "support tokens" are going to kill my average rank

[25thhour]

Re: Wtf @ the new token

You can play Dendrite V2.

[MalDON]

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Also to be clear, when you "subscribe" to get the download, the script we use to check if you have completed the purchase completely ignores the expiration date of the "subscription". So even if in 20 years you are still around, it will still be there for you to download.

[stavie33]

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this token = Epic Win, should have been the april fools day joke song, lmfao