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Bob117 Vice Admiral
Joined: August 02, 2005 Posts: 4
| Posted: 2014-05-30 16:04  
so what exactly happens when server costs are not met for the month? Does the game go offline for a month? Or do one of the many volunteers for this game get roughed up for the spare change in their pocket?
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Pantheon Marshal Palestar
Joined: May 29, 2001 Posts: 1789
| Posted: 2014-05-30 16:17  
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On 2014-05-30 16:04, Bob117 wrote:
so what exactly happens when server costs are not met for the month? Does the game go offline for a month? Or do one of the many volunteers for this game get roughed up for the spare change in their pocket?
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There's a smudge factor in there (I won't mention how much) but we're a long ways off not meeting it (previous months have gone over 100% by some ways, so there's not an issue)).
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JackCrackerMan Fleet Admiral Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: February 13, 2003 Posts: 169
| Posted: 2014-05-30 17:09  
That's funny you should ask, Bob.
Those of us who've been around for many years will start to give the newbs swerlies until you pay up.
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Xydes Grand Admiral
Joined: August 07, 2009 Posts: 276 From: England
| Posted: 2014-06-01 16:27  
I just have an image of Faustus and Pantheon holding a poor helpless developer by his ankles and shaking him to see what comes out. *laugh*
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Walrus of Apathy Admiral Templar Knights
Joined: August 07, 2005 Posts: 466 From: Dorans Basement
| Posted: 2014-06-02 11:37  
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On 2014-06-01 16:27, Dark Xydes wrote:
I just have an image of Faustus and Pantheon holding a poor helpless developer by his ankles and shaking him to see what comes out. *laugh*
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Artist representation:
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Faustus Marshal Palestar
Joined: May 29, 2001 Posts: 2748 From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2014-06-02 13:07  
You forgot his monicle, if your going to do a tophat, you need a monicle as well
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Walrus of Apathy Admiral Templar Knights
Joined: August 07, 2005 Posts: 466 From: Dorans Basement
| Posted: 2014-06-02 16:00  
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On 2014-06-02 13:07, Faustus wrote:
You forgot his monicle, if your going to do a tophat, you need a monicle as well
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Damn, I knew I was forgetting something.
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Talien Marshal Templar Knights
Joined: May 11, 2010 Posts: 2044 From: Michigan
| Posted: 2014-06-02 18:40  
Notice how there's absolutely no denial that this actually happens.
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Doran Chief Marshal Galactic Navy
Joined: March 29, 2003 Posts: 4032 From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2014-06-03 00:13  
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On 2014-06-02 13:07, Faustus wrote:
You forgot his monicle, if your going to do a tophat, you need a monicle as well
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clearly tho, he's going for the snidely whiplash look, and snidley's not a known monacle wearer.
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Fattierob Vice Admiral
Joined: April 25, 2003 Posts: 4059
| Posted: 2014-06-03 15:38  
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On 2014-06-02 11:37, Walrus of Apathy wrote:
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Woah when did you sneak a camera in?
(I also like how i'm the developer in question even though I haven't done anything in like 2 months)
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Azreal Chief Marshal
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 2816 From: United State of Texas, Houston
| Posted: 2014-06-06 22:21  
This must be why there are more staff than players lol
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Ace of Stars 2nd Lieutenant
Joined: August 07, 2014 Posts: 6
| Posted: 2014-08-30 20:42  
Good to see they've been met.
That is all. Thank you for your time.
oh, and if a dev would mind looking at my ticket...
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Faustus Marshal Palestar
Joined: May 29, 2001 Posts: 2748 From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2014-10-06 17:34  
On a more serious note ... we did fail to meet our goal for covering server costs last month, so we are in the red a bit. I'm hopeful we will get a new version out soon to hopefully make some people happy and get back into the black.
That said, I will seriously have to consider shutting down parts of all of the game if we fail to meet our financial goals next month. This may mean a much smaller/cheaper server or just shutting down the game.
So please, if you play the game, subscribe at the $4.99 a month at the very least to contribute to the continuation of DarkSpace.
Thanks,
F
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Chewy Squirrel Chief Marshal
Joined: January 27, 2003 Posts: 304 From: NYC
| Posted: 2014-10-06 23:20  
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On 2014-10-06 17:34, Faustus wrote:
On a more serious note ... we did fail to meet our goal for covering server costs last month, so we are in the red a bit. I'm hopeful we will get a new version out soon to hopefully make some people happy and get back into the black.
That said, I will seriously have to consider shutting down parts of all of the game if we fail to meet our financial goals next month. This may mean a much smaller/cheaper server or just shutting down the game.
So please, if you play the game, subscribe at the $4.99 a month at the very least to contribute to the continuation of DarkSpace.
Thanks,
F
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There are several fairly major outstanding balance issues in the current version that haven't been resolved or even commented on by anyone on the development team for months. These issues make playing the game a lot less fun than it used to be, and this is the reason I cancelled my subscription. If a new version resolving or at least mitigating these issues is released, I will resubscribe.
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Talien Marshal Templar Knights
Joined: May 11, 2010 Posts: 2044 From: Michigan
| Posted: 2014-10-07 01:48  
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On 2014-10-06 17:34, Faustus wrote:
On a more serious note ... we did fail to meet our goal for covering server costs last month, so we are in the red a bit. I'm hopeful we will get a new version out soon to hopefully make some people happy and get back into the black.
That said, I will seriously have to consider shutting down parts of all of the game if we fail to meet our financial goals next month. This may mean a much smaller/cheaper server or just shutting down the game.
So please, if you play the game, subscribe at the $4.99 a month at the very least to contribute to the continuation of DarkSpace.
Thanks,
F
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Take a look at my post in PSD for a possible boost, I've been waiting on staff reply but so far haven't gotten anything and I don't want to just go off on my own with something like that.
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