[Stryke 9]

Other thread. And we haven't exactly gotten far enough to consider that yet- anything beyond the specific stages listed here is the scope of the general discussion thread, or another project if anyone cares to start an endeavor focussing in another direction. I don't advise it, as it'll split the efforts of the community, but at the end of the day a lot of you have more hinging on this issue than I do so it's really your call.

All further discussion: Other thread. That's what it's for, I'll be reading stuff that goes on there too so don't worry. Unless you've got Interplay on the phone or a reliable bank service (or wanna take up the charity funding thing).

[Killfrenzy]

My apologies, Stryke. I just didn't want to get bogged down in a load of debates, partly because my logic circuits are fried due to the fact that it's a quarter to two in the morning here and partly because my priorities lie elsewhere at the moment.

But I might still put my tuppence into the debate on the main thread.

[Inquisitor]

Paypal. No, I am not kidding. You need something that can deal with currency conversions and electronic transfers. Having just dealt with this issue with our publisher, our lives would have been SOOOOOOO much easier if they had just taken paypal. Don't make it too difficult for people to send you money. If they have to write a check, or worse, get a money order, you'll never see that cash. So, unless you have a merchant ID handy, or want to pay for a vitual POS terminal to process CC and debit cards directly, PayPal is one of the only banking services that can do what you need it to do.

I'll post all my negativity in it's own thread.

[Stryke 9]

Inquisitor: Thanks, I was considering the same thing. Paypal has its flaws (they lock up accounts for wierd things, apparently, and there's no legal safeguard against whoever's running the account stealing the money), but right now it's looking to be the best thing there is- just get Steak or somebody equally reliable to set up the account and not let the password take a walk anywhere.

[Inquisitor]

Well, no offense, but, that's one of the things I was alluding too before you told me to shush

It's not terribly likely that you can get countersigned checking accounts set up virtually. You kinda have to be in the bank to do that.

We use PayPal linked to our corporate banking account, handled by our CFO, who is one of those full time bonded accountant types.

But PayPal is probably the best collection method.

[Killfrenzy]

Seconded on Paypal, and I suspect umpteenthed on having Setekh as our 'Voice of the FS Community.' Steak has been a calm voice in a sea of fire and brimstone. I can think of nobody more suited to this role.........if he wants the job, that is!

[Stryke 9]

More importantly, Steak has already offered.

Inquisitor: Yeah, and I don't really have a lot against most of what you were saying, just that I don't want generalities in this thread, 'cause then we'll inevitably spiral off into fuzzy-headed what-ifs. Specific ideas and specific offers are quite different.

[Killfrenzy]

Oh, has he? That's great. Add another notch to the 'tree of HLP getting the license.' That makes...........ooh, another .35 billion to go......

[Stryke 9]

Yeah, gonna doublecheck that 'cos a lotta people are saying a lotta things right now, and I've got a lot of things flying around myself (not even the majority being here-related- the Morocco thing was serious), but I remember it pretty clearly.

Ah.

I think there were some others, too, but it took me enough trouble to find that one.

[Killfrenzy]

Well, we need some kind of 'head' if this little scheme goes ahead. Steak is the best option.

[Krackers87]

I would help with money and can host the web page on Hades Combine, i could even give it a subdomain, like blah.hades-combine.com or something like that.

I also got 30 gb of bandwith a month and i barely ever scratch it, also the server has NEVER gone down, . someone else will have to make the page itself, i would only provide ftp access, also it supports, pearl, php, mysql, cgi, and if e-mails are needed i can give those out too.

[Styxx]

Just, I'll say this again, keep things calm. I didn't like the way things were going a few posts ago, but it seems to have calmed down now, so go ahead. We all need to calm down already.

[Stryke 9]

You never answered my PM.

I'll take that as a "no", I guess.

[Styxx]

Er, I just got online, and I have tons of stuff to read.

[Stryke 9]

Ah.

...

I blame you anyway. For something.

You killed my dog, three years ago. Yeah, that's it.

[Styxx]

Oh, so it was your dog.

[Singh]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Inquisitor: Thanks, I was considering the same thing. Paypal has its flaws (they lock up accounts for wierd things, apparently, and there's no legal safeguard against whoever's running the account stealing the money), but right now it's looking to be the best thing there is- just get Steak or somebody equally reliable to set up the account and not let the password take a walk anywhere.

Afraid I still haven't been able to contact the other site's owners; but before I continue, I need to know if you still want me to?

From what's been discussed so far, I think an alternative solution may have been found, so it is necessary?

[Stryke 9]

As far as the account goes, I consider that settled unless something better comes along in the next couple days or Steak changes his mind. Having them handle the money'd be fine, but so would PayPal, and we should probably try and keep this as in-house as possible.

As for holding the rights, later on... well, I dunno. I'd talk to them and see if they'd be interested in doing that, certainly, having a preexisting corporation without a direct interest in the license itself take care of it for us would be awesome, but do try to avoid giving them the impression that this is anything but searching around for potential avenues of attack. Yours certainly looks like the simplest solution right now, but right now we're still in a very early stage. Oh, and anybody who's interested feel free to start up a discussion about other possibilities for this in, yep, you guessed it, the discussion thread. I know there's at least a few of you with direct experience in what's needed for licensing transfers.

[kasperl]

OK, good, I'm kinda bored, and having no schoolwork either, I'll see about this.

I can't code, sign forms, or provide space, but I have a cable conn, accces to google, and a bit of a mind. And I always wanted to try out web-stalking someone.

I'll try tracking down Interplay people. I thought Singh was doing about the same, and perhaps some others. Who's co-ordinating that? I suggest a seperate thread somewhere where Stryke has mod powers. (NW?).

Please tell me at least where to start, approximately.

[Singh]

Originally posted by Stryke 9

As for holding the rights, later on... well, I dunno. I'd talk to them and see if they'd be interested in doing that, certainly, having a preexisting corporation without a direct interest in the license itself take care of it for us would be awesome, but do try to avoid giving them the impression that this is anything but searching around for potential avenues of attack. Yours certainly looks like the simplest solution right now, but right now we're still in a very early stage. Oh, and anybody who's interested feel free to start up a discussion about other possibilities for this in, yep, you guessed it, the discussion thread. I know there's at least a few of you with direct experience in what's needed for licensing transfers.

True.
I'll post back when I can check with someone.
In the meantime, do try out the game there and get a feel for the community their (even though its small compared to here). www.droidarena.com is the main game, and the forums are over at www.droidarena.com/mnet