while thinking about kibas plan to make a game funded by bitcoins
http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5465.0
i thought about an old abandoned fun project of mine, a remake of agent usa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_USA

when i thought about reviving the project (and maybe get someone to give me some bitcoins for it  ) i imagined possible mods and stuff and got an idea: why not make it a bitcoin related game instead?

the basic idea is very simple: you keep the games fundamentals, like the train traveling, normal and zombie-like people and dropping replicating objects to save the latter.
but instead of dropping crystals, you drop bitcoins. regarding the backgroundstory, the zombies are not "fuzzed" like in the original game, but just panicking because they are scared of their monetary system collapsing. (printing too much money like the US, or having to save one country after another like in the EU)
to make it more about bitcoins not just a remake with different graphics, there should be a simplified version of the bitcoin generation model  present in the game. so when bitcoins start replicating, difficulty increases and the replication slows down. after a certain amount is generated, smaller coins are generated, which only save zombies if they get more than one. to counter those effects, value increases for every saved zombie, who is now using bitcoin instead of dollars. i am thinking of a moving status bar, that moves in one direction whenever the new bitcoins get "smaller", and the other direction when they get more valuable)

so, when you get the growing number of panicking people to accept bitcoins fast without generating bitcoins that just lie around, your bitcoin value is high and the game stays easy. if you stash to much bitcoins or have them lie around without being picked up, value decreases and you will have to give huge amounts to convert new people. (alternative: conversion needs a fixed amount and you gain money from converting people with bitcoin and if the value gets too low you might not have enough money to travel)
you win the game when you accumulate a certain amount of real world value in bitcoins and bring it to the central bank (the ex-fuzz bomb) to convert the countries currency to bitcoin.

so, what do you think?
is this idea worth pursuing or is too silly or the whole agent usa game concept not interesting enough?

wtf javascript?!

didnt know thats a serious option in game programming...

i think your model misses the fact that the most profitable kind of mining is gpu mining with already purchased gfx cards and computers. you dont lose all the amateurs when you switch off the coin generation in the client but only those who dont have such a gfx card or are not tech-savvy enough to use it.
i also think that cpu mining is rather useless. you need something like 50-100 cpus to get the mining performance of one gpu.

although i like people creating new ways to spend and earn bitcoins, i think context links are not a good way for advertisement. since there is no way to distinguish them from links from the original author they effectively disturb the way a blog post or article is supposed to be read and thus lower the overall quality of the text.
if you intent to offer any other forms of ads i would be happy to use your service.

why donate something after all?

japan is still one of the richer nations. short term direct help by other nations military or civilian catastrophy organizations is necessary of cause, but why money? thats exactly what governments and reinsurance companies are made for. unlike many other countries, japan has both of them.

so, jorge and bill complete 16 lawns, while jorge and another jorge complete 24 lawns. worst example ever.

16mbit / 1.2mbit dsl.

#2

wtf "marriage course" ?!

because of this

this guy (gal actually) here is mystaceus:



she totally wants to lend your her name.
doesnt she look trustworthy indeed? and robust! plus, almost everybody can spell her name.
and spider webs are a very good reminder how super distributed, nimble, yet robust your whatever product thingy is. well, she is a jump spider with absolutely no nets, but who knows that, right?

well ok, the name sucks. but i really tried. unfortunately, after reading  "brobust" and "crustworthy" it was basically a lostcause 

naja, du wenn das geld danach noch ein paar mal bewegst und dabei noch auf viele addressen verteilst, ist es schon sehr schwer nachzuvollziehen, ob das geld noch beim ursprünglichen kriminellen ist, oder schon durch etliche hände gewandert ist, und nun gänzlich unschuldigen gehört.
und was die geldwäsche angeht, ist es für viele kriminelle denke ich schon erstrebenswert, auch nur einen teil ihres schwarzgeldes ausgeben zu können. d.h. es wird dann vielleicht gar nicht in rauen mengen geld über bitcoins gewaschen, sondern einfach nur die sachen, die man schon mit bitcoins kaufen kann, damit gekauft, ohne daß die üblichen schnittstellen wie paypal genutzt werden müssen.

there is also violence taking place during kidney transplantations. so what?


yeah, thanks for the no true scotsman.

why does anybody need an external source of morality anyway?
its not like anybody ever acts in accordance with the rules. as soon as their specific ruleset conflicts with their needs and wishes, people break the rules. then they either justify it with some other contradicting part of the ruleset or they bask in self-contempt, whichever they like better.
well, maybe its just personal preference. some people like to do what they want, others like feeling guilty about doing what they want 

when i am not logged in, i can still see my shares and rewards in the statistics, even new ones, but cannot see the my account page. so somethings wrong with the sessions.

auf jeden fall! filesharer in den knast! gotteslästerer am besten gleich steinigen! und kiffer müsste man auspeitschen lassen! schließlich schaden solche leute dem  äh...dings... ja, genau!!

kann ich mir nicht vorstellen, jedenfalls nicht in großem stil. im moment ist der gesamtwert der währung ja nur ca. 3,5 mio euro. und vor ein paar monaten wars wohl noch unter 1mio euro. da kann man doch gar keine größeren käufe und verkäufe tätigen, ohne dass man gleich geld verliert, weil die kurse aufgrund des verstärkten angebots bzw. der verstärkten nachfrage fallen oder steigen.
aber langfristig ist es wohl fast zwangsläufig so, daß, wenn bitcoin populärer wird, kriminelle bitcoin benutzen werden.

power supplies deliver less and less energy over time. and they age faster when they constantly have to supply too much power. so in my opinion, a suitable power supply is a good investment.

ok, i made a new account and it works 

already tried "hallo", didnt work either.

tycho, you have any idea why i get auth errors?
the login and password work for the homepage...