Nothing of the sort going on here. You're correct in your caution though.

As for those who have provided their addresses, I have recorded them down and will take care of everything when the testing is over. Thanks!!

That's alright, Lethn. Any feedback is good feedback. Since there is a grand prize involved, I'll send out the coins when I conclude this thread. I got your address recorded, so no worries.

I am paying only 50 responders to this thread for comprehensive feedback for the first stage of development for my game. For those 50 individuals you will each receive $15 according to the current market value at this time at https://www.mtgox.com/. The current value for one Bitcoin is $750.00, so $15 is 0.02 Bitcoin. ONE lucky person will receive one Bitcoin. I got plenty, so don't worry about not receiving anything. Please leave your wallet address in your comment so that I can send the money.

Note: it's 50 people that I select out of all who provide feedback, not just the first 50 people.

I've been working on a small project over winter break (computer science undergrad). I'm pretty much finished with the first version but I'd appreciate some feedback on it before I move forward. The game is a Star Trek side-scrolling shooter. You control your ship via the mouse and fire with the left mouse button. If you get shot down, just press spacebar to respawn. It will clear the screen of all elements so you can get your bearings for a fresh start. The game has a built-in online leader board so you can post your scores and see eachother's. The scores are organized so it's an actual arcade-style hi-score chart. The game may seem basic and that's because it is; This is the first version, more will follow in the coming weeks.

The game was written in Java. The Windows version was wrapped with Launch4j because I wanted to give it a cool icon and .exe is just more familiar to Windows users. The Linux/Mac version is a .jar file, the command to run it is below. You need to have Java 1.7 installed, but you likely already have it.

Things for consider in your feedback: game difficulty, controls, fun-factor, glitches, feature suggestion, and the viewing of the hi-score chart (do you see your score? Is it in the right spot? Do you see other people's scores?).

Star Trek (Windows)
Star Trek (Linux/Mac)
For Linux/Mac, navigate to the directory via the terminal that the file is downloaded to and enter the command java -jar StarTrek.jar

or maybe you just contracted something from an unsanitary surface and got sick.

Bitcoins aren't exactly mainstream yet. Giving the average person a paper wallet would net the same reaction as giving them Monopoly money.

..I'm just gonna go. If this is going to put me in a bad light, then I'd appreciate it if this thread were locked.

I don't want to start any problems.....

But anyway, I just like to stay busy. Also it's tough, you know? People find out about your wealth and they change. I confided in ONE person, he won a small lottery when he was young. It was for a couple hundred thousand, but back in the 70s that's quite a lot. He said his whole family changed towards him and essentially became his entourage. Friends disappeared and those who were around were just there for money. As much as I'd like an exotic car that gets 11-MPG city miles, I'm afraid it will just attract the wrong attention.

Ohh...should I not have said that? I've been writing code all day and I'm in a fog, lol.

Hello, everyone! I've been reading Bitcoin forums for years now and figured I'd actually get involved with the community.

I first read about Bitcoins wayyyy back in 2009, I was 16 years old. I am basically what most would refer to as an "early adopter". After hearing about Bitcoins on an unrelated forum, I decided to mine them for fun and see what it was all about. My video card at the time was the amazing AMD(or was it ATI at the time?) 5970. After leaving it over night as I went to bed, I woke up to a couple thousand coins in my wallet. I didn't think much of it of course, I didn't even know they were worth anything, let alone a fraction of a penny. From there I just mined whenever I wasn't at the computer because I liked seeing the numbers go up, lol. Anyway, my video card blew out when I hit over 100k and that was that. It was the family computer, so it didn't go down well...anyway, fast forward to today and these things are worth quite a lot! I'm too scared to day trade them, so I just hold onto them. My family doesn't know that I have them and that at this point I can cash out in the millions. I sold some and basically live off them, but things would go south real quick if they knew. Today I am 20 and am currently attending university majoring in computer science.

Soo, what are your guys' stories?