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What if Badspot started selling 5 dollar full game trial keys?
Texan101:
--- Quote from: MegaScientifical on November 09, 2011, 06:10:55 PM ---Most Add-Ons rely on IDs being all numbers. We can't pin "TRIAL" to it. They check specifically for number IDs. Most of the game would need to be rewritten.
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Well, I was just saying what could be used for several datatypes, as I have no idea which one the ID system uses, just so we'd have something, atleast.
--- Quote from: Wesley Williams on November 09, 2011, 06:14:15 PM ---Trial IDs could just be numbers starting at 1000000 :cookieMonster:
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That would still be putting a limit on the total number of possible users.
--- Quote from: Swholli on November 09, 2011, 06:14:24 PM ---Yeah, Mega's right.
This would pose huge problems in the limitation of the IDs. Not only would passing the IDs on to someone else bring with them the burden of whatever previous user did with those IDs, but we'd also need to allocate a chunk of IDs to be used as trials. We'd have to have a certain amount to be used (and assuming it worked on the system of reusing) and reused which would either mean limited amount of IDs available at one time thus a waiting list, or completely screw up the counting system (as the IDs also tell Dadspot how many people have bought his game) that we have in place.
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Which is why I came up with that simple chart.
Lørd Tøny:
What if trial keys were entirely separate from normal keys?
SWAT One:
Free Trial:
Free Trial users can host trial servers. Only trial members can connect to them. Free Trial members can only join trial servers, limited to 5,000 bricks per Free Trial User. Membership limited to 5 days.
$5.00 Trial:
$5.00 Trial members can connect to any internet server for 7 days. Trial members have special BL_ID's arranged as T-***** where the *'s are numbers in a 5-digit ID. Are able to excercise all priveleges of Full Membership for 7 days, except hosting a full Internet Server. Are restricted to hosting trial servers only. No brick limit for $5.00 Tral users.
Other information:
Once a trial's time runs out, it auto-updates to demo. The trial authentication key is forever revoked. Trial keys are in a different format and have different digit organization. The IP that used a trial auth key is then permanently restricted from buying any more and using any more keys, other than Full Membership.
Trogtor:
--- Quote from: SWAT One on November 09, 2011, 07:36:52 PM ----snip-
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/facepalm
Chrono:
--- Quote from: JPSC on November 09, 2011, 12:20:44 PM ---Sounds exploitable.
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Example of people coming up with imaginary problems for things not made yet.