Do to yet another members recent issue with paypal we have enabled bitcoin payments. Now once you login to lazer.hive13.org you have an option to pay through Mt. Gox with bitcoin. This works similar to the paypal button but the prices are dynamically set to equal the $30/hr charge we use for paypal. After a payment it may take a while for the laser minutes to show up, at least until we can have the callbacks fully tested.
With paypal locking accounts and Dwolla’s new crazy terms of service, we would love to offer bitcoin for membership subscriptions as well but unfortunately I don’t believe there is any good way to do this without paying an escrow upfront. Until then we will use the laser site as our first official testbed.
Hello all,
We just transferred our Domain Names from GoDaddy to Gandi.net. This transfer was done because GoDaddy recently announced support for SOPA. SOPA is a current bill set to pass that would effectively censor the internet. There are many options and even special discounts if you too want to change your registrar. It’s a very easy process and here are some suggestions from reddit. We chose Gandi because of their no-bullshit stance and history for protecting its customers.
You can also sign the boycott pledge here: http://godaddyboycott.org/
If you are a hive13.org member you should not see any service outage but feel free to contact us if something does not appear to be working.
UPDATE: GoDaddy just announced they are no longer supporting SOPA ;)
Recently at last weekends PAX event a new game called Life is Crime was announced. It is a mobile game that takes your GPS location and uses that to build a virtual world overlaid on the real one. Using this virtual world you then can go on crime sprees, have gangs, sell drugs, etc. It’s kind of like Mafia wars meets foursquare. You just need to ask yourself…while waiting in line would you rather ‘check-in’ or go on a crime spree?
I’ve been playing this game for less than a week but I can already tell you I’m addicted. I realized I was addicted when I was robbing a bunch of local stores while my wife shopped and checked nearby activity. Down the road I saw somebody had taken over a UDF and a Bank. When my wife got back in the car I told her I wanted to make a quick stop. I then found this location, pulled in and preceded to take over the turf. If you like GTA or any of the gangster style games you must check this game out.
After helping out on the forums a bit the super friendly people at Red Robot created Hive13 as a Cincinnati Landmark! That’s right! If you head over to the Hive right now you can deal contraband and rob tourists (In the game of course…hehe) I love the idea of Hive13 being featured in a game! So swing by sometimes, my R2 name is “zombie”
Game homepage: http://www.lifeiscrime.com/
Do to yet another members recent issue with paypal we have enabled bitcoin payments. Now once you login to lazer.hive13.org you have an option to pay through Mt. Gox with bitcoin. This works similar to the paypal button but the prices are dynamically set to equal the $30/hr charge we use for paypal. After a payment it may take a while for the laser minutes to show up, at least until we can have the callbacks fully tested.
