50k Investment
douchebagatron
Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
<div class="IPBDescription">why not do it?</div> what if we all put money into an account to get 50k. record who put in how much. suppose person A puts in 1000, thats 2%. after, person A would recieve 2% of the profits created from that 50k.
is there a rule against this? would this not be serious investment? im sure we could get 50k
there are over 20,000 members here, and im sure 10,000 would be willing to put in 5 dollars. especially if they know that theres a great chance they will see that 5 dollars again, and then some.
is there a rule against this? would this not be serious investment? im sure we could get 50k
there are over 20,000 members here, and im sure 10,000 would be willing to put in 5 dollars. especially if they know that theres a great chance they will see that 5 dollars again, and then some.
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This is a good idea, and I'd be willing to put into it.
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you would see this money again. its an <i>investment</i>
you know that's 2% right?
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oops, dont know what i was thinking. fixed now.
you would see this money again. its an <i>investment</i><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There is no guarantee of return, or even that you won't lose all your principal. So I don't think 10,000 screaming upset forum members is what they want to risk.
On the other hand...raising venture capital through "micropayments" (and hence "microinvestors") is a very interesting idea.
Hell Id donate $10 just for the hell of it if flarya asked.
and no, theres no gaurantee of getting your money back, but think about the constis. they donated at least 20 each, KNOWING they werent getting much of anything in return except a forum and possibly a beta.
most people wouldnt invest more than they are willing to lose, BUT there WILL be people that know this game will take off, and invest MORE money because they are positive they will see it again, and maybe even more.
no theres not a gaurantee of getting your money back, but if ns2 takes off and gets a lot of money, the people that donate more will earn more.
not necessarily.
as the investments are made, the names addresses, and amount invested are put into a spreadsheet. they arent all going to come in 1 day. and if the investments are paypalled to a bank account, the bank might already have a spreadsheet of the bank statement that could be gotten ahold of. then you take the profit, put it into the spreadsheet, put in the right formulas and it would calculate how much money each person would get in profits. then send the money back through paypal. it would be a lot of work, and the person who does it i think should be deserving of some of the profit, but its doable.
Hell ive been playing since 3.0 beta 3 (not very long) and im defintely gonna muster up the cash sometime. The dev team more than deserves it.
I liked the idea that flayra had about paying $50 and being told that when the game comes out you get it for free, so its like you purchased the game at a lower cost because of you faith in the dev team.
Maybe i don't know what i'm talking about, if someone knows more about this, chime in.
Can you get 10,000 people to give 5$? Good luck.
you are better off trying to partner up with someone else, or a small group, putting in 10,000$ each, that would be more reasonable than what you are suggesting.
Nothing personal to any other member it just seems best if a trusted person who is already involved with the company keeps hold and is the only person with access to those details.
If flay does go ahead with the pre-order idea, I would, obviously, put my money into that, but I would still put a bit into this.
Can you get 10,000 people to give 5$? Good luck.
you are better off trying to partner up with someone else, or a small group, putting in 10,000$ each, that would be more reasonable than what you are suggesting. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
apparently there is 3,000 constis. and thats 20 bux each. im not saying it would need 10k people with 5 dollars, im just saying 5 dollars is all it would take.
edit: im not positive of the amount of constis, i heard it was 3k. if a dev could verify thatd be nice.
I liked the idea that flayra had about paying $50 and being told that when the game comes out you get it for free, so its like you purchased the game at a lower cost because of you faith in the dev team. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Are you familiar with the Constellation program?
Jesus, how hard can it be to <b><u>DONATE</u></b> $5 to Flayra to speed up NS2?
I'd do it right now if this became possible.
I liked the idea that flayra had about paying $50 and being told that when the game comes out you get it for free, so its like you purchased the game at a lower cost because of you faith in the dev team. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Are you familiar with the Constellation program? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Are you retarded or can you just not read.
We are talking about ns2 not ns here flayra has never stated that consti members will be able to play test ns2
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Flayra said he wants serious and committed investors who have had experience with this before.