QUOTE(BlueWaterSplash @ Sep 17 2018, 15:24)

Using exchange rates of hath~4100, kGP~250, and $5/month I get that a Gold Star ($100) is exactly 37.5m credits. The $5/month discount is crucial but if you sell even 2 Gold Stars you already qualify for the discount presuming you believe you will stick around for the 3 years.
Adopt-a-Server also grants "Work done by a server slot (generally a hitrate of ~50) counts towards the adopter's H@H toplist position, free archive quota (bonus +500 MB/day per slot), and mod power calculation" which I don't much understand but perhaps the toplist position could be worth some credits too. The free archive quota would definitely have value to me because that's a (hentai) part of the power of having a Star, right now I have 0 MB free archives.
I think it was Maharid who explained that any extra actual cost of a Gold Star is due to "buyer troubles". Also at least in my case I purchase the full amount ($100) of bitcoin (before fees) and the person getting the Gold Star actually redeems anywhere from $102 to $110 of bitcoin depending on what the exchange rate is doing. That's another 1m to 5m credits.
I didn't realize you had stopped doing Adopt-a-Server and instead sold a bunch of Gold Stars at 35m for a while. I think you would have made more profit with the Adopt-a-Server.
I think I hold a record of some sort when it comes to adopt a servers. (IMG:[
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Divide that by 30 and multiply by $10 a pop, and the idea kind of hits home.
Then once it sinks in... add about $4k for stars. (IMG:[
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EDIT: And oh yeah... another $1k for mine. (IMG:[
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I don't know... maybe somebody out there can top that.
But it'd have to be someone that's been around since the beginning.
The concern with adopt a servers is the accumulation of HatH and no credits.
If a member accumulates HatH quickly like I did, they could "easily" crash the HatH market.
Now with me, I stayed away from the market and went perk happy.
I got most of everything including Snowflake.
I also made it up through DD VII before getting disgruntled with my RNG and equipment (Which still suxs) and stopping.
With selling stars, there is no concern on crashing the HatH market while converting to credits.
It "is" credits. That's the allure.
This post has been edited by RoadShoe: Sep 18 2018, 02:37