How do I register/What e-mail can I use?

[dave1004]

I tried using both my Yahoo and Hotmail accounts, yet neither work. I just get that message stating that "Hackers mainly use hotmail/yahoo, so please use another E-mail".

I don't have any others, and I honestly don't even know of any other e-mail servers. Can I get any help with this? I'm from Bay12, and I would love to play.

Thanks!

[Perth]

G-mail works.

And is not to mention superior to yahoo/hotmail. 

[dave1004]

Oh, thank you. I'll try it tomorrow then.

Don't want to state any personal preferences, but,

Nothing is superior to the mighty Hotmail!



Plus, everybody knows that Google is a gigantic bot-net, stealing our information. It's why I only run Linux, using Firefox, and browsing with Bing.

Never trust huge corporations, my friend. Never.

[dave1004]

Er, I believe that we have a problem.

I'm attempting to sign up for a Gmail account, yet the only ways to verify are a "Text" or "Voice" message?

I don't have a cell phone of any kind. What do I do?

[Perth]

Plus, everybody knows that Google is a gigantic bot-net, stealing our information.

This is true.

Never trust huge corporations, my friend. Never.

You use Bing and Hotmail....?

Er, I believe that we have a problem.

I'm attempting to sign up for a Gmail account, yet the only ways to verify are a "Text" or "Voice" message?

I don't have a cell phone of any kind. What do I do?

Really? That's bull!@#$.

Do you have a school/work e-mail or one from your ISP that you could use?

[dave1004]

This is true.

You use Bing and Hotmail....?

Hai! They're not nearly as large as Google is...I think. At the very least, they don't have that weird new tracking that Google started in March.

Really? That's bull!@#$.


Do you have a school/work e-mail or one from your ISP that you could use?

Well...No, not really. I don't go to school, and the only work that I do is under-the-table on our ranch. No-one has a cell phone in my family (May seem hard to believe, in this day and age and all of that, but we honestly don't.), and so I'm at a loss on what to do. I don't have many friends...Well, I did, but ever since we moved to the ranch, I've had no time to go somewhere to meet new people. (The closest town is roughly 60 miles south, and even then it has a meager population of 600), and...I don't believe that a random stranger feels like letting me use their cellular device.

Thanks for replying, mate. I appreciate it. I think that I have to go to bed now, it's 12:51 AM. I have to be up at 7, so I need 6 hours of sleep, minimum. I'll return at first light tomorrow! (Or, well, sometime around 12:00 PM. Lunch-break.)

[fodder]

fastmail.fm? opera bought it

[GoldPanda]

Hi Dave, I might have to ruin your day:

Bing

Bing is developed and owned by Microsoft.

Google's market cap: $191.04 billion
Microsoft's market cap: $253.58 billion

So Microsoft is still bigger.

Also, according to Google, Bing basically plays "telephone" between you and Google, by taking your search query and asking Google what the results should be.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/microsofts-bing-uses-google-search.html

Firefox

Firefox is developed and owned by Mozilla.

Guess where most of Mozilla's funding come from?
http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/12/why-google-continues-to-fund-firefox/

Sorry. 

I found this list of free email services:
http://email.about.com/od/freeemailreviews/tp/free_email.htm

[Tom]

Plus, everybody knows that Google is a gigantic bot-net, stealing our information. It's why I only run Linux, using Firefox, and browsing with Bing.

Never trust huge corporations, my friend. Never.

Then I strongly suggest you consider hushmail as an alternative - it's the only webmail I know that uses full encryption.

Welcome to my game, happy to hear that it's popular even on remote ranches. I'm serious, that's not a snide remark if it sounded like that (terribly tired today, so not sure if everything I say comes across as I mean it).

[Draco Tanos]

GoldPanda, don't forget that Hotmail is Microsoft as well.

[Anaris]

Just to be clear: Yahoo and Hotmail are the only email providers that BattleMaster refuses. So you just happen to have been unlucky in your choice of free email addresses.

And yeah, Hotmail is owned by Microsoft, which is way bigger, more corporate, and more interested in exploiting you than Google.

[dave1004]

Then I strongly suggest you consider hushmail as an alternative - it's the only webmail I know that uses full encryption.

Welcome to my game, happy to hear that it's popular even on remote ranches. I'm serious, that's not a snide remark if it sounded like that (terribly tired today, so not sure if everything I say comes across as I mean it).

Oh, that's good to know. I'm a bit of a tin-foil-hat specialist, so I have quite a few worries about more "Major" corporations. And, no, it makes perfect sense, thank you. I don't know the full extent of how things are working, but...Let's hope that we're all safe, for now. I'll look into this Hushmail, thank you. I've been using my Yahoo! E-Mail as my main one, but who knows about Yahoo! itself, right?

Just to be clear: Yahoo and Hotmail are the only email providers that BattleMaster refuses. So you just happen to have been unlucky in your choice of free email addresses.

And yeah, Hotmail is owned by Microsoft, which is way bigger, more corporate, and more interested in exploiting you than Google.

Ah...That's...pretty terrible. I only use my Hotmail as a throw-away, build-up-spam E-Mail anyways, so that should be good. I don't mind Microsoft TOO much, it's just that google has implemented that weird new privacy-thing, and they know every website that you go on, everything you googled...(I'm just lucky that, where I am, pirating is more or less legal!)

Hi Dave, I might have to ruin your day:

Bing is developed and owned by Microsoft.

Google's market cap: $191.04 billion
Microsoft's market cap: $253.58 billion

So Microsoft is still bigger.

Also, according to Google, Bing basically plays "telephone" between you and Google, by taking your search query and asking Google what the results should be.

Oh, wow, I did NOT know that. Thank you! That's scary. I had the TORbrowser set up a few months ago, but it only works with .onion links, and I had just wanted to use it to download/etc. Plus, it's nasty slow.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/microsofts-bing-uses-google-search.html

Firefox is developed and owned by Mozilla.

Guess where most of Mozilla's funding come from?
http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/12/why-google-continues-to-fund-firefox/

Sorry. 

I found this list of free email services:
http://email.about.com/od/freeemailreviews/tp/free_email.htm

Great! I'll check that out immediately, thank you. G-mail evidently won't work for me, so once this page loads (Slow internet...), I'll look around on it. And, true, I guess that Mozilla isn't a very good choice. I also have Opera, and a very old version of Aurora (Sorta like a beta Firefox) from a long time ago...I'm mostly just scared of Google, however. I know that, one day I'll be on a trip to, say, the U.S.A, and start finding some movies/games/shows/whatever to download, and the feds are going to bust down my door and...Not even the Gods can save me after that.

fastmail.fm? opera bought it

Never heard of it. Opera seems pretty small, last I knew, it had only 2-3% of the total "Market share" for browsers.

Thanks for all your help guys! I'll get right on finding an E-Mail to use, whether it's this "Hushmail" or something else...This seems to be a great forums, and I really appreciate the help. For now, I have to hill the potatoes in the garden, so I bid you adieu.

[Anaris]

I know that, one day I'll be on a trip to, say, the U.S.A, and start finding some movies/games/shows/whatever to download, and the feds are going to bust down my door and...Not even the Gods can save me after that.

For practical purposes, I think you'd be surprised. I've downloaded a few things in my time, and no one's ever come knocking on my door. The feds really, truly, don't care that much unless you're running a massive operation.

[dave1004]

For practical purposes, I think you'd be surprised. I've downloaded a few things in my time, and no one's ever come knocking on my door. The feds really, truly, don't care that much unless you're running a massive operation.

...Don't tell anybody...but...

I'm filling up my third 1TB hard-drive with pirated goods.

I also still can't find my old 250 and 500gb hard-drives, chock full of materials...I'm also constantly burning movies, and giving them to my friends.

I'm a bad person...

[fodder]

... this is a joke thread, right?