Fake Forum Economy

[Mart]

Not really, if the amount of work is significant it is probably not worth it.
It would be different, if, let's say, it was as simple as flipping a switch in the "settings" screen.
I just make a small talk here...

I play occasionally Port Royale 2. There is this game of ... I forgot. It is a card game, where with a little of strategy you can win more often.

I mentioned Blackjack, since some people, as I know, consider it the best chances game for winning if you do not have these special autistic skills, for which they quickly throw you out of a casino
And, of course, if the dealer is not a cheat .

And that brings me an idea for a vacations 2159 location...

I think about, how these fake money could be brought into more meaning. Trading games are also my favourite (English spelling ?) like Patrician 3, for example.

[Buster's Uncle]

A decent simple, compatible, card game or two ought to be out there and doable/worthwhile - fiddling it to bet fake forum money if it doesn't already would take a lot of work for Draz, though.  I will mention the thought to him if he doesn't see this on his own...


Morgan is definitely your best bet for having a casino, of course.  I don't notice any misspellings.

[Mart]

Finally... I lost only 25 EC
That's improvement! 
I start to having hope for winning a 1 EC!

[Buster's Uncle]

I swear that with all the threads you start and €10 every time you post in or about your excellent AAR, you should have serious money in The Bank by now - compound interest is thrill-free, but it made me very very (fake) rich.

Sorry to be boring about it.

[Mart]

I'm a player... It's a bit difficult for me not to buy that random money...

[Buster's Uncle]

I did revise the odds upwards, against my instincts at member request, to try to make it even.  Anything else is free (fake) money, breaks the system a little and is no fun.

That makes me wish we did have a card game you could throw away gamble your money on, that involved more skill and less luck.

[Mart]

They are right now. the odds.
I spent 75 EC for buying "random money"
then used it, and got info about winning 50 EC.
I should say "winning" cause effectively I lost 25 EC.
Winning 75 EC is zero gain.

[Buster's Uncle]

Right.


SMF has a user karma option we've never enabled - I think it works like upvoting/downvoting, and I don't know if that's a can of worms wise to open.  There's a "Buy Karma" item I retired because it didn't DO anything here - it was the main inspiration for the spiritual category in the Shop, though, even though I decided I couldn't work it in.

Think I ought to put up a little information and let the community decide if we give Karma a trial run?  I'm ALL FOR the bells and whistles if they create more general entertainment and increase happiness more than otherwise...

[Mart]

I have no strong opinion for enabling the karma.
Personally, I prefer more sophisticated games, like SMACX for example. Chess is too boring for me, though I know, mathematically it has its diverse paths you can follow, etc. I was never an arcade game player that much. Or other similar simple games. I can occasionally play slot machines in a casino, but that too was never my favourite.
So anyway. I think it will be difficult to make the fake money real hit on this forum. It has also its drawbacks.
I have some quite ambitious idea in mind, but if that is going to be reality in some future - time will tell.

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm a big fan of ambition, properly-channeled.  I'd love to hear even the vaguest of ideas, at least if they need me to work.  -If they don't, I still might have useful input.

[Mart]

I thought about a trading, turn-based, simultaneous-turns, multiplayer strategy game. Placed on Chiron and very much tight to our 7 faction "reality" of the game.
Some years ago I wrote similar game in Visual Basic (trading game), so I know it is possible. But it will take time. So I prefer to wait until I actually have some working prototype of pre-alpha.

[Buster's Uncle]

So, fake-€-involved?

I LOVE the sound of that.  LOVE IT!

(If that's not what you had in mind, could it be?)

[Mart]

It would be outside of the forum, like SMACX, but we could agree on "entry fee" and then winners would get some EC more as winnings.
Usually in such games you build your fortune, so if we translate EC 1:1, that might give too much to the players. But then, some decent system of awards could be agreed upon.
The drawback is, that if there is no "in-forum" mechanism, each game would need to be manually served: forum staff would need to make EC changes on forum members accounts.

[Buster's Uncle]

Hold on.  I'm going to edit your account to give you 100ec - it's easy and you deserve it for this idea alone.

[Buster's Uncle]

Done.  Turns out I had to go into Shop Admin -I was thinking there was a field in your profile, but this only took seconds more- and do it in your inventory, but easy.