Fake Forum Economy

[Buster's Uncle]

[DrazharLn]

I don't experience problems browsing with FF, either.

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm sure non-familiarity with FF is a substantially non-trivial factor for me - but that brings up the arguments I used to have with Donald that he accurately characterized my standard position as "Don't tell me why it's the user's fault; just FIX it." [shrugs]  I do know that's not always possible...

[Buster's Uncle]

Valka, I've added four things along those lines - to the Gift Shop for now, which is full at 10.  Have a look.

[Buster's Uncle]

Well, I've finally seen the Games Room - and it's too lame for words.  Draz agrees.  No point spending any effort to fix the odds when it's so otherwise boring.

-I wonder about the feasibility of replacing the random number push-button crap with real games?  ISTR the chess had some bug, but was serviceable enough that I played at least one game to conclusion against - was it NewAgeOfPower?  We could use a few things like that, and ditch the crappy gambling...

[Buster's Uncle]

...And if only we had the ability to sell thing back to the Shop.  That and Trade Center function fixed, and we could get a real fake forum money economy going...

[Valka]

Kirk and Spock are great... but what about a tribble?

I found one of the websites where the Dune icons are, and while the sandworm isn't there (at least not the animated version I remember), there is a nice little pile of melange, a crysknife, etc.

What is this Game room? Is it where there are games people can play and compete against others if they want?

I used to belong to a graphics forum where the owner had one of these set up and it was a blast. Yes, Hangaroo is a hoot when you've got someone to compete against, and there were a few others I really enjoyed.

[Eadee]

Kirk and Spock are great... but what about a tribble?

There has to be a tribble to buy!

[Mart]

Picard, Data
Sisko, ... Odo? Bashir?
Janeway, Tuvok
Archer? ....?

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Locutus of Borg?

[Geo]

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Locutus of Borg?

We are the Shop. Trade Blockade is futile. You will be purchased. Your catalog and account balance will be added to our own.

[Valka]

Kirk and Spock are great... but what about a tribble?

 
There has to be a tribble to buy!

We are the Shop. Trade Blockade is futile. You will be purchased. Your catalog and account balance will be added to our own.

 

[Eadee]

Or maybee a tribble brood pit? Functionally the same as the bank but it increases tribbles, not EC. With an interest of 300% instead of 0,0811%
(buy only one and you're doomed)

[Buster's Uncle]

Ugh.  If we're going to soil and dilute Star Trek with Picard, et.al., we're DEFINITELY including Archer.  I'll leave it up to the Committee of Everyone Interested to make the call; I'm hopelessly biased.  We can do Locutus, but I'll only call him a Borg.  No Abrams crap.

Probably ought to throw in the Millennium Falcon and bun-head Leia.  All versions of the Enterprise would look super dinky at that size, though.


Suggestions are great; img-linked samples are better, Valka.


No idea how to do that, Eadee.


Games would be a question of what could be found that's set up for SMF and works.  I do think that if we could throw some nice single and two-player games in there to replace the button-pumping gambling that's there now, we'd have something

[Valka]

I posted an image of a tribble.

As for any TNG references, while I found Geo's post amusing, it won't bother me to keep this TNG-free.

[Buster's Uncle]

You did?  Where?