Crypto Kingdom - 1991 Retro Virtual World(City)

[rpietila]

Information related to County Race Subgame

OldDuchy has listed buy and sell prices for the military NPC.

Also Zechariah is kind of in the NPC business, so has buy and sell listed for quite a number of NPC as well. Dump your unneeded ones for quick cash, or acquire the CUL/IC/SCI powerhouses for you!

Since the number of LT in the Kingdom is quite small relative to needs, we inquired the capacity of the Dept of Military Science to produce more. The answer was that 10 new wannabe-officers can be graduated per year, and this will happen until "new" LT price is 5 million (currently it is much more).

Similarly, 100 new PTE will enlist each year until the PTE price is 3 million.

The counties have been incorporated. List:

Code:

175	Armagnac	TMA Marquessate d'Armagnac
176	FSpagnolo	TMA Principality of Forte Spagnolo
177	NewLiberty-C	TMA Duchy of New Liberty
178	Cryptoluna	TMA Marquessate of Cryptoluna
179	OZ-C	TA Duchy of OZ
180	Nassau	TA County of Nassau
181	Arda	TA Marquessate of Arda
182	NorthFace	TA Duchy of North Face
183	Tavastia	TA Marquessate of Tavastia
184	Ramsey	TA Duchy of Ramsey
185	Soul-C	TA Principality of Soul
186	Neverland	TA Principality of Neverland
187	Rome	TA Marquessate of Rome
188	Sarajas	TA County of Sarajas
189	Grass	TA Marquessate of Grass
190	Gangnam	The County of Gangnam
191	Naoned	The Marquessate of Naoned
192	Savannah	The County of Savannah
193	WhiteCross	The Marquessate of White Cross
194	Ghibli	The County of Ghibli
195	Carabas	The Marquessate of Carabas
196	Petrichor	The County of Petrichor
197	Stonehaven	The County of Stonehaven
198	Plath	The County of Plath

The Earl+ who is the fiefholder, or his appointed Viscount, may gain the passwd from the councillors. Note that anything you put into the County, becomes the property of the County unless otherwise stated in writing.

You don't need to do anything with the county. The admins will occasionally log in and consume the stone (any STO item) and SCI that the county has accumulated, and convert them to PRE points. Anything else you put into the County will not be consumed but might still gain you PRE points.(raw) IC is not needed by the county, S-BLD is. The consumables gained by the labor of the Administration (MGR's, ASS's, OTH) and the Army, will be deposited to the County itself and notified in the thread when this has happened.

Do not consume anything yourself related to the county or from the county.

The first peer whose county reaches 50 PRE (if several reach the same time, the one with more, if tied, both/all) will be promoted a level, and the county likewise!

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[rpietila]

The Holiday Fund of James Daniel closes and merges with DevPool

The remaining gold, 1430 CKG in collectible coins, has been deposited to DevPool, from where it will be used as ingame bounties.

500 CKG is committed towards Complete and Unabridged Wiki, and Lord Syksy is currently working on it.
(This will hopefully be matched by another 500 CKG by willing donator/s, "DevPool" works as a destination address )

[rpietila]

Remember - Corporate CUL is not entitled to CUL bonus dividends

To best serve the interests of shareholders,
- The Hypothecary Bank in CryptoTown has divided 2 CUL/share
- The Most Ancient and Worshipful Corporation of the Town Hall has divided 11 CUL/share

[djjacket]

Remember - Corporate CUL is not entitled to CUL bonus dividends

To best serve the interests of shareholders,
- The Hypothecary Bank in CryptoTown has divided 2 CUL/share
- The Most Ancient and Worshipful Corporation of the Town Hall has divided 11 CUL/share

The shareholders of the following Corporations have received:

The Grand Hotel has provided 5 CUL/share
Stoneton Conglomerate has provided 4 CUL/share and 4 SCI/Share
The Noble Palace provided 5 CUL/share and 3 SCI/share

[MoneroMooo]

Note that anything you put into the County, becomes the property of the County unless otherwise stated in writing.

Being yet unsure whether my means are enough to sustain a county, I will play cautiously and any and all items I put into the county for now are on loan and going to stay mine in title. I shall proceed with the selection soon...

[rpietila]

The Royal Windows Works Corporation (RWWC) is enjoying their license as long as it will last. Despite the building being paused, we will make WIRS items. Since nobody is buying them, we will give them directly as dividends.

3*WIRS given to all the shareholders of RWWC.

We have enough money for 4 more years. And to gain more, a small batch of WIRS is listed at 142,000/unit (normal: 160,000). Take your chance! (Windows are needed if you have S-BLD, about 20-50 windows per S-BLD.)

[rpietila]

New Spirit: BRA - auctioned in the thread 48 hours

The year 1622 is dawning and a new Spirit is coming to town. Since the 3 Cognacs we have (CLXII, CXO and CVS) have been very successful, we now aim to the entry level brandy market with the new BRA (brandy).

The item BRA is not especially aged of otherwise wonderful, its production cost in France is 20,000 and the various middlemen (considering the war and all) take 20,000. The Town adds tax of 100,000 as it does to all spirits. 10,000 bottles have been imported and no more will come.

Now we are seeking for distributors. To ensure competition, the entire cache is divided to 5 lots of 2,000 bottles each. One character may bid only for 1 lot. It would be a shame if the lots go unsold so we are willing to offer a 10% discount and make the minimum bid 126,000 m/bottle only (252 mil/lot).

All lots are sold at the same price, the lowest winning bid. However, bonus items at the Town discretion will be given to those winning bidders who placed the bid early.

While no information on the taste or healthiness of this brandy is available until the auction ends, as a guideline we can think of the Cognacs we have that are graded at 15.5-19.0/20, higher than most other spirits. Their ask is also between 0.6-3.3 mil which makes this a prime opportunity.


Current Situation (48 hours left) King wm characters listed, have made their final bids

Zechariah 260,000
King 175,000
Soul 155,000
NewLiberty 145,000
TownHall 130,000


The item RUM has been merged with RME, so that the owners of the former have been given 1:1 of the latter. This rare action was taken because there was only 144 units of RUM, and the characteristics of the two items were very simila. Also the midprices coincided exactly (575k).

[rpietila]

New Permanent IC Conversion Table

See the post above for practicalities.

WINES

The French Wines are international renown (and the Germanians are the runner-up). When wines comes to initial market, they are cheap, but Town will add 10,000 m tax at some point afterwards to the then-existing stock. This can only be done once, so every further conversion after the taxation will be tax-free. Conversion prices in the aftermarket go up. Currently available are the following post-plague wines (pre-plague cannot be had any more):

W1611  1/IC  (note: W1611)
W1612  3/IC  (note: W1612)
W1614  3/IC  (note: W1614)
W1615W  4/IC  (note: W1613W)
W1616  4/IC  (note: W1616)
W1620  12/IC  (note: W1620) <- untaxed!


SILVER

The basic premise of silver conversion is "you get fixed grams per IC". This has been as large as 32 grams in the very ancient times and now is 2 grams. When we are talking about imported items (wholly paid with IC), the price of silver has risen to be so large as to overshadow the manufacturing cost. So it is possible to simplify the things and use the following formulae for determining the IC price of silver items, whatever kind (assuming silver is the main raw material):

TS16x Silver Coins = no premium   (note: TS162)  <- note that since the coin is 12 CKS, the IC must be divisible by 6!!
Elaborate items = 1 IC/instance + 5%
Most Elaborate items = 2 IC/instance + 10%
Very Elaborate items = 4 IC/instance + 20%


SWORDS

The formula to calculate the level and price of a new sword is as follows:
- Define the parameters
- Add the points
- The number of points will determine your sword level and price
- For backdating (to 1600 the earliest), add 3% for each year to the cost

Parameters
1. Size of the Sword   (1=dagger, 2="dress sword", 3=longsword)
2. Imported   (1 always)
3. Elaborate   (Refers to appearance: 0=None, 1=Elaborate, 2=Most Elaborate, 3=Very Elaborate
4. Powerful   (Refers to all qualities forming the battle value) 0=No, 1=Powerful, 2=Most Powerful, 3=Very Powerful)
5. Base level/cost      (2 always)

Additional rules
1. A sword must be at least 1 point in either Elaborate or Powerful.
2. If a sword is Very Elaborate or Very Powerful, and simultaneously at least 1 point in the other attribute, get 1 point discount in price while the level stays the same.
3. If the character commissioning the sword has never owned a sword in the game, get 1 point discount in the price while the level stays the same. (This bonus may end without warning as the campaign ends.)

Swords can be up to K12 level.


ART

ART-items are in levels K7-K10 only and thus cost a minimum 100 IC + possible backdating.


NEW: Ming China

Now is the time to save your IC, for we will have a limited opportunity for conversion of Ming China. Many items will be available, all are the very finest porcelain the world has or will ever know! The exact items and details will be available soon!



Advance warning: Town will distribute 4,000 m/CKG as dividends for the years 1619-1621 (1k+1k+2k) once the script is functioning.

[generalizethis]

A sword named Vengeance

This katana was crafted by the legendary sword maker Hattori Hanzo. To make the sword, Hattori broke an oath to God to never make a weapon again. For this, it is told, God cursed the sword with the spirit of Vengeance, for it was in the spirit of Vengeance that Hattori broke his solemn word to God. Beware, this sword is cursed and will infect the warrior unlucky enough to wield it: until his last breath (or the breath of his enemies), he will bathe the streets in blood, pierce the sky with mortal screams, and sow anguish into the hearts of those who stand between him and Vengeance -- as Hattori himself said when he made it, "I can tell you with no ego, this is my finest sword. If on your journey, you should encounter God, God will be cut."

This sword has the distinction of being the first K12 item and being the first cursed item (though there is a suit that predates it that is in the limbo of almost being cursed).

[noms]

Note that anything you put into the County, becomes the property of the County unless otherwise stated in writing.

I will also be loaning both the troops and the S-BLD to the county until I can wrap my head around the management of the entity.

[generalizethis]

Note that anything you put into the County, becomes the property of the County unless otherwise stated in writing.

I will also be loaning both the troops and the S-BLD to the county until I can wrap my head around the management of the entity.

My S-BLD is also on loan until the game mechanics become clear.

[Syksy]

Note that anything you put into the County, becomes the property of the County unless otherwise stated in writing.

I will also be loaning both the troops and the S-BLD to the county until I can wrap my head around the management of the entity.

My S-BLD is also on loan until the game mechanics become clear.

Same here, loaning my stuff (including carriage) until I can assume I understand the mechanics.

[rpietila]

NEW: Ming China

Now is the time to save your IC, for we will have a limited opportunity for conversion of Ming China. Many items will be available, all are the very finest porcelain the world has or will ever know! The exact items and details will be available soon!

For a limited, unspecified period of time: elaborate, most elaborate and very elaborate porcelain items are obtainable with IC conversion. The price of the items ranges from 1 to 500 IC (level K1-K9). The list of items follows:



I - Commoner Tableware
MIN-1, Ming China Teacup, Elaborate, K1, 1 IC
MIN-2, Ming China Plate 10 cm, Elaborate, K1, 1 IC
MIN-3, Ming China Soup bowl, Elaborate, K1, 1 IC
MIN-4, Ming China Ceramic spoon, Elaborate, K1, 1 IC

These affordable, Elaborate items fit every table.




II - Plates
MIN-5, Ming China Plate 16 cm, Most Elaborate, K2, 2 IC
MIN-6, Ming China Plate 22 cm, Most Elaborate, K3, 5 IC
MIN-7, Ming China Plate 28 cm, Most Elaborate, K3, 5 IC
MIN-8, Ming China Plate 34 cm, Most Elaborate, K4, 10 IC

These plates (bread, dessert, main and cover) form a beautiful symphony especially with silver cutlery.




III - Miscellaneous
MIN-9, Ming China Pitcher, 10 cm, Elaborate, K2, 2 IC
MIN-10, Ming China Wine cup, Most Elaborate, K3, 5 IC
MIN-11, Ming China Pitcher, 22 cm, Elaborate, K4, 10 IC
MIN-12, Ming China Punch bowl, 45 cm, Most Elaborate, K5, 20 IC
MIN-13, Ming China Plate 45 cm, Very Elaborate, K6, 50 IC

Practical items in every price point and elaboracy to complete your service.




IV - Pot
MIN-14, Ming China Pot, 40 cm, Elaborate, K4, 10 IC
MIN-15, Ming China Pot, 60 cm, Elaborate, K5, 20 IC

Ming Pots are large yet affordable.




V - Vase
MIN-16, Ming China Vase, 20 cm, Most Elaborate, K4, 10 IC
MIN-17, Ming China Vase, 40 cm, Most Elaborate, K5, 20 IC
MIN-18, Ming China Vase, 80 cm, Most Elaborate, K6, 50 IC
MIN-19, Ming China Vase, 160 cm, Most Elaborate, K8, 200 IC

The inspiring vases are Most Elaborate and come in every size fitting all budgets.



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VI - Buddha
MIN-20, Ming China Buddha, 10 cm, Very Elaborate, K4, 10 IC
MIN-21, Ming China Buddha, 50 cm, Very Elaborate, K7, 100 IC
MIN-22, Ming China Buddha, 175 cm, Very Elaborate, K9, 500 IC

The flagship of the 1621 Ming Series, The Very Elaborate Buddha statues. The ultimate collectible, especially the big one.




ADD: VII - Silver Tableware
SIT-7, Silver Fork (50 CKS), Most Elaborate, K4, 30 IC
SIT-8, Silver Knife (60 CKS), Most Elaborate, K4, 35 IC
SIT-9, Silver Soup Spoon (60 CKS), Most Elaborate, K4, 35 IC
SIT-10, Silver Dessert Spoon (25 CKS), Most Elaborate, K3, 16 IC
SIT-11, Silver Small Spoon (10 CKS), Most Elaborate, K2, 8 IC

The most usual silver pieces can now be ordered as fungible items, boosting their resale liquidity. Complement your service by ordering a whole set of Silver only 124 IC per person!


PRACTICAL

There is a quantity discount: 6 identical items for the price of 5. (Does not apply to silver!)

When you consume IC to be converted to these items, use command CONSUME IC amount [item_id] eg. CONSUME IC 50 [MIN-16]. This will cause 6*MIN-16 to be created for you, because MIN-16 is 10 IC and you get quantity discount.

Historically, only gold and silver have been available to make tableware and cutlery. Silver cutlery is very stylish, but the high price of silver (let alone gold) has prevented the large scale use of these metals in plates. Large plates need to be thick.

If we take the 28 cm standard plate which is available in gold, silver and now Most Elaborate Ming China, the pricing is as follows:
- Ming China costs 5 IC == 0.9 mil.
- Silver costs (manufacturing only) 1.9 mil but is available in Elaborate quality for 1.0 mil. In addition comes the 325 CKS (total 16.5-17.4 mil).
- Gold costs (manufacturing only) just about 4 mil but the metal (650 CKG) raises the total to 550 mil.
- If you don't have any of these, it is considered that you have some unimplemented pewter items from which to eat, or in case of L1-L4, wood items. Pewter contains lead so Ming China is clearly a superior alternative.

[kazuki49]

Deaths 1621; Health Challenge 1621

It is with utmost solemnity that we must announce the death of so many of our beloved townspeople, nobles and commoners alike:

Dame Leila, charid=13, age=221
Lord Dnaleor, charid=30, age=214
Lord Callixtus, charid=78, age=98
Lord Baron, Dr. HS-S, charid=93, age=79
Master kazuki49, charid=84, age=86
Ulfberht (L5), charid=97, age=78
Master Avitohol, charid=92, age=65
wojtek (L3), charid=126, age=51
Petrarch (L3), charid=115, age=44
bendubz (L3), charid=129, age=44
Monerito (L3), charid=114, age=36

May you rest in peace and never need to do the health challenge again! The King pays the funeral expenses of 2 mil on behalf of the commoners. The estates of the nobles will need to arrange their own.

The claimed character account functions for 30 realdays after death, for the purposes of giving the assets to the heirs or liquidating them. If there are any assets remaining after 30 days, the account will be swept and assets inherited by the Town for the purposes of marketing of the game. Unclaimed character accounts will be swept in 2016-1-17 regardless of whether the character has died or not. Town will decide what to do with the living characters in this case.

I was never very good at the health challenges... oh well no problem how do I transfer the stuff to a new char?
Thanks

[rpietila]

All Ming China and Silver Tableware items in the previous post are now newed. It took a whole day to do the background and think of these (plus implementing the 27 items in the system) so I hope everyone is happy with the alternatives. At least I had great fun

Eating and drinking are very important and there have historically been possibilities to convert/create tableware and cutlery from them. The main hindrance is the very high price of precious metals, making it impossible for all but a handful of characters to sport of a service of any size.

King commissioned the Royal Gold Service in 1500 when the Centenary of the Kingdom was celebrated and several characters ordered various gold items. The set is for 30 diners and contains 13 different items for each, one set totalling 2,270 CKG.

A similar set in silver is half the weight (due to silver being almost half the density and also harder than gold, but still 1,135 CKS (about 650 IC).

Now we seek that the Ming China is ordered in great amounts since it is very affordable now, with a simple but complete set for one, available as low as 4 IC! Unlike the historical gold and silver items, all Ming China is fungible, so it is very possible that it will invite bids and raise in price.

The utensils business goes on very slowly. The original "1500" gold opportunity was already in 2014. The "1600" AIC conversion (silver) was in March, 2015. Now the "1621" (Ming China) is happening and we are in 2016!

Porcelain production in Europe started only in the early 1700s, so it is likely that we cannot have domestic items until that (late 2017).  

The lesser alternative to Ming China will therefore be the pewter which is not at all classy, not healthy and (when implemented) probably not even cheaper than the limited edition Ming China.

Don't say you weren't warned that they will increase in value!

Oh yes, we want that all the items are ordered at least 1 so that the 1621 Ming Series of 22 Items is complete. If the conversion period ends with unordered items, 1 unit of each of such will be dutch-auctioned (currency: IC).

IMPORTANT re:AFTERMARKET:

To get your hands on the goods right away and not hassle with IC, you can buy them also directly from merchants in Agora! This burdens Mooo less as well!

[MoneroMooo]

After calculation of what it cost me (and yes, it hurts), all that's been transferred to the county of Stonehaven as a loan is hereby given to the county, except the horses and carriage, as I do not have a spare.

To Stonehaven, and beyond!

[rpietila]

New Spirit: BRA - auctioned in the thread 48 hours

The year 1622 is dawning and a new Spirit is coming to town. Since the 3 Cognacs we have (CLXII, CXO and CVS) have been very successful, we now aim to the entry level brandy market with the new BRA (brandy).

The item BRA is not especially aged of otherwise wonderful, its production cost in France is 20,000 and the various middlemen (considering the war and all) take 20,000. The Town adds tax of 100,000 as it does to all spirits. 10,000 bottles have been imported and no more will come.

Now we are seeking for distributors. To ensure competition, the entire cache is divided to 5 lots of 2,000 bottles each. One character may bid only for 1 lot. It would be a shame if the lots go unsold so we are willing to offer a 10% discount and make the minimum bid 126,000 m/bottle only (252 mil/lot).

All lots are sold at the same price, the lowest winning bid. However, bonus items at the Town discretion will be given to those winning bidders who placed the bid early.

While no information on the taste or healthiness of this brandy is available until the auction ends, as a guideline we can think of the Cognacs we have that are graded at 15.5-19.0/20, higher than most other spirits. Their ask is also between 0.6-3.3 mil which makes this a prime opportunity.

Current Situation (closes at midnight UTC in 26 hours)
King wm characters listed, have made their final bids

Zechariah 260,000
King 175,000
Soul 155,000
NewLiberty 145,000
TownHall 130,000
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5*2000*BRA will be sold for 130,000/bottle incl tax

[MoneroMooo]

I was never very good at the health challenges... oh well no problem how do I transfer the stuff to a new char?
Thanks

You create another character, as usual.
Then, you login into your dead character, and use the give command to transfer all your possessions (except CUL) to that new character, eg: GIVE W1600M 2 newcharid

[saddambitcoin]

Thanks to a new API command, dead players can also contact HH TMA Saddam, Duke of Ramsey for automatic asset transfer service to their new character.

There will be a 5 mil fee for the service, but it could potentially save you a lot of time and hassle if you have a lot of items.

[generalizethis]

Current Situation (closes at midnight UTC in 26 hours)
King wm characters listed, have made their final bids

Zechariah 260,000
King 175,000
Soul 155,000
NewLiberty 145,000
TownHall 130,000
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5*2000*BRA will be sold for 130,000/bottle incl tax

Crichton bids: 265,000