Crypto Kingdom - 1991 Retro Virtual World(City)

[djjacket]

~~~ Diplomacy in Sweden ~~~
A Crypto Kingdom minigame, A.D. 1666

The Duke of North Face is in!
The carriage has been pulled from storage and the horses shoed...
1000 units of SCI consumed...

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[noms]

~~~ Diplomacy in Sweden ~~~
A Crypto Kingdom minigame, A.D. 1666

Prince Noms has also joined the party, 800 sci consumed. FOR SWEDEN!!!

[CrazyLoaf]

Suddenly Zechariah realises that threadposting indeed is important, and decides to incentivise everyone who post to the thread after this post, with CK, as follows:

1st: 4096 CK
2nd: 2048 CK
3rd: 1024 CK
4th: 512 CK
5th: 256 CK
6th: 128 CK
7th: 64 CK
8th: 32 CK
9th: 16 CK
10th: 8 CK
11th: 4 CK
12th: 2 CK
13th: 1 CK
14th: 1*CAN.

This happens while waiting the Transition, which should happen in about 12 hours.

Probably too late, but will post now that I have seen this

[Syksy]

Most excellent ladies and gentlemen! I'm happy to see not only Mooo is interested in the vast potential of political intrigue at Sweden everybody else, thanks to you as well.

Above registered list is up to date. Last calls for a boat to Sweden ring in Crypto Town's nearest harbor. Rumors tell that exotic flying crypto-squirrel pelts were mentioned among the most prominent diplomats today at IRC - who knows! Maybe something unusual will pop up *shrug*

*Countdown beginning, last call*

To refresh your memory:

Disclaimer #1: This minigame introduces a potential new token in game (Diplomacy, DIP), and thus requires still validation by higher-ups. The game itself also could use comments and/or suggestions by anyone.
Disclaimer #2: The minigame is a "black box". That is, I have simulated different scenarios and tried to ensure that it works, but I do not even myself know what's the "best" solution - and as it's co-operative game with option not to uphold their promises (politics, eh?), it might be impossible to guarantee an optimal solution that'd benefit all.
Disclaimer #3: As usual, I will not participate in any way to avoid conflicts of interest.
Disclaimer #4: At the end of the post I have proposed a DIP-"shop" for this event. I reserve the right to adjust the prices and/or add/remove items in this shop (however, I will try to avoid this) - since the game is a black box, unexpected things may happen. My main priority is that the game is both interesting and beneficial to all.


The game will work as follows:

Stage #1a: There will be a ~4 day discussion and validation phase first, based on this post. During this time, I hope that any criticism is presented toward potential flaws in the game, and I will need GM's permission to run this minigame as I will a) Create a new token to CK called DIP (=Diplomacy), and b) Open a temporary DIP-store at the end of the game.
Stage #1b: Notice that during this 4 day period it is still possible to participate in the competition. I propose a maximum cap of 1000 SCI consumption, should one wish to participate. Lowest participation amount is 10 SCI. The participants are locked and their respective SCIs are public.

Stage #2a: The rules are locked and the game is on. What this in practice means, that people are completely open to discuss to each other about how they wish to spend their SCI. Everybody's transactions to others will be SCI amount(s) indicated in a "closed envelope", and one may not send any to themselves or save any of it. The number of such send-transactions does not have a maximum, but each send has to be at least 1 SCI. Consult Syksy if anything in this is unclear.
Stage #2b: The Stage #2 will last for a week. By the end of this time, I will need from everybody their closed envelope either through IRC or BCT private message on how they wish to transact their SCI to other participating players. This is "diplomacy". Players are dealing with each other and may form coalitions or they may together plan how to optimize their DIP gain as co-operation (if we optimize the whole sum of DIP gained, this would be the optimal way). However, players are also allowed to break promises - it's diplomacy! Backstabbing or deviating from plans that others have will give an advantage if done correctly - please refer to the DIP generation formula to see how you could make things work in your favor. It is also possible that all players together work for the common good.

Stage #3: After the 1 week is over, I hope to have received everybody's decisions. Those who consumed SCI but didn't tell me how they wished to spread it, will be randomized. Then each of these "closed envelopes" are revealed and made public to all players. Then the DIP gain for each player can be computed as a function of their own transactions as well as those done by others.

Stage #4: Each player will gain their DIP and a DIP-store (see end of store) is open, where an admin (e.g. me) will exchange DIP tokens into practical CK items. As I mentioned before, I will reserve the right to still tune this store and it will be open for only a short period of time, as it aims to model the diplomatic result of the particular event (in this case Crypto Kingdomians meddling in Swedish affairs).

Notes:
- You are NOT allowed to take screenshots/videographic etc material to prove to anybody of what you put in your closed envelope. You may only *claim* that you did something.
- There's no limit on number of transactions or individual persons to send SCI to,
and the amount can be between 1 and the total SCI you originally deposited to the minigame. However, to a single person you may only send SCI once.
- I hope the discussion during Stage #2 to be free and interesting (and also some of possibly private if people wish to work together in smaller groups) between participants is allowed; to lie is allowed! Twisting the truth seems to be a key in diplomacy / politics

The subgame is inteded to be a co-operative game with possibility for optimization, freeride and/or treachery.
The outcome of this minigame will be a novel currency called DIP, named after Diplomacy (token).

Key DIP generation at Stage #3 when envelopes are opened:



Due to the squared term, it's best if you deviate as much as possible from your original SCI deposit. Notice also that if people only give out large diplomatic transactions, the divider will grow and everybody will gain less. The resulting DIP will be rounded down up.

The original post also includes couple example scenarios.

UPDATE: The signup is now CLOSED!

Player list:

[shortName] - [charID] - [SCI consumed]:
Bucket - 955 - 20
Roopatra - 17 - 10
Crown - 1 - 100
odin - 1001 - 10
goin2mars - 111 - 90
Erin - 211 - 10
tombot - 215 - 80
Veronica - 759 - 30
Mooo - 88 - 1000
SirJacket - 31 - 1000
noms - 94 - 800
Loaf - 680 - 1000
sammy007 - 1028 - 11
deborah - 1047 - 20


EDIT: deborah added.
Please note that the DIP gained out of the subgame is character-specific and similar to CUL, is not tradable!

The game is on!
Form alliances, use private messaging (BCT, /query in IRC), optimize the above provided formula - but remember that no promise has to be kept.

The closed envelopes for how you wish to send your SCI/DIP (what you consumed for the game, sorry I've used these terms interchangeably) should be delivered to me by Tuesday, 4th of April GMT+2 (Midnight, Finnish time).

If anything in regards to the game is unclear to you, don't hesitate to ask me or any of your fellow players, to make sure that you're all on the same line.

[Syksy]

CK worth in relation to XMR

As many of you know, I was running CKJester, a market analysis tool for following the offers for buy/sell for all items in CK. Unfortunately it's currently down due to memory issues. People have expressed interest in seeing the history of CK since its introduction as a derivative of CON/CKG/etc, so here you go!

CK offers since the dawn of time:




CK offers in the past week:

Noms has a sexy real-time chart coming for you guys which will be much more precise, so take this as a blunt overview that may be interesting for the time being

[iamnotback]

CK worth in relation to XMR

Thanks. Really need mcap charts also.

[serje]

373713   Consume   SCI   20   deborah (1047)   New (5)      28.03.17 (23:37)   

I wrote

Code:

consume sci 20 sweden

but there is no note, anyway I just saw now that the signups are closed! Best of luck!

[djjacket]

373713   Consume   SCI   20   deborah (1047)   New (5)      28.03.17 (23:37)   

I wrote

Code:

consume sci 20 sweden

but there is no note, anyway I just saw now that the signups are closed! Best of luck!

You need to include brackets [ note here ]

I am sure if your sci was consumed in time you can be added...

[sammy007]

I can generously step up if somebody is late and wanna join diplomacy game.

[generalizethis]

THE YACHTING CHALLENGE



We would like someone to define the attributes of the HMY ROYAL ESCAPE, the HMS MERLIN and the HMY MARY.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMY_Royal_Escape
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Merlin_(1666)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMY_Mary

These will include: How much lumber used in meters, shipping capacity/tonnage, total passenger capacity, fighting capacity guns/soldiers, speed in knots, and in the case of HMY MARY, who much copper was used in its production.

We require the calculations used to determine these attributes, and for this, we will give the title of King's Ship Maker, a one time medal to honor the contributor(s), and 10,000 CKG (total).

You may work alone or in a team, but please state your party members in the presentation of the calculations used to determine these values.



hmc_

[goin2mars.]

Thats an idea for stepping in/out for those late for sci spending. But what about offering to sell the rights to the envelope? So basically working out an otc trade of the envelope, or what i say i put in the envelope, to someone else - is this okay?

Of course no screenshots would be involved with the exchange as to not violate the proposed rules.

So basically I would spend sci, someone (who spent no sci toward this specific black box instance) would work out a maximalization effect and propose to me, the envelope sender, with a trade involving the terms of the trade, and possibly the details of the maximilization effect if they want to. If all goes well I agree to the trade and am truthful to the envelope proposer, and then follow through on the effects.

So if i get dip from the black box, could i sell a contract to x% of my dip points for which i would buy something the other party requested from dip market and give to that person.

[CrazyLoaf]

THE YACHTING CHALLENGE

I'll continue working on this/editing the post, but if others would like to chime in, they are welcome to.

HMY Royal Escape

Lumber Used (in Meters):

Length: 30 ft (9.1 m) (overall)
Beam: 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Draught: 7 ft (2.1 m)
Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) [based on 1736 rebuild Depth of Hold]

Shipping Capacity/Tonnage:

34 bm

Passenger Capacity:

Fighting Capacity - Guns:

Fighting Capacity - Soldiers:

Speed in Knots:

HMS Merlin (1666)

Lumber Used (in Meters):

Shipping Capacity/Tonnage:

109 bm

Passenger Capacity:

Fighting Capacity - Guns:

8 guns

Fighting Capacity - Soldiers:

Speed in Knots:

HMY Mary

Lumber Used (in Meters):

Length: 50 ft (15 m)
Beam: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Height: 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
Draught: 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)

Shipping Capacity/Tonnage:

92 bm

Passenger Capacity:

Fighting Capacity - Guns:

8/6 x 3 pdrs

Fighting Capacity - Soldiers:

30 mariners, 20 gunners, 20 soldiers

Speed in Knots:

Copper Used (for HMY Mary):

Builder's Old Measurement (BOM or bm) is the method used in England from approximately 1650 to 1849 for calculating the cargo capacity of a ship. It is a volumetric measurement of cubic capacity. It estimated the tonnage of a ship based on length and maximum beam. It is expressed in "tons burden" (Early Modern English: burthen, Middle English: byrthen ), and abbreviated "tons bm".

The formula is:



where:

    Length is the length, in feet, from the stem to the sternpost;
    Beam is the maximum beam, in feet.

Game Modeling

Preliminary, but would consider this:

HMY_Royal_Escape: transport only
HMS_Merlin_(1666): attack only
HMY_Mary: attack + transport

[saddambitcoin]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

The depository is now accepting BTC.

You can find your BTC deposit address at https://deposit.cryptokingdomgold.com. Enter your numeric "Char ID" in the form.

The exchange ratio is 1 BTC : 1000 B1.

Any XMR deposits made now will be created as M3. The exchange ratio is 1 XMR : 100 M3.

Note for the time being that BTC deposits are credited manually. Automatic BTC deposits will be implemented next week. I will be checking as often as possible, please PM here on BCT or in-game to expedite any BTC deposits in the meantime.

Thank you!

[CrazyLoaf]

Happy Market Day everyone!

All seems so cheap, but I assure you the prices did not change; it's only you who feel richer now

[Roopatra]

Ancient Character for Sale

Statistics:
Character ID 73
Shortname Anjeshka
Level 13 Earl
Wisdom 11
69 CUL points

This is a unique opportunity for a new player to start playing with an established character from a higher level.
Make a buy offer on the thread or to Roopatra by PM here or in the Crypto Kingdom chat.

[CrazyLoaf]

MARQUESS LOAF: THE IMPERIAL DIAMOND IS MINE!

How much did you pay? It's a nice 20ct, I presume..

Less than I should have...

[Roopatra]

How to get promoted as a commoner

Play Top of the World and score in Top-5 in the Wisdom. An admin will select a random time each day to check the scoreboard and those at the top will receive a level promotion at the end of the week on Sunday.

To score points in Top World consume items with Wisdom value, for example: consume can 100
This week already 10 players have earned their right to level promotion on Sunday, character id's:
1001
1002
1072
1088
1094
1103
1107
1109
1111
1120
It is only Wednesday so there is plenty of time to get yours, let's get consuming!

Top World score board can be accessed here https://cryptokingdom.me/world-top
Pending promotions can be viewed here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1peOkmuO7fY29xVjYDnCS7JsFTXRo2OZAmvULG-OQxiY/edit#gid=904363438

Rules for commoner character promotions:
Appearing on Top World scoreboard for wisdom daily at random time when admin checks it
IF you are in top-5, one level promotion up to L6: Master
IF you are in top-3, one level promotion up to L8: Doctor
IF you are the top-1, one level promotion up to L9: Great Wizard
Only one level-up per character per game-year(/real weekly)!
Commoner levels are:
L9 Great Wizard
L8 Doctor
L7 Wizard
L6 Master
L5 Expert
L4 Novice
L3 Beginner
L2 Stranger
L1 Visitor

[bucket_ck]

Are there plans to add 2FA and/or do a security audit of the site? We probably want both before the outstanding 10x.

[CrazyLoaf]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

The depository is now accepting BTC.

You can find your BTC deposit address at https://deposit.cryptokingdomgold.com. Enter your numeric "Char ID" in the form.

The exchange ratio is 1 BTC : 1000 B1.

Any XMR deposits made now will be created as M3. The exchange ratio is 1 XMR : 100 M3.

Note for the time being that BTC deposits are credited manually. Automatic BTC deposits will be implemented next week. I will be checking as often as possible, please PM here on BCT or in-game to expedite any BTC deposits in the meantime.

Thank you!

And for withdrawing BTC?

Liquidity increases value.

There will be a market for BTC. If you are taking money out of the game, you'll have to trade from in-game currency M to BTC (via buying B1). Then you can request withdrawal from saddam by sending to New (5) [where consumed items go] until it is automated.

[saddambitcoin]

Correct. Also to clarify, the actual withdraw process (sending of XMR or BTC) will remain manual, for security. The deposit system for XMR is automated in the sense that XMR is credited immediately to the equivalent M3 after one confirmation, and BTC to B1.

Example to withdraw 1 XMR:

Code:

GIVE M3 100 New

Example to withdraw 1 BTC:

Code:

GIVE B1 1000 New