Crypto Kingdom - 1991 Retro Virtual World(City)

[MoneroMooo]

GCB can be claimed if you have 100 different GOC items. Claim from an admin, this will not be checked automatically.

SCB can be claimed if you have 30 different SIC items (containing CKS). Claim from an admin, this will not be checked automatically.

CCB can be claimed if you have 10 different COT+COM items. Claim from an admin, this will not be checked automatically.

The collectors' badges have a deadline, now extended to end-of-May 1626. They are dated 1625, and all unawarded badges will be destroyed and new ones minted only for the next opportunity. So if you don't collect now, you will get your badge in 10 years (if you live!)

I will be doing this, so if you want one of those badges, please PM me (either on BCT or IRC as moneromooo), with two pieces of info:
- your character ID (found in the "dashboard" char page)
- which badge(s) your are claiming

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[rpietila]

I will be doing this, so if you want one of those badges, please PM me (either on BCT or IRC as moneromooo), with two pieces of info:
- your character ID (found in the "dashboard" char page)
- which badge(s) your are claiming

King (1), Soul (19) and Zechariah (36) are the three musketeers who join the elite club of 10/10 badges (all badges ever created). Please decorate  

Only 6 of the badges can be gained currently, because some have had limitations that have expired, or are otherwise paused.

[GreekBitcoin]

With the tragic death of Master Haridimous there is thinking on auctioning some of his wealth. I wonder if there is demand for:

•His house 1-SE-V11 in old town.
•18x CR1523E gold 5ckg rare coins. Only 40 exist.
•5x CR1588E gold 5ckg rare coins. Only 60 exist.

[rpietila]

New Permanent IC Conversion Table


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). All these are taxed so no further costs will be added:

W1611  1/IC  (note: W1611)
W1614  3/IC  (note: W1614)
W1616  3/IC  (note: W1616)
W1620  4/IC  (note: W1620)


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%

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! Use item_id as code when ordering!


SWORDS

See previous post.


ART

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


COPPER

One 10 kg plate is even stamped to be worth 5 grams of silver, yet they are offering them at a discount, with price of 2*IC only:

KMT  2*IC  (note: KMT)


NEW (direct market, no IC): Siberian Flying Squirrel Pelts

A caravan came from Moscow where HSH The Prince of Soul had visited on his way to Korea. The cargo consisted of a gift from the Czar of Rossiya whom the Prince had managed to meet personally. The political implications of the visit will be left for a later time, but Town will now be selling these gifted SFS items on the Agora. 10,000 exist. Siberian Flying Squirrel is a really small animal with a really fine fur, it takes about 20 pelts to make a dandy fur hat, and up to 200 to make a massive, warm, full length fur coat. One is enough to become a squirrel-pouch when sewn back to the shape of the animal. (Work is not included, material only)

The item SFS was decided to be sold to benefit the Town Public Works (Fortifications, once we research them). Princess Roopatra will perhaps post the details about the sale.


Note on Wines

All wines have again matured 3 years, so their tastes and healthinesses have been updated. This time no wines were removed from the listing, but quite many (7) are already declining, (3) right at the peak, (4) approaching peak and (5) in the cellaring stage still. No new wines have been coming either from France or Germania because of the troubled situation. Glad that we have the IC conversion open, even for the limited and expensive selection available.

[Roopatra]

NEW (direct market, no IC): Siberian Flying Squirrel Pelts

A caravan came from Moscow where HSH The Prince of Soul had visited on his way to Korea. The cargo consisted of a gift from the Czar of Rossiya whom the Prince had managed to meet personally. The political implications of the visit will be left for a later time, but Town will now be selling these gifted SFS items on the Agora. 10,000 exist. Siberian Flying Squirrel is a really small animal with a really fine fur, it takes about 20 pelts to make a dandy fur hat, and up to 200 to make a massive, warm, full length fur coat. One is enough to become a squirrel-pouch when sewn back to the shape of the animal. (Work is not included, material only)

The item SFS was decided to be sold to benefit the Town Public Works (Fortifications, once we research them). Princess Roopatra will perhaps post the details about the sale.

Come get your Siberian Flying Squirrel Pelts (SFS) straight off the Siberian Caravan. All proceeds of the sales go to Town Public Works to benefit each and every citizen of Crypto Kingdom. It may of may not be true that buying these can help you towards the King's Favor Badge.
https://cryptokingdom.me/marketplace/item/SFS

Things to make out of the pelts (notice that tailor work is not included in the price):
200 pelts to make a fur coat
20 pelts for a fur hat
1 pelt for a pouch
(custom made items, such as boots, vests, gloves, bed spread etc. can also be made from pelts to show off your wealth and fashion sense.)

Don't get seen in town without wearing clothes and accessories of the latest fashion!

Pelts will be sold at dynamic prices in dutch auction, if stock remains unsold, the price will be lowered gradually, so place your bids to catch the pelts! Prices updated, buy yours now!

[papa_lazzarou]

Haljala Manority Report

1623
9000 VEG + 2400 MEAT - Revenue: 23.4mil

Expenses:
- Army Salary: 13.65mil
- Horse Feed:  3.0mil
 -- Total: 16.65mil

1624
14300 VEG + 3000 MEAT - Revenue:  49.7mil  <- EDIT: Corrected quantities

Expenses:
- LT contract: 17mil
- Army Salary: 18.75mil
- Horse Feed:  3.0mil
 -- Total: 35.75mil


ARMY

Unfortunately, one of the peasants who volunteered for the Army died last year. There are some that say that, at 102 years old, he was a bit too old to be useful. But that allegation remains to be proven since he has left this world. RIP.

There is a force stationed in Haljala Manor comprised of two sections (1*LT,  1*CPLM, 1*CPL, 13*PTE plus 3*H1 , 2*H2)
This is the Haljala Squad with a 35 Fighting Power and 14 Battle Value and a mobility of 40% to keep the peasants in check.

If there is the need to engage with a more disciplined enemy the plan is to leave the less able PTE sationed in Haljala and mobilize the
Haljala detachment  -  (1*LT,  1*CPLM, 1*CPL, 8*PTE plus 3*H1 , 2*H2) with  28 Fighting Power and 16 Battle Value and 60% mobility.

We have the objective of achieving 100% mobility for the Haljala Detachment in the near term.



Lord Angus finds the lack of roads to Haljala as one of the biggest obstacles to the timely sale of the Produce. He'd like to ask the gamemaster if there is something that can be done about it at this stage in the game.

[saddambitcoin]

With the tragic death of Master Haridimous there is thinking on auctioning some of his wealth. I wonder if there is demand for:

•His house 1-SE-V11 in old town.
•18x CR1523E gold 5ckg rare coins. Only 40 exist.
•5x CR1588E gold 5ckg rare coins. Only 60 exist.

I'd like to offer 1*HM02B100 + 10mil for all 18*CR1523E.

[rpietila]

Haljala Manority Report

Haha nice to read this. Others are notified that the extension of report deadline is now Saturday noon UTC (12th November 1625, 23:59), after which the double year of the NPC will be billed and it is checked that the forces are there.

At that time, whoever continues, is promoted Baron. Even if s/he is less than 21 years old (normally the minimum age), it is not possible to promote to Jungherr if the character was not of noble birth. So it's straight Baron. Make your reports carefully and amend them if needed!
 
As was expected, the County module and datatype is still so much in development that Manor cannot strictly be implemented yet either. What will be calculated for each Manor in OldDuchy, is a 5-year lease in 2 installments, 1 now and the other by the end of 1629 when the lease period ends. From there, hopefully there are manors in other counties as well, since at least one Quest is also related to this

Lord Angus finds the lack of roads to Haljala as one of the biggest obstacles to the timely sale of the Produce. He'd like to ask the gamemaster if there is something that can be done about it at this stage in the game.

Hmm... if GM is asked, the answer is that develop a sniffer that notifies when new VEG comes to the account and automatic order placement.

If King is asked - Haljala is an important place but not directly on the way anywhere. The terrain prevents paving it with paekivi stone (which is uneconomical anyway) and other, cheaper and better, road construction methods need to be developed. Engineering -> Road Construction.

[rpietila]

HRH Archduke Zechariah, The Prince Royal of Crypto Kingdom, Marquess of Tavastia, etc(x2)

Public Address in the Main Jubilee Celebration, July 10, 1625, House of Magnificence

Your Majesty, the peers, ladies and gentlemen,

The military situation in the North has allowed me a short visit in the capital and attending in the celebrations. I would not speak this without His Majesty's permission, but he has been open about his health, so let us not waste time but get straight to the beef:

Zenon has divined that Sickness will soon start to deteriorate the health of the bicentenarians. The frequency is yet unknown, but when Sickness hits, it hits several characters (who all are 200 or older) at the same time. It is a special health challenge in addition to the normal one. Its quota is very tight, requiring the consumption of the most prized items. (In practice we are talking about, eg. a 2,000 health points challenge with a 50 total quota of all items combined.) But some of the items may be more powerful in the special challenge, even Cures may exist, but they must be found. Also other things like praying, fasting (deciding to forgo consumption of the special quota and explaining why), etc. may help. It is being rumored that the Church can start selling indulgences in a serious way to rich people who are plagued by Sickness, and they would grant Blessing and prayers to the Queen Mother by the vicars. (I am just explaining here.) His Majesty The King is good at maths and while he has goals in this life, such as building the Versailles to be the monument of his self-rule, and reach the 250th anniversary of reign, most probably remaining the longest of any monarch known to us, the evaluation is that Sickness will most likely cause these to fall short of completion. Let us all pray to the Most High, and cheer 10 times: "Long live the King!"

Again, with total unison and His Majesty's permission, I will outline my coming leadership style, God willing to grant me the years required (189 already). I will concentrate on the following things:
- Commerce and speculation drives wealth generation.
- Science needs to be strongly advanced to keep us in the international competition.
- Army quality needs to be kept high; our advantage are the 27 Ancient Battle Aquilas that terrify the enemies (yet are also coveted prizes as decisive defeats include loss of them), allow us to have higher Command for either a direct BV gain or a unit 1 section larger. Mobility of units has proven to be very important in the campaign of the north: the fact that Stonehaven is in our hands is imo due to the fact that the RRF's harassing prevented the Swedes from advancing from the East all the way to Threestone, where they might have defeated The Duke of NL Regiment. If this had happened, the peace delegation would have found Stonehaven in Swedish hands and occupying it in these conditions would have proven unfeasible. It is hinted that the Swedish interpretation of the counties goes such that all the south side of the River is divided between Threestone and Ingria; we claim Stonehaven to be between them. Also it needs to be noted that Tavastia and North Face are claimed by them as well although there are no forces nor preparation sites. My forces in Tavastia explored the region, and going to the west, a sea is met (Östersjön coast continues to the north from the mouth of the River). The coast is somewhat rugged at first, but norther, we met Swedish who said the area is the County of Bothnia. HKM had planned to build a town there to enable the produce from North Face and the area (which is reasonably good farmland despite being so north, the sea helps it thaw sooner) to be shipped to Sweden proper by barges. It is only ice-free max half of the year but that would have been sufficient for the farm produce and of course meat etc. which do not spoil so readily. The reason for abandoning the town plan must have been priorisation as they reportedly had a loose coalition of 3 powers fighting them in the early 1600s, and of those, Rossiya was decisively defeated and Riga (then under Polonian protection) was sacked. Also, as we know, North Face does not produce so much as to necessarily warrant a town this early in the game.
- I strive to give more responsibilities to other people: when the game gets larger, more shoulders need to be ready and trained to bear the burden.

I strongly encourage everyone present (99*QJB was awarded) to consider giving prizes to the coming RAF-2, and also to the Lot Raffle (find a random lot quick enough and play the game to win a prize - works already!) and some admin to volunteer to host the RAF-2.

I take the liberty to comment on the situation in the markets - I have been away for some time so it offers a fresh perspective. The wine market has cratered after my announcement to sell the stocks, which has actually happened only to a limited extent (and will now cease to be so aggressive). We have not had any wines since 1621, and the markets in the continent are tight, no new vintages there either because the insecurity is not conducive to quality vine-growing. Germanians have not sent anything to us because the S-WW company was confiscated by Tilly forces and awarded to some loyal noble there. Diplomatic (at least) action to get this back is important for our prestige. Unlike some time ago, many of the cheap wines have now become very interesting consumables as the item:healthiness is much better than that of BEER but consuming only a quantity of 5-20 each awards quite nice variety bonuses on top of that. It has been rumored that the pre-Plague wines would start producing CUL upon consumption, and that the pre-War wines (all that we have now) would also be distinguished from the later wines. Also the Wisdom generation is coming sooner than you expect, even before the Skills major module.

The price of AMBNP has fallen somewhat low despite no new AMBNP gained in many years. Even though the totals are growing from the current 2,000 to a few more thousand during the PRE accumulation process, Amber is still a prized thing, and may be a good long-term purchase as the counties are dumping. Many other luxuries are also in much reduced prices right now, making slow accumulation very interesting. It is good to buy when others think something is not in fashion. Fashions change. Rulebound restricted quantity (no more may ever come), workable (can be used as raw material for new items), rare and precious items such as JAD are very interesting despite it not showing in the market price right now.

The Flying Squirrel Pelts (SFS) have not received adequate attention. It was a major gift from the ruler of Rossiya to send them. In all the areas to the north of the River, the European Squirrel Pelt is readily accepted as money, just like silver (IC) is in France and KMT in Sweden and CAN in Grass and M in Crypto Kingdom. The SFS is of superior quality. In my opinion, auctioning them "raw" was not the best option for the Town, but it of course allows for profits for the middlemen who make the products. At least the following products could be made and should be organized as soon as the auction is over:

200*SFS => Full-length posh and warm Mantel fur coat
100*SFS => Biker-jacket type fur coat
20*SFS => Stately fur hat
20*SFS => Fur bag, midsize
5*SFS => Fur "cap" (lightweight and fashionable)
5*SFS => Purse for ladies
1*SFS => Gold coin pouch for gamers and the like
(and more, with the intention that some items could be Fungible, with Unique possible as well ofc)

The winters are cold, and especially the thin Noble Blue is not warm enough. Let's rid ourselves of unfashionable adhoc overcoats and make the proper and classy Siberian Flying Squirrel outfits for all who consider themselves as society.

12*W1608, the official Jubilee Wine, has been brought to the tables (per person). This time, a Toast to the health of the King!!

[TechorMarketing]

Have you thought about opening the game to purchases with other cryptonote coins like BBR and AEON?

[McHaggis]

The issues seems to be fixed now so I have created (discovered) Jim Syme a long lost relative to the late James Syme. I'm going to need some help transferring all of James's assets over to Jim as he had acquired quite a lot.

[Roopatra]

NEW (direct market, no IC): Siberian Flying Squirrel Pelts

A caravan came from Moscow where HSH The Prince of Soul had visited on his way to Korea. The cargo consisted of a gift from the Czar of Rossiya whom the Prince had managed to meet personally. The political implications of the visit will be left for a later time, but Town will now be selling these gifted SFS items on the Agora. 10,000 exist. Siberian Flying Squirrel is a really small animal with a really fine fur, it takes about 20 pelts to make a dandy fur hat, and up to 200 to make a massive, warm, full length fur coat. One is enough to become a squirrel-pouch when sewn back to the shape of the animal. (Work is not included, material only)

Silly Sale on Squirrel Pelts!
They are practically Flying off the shelves, come get your Siberian Flying Squirrel Pelts (SFS)
https://cryptokingdom.me/marketplace/item/SFS

All proceeds of the sales go to Town Public Works to benefit each and every citizen of Crypto Kingdom. (It is rumored though of course not confirmed, that buying these could help you towards the King's Favor Badge.)

[noms]

Palazzo Casino Yearly Report - 1625

This is the initial report that the Palazzo Gaming Corp (PGC) will be producing. This is mostly a formality, but also contains some information about the direction that the company wishes to go. It also includes information regarding dividends. These reports will be posted yearly. Check out the casino here: http://54.200.147.156/

Assets:

Just over a month ago, the company took stock of its initial assets. Included:


- 4,050*CR1625E (20,250 CKG)
- 75,000*CT1625
- 600 mil in cash
- liability to redeem 25,000*CT1625 (-1,250 CKG)


After a month of play with some slight adjustments (increasing the maxbet of highcard from 500 to 1000 CKG), our current financial situation is:

- 3,971*CR1625E (19,855 CKG)
- 81,374*CT1625
- 594 mil in cash

Current conversions give us a in-game 1-2 month profit of -59,048,000m, or -59,048m per share. This was an anomaly to be sure; not hours before this report was written, one of our largest investors won a 455 mil monereto jackpot. Congratulations to saddam for this excellent win! That said, the profit forcast is bright. We are forecasting an expected gain of roughly 35,000-40,000 m/share per real-day given the current play conditions continue.


Dividends:

PGC will not be issuing dividends until the year 1640, unless huge surplus profits are realized.  It would not be fair to investors in the company to give dividends to the founders until the shares are equal. The poison-pill clause states that this will happen at earliest in 1640.

Game Announcements:

As of last month, you can now play 3 games using 3 seperate currencies. CR1625E for high card, CT1625 for 3 Kings, and m for Range Game.  We have also modified the maxbet of high card from 100 to 200xCR1625E (1000 CKG!).

There is a new game that has been designed by the GM and now needs to be implemented.  "Diamond Quest" will be coming to the casino soon. We have many game builders working and hope to have a prototype to show off within the next year.

There is also a rumor that a new game involving CAN may be in the works in future years, we will keep you posted!

We will be migrating the casino to the CK servers-we had an outage at the Amazon EC2 datacenter today and would like to keep it all under the same roof for multiple reasons. It will likely be accessible from a subdomain of cryptokingdom.me.

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[rpietila]

Have you thought about opening the game to purchases with other cryptonote coins like BBR and AEON?

The game actually operates independently of any cryptocoins, including XMR. Some transactions such as gambling in the new Palazzo Casino, are made in ingame gold (CKG) or ingame tokens redeemable in gold (CT1625).

Why XMR is important is that it is the "legal tender" in public transactions: things like taxes, salaries, dividends to CKG, and all trade in the Agora Marketplace, are conducted in m, which is 1:1,000,000 of XMR. This requires that everyone has some balance in the currency, and therefore creates demand for the currency, and also makes it easy to integrate deposits/withdrawals (because there is so much m existing, even large deposits and withdrawals do not abruptly cause turmoil in the market and valuation of items).

There has been UB1 (BTC depository with manual withdrawal) in the game for a long time, but so far nobody has been even interested to use it. Introducing other coins is completely possible and allowed. The procedure is just to start an ingame depository company (cost: 10 XMR) and somehow prove you have let's say 10,000 BBR in a (BBR blockchain) account. That is not hard, the hard part is to get anyone in the game to give you fair price for your BBR, if a realyear after introduction, even BTC does not interest. The game was designed to be a XMR game, and this is still the vision, but even more than that, the mindset of the players.

I will be opening a Voxel passthrough investment option, or perhaps even a depository, soon, if anyone is interested.

[rpietila]

About gaming and casinos in CK

Satoshi Dice was sold in $12.4 million in 8/2013. In 1/2013 it had reported $0.5 million in previous year profits and was trading at $8.9 million (Wikipedia), making the P/E ratio = 18.

Last trade of PGC is at 8.75 mil, making the ingame corporation valued at $43,000. It is a huge amount in CK terms but practically nothing in the startup scene where IPO's are valued from $50 million upwards, VC rounds from $5 million, seeds around $1 million and pre-seeds may have a valuation in the sub-$1 million range, where the whole CK has been trading all its existence of 15 realmonths (now about $600k).

New players and investors are entering CK, and the liquidity (marketcap) and interesting prospects of Palazzo make it a premier choice of investment alongside CKG and CON (and whole chapelries for longer-term portfolio). None of the other big companies (NewCorp, New Reconstruction Corp and Grand Hotel Corp) is liquid, because the first 2 are private and Grand Hotel is game-mechanically "switched off" as the Resta and Hotel subgames are not implemented in the current state of affairs (but will be), so it is a real estate / NPC holding company basically.

The King has been thinking of the situation and decided that to maintain not only actual fairness, but also the appearance of it (new investors do not appreciate the 225 years flawless track record in GM decisions), he seeks to gain an active-passive 10-15% share in all the casinos that might be established in the future as well. Casinos are a big money business and the incentive to partiality must be ruled out. Also King likes to design games, and in all probability is needed as a financial/structuring advisor anyway. He has 15 years of MD/CEO experience in sub- and over $1 million companies (35 years in total since often several at the same time), and has organised more than a dozen private placements and participated many in others' companies as well.

To conform to this long-term target, the King "investor shares" (S-PGC) with full investor protection are for sale both in the Agora and also for a private deal for anyone who sees strategic value in this company (I certainly do but the equitability goes before profit any day and twice on Friday). So 220 shares representing 2.2% of the company can be acquired if an interested buyer is found.

Not to mention that while this does not grant you King's Hero or even KFB (equitability!), it does speed up the reconstruction of the Royal Palace, which has been in ruins 2 years soon.   

[rpietila]

Noble Promotions in the Quasquibicentenary Jubilee of Crypto Kingdom and His Majesty's Reign

Note on Dukes and Grand Dukes

The number of accounts in the game is 268, which is still very small (although nicely on target to gain 1,000 accounts by mid-2016). In this situation there is not yet need to create any Dukes or Grand Dukes. These are the highest levels a character can acquire and while there is no lack of good, skilled and magnificent candidates, the promotions are strictly based on need, which is not yet present but may be soon. Notable is that to become a Duke (L17), the previous level need not be Prince (L16), also Margraves and Marquesses (both L15) are evaluated for their administration ability and especially the interest to play the Countryside (County) subgame, because that is what the Dukes will do in even greater extent.

List of Dukes in their order of precedence:

HH TMA, Wise and Cultured Duke of New Liberty, 5th/I Bt of CK, Chancellor of TMA University, Premier of TMA Noble Palace, Colonel in TMA Royal CryptoArmy, AOK-K, MG-4, etc(x2) [char_id=3, age=254, peerage=1434, Duchy=1570]

HH TMA Blessed Heroic Duke of North Face, TA Viscount of Forte Spagnolo, 2nd/I Bt of CK, Mayor, CEO of TMA Grand Hotel & FluffyPony Horse Corp, AOK-S, RT-K, AOD-LTC, OD-K, KH, GJB, FBB, TB, KFB, HB [char_id=31, age=211, peerage=1514, Duchy=1600]

HSH TMA Blessed Heroic Cultured Duke of OZ, Patron of The Arts, 3rd/I Bt of CK, AOD-Col, OD-K, KH, RT-K, MG-4, RT-K, FBB, TB, CB, KFB, HB [char_id=26, age=219, peerage=1500, Duchy=1607]

HH TMA Duke Saddam of Ramsey, 7th/I Bt of CK, CEO of Pawnshop, AOK-S, King’s Hero, RT-K, AOD-C, MG-4, KFB, CB, HB, TB [char_id=7, age=230, peerage=1525, Duchy=1614]

Promotions to Prince (L16)

The Blessed Marquess Noms of White Cross, TA Viscount of Marquessate of Armagnac, Councillor, CEO of NRC & GoldenHarp & Phaeton, AOK-S, OD-K, HB, KFB, CB, TB, MG-4 is promoted Prince. In addition, the Marquessate of White Cross is promoted March, and The Prince Noms is therefore the Margrave of White Cross. Marches are on the same level as Marquessates, but rank higher. The borderlands which have important strategic and military significance, may be designated Marches (instead of Counties and Marquessates) and Margraves are expected to have a military buildup almost similar to that of Dukes. (The King's army in Kingdom level seeks to have 3-4x the BV of Dukes'.)

Promotions to Margrave (L15)

Sir Crichton, Earl of Plath, Lord of Essu, 16th/I Bt, 21st/I Bt, AOK-S, AOD-MAJ, weilder of Vengeance, is promoted Margrave of the March of Plath. He is also given KFB.

Promotions to Marquess (L15)

None.

Promotions to Earl (L14) and creations of Counties

Baroness Asenath is promoted Countess.

Lord Lloyd, The Fourth Of His Name, is promoted Earl.

Lord Paul Jr is created the 2nd Earl of Gangnam, a county previously held by his father, HSH The Prince of Soul.

According to the new ruling, being promoted Earl may happen before the creation of peerage (county). It is technically possible to be even further promoted (up to Prince) without being created a peer, but this is planned to be rare. In the future, some inactive but important and wealthy players may be such promoted. The new Earls, Countess Asenath and Sir Lloyd IV, may apply for a peerage and county if they so wish, from HM The King.

HH The Duke of North Face, TA Viscount of Forte Spagnolo, 2nd/I Bt of CK, Mayor, etc(x2) is created Earl of Ironlock. The County of Ironlock is situated between New Liberty, Ramsey, Polonian domains, and Free City of Danzig. (There is still no information how the Duke's troops are faring there   )

Promotions to Baron (L13)

Knight AdamWhite
Dame BlackWidow
Knight Haruki
Dr. SS, King's Physician
Knight Gabriel

Promotions to Doctor (L8)

Dr.C (ArticMine) has had his credentials examined and is promoted Doctor. (Doctor L8 is a commoner bonus level.)

Granting of Serenity

HE Dr. Paul Choo, Ph.D, TMA, Most August, Blessed and Cultured Prince of Soul, High Rector of TMA University, 4th/I & 17th/I Bt of CK, AOD-Col, OD-K, RT-K, etc(x2), may use the honorific His Serene Highness (HSH) in front of his name. Although officially ranking below HM, HRH, HG and HH (and many imperial addresses), this is so rare distinction that the only other holder in the game, HSH The Duke of OZ, prefers to be so addressed despite, as Duke, being entitled to both HG and HH as well. (For the Prince of Soul, this is the highest address he has, and therefore naturally preferential.)

HRH Archduke Zechariah, The Prince Royal of Crypto Kingdom, TMA Marquess of Tavastia, Brigadier in the Royal CryptoArmy and Commander of the River, CEO of TA NewCorp, OD-GM, RT-K, etc. has not used his inferior The Most Serene even as part of his full title for 17 years and we deem that the designation expires.

HM The King and HRH The Archduke do not possess HSH and may not gain it, because it is only possible before being created Duke (L17) or higher.

First Baronetcy

Both Sir Heimo and Lord James Daniel of Aaspere attended the private Throne Room event (total attendance 35). It was previously announced that Lord James Daniel did not consider himself worthy of such an honor and had convened with the King that he might assign it to a more astute holder. The King has chosen HH The Duke of North Face, Earl of Ironlock, Viscount of Forte Spagnolo, to be the First Baronet of Crypto Kingdom (in addition to the Second Baronet that he also holds). First Baronetcy is awarded and taken away by the King, is the new ruling to prevent awkward situations from repeating.

Storytelling note: That James Daniel and Heimo had been allowed to take part (and appeared in!) the celebrations, means that possibly the terms of the exile are loosening. Being allied with HKM Gustaf Adolf is of course a different situation than being at war with him, for a person with questionable connections to that Power.

Manors in the Old Duchy

James Daniel rather abruptly disclaimed himself from the Lordship of Aaspere as well, citing his previous determination to be an officer. While the King was awkward at first, he moments later awarded Aaspere to the highest person willing to take it, at equal tenancy terms as the others. He explained the terms to be 75% of the value of the produce, and a garrison (no mobile force) needed for local protection. Five year contract. Half of the fee must be paid by the end of year 1625, the other half in the end of term. All current holders were qualified to continue, and if they take the contract, Cooper and Erin (L4) - who were present in the Throne Room party - would be promoted Baron(esse)s, being the youngest characters in that level ever.

Storytelling note: Well played from JD to proclaim this in public, because without Manor, he cannot be exiled except "back to Sweden", which indeed might be in the cards, as the King possesses information that the dear reader does not, and it might cause the officer career to be undesirable.

HM The King, HRH The Prince Royal and HH The Duke of New Liberty disclaim Lordship of Aaspere, so the next in line for the premier Manor in the Duchy (and the Kingdom) are:
HH of North Face
HSH The Duke of OZ
HH Duke Saddam of Ramsey, in this order.

We are on track to make the promotions and decorations show up in the MyCharacter views by the end of year, and to execute the (mostly double) year change routines tomorrow, Saturday.

We wish that everyone who so wishes, would send his nomination list for KFB by the end of year by BCT PM.

[noms]

Kunda Estate Report

1623-25

18650 VEG obtained
5490 MEAT obtained

VEG Sold + meat sold: 16095000
1500 MEAD obtained, 1400 sold: revenue 2240000
Total revenue: 18.34 mil
Army Salary: 1.4 mil

Estate Profit: 16.96 mil

It has been a slow year on the Kunda Estate. Cooper spent a lot of the time helping his father, Prince Noms, build up the Palazzo Gaming Corporation Casino. He hopes to get back into management of the Manor with full force in the coming years!

[Red Erin]

He explained the terms to be 75% of the value of the produce, and a garrison (no mobile force) needed for local protection. Five year contract. Half of the fee must be paid by the end of year 1625, the other half in the end of term. All current holders were qualified to continue, and if they take the contract, Cooper and Erin (L4) - who were present in the Throne Room party - would be promoted Baron(esse)s, being the youngest characters in that level ever.

I'm interested in continuing with the Pada manor - assuming I can afford the fee.

It's not clear whether the 75% go to the King, or to the holder. I have my own guess though

Assuming 75% to the King, if we go by the King's own estimate of 25mil yearly profit, 75% of this for five years goes to 94mil, so I'd need to pay 47mil upfront, which I may be able to do, if all remaining produce sells at high price, and shedding as much of the guards I acquired over the last two weeks as possible. If this doesn't happen, I'm unfortunately unable to continue. I will not know until year end, though.

It's also not clear either whether the 75% include the costs already said to be paid upfront in the original post. There was no indication of amounts there, just that it was "already paid in kind".

[McHaggis]

I explored the location I was given when I logged in and played the mini game, it allowed me to play it multiple times so I'm not sure if that is a bug or not.

How do I go about transferring my monero ballance to a wallet or another user, or is that not currently possible?

[rpietila]

I explored the location I was given when I logged in and played the mini game, it allowed me to play it multiple times so I'm not sure if that is a bug or not.

How do I go about transferring my monero ballance to a wallet or another user, or is that not currently possible?

We have an admin command that can transfer all your items to the new user. Please allow a short while to fix the command, it is currently not 100% working correctly.

The mini game should play only once, but do you think the multiple times is a good idea? Either until the lot changes (up to 5 min) or a certain number of tries (such as 10). The payouts are raffled from the items of a certain pool account, so it is easy to adjust the quantity of "m" in the account.