Crypto Kingdom - 1991 Retro Virtual World(City)

[rpietila]

CLXII (Spirit) - Health: 34 , Culture: 6 , Wisdom: 5

HM in his modesty discounts the rich, complex aroma and unusually long, wonderfully pleasant finish of this exceptional blend.  It presents a distinguished flavour profile that is unlikely ever to be reproducible by the craft and presents a perfect pairing to some of the Kingdom's most delectable meals.

Completely aside from all of the aforementioned benefits most eloquently described by HM.  The color, aroma and taste is incomparably magnificent.

bought it)

Agree with their eminencies. CLXII was from the start intended to be the signature drink of CK, perhaps for all times to come. It is hinted to be up to 150 years old (only RME has any chance to be close) and "the best that could be found in the Court of the King of France", itself a serious statement.

It is good even now, and when we move on to Clans Health Challenge (under specification already), its value and status will both continue to go up.

And, the taste ... ...

[Syksy]

Dear all NPCC competitors,


W1634F in quantities of 1500 have been served to all NPCC accounts. There have been sales approx. in range of 60k to 20k, so to compensate this, there will be reductions in the daily allowances for the remainder of the competition. Please take this into account in planning your strategy for the final push.

EDIT: This new wine is also consumable for 1 pt.

[MoneroMooo]

I can't wait for the pistol contests. I've started training daily, and will enter the three competitions (thanks to HM for lessening the original requirements for half section category).

DIA5, here I come!

[rpietila]

Some may have heard about an investment round that is bringing in new deposits. The first such investments from this round will be recorded in 1640. When this has happened, and possibly changed the prices of the major investment products (CKG, CON), it is time for:

Stock Market Wizard Investment Contest
(rules subject to changes upon feedback)

The aim of the contest is to prove that ingame semi-passive investing can generate profits, and how big they can be. Other objectives are fun, and activation of the ingame stock market liquidity.

The investment account size is 200 mil, so that anyone can participate. The participant funds the investment account (ingame corp) with 200 mil himself in the beginning.

The contest will end at the end of 1660 (20 years max). At the close of the year, the account is evaluated at bid prices of the assets.

Participation fee is 10 mil. It is possible to participate with at max 3 accounts at a time. An account can be abandoned by sweeping its contents to the owner. New accounts can be created until end of 1650, no later.

Only products eligible to be bought are securities. Therefore, no items with level >0 will be eligible. The list of eligible securities does not include all K0 items though, the companies will need to have a CEO and mission statement, with a report of "things that must be considered before investing". This is to prevent insider info being the deciding determinant of success. Also the security must be widely owned (can be checked by OWNS item_id).

The competition is long-term because it is not intended to be foremost a daytrading contest, but rather a semi-passive pick-the-winner contest. Buying and selling of shares is restricted by the following rules:
- All trades must be done on the marketplace;
- Even via the market, a person must not buy from or sell into an order that he has placed (no matter via which character or a proxy) until 24 hours have passed from the placing of the order;
- One person (through all his investment accounts) must not control more than 10% of the marketcap of a security;
- Transfers to the account and from it, in the middle of the competition, are forbidden (excluding the lawful sweep, terminating the account).

The results are according to the value of the account in the end, in M. Assets are at their bid prices. Blatant price manipulation in the last year will be detected (price jumping/crashing from the last few years' average with no reason), and the price adjusted according to GM decision. Disqualification happens if violation was purposeful.

The prizes come from the participation fee, to which the King adds a 200 mil bounty.

- 35% of the total is divided equally among the best half of the participants.
- 25% of the total is divided to the best 25% of the participants
- 10% of the total is divided to the best 10% of the participants
- 15% goes to the winner
- 8% goes to the 2nd place
- 4% goes to the 3rd place
- 2% goes to the 4th place
- 1% goes to the 5th place

The "% of participants" is always rounded up and money to the nearest m. All is cumulative.

For instance, if 6 accounts sign up, the prize pot is 260 mil (200 + 6*10).

1st gets 35%/3 + 25%/2 + 10% + 15% = 140.8 mil
2nd gets 35%/3 + 25%/2 + 8% = 83.6 mil
3rd gets 35%/3 + 4% = 40.7 mil
4th gets 2% = 5.2 mil
5th gets 1% = 2.6 mil
6th gets 0%

When the number of players is larger, the numbers get more even.

The prizes can also be given according to a continuous formula, achieving the same distribution but without gaps and undue difficulty in calculation:

#shares = 1 / (1 + place) - 1 / (2 * number_of_finishing_participants)

Prize = #shares / shares_total * prize_pot

With 50 participants, all finishing, this will give 113 to winner and at least money back to 34% of participants
With 25 participants, all finishing, this will give 91 to winner and at least money back to 48% of participants
With 10 participants, all finishing, this will give 87 to winner and at least money back to 90% of participants

[rpietila]

Refugees arrive from Germania

A host of persecuted protestants (#410, Little Flock) have learned about our rightful and tolerant rule from their brothers in Ironlock. Instead of arriving and staying there, a potential conflict region, they have journeyed all the way to CryptoTown and brought their money with them. They have invested in CKG, CON and built a Meeting Hall (name in system is wrong) in 3-S.

Town Fundraiser completed

The Town ran into overdraft during the final illness of the late King, who was unable to produce the annual income operations (and everyone in the council as well). Now as a result of the foreign contacts of the current King, Town has sold approx 650*CON to predominantly newcomers, raising approx 13,000 mil in the process and securing the finances for a long time to come.

Gold price rise

A new FOC has bought 95*HM02B100, raising the gold price from 400k to 580k in the process. The time is ripe for both dump if you don't believe it will last, or go double if this is just the beginning.

BLD price hits 12.9k

When Building was enabled in 1636 (3 years ago), there was 1,250,000 BLD in existence. Now the number is 257,000. The price has risen and it is profitable to produce it, but the production requires:
- WOR (readily available)
- MGR (available in the aftermarket)
- ASS (much needed and very little for sale).

Nothing else is needed (such as Factory).

The main way to increase the production of BLD is to buy up the small annual quota of the bottleneck items coming from Labor (20*ASS-1 and 20*MGR-1) or convert them from IC (80*IC each).

Longer term, the annual need of new building will depend on the new interest, but even the depreciation of old buildings and the need to repair them is more than the current total BLD production, and this will become actual soon as the Building module is enhanced with the repair depreciation and the repairing is enabled.

Businesses usually yield better to those with experience. Now everyone is on the same terms, as the bottleneck items cost the same for experienced and new players alike. Consider starting a BuildCo and produce your own BLD!

Coronation postponed in real-time, but will still be officially in 1640

There are many things planned for the Coronation, not only the gems&jewelry&coronet thing, or the pistol shooting contest. Implementing them has been somewhat delayed by other important things such as the ones listed above. Good thing is that you will get to keep your haw if you build before the "actual" Coronation!

[rpietila]

Changes to ART items

Art is a major achievement of a civilization. We currently have 39 Items of Art, of which most are movable paintings. Some are other art forms, and some are immovable as they have been painted on a surface.

Art can be created from IC and there have been 4 price points: K7 (100 IC), K8 (200 IC), K9 (500 IC) and K10 (1000 IC). Art never qualifies to any discounts.

Upon Coronation, a new era is opening, so the Art will reflect this as follows:

- K7 will be discontinued in 1640, and the new level K11 (2000 IC) will be opened immediately
- Before the actual event of coronation, the Art may be dated for any year 1600-1639, with normal backdating rules
- After the coronation, it may only be backdated to the official coronation year 1640 the earliest
- Backdating cost will remain 3% per year, simple calculation.

DeptStore has made bids on most pieces of Art existing. Not that they would reflect the true value but they are there as a conversation piece and seed for the Art market.

Contact Syksy (138) for your wishes especially now if you still want K7 and/or backdating to the earlier years of Reconstruction.

[rpietila]

NewCorp (S-NC) Listed and Tradable!


The Members of NewCorp (King, Mayor, Soul and Thud) have decided to take the company public. NewCorp is founded long ago, initially to handle (the late) King's land development projects, and later Members were also accepted to join in.

NewCorp owns about 20% of the opened land in town, and has 40% of the BuildCo capacity and 50% of the in-town farming. Its assets were conservatively valued at 32,000 mil, which is set as the valuation of the company. The "old share" was valued at 80 mil, down from the peak Members-only valuation of 130 mil.

Now the IPO is organised so that the shares are scaled to 1 mil each, and 8,000 new shares are created to the company for marketmaking purposes, to be sold at an increasing ladder similar to the market making of HM02B100 and CON.

NewCorp has a fixed dividend (similar to CON). The dividend return is set at 10,000 m/share (1% at the initial market valuation). The general meeting of shareholders may change this, it is planned to be a permanent feature though.

NewCorp seeks to buy land at the source (full chapelries from Town) and farm, quarry and zone them. Buildings may be operated for additional income, and it is sought that realistic lowball bids for land would be offered town-wide, to catch quitting and mismanaged characters. A massive portfolio of properties will be developed and put into the market to enable players to change address effortlessly. NewCorp seeks to buy low and sell low, no gouging prices.

The marketmaking is so dense that an investment of 11,100 mil will take the price to 1.88 mil only (+88%). We seek that the price would be perceived low and would rise. The Members have not expressed interest in selling their shares, but are free to do so if they so wish. The funds that accrue to NewCorp as a result of the rise of the stock price, will be used in expansion of the operations, and only if this cannot immediately be achieved (workforce is a limited resource), the excess will be invested in gold and securities.

NewCorp's Headquarters is in Champs-Élysées 3, 5-W.

Share is traded as S-NC.

Largest owner and CEO is currently the King, and as well as many of the companies led by the King, this also is pending a better and more dedicated manager.

[Syksy]

The Coronation of HM rpietila II of Crypto Kingdom

The Syyskuu Representation in 1640


The Syyskuu family will be represented in the coronation and the accompanying parties and competitions as follows.

Lord Syksy Syyskuu the First, Earl of Petrichor, will attend the coronation in person wearing the newly forged Syyskuu-coronet. He will be dressed in ancient unique blue suit (100 CKS embedded) with an intended 200-250 CKG coronet with pearls, TOPX and the family symbol shaped using the magical CP1300E-coin as a source in its forehead.

Syksy Jr, the Second (32 yo in 1640), will be the Syyskuu family contestant for the upcoming contests. He will be participating in the following categories:
- Sharpshooting (for which 20 SCI was consumed in 1639)
- Galloping
Some characteristics: Ordinary pistols (2x), Horse to be announced, Ancient unique suit, Wine amount to be announced

Unfortunately as we did not have the appropriate army ready, we will not participate in the Half-Section competition.

Other aims for the Syyskuu family during the Coronation year:
- Acquire a Battle Aquila by fortifying Petrichor and dedicating the troops to be there until 1650 as outlined in HM's post.
- Appropriate try to increase the family's prestige, hoping for a future promotion above Earl (i.e. Marquess).
- Arts and poetry to the max.
- Syyskuu family is considering an oath to the Majesty's family. However, it is still unclear what this oath of allegiance specificly requires, so it yet to be through-outly considered so that it may be whole-heartedly given with a clear conscience.
- Have a good time.

[Syksy]

A preliminary result of the NPCC #3 competition

Prizes have been allocated and NPCC #4 being set up!

The prizes were again same as before:
#1: 100mil + dolm
#2: 100mil
#3: 80mil
#4: 60mil
#5: 40mil
#6: 20mil
#7: surprise

but since we had a tie on #6-#7, the money was split and both were gifted with the surprise, a coveted bottle of DOM!
Good luck in the next season!

[Red Erin]

Your Majesty,

I am honoured by your kind gift of a topaz. I hope to wear it for your coronation, if finances allow me.

As the prices of the various production from Pada manor have been in continuous decline, I find myself in the unenviable position to be expending both time and money to manage the manor's sales. As a result, unless the terms are revised to allow at least break even, I would sadly be unable to continue in the job at a loss now that the rent is up.

[rpietila]

As the prices of the various production from Pada manor have been in continuous decline, I find myself in the unenviable position to be expending both time and money to manage the manor's sales. As a result, unless the terms are revised to allow at least break even, I would sadly be unable to continue in the job at a loss now that the rent is up.

My dearest servant,

How long back do you owe the rent, and what would be the sum you can give and continue there?

I am a little bit concentrating my businesses and one possibility is indeed to give the manor shares to DeptStore, who will soon merge with King's Farms, and will take the competition with NewFarms (whose success in these days can be participated in - S-NC is in the market).

The overall situation with the production shares is rather neglected right now, as the Clans health challenge is coming soon. This is the final NPCC round, and the whole County/Countryside module needs constitution, which would allow transferring the hosting of it to Rak, and enable the moving on to other things.

Meanwhile, please enjoy the appreciating share price of NewCorp and the increasing number of departments in DeptStore. DeptStore recently sold out its large colored gems, and now only EMEX and TOPX are listed in that category. The prizes in the Coronation will be excellent. Btw it is still possible to spend SCI for practicing your aim in the target shooting! We want more participants!

[papa_lazzarou]

I am a little bit concentrating my businesses and one possibility is indeed to give the manor shares to DeptStore, who will soon merge with King's Farms, and will take the competition with NewFarms (whose success in these days can be participated in - S-NC is in the market).

Well, that kinda sucks because most, if not all, of the manor lords have been sustaining losses with the hopes of something good to come out of it in the future.

[rpietila]

NPCC #4 starts

Rules:
- Food is unchanged
- Mead/Beer is unchanged
- Luxuries are unchanged
- Suits are unchanged

Wines/Spirits have a new formula, based on the published values. Each year it is possible to consume each of the following, and several times if wanted (double amount required for each additional time of same item per year). Since the possibilities are endless, it is good to carefully consider which item brings the best benefit for money and how profitable it is to eat, drink beer and buy suits.

The following items need (1, 2, 4, ...) bottles of consume, to get points:

SW3
CLXII
SW2
DOM
LAG
RME

The following items need (2, 4, 8, ...) bottles of consume, to get points:

W1603A
W1602F
CXO
VOH

The following items need (4, 8, 16, ...) bottles of consume, to get points:

W1600M
ABS
W1603
GIN

The following items need (8, 16, 32 ...) bottles of consume, to get points:

RON
BRA

The following items need (20, 40, 80 ...) bottles of consume, to get points:

W1608
W1611
VOD

The following items need (40, 80, 160 ...) bottles of consume, to get points:

W1615P
W1616
W1629S
W1628

The following items need (60, 120, 240 ...) bottles of consume, to get points:

W1614
W1613W
W1620
W1634F

The following items need (100, 200, 400 ...) bottles of consume, to get points:

W163W


Syksy will coordinate the contestants!

[papa_lazzarou]

This is an option. Not the best option of course, holding on is much better in the game-success scenario.

Good to know! Sorry for misunderstanding there.

[Syksy]

NPCC #4 is starting up!

It will officially start tomorrow Wednesday, and NPCCs will be provided with all the goods from Mon-Wed and backdating all the way back to Monday will be allowed.

We're still looking for fresh players, I will myself try to not participate. We so far have 5 confirmed out of 7 so it's now a great chance for new faces to pitch in and prove themselves!

The luxury drink system has been completely revamped by HM, and additionally the competition will last for an undetermined length of time (HM might announce more precise timing for this if it becomes an issue for anybody).

For anybody curious, check out the /NPCC4 tab in the game sheet for the new luxury drink system.

Join us! Resistance is futile

[generalizethis]

NPCC #4 is starting up!

It will officially start tomorrow Wednesday, and NPCCs will be provided with all the goods from Mon-Wed and backdating all the way back to Monday will be allowed.

We're still looking for fresh players, I will myself try to not participate. We so far have 3 confirmed out of 7 so it's now a great chance for new faces to pitch in and prove themselves!

The luxury drink system has been completely revamped by HM, and additionally the competition will last for an undetermined length of time (HM might announce more precise timing for this if it becomes an issue for anybody).

For anybody curious, check out the /NPCC4 tab in the game sheet for the new luxury drink system.

Join us! Resistance is futile

Count Sir Crichton in--definitely would like to be part of the last challenge. 

[papa_lazzarou]

NPCC #4 is starting up!

It will officially start tomorrow Wednesday, and NPCCs will be provided with all the goods from Mon-Wed and backdating all the way back to Monday will be allowed.

Will veg still spoil tomorrow?

[Rakshasa]

The spoiling of veg, will be delayed to the last hour in Wednesday.

[Syksy]

Last chance to grab a spot in the climax of the NPCC, the final round #4! One spot remaining, and the first one to show me a green light will get it. Everybody's on an equal line when we start off tomorrow.

[AlexGR]

Feedback from a new signup:

1. Registration  easy – nice. Character age was the only confusing part. It’d be nice to have a mouseover or something to explain that this is not necessarily the user’s age + pros and cons of choosing lower or higher age values as a game age, so that the player doesn’t regret it later on if it is something crucial.

2. First login problematic due to the browser using email instead of character name. Proposal: Make both email and character name valid logins – or explain that nickname is required

3. First screen: https://cryptokingdom.me/billboard

That’s like a bad quality spampage – definitely not game material that people want to see. Too confusing for a new player, too all over the place, too spammy, way not too cool in terms of appearance. The first screen is enough for many players to just not give the game a second chance.

4. My first move is to click on the higher right pic of a guy… it seemed to be something like an online-assistance type of avatar, and I was not really sure what it was. I clicked and realized it’s “my profile”. A more generic picture needs to be used for that.

5. Uploading new image is an easy process. On the left hand of the screen two buttons, right and left of the photo, don’t seem to do anything.

6. I’m next onto the dashboard trying to see how to find a “main” game menu. I’m seeing 2 items. I can’t click to see what they are.

7. As I’m trying to find what to do next, I click the 3 line button right of the Crypto Kingdom label (upper left). This button needs more highlighting as it’s not so intuitive that it’s a central button in terms of functionality. At least to me.

8. I try the map. The index on the left is not very well designed. I am at https://cryptokingdom.me/land/chapelry/1:C  then click north-north, I get a ...white screen. Total white. (huh?)

9. I click to go back to Main Town. I’m trying to figure out how to navigate around. I click on a button on the upper right “explore...” and it says Find lot with ID: 4-W-W14 in Town map and take your reward. Yeah, well, how do I do that? I can't seem to find any move buttons.

10. I return to the map. On the left side it says: “Explore different lots informations”. Syntax is somewhat messed up and I kind of understand the meaning, but ...not clickable. Still no idea how to move around.

I'll give it a rest for now and revisit it later perhaps.