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Tomny
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« on: August 03, 2004, 09:41:11 pm »
Would you use a player run trading post?  The basics are there would be set buy and sell prices for items (a limited selection at first and then growing) and the store would use a self correcting pricing system wherein an equation would drive the buy and sell prices.  The prices would be in gold, not cash.

Example:
Gold Radish   Sell 15,000   Buy 12,000   Shift 10
The trading post would buy radishes for 12,000.  If you sold 10 to the store (which would imply the buy price was too high), the buy price would drop by a predetermined amount.   If 10 were bought from the store (implying the price was too low) the sell price would increase by a predetermied amount.  The shift amount would be cumulative, so if someone sold five GRs and the next person bought 12...the price would shift (since the net change would be +7).

Interesting idea or not?
Ideas?
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« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2004, 10:23:59 pm »
It would be an interesting experiment in economics and a nice way to learn the Law of Supply and Demand.
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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2004, 11:44:42 pm »
player stores would ownnnnnnn.... you should get management exp every time you make a transaction...
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2004, 11:48:37 pm »
Then someone would sell a couple million balsam seeds, one at a time, and buy them back, one at a time, just for exp. Roll Eyes
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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2004, 11:50:16 pm »
yea your right....
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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2004, 11:51:26 pm »
This idea has been discussed many times.  Yes, complete player run shops for buying and selling is the best way, and will be incorporated in the future.
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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2004, 01:28:25 am »
if theres ever gonna be any "future" for toadwater... Undecided
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« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2004, 01:54:53 am »
There is.  One day, there will be an amusement park called Toadwater Land
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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2004, 01:56:01 am »
 Shocked will there be outhouses?!?! and wait times!?!?!
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« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2004, 01:58:44 am »
Yes, when you use the outhouse, the door will lock automatically, and won't open for a set period of time, based on the amount of poo deposited
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« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2004, 01:59:07 am »
But there will be some informative magazines for you to browse in the meantime
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« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2004, 02:06:05 am »
Quote from: Qill on August 04, 2004, 01:58:44 am
Yes, when you use the outhouse, the door will lock automatically, and won't open for a set period of time, based on the amount of poo deposited

This would spawn many reality shows.
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« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2004, 02:32:26 am »
True, most all reality shows are crap
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« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2004, 03:00:00 am »
Yes, the show would be really shitty.
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« Reply #14 on: August 04, 2004, 03:48:11 am »
haha the sad part is thats so true
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« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2004, 01:01:25 pm »
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« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2004, 01:15:59 pm »
This can be done by a dedicated player, it need not be implemented into the game to be done.
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