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    in Alliance Affairs

    Posted · Edited by MonkeyDLegend

    On 4/19/2020 at 10:38 PM, Buck Turgidson said:

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    On 4/19/2020 at 10:48 PM, Prefontaine said:

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    Glad to see it's taken outside of the retirement home. :P

    On 4/19/2020 at 11:22 PM, Hime-sama said:

    Can we get a tldr?

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    Satellite Projects revisited.

    in Game Suggestions

    Posted · Edited by MonkeyDLegend

    3 minutes ago, Elijah Mikaelson said:

    but with that, would their become a point where its not worth buying any more cities as you wont make anything? most cities now only add anywhere from 400k to 750k a day to your income.

    Not really, once you go above c40(if we do 0.25% decrease) or c50(if the decrease is 0.20%) then you'll have 115% commerce still. 

    It just makes the project worthless above the project-city limit, which would make it worth to buy it in early game-play. 

    Satellite Projects revisited.

    in Game Suggestions

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Elijah Mikaelson said:

    2% is huge as well, for how cheap it is

    it's cheap bc we have it stockpiled, a city 20 nation would have to save up for a while and will be slowed down in terms of city growth. 

    Could make it so 1st city is maxed 125% commerce, then i gradually decreases, like 0.20-0.25%commerce, all the way down to 115%.  that way when you reach c40/50 the project is useless.

    Satellite Projects revisited.

    in Game Suggestions

    Posted

    Telecommunications Satellite:
    Requirements: Space Program,  International Trade Center
    Cost:
    Cash: $40,000,000
    Bauxite: 20,000
    Uranium: 20,000
    Oil: 20,000
    Munitions: 10,000
    Steel: 10,000
    Aluminum: 10,000
    Iron: 1,000
    Lead: 1,000

    Effect: Increases the commerce rate in each city by 2%. Increases the maximum commerce rates in cities to 125%. Reduces city improvement upkeep by 10%. Reduces resource production upkeep by 10%
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    This seems a bit too OP, this will just inflate the prices more and the whales will make even more cash. Which again will lead to higher resource prices. 
    I find it a good idea but it's hurting the low tier and slowing them down.

    Might add; we saw what happened when CP and ACP got implemented.

    Selling art drawn by me

    in Free Trade Market

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Alex said:

    It depends on the context. The question we should be asking is: Is the artwork game related?

    I'd consider custom flags for use in-game, on the forum, discord, etc. to be "in-game goods" or at least "game related goods" which would not be against the rules to trade for in-game money.

    If you were, say, a painter and someone commissioned you a picture of a horse that had nothing to do with the game and was going to be hung up in your house or something, but wanted to pay in in-game money, that would be against the rules.

    It's a gray area with some nuance, but hopefully that makes it clear what is and isn't against the rules.

    Thanks for clarifying! :D 

     

    Administration meta interference

    in Moderation Support

    Posted · Edited by MonkeyDLegend

    23 hours ago, Alex said:

    This is a discussion post, and has been moved to the Moderation Support subforum accordingly.

    As for compensation for defaulted loans, Seb and many others reached out to me asking about that. I made the decision to interfere in this case and re-issue half of the verifiable transactions because NPO & company defaulting on their loans is effectively my fault.

    Normally, I would not interfere in these cases (and do not intend to in the future.) However, the players that invest in and operate these "banks" add a lot to the community, and I don't want to see them fail because of a moderation action I took.

    This whole ordeal is a unique and atypical circumstance. I will not bail out future loan defaults.

    Anyone who had an official loan with NPO, BK, or GotG can reach out to me with specific details of transactions, including loan amounts, dates, payments made, and if I can verify it through in-game records I will refund half of the unpaid amounts. I am not considering any interest owed, only the principals of the loans less payments made.

    I do not agree with you. First of all bankers should approach the alliances and their member nations. NPO still exists yet you are repaying a loan on their behalf. Black Knights and Guardians of the Galaxy chose to disband, but many of their members joined other alliances - and yet you pay on their behalf. Why repay a loan on behalf of active alliances and nations ? 

    NPO, BK and Guardians of the Galaxy could have easily repaid their loans and their unwillingness to do so is their fault, not yours. This unwillingness and the risk that a nation deletes is a risk banks regularly take. Why shelter these banks from this risk, but not others? Risk management is part of the banking game, every successful banker knows that and knows not to lend out more than they can afford to lose. Even extraordinary risks have to be considered, and if there’s one scenario where it is deemed appropriate to mitigate a loss then that raises an effectively infinite number of questions as to when else it might be appropriate to. Would you return 50% of a loan that was given to an individual player that was banned for cheating? Would you return 50% of a loan that was given to someone that was living in Australia when a meteor annihilated all life on the subcontinent? That’s a moderation headache that can easily be avoided by simply maintaining total neutrality.

    The reasoning "However, the players that invest in and operate these "banks" add a lot to the community, and I don't want to see them fail because of a moderation action I took." is flawed. Why only worry about these banks failing in this case? If some banks fail, it just means new ones can join the market and establish themselves, compete and grow. If you support this bank in case of nation deletions, but let others take the loss, you take a side here @Alex. Compensating one bank means denying other banks, sacrificing neutrality and thus damaging the banking community rather than preserving it.

    22 hours ago, Alex said:

    Of course I didn't tell them to cheat.

    I just mean that in the absence of moderation action, they most likely would have repaid the debts owed. This was, in my opinion, an impossible to foresee risk, and the impact could have bankrupted / ended some of these player-run "banks."

    As I stated, I think these player run organizations add a lot of value to the game and the community, and I don't want to see them end. Verifying and "bailing out" for 50% of defaulted principals in this extraordinary circumstance is, in my opinion, a way to ensure that they continue to exist (while also not fully insuring them or making banking "risk free.")

    Again, he wasn't fully compensated. Only 50% of the losses were compensated.

    My reasoning being that it would be unreasonable to expect him to know that they were cheating (I didn't know, how would he or others know?)

    As mentioned: NPO, BK and Guardians of the Galaxy could have easily repaid their loans and their unwillingness to do so is their fault, not yours. 

    It’s not fair to the banks that didn’t loan to NPO&CO to compensate the banks that did. The risk of default is in no way extraordinary, regardless of the means by which it occurs. Even defaults due to deletion or bans aren’t unheard of, so it’s not fair to consider this a ‘one-time thing’. Consistency counts in moderation, and this action undermines your credibility as a neutral referee.



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    Also ty @Batavus & @Sir Scarfalot. ❤️

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    Ahoy, Comraid!

    in Alliance Affairs

    Posted

     

    On 2/10/2020 at 12:41 AM, Ripper said:

     

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    As it has been recognized that both Arrgh and Mythic follow a similar governing philosophy and support communities the members of which...

    pillage, plunder, rifle, and loot
    kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot
    extort, pilfer, filch, and sack
    maraud and embezzle, and even high-jack
    kindle and char, inflame and ignite
    burn up the city, are really a fright
    are rascals, scoundrels, villains, and knaves
    are devils and black sheep, really bad eggs
    are beggars and blighters, ne'er-do-well cads
    but are all loved by their mommies and dads

    … Arrgh recognizes Mythic as an Associate and makes a toast to all the future raiding and plundering to come.
    This does not imply the signing of any kind of a treaty between the two alliances that will remain paperless,
    but does signify their will to work together in an attempt to terrorize all the seas, lands and skies of Orbis. 

    tl;dr: Arrgh and Mythic have decided to become raiding partners.

     

    On 2/10/2020 at 12:42 AM, Vein said:

    Arrgh!

    Pirate King Monkey approves this paperless alliance, may this venture bring you many riches! :D
    BTW: Don't forget ur weekly tribute payments to the Pirate King.

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    Unacceptable Behavior

    in Orbis Central

    Posted · Edited by MonkeyDLegend

    2 hours ago, Frawley said:

    Wow, you realise we play a game right.

     

    1 hour ago, Ripper said:

    Υou must be one of those guys that steal money from the bank in Monopoly... :<

    A mentality like this makes gaming pointless. Playing a game by its rules makes it possible to enjoy it and feel satisfaction about winning in it.

     

    1 hour ago, namukara said:

    As someone on the same side as you, no it isn't. Hacking is not 'fair game'

     

    1 hour ago, alyster said:

    I refuse to become someone like Roq, Keshav or whoever the hell the no one infront of Acadia is that I'd want to kill this game. So no. 

     

    Hope the culprit is found and banned.

    Don't be dumb and share ur login details with anyone, its really that simple.  Also i'll add one thing: if it was that then it was a dumb move to share login details which is also against the rules.

    9 minutes ago, Yuno said:

    Thank you Cooper for making this threading and shame on the people who praise hacking/phishing. 

    if hacking/phishing was ever OK, 

    what's stopping someone, anyone, from making a password generator jailbreak TOOL to hack into everyone's nations, use VPNs so they don't get caught, and have all their money/resources stolen, and perhaps even the nation itself, and umm actions and messages done without your consent by someone else under your name... yeah 

    Hell, even without such a tool, phishing by scamming idiots (or the technologically illiterate) into giving up their passwords is ruled illegal in the majority of games. Including accessing someone else's account without consent just because his password was as easy as "Password" someone actually did that on NS (another game) and NS reversed the hack and restored the account.  It's not that hard to have common sense and not phrase this.

    hacking/phishing is basically *cheating*, if that's ever allowed, then what's stopping someone from multiing to "hit BK" (or anyone else as an example) next but with multis? Exactly nothing since they're both cheating.

    (Also don't even know Leo) 

    Don't be dumb and click on links posted elsewhere, open a new tab and write the link urself.

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