A Cry for Assistance

I have an idea, which sprung mostly formed into my head in the shower yesterday.

However, while I can see the grand overview, I think I could use some assistance in fleshing out the gangling skeleton in my mind.

Not to mention telling me if this is even feasible, on the scale I imagine.

I need an economist, or possibly several. Someone at least familiar, if not skilled in the mysterious ways of finance.

More will be revealed once I have a assembled a crack team to guide the project.

:ninja:
 
:blink:

Could you have made that sound anymore dodgy?

I'm now super intrigued, but not even vaguely economically minded. :(
 
I find it that the less you tell foks, the more they want to know.

May I add the pair of you to my tac roster for this little exploratory mission?
 
I warn you I may be little use.

And if by 'exploratory mission' you mean 'invasion of Bolivia' I might decline.

Otherwise I'm happy to help out...
 
Fear not - I have nothing as sinister in mind.

Stand by for PM at some point today - It'll take me a bit to put into a coherent package the stoner's rambling flow-of-conciousness bucketful of ideas.
 
Speak to Afslav of The Meritocracy. He created an economic system (GUSTO) that works over the top of NS.
 
You really shouldn't scare people with your titles like that - I thought some TWPer was begging for help despite the government statement.

I'd personally like a little more info before I sign up, but it does sound... interesting.
 
Yep, usually because the mutt never wants to cooperate with the bunny ears. Tries to eat them.

(Or I inhale a little too much Heftogen and lose track of the time)
 
*reads PM sent by Byard*

:blink: Holy #$%&.

*reads again*

:blink: &#%$.

That's something. All I'm going to say right now is that you people better start spamming up the OOC right away.
 
This topic sounds exciting.... most of that comes from the fact I have no remote clue what's going on.

Right now, my imagination is seeing a crack team of economists driving around in VW's akin to those Geek Squad people...
 
Oddly, the word casino did appear in my outline.

Don't worry - I'll reveal more details sometime this week, likely. The response has been largely positive, and sufficiently realist for me to be kinda enthused about the whole scheme.
 
Well, it's got to do with economics...

I can't even think of what that could be..
Yes, it does... just do as I said - spam your poor little hearts out. Attempt to put IndieGirl to shame (like that'll ever happen). Believe me, it will pay off sometime soon. :noangel:
 
Don't worry - I'll reveal more details sometime this week, likely. The response has been largely positive, and sufficiently realist for me to be kinda enthused about the whole scheme.
So when are you gonna spill the beans???
 
Sorry to double post, but I found a script on IF Support that should make this a lot easier...

*Hersfold points to the new "Money" indicator on everyone's panel <---
 
Okay, here's the deal.

I am a big fan of realism. I kinda touched on this in the A&E threads, lamenting a lack of culture as a force in NS. Here is the PM I sent to Hers, Nam, and GBM -

First, thanks for your interest.  This is sufficiently outside my usual spectrum of interest and involvement that I’m more than a little hesitant to just throw it out to the populace at large before I’ve had a couple of capable folks look it over.  However, the positive responses to the recent “imperialism” idea leads me to believe that there are plenty of us who are willing to at least consider new ways to play, as it were.

I have been thinking a lot lately about the facets of international/regional management that are missing from NS.  First that came to mind was regional culture, which I touched on in the MoAE election threads.  And then it hit me – an economy.  But how?  What do we have as a medium of exchange - something that can be traded, consumed, exchanged, and, most importantly, flow-controlled?

Post counts.

We’ve already broached this ground by using post count increases as prizes in the Games forum, but, at this point, those increases have simply arrived ex nihilo – imagine that these prizes are being paid out of the pockets of the game organizer, who has collected them from sponsors (regional advertisers?) in exchange for mid-game ads?  Or a pay-to-play lottery with steadily growing prizes, based on ticket sales.  A post-count-based casino.

But the major benefit, I believe (outside simply enhancing the governmental flavor of the forum) is that the easiest way to “make money”, as it were, is to be active and post on the forum.  Perhaps a small stipend for governmental officials, to actually put some source of personal gain into the generally thankless jobs.  Those of us with creative abilities (coding, graphics, poets) can produce works on commission for those willing to pay, thereby driving the cultural aspect I referenced above. 

The downside, though, is that we will have to whip up a shiny new agency to essentially act as a clearinghouse for these transactions – the Bank of the North Pacific as it were.  Additionally, there is the added workload on the admins to adjust the post counts, although, if the BNP is well-regulated and efficient, once a week or so should suffice.  Not to mention non-portability – it doesn’t really translate well to anywhere outside this forum, unless they have trustworthy admin staff that are willing to play ball.  Or does it just affect exchange rates?  Anyway.


So, here is your mission – what obvious pitfall have I overlooked?  What great opportunity has escaped my vision?  What minor detail is just waiting to trip the whole plan up?  Tear it apart, put it back together.  I think this is something that can work, but it’s going need a lot of work before it does.  If you don’t think it is of interest after all, no offense will be taken if you wish to wander off to other pastures.

First, I am aware that the BNP acronym is going to go, although, to be fair, when I look at it, all I see is B-type natriuretic peptide. But then I'm a little different.

I've received enough positive response and ideas that I'm willing to move to the test phase. So, I'll whip up a forum tonight on which we may play and refine the system before porting it back here for large-scale testing, if we decide it is something worth keeping . We are not expecting anything to pop up and go right into effect overnight, or even in a month or more. Creating an economy is a BIG project. Anyone who is willing to help out is welcome - just post interest here or PM me. The only reason I don't plan on throwing the alpha wide open is that I can't imagine the detail work we're going to need to get it humming, so I want to keep it controllable.

But theoretical help is always welcome, and feel free to post or send ideas.
 
The reason I put in the money hack was so that we could hopefully use the script instead of using post counts. The script allows the Admins to alter a certain person's balance without accessing their records. So instead of doing every transaction one at a time, they can be completed all at once through the script. This also allows us to get "more" money, and define more precise amounts. For example, you can give someone half a dollar, but not half a post. I think the forum would choke on it.
 
Whee!!!!!!!!!!!


As Hers was willing to let us play in his pride and joy ;) , the additional forum doesn't appear to be necessary after all. So, dig in to the other threads in this category- I'll post what I've gotten in there as I can.
 
I can count to ten without having to use my fingers, I figure that's as good a qualifaction as anyone needs :P
 
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