It is a well written post (well, the Tax plan is presented in weird way but I hope I was able to read it correctly) so I couldn't keep myself away from that upvote button.
Unfortunately, the starter city makes zero sense for the buyer. Whatever your strategy and/or budget, there is a couple of cards you do not need. If you are fine with paying the premium, you should look for a personalised service rather than a lets-get-rid-of-some-inconvenient-cards package.
I treat people the way they deserve. You have seen me talk to a lot of randoms giving their precious advice about the game when they did not even bother to read rules. OTOH, you know your stuff and put in a lot of effort so why not talk respectfully even when pointing out you are trying to pull off an asymetrical trade?
If you can post a city that benefits from Ruins AND a bunch of Workers/Barracks, we can start a conversation with a potential to help many people to understand our great game.
umm . . . didn't think I was being disrespectful . . . just "DIRECT"
People seem to think that they should be getting an incredible ROI even though they haven't read just the simple basic rules of the game. After learning the rules you can make the most out of your investment (as you know) but that takes a lot of reading. Which people seem unwilling to do (as you know).
Tell you what . . . since I like you . . . lol . . . you tell me VERBATIM what to put instead and I will copy and paste it into the post. I will even give you credit if you'd like :)
I always like talking about the game with players that enjoy it as much as I do :)
...so please don't hesitate to always leave comments on my posts! (i still remember when you came within a day of winning my apartment a couple of years ago btw!)
Don't be discouraged from a few harsh words from the big bad wolf. Personally i think there's a decent amount of merit in your ideas and i can relate to your enthousiasm. I still have hopes for Dcity and key in any success in the long term is player involvement.So kudos to your ideas and the underlying thoughts.
Something the current president seems oblivious to.
I really appreciate that. A lot of people don't realize the amount of work that goes into putting something like this together (not to mention just putting the post together). As far as the big bad wolf . . . I never take anything personal coming from Jelly :) I've known him for quite awhile.
I always think of this gif whenever I see him commenting in discord . . . lol.
Can't you tell a wolf from a bear or a panda??? Don't you feel oblivious?
I am surely not oblivious to your 2020 series that shared the same selling techniques (with slightly better town-building techniques).
No problem with either, my target audience has always been totally different so feel free to browse through my posts and add leave comments that add value to your gang - I want everyone to find their comfortable spot in dCity (which is btw impossible for those who insist on both taking the stage and having their feelings protected).
Oh, I see. I did not know your last dCity tagged post is from 2020 as well - I agree it looks wrong.
OTOH, no big deal as you are the only person to read this on peakd because their crowd is well protected with multiple Click-to-Display-Comment layers. Not that I blame you for going one extra step for your audience, though.
Also . . . I'm always up to discuss different ways we can make things better or easier (regarding dCity) . . . and I value your opinion. So feel free to reach out any time!
Yeah, i gotta take the credit for the wolf remark, but don't be offended, i rather enjoy the huffing and puffing. But rest assured, the cute bear image is not fooling me one bit. ;)
As far as the oblivious part is concerned, i was merely referencing to your current tax levels. Ofcourse all the good will (kudos again Mary)or malcontent are irrelevant if nothing new happens on the investment part of this investment game.
I do not think it is cool to explain my policy in anyone else's candidate post but I thoroughly enjoyed your word selection so let me make an exception.
The investment part of this investment game is @gerber doing some smart stuff with all the money that was raised for dCity cards over the two years. Those assets back the SIM currency. You are fully entitled to expect 10 SIM a day (=3650 SIM a year) off your average card you minted for 800 SIM. It is 450% APR but you are a modest guy that has always settled for 300%. The only issue is that the actual investment is not making 450% - more like 45%. So you either Ponzify in enough dumb people or accept SIM value going down three-fold.
With the populists like you or Mary discarding all the taxes, the income tax of 80% keeps the print off an average down to 730 SIM a year for a measly 90% APR (someone must have been lazy not to keep pace with that). Not enough to turn dCity into Zimbabwe, good enough to harm the currency holders.
At the end it all comes down to SIM holders' votes. If I had a grand total of 35k SIM Power combined between my accounts (my apologies if I missed any alts of yours I do not know), I would be trying to sink the token (in order to be able to rebuy cheap) way harder than you do. I have more than that so even though I think throwing an irresponsible party every now and then is fun, I decided to step in when I felt this lunacy had lasted too long.
I am glad you made an exception and quite pleased to hear my word selection is appreciated by you. The feeling is mutual and i must admit that your particular style and sarcasm has grown on me in my absence from active play.
As you may have gathered from some of my latest remarks,i left Dcity because i was dissapointed in the lack of developments on the investment part of the game and missed opportunities. Also i was frustrated that any input given seemed to fall on barren ground.
With the shifted focus on holding rewards my enthousiasm slowly recovered, as i think that's the economic model that fits the bill perfectly for sustainable growth of the game, as long as it is backed by actual investments with an actual yield. And when i finally realised that the APR in Hive was invertedly proportional to the price of sim (higher apr with lower sim price) i realised that ia better sim/hive peg had emerged. Dcity might not be a dead horse, but rather a crippled pony, in need of a vet and some decent fattening up.
For the first time in a long while i started buying cards again instead of just sellng them off. The investment side of the game is still vague and non-transparent, but there is enough to sustain a balanced peg (not so much on your tax levels) and opportunities a plenty to fatten up the pot. But those will likely remain missed opportunities as i see little happening on idea or investment level.
Maybe i have gone a bit off track wth this comment, starts to look like a post.
My replies are not limited to a format. Still plenty points raised were addressed, if you read between the lines a bit. But i might draft a bulletpoint, direct response to address each pont raised with the attention befitting to non horse manure remarks in a format more to your liking.
... and as far as getting rid of "inconvenient" cards ... you should know that all the extra cards become "inconvenient" (for players like us) because we have so many of them. Meaning ALL the cards.
It is a well written post (well, the Tax plan is presented in weird way but I hope I was able to read it correctly) so I couldn't keep myself away from that upvote button.
Unfortunately, the starter city makes zero sense for the buyer. Whatever your strategy and/or budget, there is a couple of cards you do not need. If you are fine with paying the premium, you should look for a personalised service rather than a lets-get-rid-of-some-inconvenient-cards package.
Thanks. It took a couple weeks to write because I wanted to include everything (presidential bid, anniversary, token, ect...).
As far as your comment . . . you are always so OPTIMISTIC! lol. :)
Let me respectfully disagree . . . here's why . . .
The city is meant for the SERIOUS investor that wants to start immediately and stay in the game LONG term. Let me repeat . . . LONG term.
Which means . . . they will EVENTUALLY need those tech cards (that you say are not needed).
EVERY tech card is NEEDED now.
Even "Cold Fusion."
I treat people the way they deserve. You have seen me talk to a lot of randoms giving their precious advice about the game when they did not even bother to read rules. OTOH, you know your stuff and put in a lot of effort so why not talk respectfully even when pointing out you are trying to pull off an asymetrical trade?
If you can post a city that benefits from Ruins AND a bunch of Workers/Barracks, we can start a conversation with a potential to help many people to understand our great game.
umm . . . didn't think I was being disrespectful . . . just "DIRECT"
People seem to think that they should be getting an incredible ROI even though they haven't read just the simple basic rules of the game. After learning the rules you can make the most out of your investment (as you know) but that takes a lot of reading. Which people seem unwilling to do (as you know).
Tell you what . . . since I like you . . . lol . . . you tell me VERBATIM what to put instead and I will copy and paste it into the post. I will even give you credit if you'd like :)
I never said you were, I just explained my own tone (respectful yet direct) based on what might have been misunderstanding yours.
No, thanks.
I always like talking about the game with players that enjoy it as much as I do :)
...so please don't hesitate to always leave comments on my posts! (i still remember when you came within a day of winning my apartment a couple of years ago btw!)
Don't be discouraged from a few harsh words from the big bad wolf. Personally i think there's a decent amount of merit in your ideas and i can relate to your enthousiasm. I still have hopes for Dcity and key in any success in the long term is player involvement.So kudos to your ideas and the underlying thoughts.
Something the current president seems oblivious to.
I really appreciate that. A lot of people don't realize the amount of work that goes into putting something like this together (not to mention just putting the post together). As far as the big bad wolf . . . I never take anything personal coming from Jelly :) I've known him for quite awhile.
I always think of this gif whenever I see him commenting in discord . . . lol.
Thanks for commenting BTW!
Can't you tell a wolf from a bear or a panda??? Don't you feel oblivious?
I am surely not oblivious to your 2020 series that shared the same selling techniques (with slightly better town-building techniques).
No problem with either, my target audience has always been totally different so feel free to browse through my posts and add leave comments that add value to your gang - I want everyone to find their comfortable spot in dCity (which is btw impossible for those who insist on both taking the stage and having their feelings protected).
...this is making it sound like you are addressing me (when you are actually addressing Luca) 🤔
The comment layers are shown correctly on my screen and I used "oblivious" twice. I can't help you any further.
... didn't ask for your help. Just pointing out how it appears on peakd (not hive.blog).
Oh, I see. I did not know your last dCity tagged post is from 2020 as well - I agree it looks wrong.
OTOH, no big deal as you are the only person to read this on peakd because their crowd is well protected with multiple Click-to-Display-Comment layers. Not that I blame you for going one extra step for your audience, though.
Appreciate it!
Also . . . I'm always up to discuss different ways we can make things better or easier (regarding dCity) . . . and I value your opinion. So feel free to reach out any time!
Yeah, i gotta take the credit for the wolf remark, but don't be offended, i rather enjoy the huffing and puffing. But rest assured, the cute bear image is not fooling me one bit. ;)
As far as the oblivious part is concerned, i was merely referencing to your current tax levels. Ofcourse all the good will (kudos again Mary)or malcontent are irrelevant if nothing new happens on the investment part of this investment game.
I do not think it is cool to explain my policy in anyone else's candidate post but I thoroughly enjoyed your word selection so let me make an exception.
The investment part of this investment game is @gerber doing some smart stuff with all the money that was raised for dCity cards over the two years. Those assets back the SIM currency. You are fully entitled to expect 10 SIM a day (=3650 SIM a year) off your average card you minted for 800 SIM. It is 450% APR but you are a modest guy that has always settled for 300%. The only issue is that the actual investment is not making 450% - more like 45%. So you either Ponzify in enough dumb people or accept SIM value going down three-fold.
With the populists like you or Mary discarding all the taxes, the income tax of 80% keeps the print off an average down to 730 SIM a year for a measly 90% APR (someone must have been lazy not to keep pace with that). Not enough to turn dCity into Zimbabwe, good enough to harm the currency holders.
At the end it all comes down to SIM holders' votes. If I had a grand total of 35k SIM Power combined between my accounts (my apologies if I missed any alts of yours I do not know), I would be trying to sink the token (in order to be able to rebuy cheap) way harder than you do. I have more than that so even though I think throwing an irresponsible party every now and then is fun, I decided to step in when I felt this lunacy had lasted too long.
I am glad you made an exception and quite pleased to hear my word selection is appreciated by you. The feeling is mutual and i must admit that your particular style and sarcasm has grown on me in my absence from active play.
As you may have gathered from some of my latest remarks,i left Dcity because i was dissapointed in the lack of developments on the investment part of the game and missed opportunities. Also i was frustrated that any input given seemed to fall on barren ground.
With the shifted focus on holding rewards my enthousiasm slowly recovered, as i think that's the economic model that fits the bill perfectly for sustainable growth of the game, as long as it is backed by actual investments with an actual yield. And when i finally realised that the APR in Hive was invertedly proportional to the price of sim (higher apr with lower sim price) i realised that ia better sim/hive peg had emerged. Dcity might not be a dead horse, but rather a crippled pony, in need of a vet and some decent fattening up.
For the first time in a long while i started buying cards again instead of just sellng them off. The investment side of the game is still vague and non-transparent, but there is enough to sustain a balanced peg (not so much on your tax levels) and opportunities a plenty to fatten up the pot. But those will likely remain missed opportunities as i see little happening on idea or investment level.
Maybe i have gone a bit off track wth this comment, starts to look like a post.
Noone listens to you because you listen to noone, refusing to address any points raised. Your frustration is understandable. So is its origin.
My replies are not limited to a format. Still plenty points raised were addressed, if you read between the lines a bit. But i might draft a bulletpoint, direct response to address each pont raised with the attention befitting to non horse manure remarks in a format more to your liking.
... and as far as getting rid of "inconvenient" cards ... you should know that all the extra cards become "inconvenient" (for players like us) because we have so many of them. Meaning ALL the cards.
Besides "war shares" that is.
Great post! Nice to see someone who likes the game like you do. Good luck in the presidential race and with your projects!
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