idea: an "economy".

[gavinzac]

i know it sounds strange but it might be a fun option.

imagine if there was only a limited amount of bux in the world. every time someone is paid bux, it is taken out of the economy and into their own pockets/bank. when they buy something with the bucks; eg play a game, buy a username effect, feed a pet; it goes back into the economy.

i know its very erm... specialist but an economics geek like me would get a kick out of it. new money could be brought into the economy by migrants, ie the 200 bucks everyone gets for registering! :)

[yinyang]

fantastic idea. should be a spin off. more like vEconomy game...

[b34ch3r]

That's pretty cool..

Injections to the economy (a bit of a play on the real life injections)
-Government (i.e. Admin) expenditure
-Inward Investment (other forums investing because they can make more money in your forum?)
-Exports (selling off forum members, haha)

So money would need to be lost as well:

-taxation (certain forums taxed more heavily than others)
-Saving (users might want to save money knowing the intrest rates are high and they can get a good return)
-imports (users from other forums :D)

[Roxie]

I was thinking the same thing. There should be a limited amount of funds (as an option). Love the idea.

[CMX_CMGSCCC]

Something like this would take a bit of time to think thru the possibilities as well as take up some time to code and debug it and avoid exploits/bugs as well. The Federal Bank system is still up in the air right now as I havent fully figured out what to do with this feature. It might be very possible to do something with it using a system like this, I'll put these ideas into an expansion folder of updates todo/think about.

-CMX

[dan35]

How about the Federal Bank system's for admin donations? ;)

[trackpads]

Something like this would take a bit of time to think thru the possibilities as well as take up some time to code and debug it and avoid exploits/bugs as well. The Federal Bank system is still up in the air right now as I havent fully figured out what to do with this feature. It might be very possible to do something with it using a system like this, I'll put these ideas into an expansion folder of updates todo/think about.

-CMX
You know I had the same idea and when I saw this thread i reminded me of what a great idea it would be.

It would then help because you could add things like a stock market later. Plus, prices could fluctuate based on the needs of the board!

I think this is a fantastic idea!

[gavinzac]

Something like this would take a bit of time to think thru the possibilities as well as take up some time to code and debug it and avoid exploits/bugs as well. The Federal Bank system is still up in the air right now as I havent fully figured out what to do with this feature. It might be very possible to do something with it using a system like this, I'll put these ideas into an expansion folder of updates todo/think about.

-CMX
glad to hear its a possibility. :)