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Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

it depends on several things. basically, how many CARDS do you want users to start out with. if you want the immediate 5, then work with your pack cost amout to come up with a beginning amount. you are most free when using only the curde points hack, as you can make everything cost essentially 1 point per card, and then have 5 points on reg :-p

so step one is figure out how much cards you want available to a user to start out with. if you want someone to gain points through playing with the AI, then work with your ai entrance fee formula to determine some low-level costs and you can add them with your initial-cards amount.

Then they could play against the ai for more points, have something for use in wagers against others, either/or resort to gaining points for posting. If you use an existing points hack, then expand the above plans to what you are currently allowing (some multiplication should suffice). so if you normally grant 1000 points for registering through your points hack, you can charge 400 per pack with 5 cards each, for a total of 10, and 200 points to invest in

hope that was something that wasnt overly complicated to comprehend.

Nope that helped alot - thanks!