The Creators' Guild Economy discussion thread

It has been suggested that we create an economy here in the CGU, which would involve gaining and spending currency.

This thread is to discuss ways that currency could be gained and spent, as well as how to implement the economy in the Guild. If enough ideas can be found to make it viable, then we can implement the economy, if not.....

CGBank Accounts

Firstly, a Guild member would need to register for a CGBank account. The CGBank would consist of a thread, with one post for each account, which shows the money and items the account holder owns. If enough accounts are made, multiple threads can be made, dividing the accounts alphabetically and possibly for officers.

The CGBank thread would, of course, be locked. In the event of the union improvements occuring, one officer may be declared the banker, and only they (and the leader) will have the ability to alter the thread/s.

Earning money

Several ideas for gaining funds have been suggested: Contests and games could have a money prize. Successfully inviting new members could earn you money.

Bank interest is another idea and there are a couple of possibilities.
One possibility: Money left in your account for long enough earns interest automatically.
Another possibility: You can specify an amount to put into a sub-account, and for how long. Funds in the sub-account can't be used. Once the specified time is reached, the funds are returned to the main account with interest added.

People could challenge one another to online games, staking an amount of on the outcome. The games would need to be turn based due to the distance between most members, and preferablly free (Games like Scorched 3D and GunBound come to mind). This idea would require some planning.

If I could think of the correct way, I could run casino-type games. And there could be betting on the aforementioned challenges.

Officers may earn a wage. 

Spending Money

The most important part. If you work to earn funds, you really want something worth spending it on.

There would be a shop thread, with a list of items to buy and their prices. Members would post (possibly in a different thread) what they would like to buy, and then an officer would go to the buyer's account, and edit the post to deduct the cost, add the item and write a note of the transaction. They would then acknowledge the transfer by editing the buyer's post in the shop/buying thread. If the purchase involves a particular member, then that member must be the one to acknowledge the request.
Unfortunately, at this point, there are no ideas as to things that a person could buy at such a shop.

One of my game ideas is the Robo Rumble, which involves building a robot out of parts and then placing it in an arena to battle with other people's robots. I am considering that you will need to buy the parts for money. The game however, is currently unfinished, and I do not know when it will be.

Some competitions could have entry fees.

hey general, how about using cookies in our "project?" you spend cookies on your weapons, armor, and items. and as you go adventuring, you can find cookies on your enemies bodies or in treasure chests. or a big box of cookies could be the final treasure.

and alx, what do you mean by casino-type games? are we going to be playing poker via the forum?

and no, i DO NOT lose 6000 cookies automatically because of my sig.

I'm not going to add any shops to the maze, so you won't be able to use them there.

and alx, what do you mean by casino-type games? are we going to be playing poker via the forum?

dgwutka

I did try a game of blackjack over at Gaiaonline, but they had the ability to roll dice when you post.

EDIT: Just thought of something *adds to top*

........

I'm just wondering... Was this my idea? I feel like it was but I can't remember...

Well, you were the first person to post it in the suggestions box, skine.

yeah that's what i was thinking dg, i just didnt want to mention it yet :PGeneral_Hyrule

anyway, how are those scenarios coming? and be sure not to give any spoilers. if necessary, just PM me.

*files under "officer priveledges"*dgwutka

I think the interests should be based on the second policy which is basically a CD. Plus this way, people who are never on won't make as much money.

Well, I should probably make all the necessary threads and such, I guess we can just work out the gain and spend parts as we come up with them.

Oh, and if someone pays for an item in a thread game, the money goes to the Guild(read: disappears), not to the person running the thread.

Does anyone want to suggest any names? The currency is definately the Cookie-Dollar. Is everyone happy with the CGBank? Anything else that needs a name?

Well, I should probably make all the necessary threads and such, I guess we can just work out the gain and spend parts as we come up with them.

Oh, and if someone pays for an item in a thread game, the money goes to the Guild(read: disappears), not to the person running the thread.

Does anyone want to suggest any names? The currency is definately the Cookie-Dollar. Is everyone happy with the CGBank? Anything else that needs a name?

alx222000

the symbol for cookie dollars = @ since it looks kinda like a cookie. basically, you would say something like this:

i have @84 in my account.

The lowest denomination would be 1 Cookie Dollar. Broken Cookie Dollars are void.

*Thinks about dg's suggestion*

*Thinks about C$ *

That's a lot to comment on... Here goes.

Name- I like the CGBank :)
Lowest Denomination- I think it should only be Cookie Dollars as the lowest but if we were to go lower then we could use Chips
Symbol- I personally hate both @ and C$. I'm thinking it should be something like CD's (cookie dollars). So "I have 40CD's."

CG bank is good.
Cookie Dollar should be lowest.
I dont like @ or C$, CD would be better, unless someone can think of something else.

CG bank is good.
Cookie Dollar should be lowest.
I dont like @ or C$, CD would be better, unless someone can think of something else.

Vaton

Should of just quoted me :P

C$25

c$25

25CD

25cd

25Cd

25cD

I'm sorta inclined towards the last one, out of the 'cd's.

We probably don't want more than two characters.

© is good. it looks like a cookie, and it even has a C in the middle.if you dont have it on your keyboard (i dont, i just copied pasted his)then go to start, programs, (or all programs)accessories, system tools, character map.that has all the fancy symbols, even has some other languages. just double-click on the symbol you want, and then near the bottomhit "copy" then you just paste it where you want it. like this: © (that one i got from character map)

also, ill look for any other insteresting symbols we could put to use.

EDIT: okay, here they are: §¶¥¤۩۝۞Ω₪♀♂☺☻

i made them a little bigger so its easier to see.

I like © but we need to post how to do it so everyone knows

i did. character map. it takes some time, but once one person in the thread posts it, then anyone else can just copy/paste it.

Too much of a pain, it needs to be directly accessable.alx222000

[QUOTE="alx222000"]Too much of a pain, it needs to be directly accessable.Vaton

fine then. i still want @dgwutka

I still want CDs

[QUOTE="dgwutka"]fine then. i still want @skine99

I still want CDs

[QUOTE="dgwutka"]fine then. i still want @skine99

I still want CDs

Personally I think having it in capitals looks ugly. and there's possible confusion with other abbreviations.

cd? (just throwing something in here to stop this post from being SPAM)dgwutka

476cd

I like that. And how is this becoming SPAM? It's just a discussion.

He meant his own post.

And I did list the different configurations before.

one-word posts are automatically SPAM

one-word posts are automatically SPAM

dgwutka

What??.........:P

i looked in the terms of use and couldnt find it, but ive been modded for it before so i know its in there somewhere.

I say cd or cD

I preffer cD

why? just go with cd.dgwutka

Looks like it's going to be between:

52cd

52cD

I prefer the second, what do you say, Abyssion?