Topic: Crypto Kingdom - 1991 Retro Virtual World(City) - page 154. (Read 632671 times)

I support maxxing out the loan and constructing the Esplanade-side face of the House asap (1601-1602)  as well.

Marvellous! We have the majority, so the building may start. 1.0 bil of loan from Soul has been received, and the building may start!

To get the thing going, we the King pledge as many as are needed WIAS ancient standard pane windows for the construction of the main floors, at the same price that RWWC was selling out the WIRS windows (0.55 mil/sqm; normal King asking price for WIAS is 1.1 mil/sqm).

#4 supports #2's proposal

I support HM's proposal. Let's build!

My apologies I cannot be more active in the game as of late, I am in the distant land of Javascriptia, learning the ways of their language for the next 11 weeks.

As always, I will still be able to accept and record your XMR deposits promptly.

Zoning notice concerning 1-N


The chapelry 1-N is the first area in the Town to be about fully constructed. We are now freezing the building situation there by declaring all buildings to be under Old Buildings Authority supervision, so that each of them is an example of its architecture, no matter ugly or beautiful. No changes shall be made to anything without the Deputy prior permission.

To resolve the financial grievances that may arise as some have not built their lands and may experience a loss for not being able to do so, we propose the following:

H2 is owned by the Church. It will be left a sandy field which can be used for playing petanque, and everyone will be grateful to the Church.

The North Gate may become crowded in the future as it is narrow. 1-NE-T48 is made a road instead, which can in the future connect to the B.4.

J12 is bought by the Town from its previous owner (Estate of sXpher) at the appraised price of 180 mil/q and made a paved street.

J14 is bought by the Town from its previous owner (Mistress Leila Liekki) at the appraised price of 150 mil/q and made a paved street.

J16 is bought by the King from its previous owner (Estate of sXpher) at the appraised price of 300 mil/q and remains a park, with the provision that King may build a wine cellar there to complete the likeness of Royal Palace of Malla with the IRL Malla Manor.

The Public Notice Period is 24 hours, after which the changes will go into force.

This is sad news indeed.  I will take the role of managing both of these estate with honor and hope that HH The Prince of Forte Spagnolo has a safe journey. 
We are in the process of deciding what to do with the estate of Lord sXpher and will notify all soon with the process of liquidating his estate.

I am ready to move forward with my development in 2-N.

The Ancient Fellowship of the Knights of the Round Table

The Fellowship consists currently of 10 members, the Knights. We have acquired a large 36 q tract of land in 5-N. The construction of the RT House there could be started. Situation:

- Plans are ready, to be customized to partial construction if needed;
- We only have 1,070 mil in the bank, only enough for partial construction;
- Window situation in the Kingdom is dire; in 1602 there could be an opportunity to amass enough, but frame construction can happen in 1601;
- Pool payouts are good, supportive of quick action to tap into them;
- The Hypothecary Bank is willing to give 6mo loan at 0.32%, so that the sum is 500 mil for the land and half of the actual building cost;
- It is also possible to wait with the property and invest in CKG to hope for increase;
- Accepting new Knights who would bring in more money is not possible yet.

The Knights:
#1 HE Forte Spagnolo
#2 HM King <-- supports maxxing out the loan and constructing the Esplanade-side face of the House asap (1601-1602)
#3 HE Soul <-- volunteers to undercut the loan rate offered by the bank and give it at 0.30% himself, same terms; supports HM proposal
#4 Marq. of Cryptoluna
#5 HH NF
#6 Marq. of Tavastia <-- supports HM proposal
#7 HE Ramsey
#8 Earl of Naoned
#9  Earl of White Cross
#10 HE OZ

Because of Forte Spagnolo's absence, HM will take the helm in chairing the meetings as Knight #2.

The list of building/repair projects for internal use only
(Admins may apply to be the BI for some of these projects when the time is right, marked AB)


When?
NF-OZ development in 2-N <-- tell me if this is ready to be built?
Round Table House in 2-N <-- tell me if this is ready to be built?
1-E/SE Soul Apartments <-- this is 1,560 sqm in 9q lot in bad condition; for sale if interested, asking 2,000 mil (189/q)

In 1601, asap to get the windows
The Hall of Justice bldg/Town <- lux/struct, windows

In 1601 if there are any windows left on Wed
RWWC HQ & Research <-- reasonable repairs, win install AB
RWWC Windows Factory <-- reasonable repairs, win install AB
New RWWC Factory <- plans, build, no win

Before 1602 to get the maximum payouts
Townhouse in Barons' Row
Townhouse in Expert Village Lane
HH House <- total overhaul w/win
Arco di Sergiu <-- evaluate need for IC, because this has it
2-C-C8 <-- cheap overhaul
Triple Towers <-- windows are a must!
Old Town Police Station AB
3-NW Soul villas
Portal Reconstruction (?)
3-W-C2

In 1602, quickly to get the windows
The CryptoMuseum-The Hypothecary Bank-Foreign Ministry Bldg <-- win at least AB
Villa Rotonda School of Economics <-- King checks
The Military Sciences Department <-- cheap repairs, modest lux, windows AB
The Palace of Culture and Science <-- King checks
The University Main Building <-- collapsed in earthquake; will this be rebuilt??
Violin Making School <-- windows only AB
Town Offices in C&S <-- win only AB
Town Reg in San Pietro <-- win only AB

Later
New Dept Store <-- win
The Original Hive & BetterHive <-- if you want to buy these (7 q in 1-N) for demolish incl ~1.6M stone, the asking price is 2,400 mil (309 mil/q).
King's Guesthouse 1-N-J17 <-- this 1 q/152 sqm property from the 1400s is an annex to Arda Palace and not in use by the King anymore, haw, ask price 700 mil incl some items from 1400s
Tavastia Village School <-- lux, win
Choo Parkside Restaurant <-- depends on usage
Clocktower
Army Barracks in 3-C

The remaining assets of the Estate have now been passed to the Monero House, which is a Foundation governed by the 7 core developers, who have appointed the Marquess of Cryptoluna to be the Executive Chairman.

Monero House is repaired to its original outfit with 80% lux, to emphasize the easy access to Monero.

Everyone in the Kingdom has been eagerly anticipating the fruits of the development conducted in the laboratories lead by these two noblemen (even though the laboratories have been a closely held secret, not even the King has been allowed to go in except with guard), over the decades, at enormous costs (the rumor says). These developments have been aiming at the improving the foreign relations and technology in the Kingdom, making it possible to accept many more citizens in the Town. Now at the loss of Lord sXpher and the mourning period of Sir Riccardo, HE The Prince of Forte Spagnolo, these developments will have to be discontinued. No further costs to the Town will be incurred from them, leaving the Town in a good financial position with a large warchest.

The Kingdom is still pursuing the developments opening a grand future for all the present and future townspeople (and later - people in other towns as well). The Wizard Developer has concentrated hard to deliver accomplishments that will continue to amaze. The year 1602.4 (thursday, next week) is estimated to be the time when the game can migrate to a new platform, with a part of the things still happening in the google DB.

If no further decisions are made in the Town Council, the pool distribution will be as follows from now on:

Most payments by the characters, mainly building costs --> 100% Special Services Pool
Certain payments by the characters --> 100% Town
Special Services Pool (end_of_year) --> 50% Town; 50% Rental Pool
Town (end_of_year) --> 85% gold dividends; 15% retained
Rental Pool (end_of_year) --> 15% pool payouts; 85% retained
(Development Pool has 24,249 mil and does not need new funds at the moment)

This is estimated to lead to 2,000-4,000 m gold dividends and 2,000-3,000 m rental pool payouts per year (realweek). The economy of the Kingdom is steadily picking up, as can be seen from the following figures as well:

The liquidity of the characters (sumtotal of non-King, non-Town characters T_MON accounts) has increased from 8,000 mil in 1550-1570 period to 24,000 mil now. The system accounts have swollen from 17,000 mil to 39,000 mil in the same period. There is now also the King's Coinshop, with a balance of 30,000 mil, which absorbs the character liquidity (excess liquidity tends to flow to gold) and releases the liquidity (selling gold is a way to get m, usable for many purposes). The economy is balanced to a dynamic equilibrium, unlike the economies in some of the foreign countries, which are intentionally designed to not seek equilibrium but rather a breaking point and misery for the people.

We wish Sir Riccardo a good healing time in the faraway lands!

It is truly a sad, sad day...

My friends, I come to you with terrible news. My close friend, Lord sXpher, has passed on to the next realm, having been taken by his illness in the night.

I am at a loss as to what to do. This tragedy came so unexpectedly, and it has left me torn and deeply saddened. All of our plans and hopes and dreams are now in ruins, and I feel listless with no desire to carry on.

I need to regain my strength and my energy, my friends.

For this reason, I am going to undertake a journey, to bring Lord sXpher's body to a place of rest where he can be buried according to the customs of his ancestors. I do not know how long my journey will take, or what I will find on the journey, but I do know I have to do this for my friend, and for myself.

In my absence I am relinquishing my position on the town council, to be replaced by vote at HM the King's discretion. In addition I am appointing the noble and honourable SirJacket, HH of the North Face, and his heirs, to manage my estate. As the onus of dissolving Lord sXpher's estate falls to me, I am passing this duty on to SirJacket.

I have no doubt I will return a healed man, with stories of wonder and intrigue from distant lands, but for the moment I must leave you and go on this journey of solace. I bid you farewell, my friends, and I look forward to our reunion!

Many thanks for this suggestion HM! I am convinced of the merits of these structures so we should proceed with their construction! Hokusai had mentioned to me previously he was aware of knowledge in the far eastern Kingdoms of these 'special energies' available to us here in the physical plane from harmoniously designed structures and objects, and I most pleased, and not at all surprised, to hear that HM has knowledge of these 'energies' also.

I also take this opportunity to thank HM for his generous gift of 1,200 bottles of wine during the recent Bicentennial celebrations  

Sorry to hear about the Marquess of Arda passing away. That was a very generous donation
https://twitter.com/XMRpromotions/status/633090636745326592

On behalf of the core team and in appreciation and recognition of this epic donation, I applaud and honor the memory of the Marquess of Arda. May he rest in peace.

We shall appoint a manager shortly.

ANN: Neverland Quick Loans has opened in the Character and Resource Database, tab Quick_Loans

Marchioness of Neverland has decided to offer a service to the players that have a need for quick cash: a short term loan that can be opened instantly.
In the tab there is a Loan Calculator that you can use to test different monerito amounts and loan lengths.

Quick loans of 10 - 50mil for short term at competitive interest rates!
Instant loaning is possible: any character that holds a minimum of 100 CKG can open a loan up to 50 mil moneritos.
Instant loan amount 10-50 mil and loan duration 1-10 days.

Interest 0.3% /real-day + loan management fee 2%
Contact any admin to open your loan in the sheets.

Barons' Row 2 - 18.



Town builds a Townhouse in 1-NE-T42...T46.

These lots were originally saved to be sold for aspiring new nobles at high prices. The cost of a 2q lot and a townhouse, with architecture fees, would however be prohibitive.

So we decided to take advantage of the Ultima feature of freely customizable lot shape, and make the 1,000 sqm area divided to 9 lots, cutting the costs. This requires that the construction is coordinated, which has also the benefit of further decreasing the price.

These beauties will be constructed soon and fully furnished with windows and 60% lux soon after. They are about 150 sqm units each in their own lot (a slice of the whole). Prices start at about 300 mil.

One end of the House is 50 m from King's Park, the other end is 50 m from Culture Square. Baron's Row serves almost exclusively these units, and does not have other traffic. The views to the south are all the way to El Bulli, over unbuilt lots. This is a seriously exclusive place to live in, and Lord Thud is moving in promptly.


Prince of OZ, this design fits very well in the 1-NW-N1...N4, which are of same size and shape and facing. If it pleases your eye, we can give the architecture at half the price, and there would be the added benefit of having both houses located symmetrically relative to the obelisk, which might give them special energies. The address would be Expert Village Lane 13-29, with views to the Two Springs and the new Wizard Castle.

The Mausoleum of the Marquess of Arda constructed; the Estate wants to be dissolved


The first man to die in the Kingdom, the Marquess of Arda, has been buried to his beloved haw, near the Botanical Gardens. The mausoleum is aboveground, quite small and simple in appearance.

The Marquess' Estate has held many auctions in the past and the proceeds have been given to the Monero developers according to his spoken will. Yet there still remains a very large hoard of 10 kilos of gold and other valuables, almost 10,000 mil in total. We would give the Estate to the complete control of Monero developers to do what they wish with the remaining funds. (It has to be noted that this donation is larger than anything recorded in the cAPSLOCK XMR HoF.)

Please appoint the manager for the Estate.

Beer has come to Crypto Kingdom.

"Very good work, we should be at maximum production very soon".

Zephyrus left the Benedictine monk to return to his task at the Church's brewery and stepped outside. The building had been damaged by the earthquake but was still serviceable, and had been a center of activity in the last few months, as the Church was restoring and expanding its beer production.

With the events of the past year still fresh in everyone's memory, and the unhealthy effects of so called "drinking" water, the Church had quickly reached enough brewing capacity to cater for the entire needs of Cryptotown with enough spare to handle a population increase. After all, now that water was known to be a health hazard, and even mead being unhealthy, people would quickly flock to the safe drinking that beer afforded.

Among the different orders of the Church, the Benedictine order was specialized in brewing, and there were some skilled artisans there, crafting some of the best beer in the lands, and supplying not only the Church, but the population at large, with a healthy and enjoyable staple drink.

To celebrate the Church's restoration of its brewing capacity, His Majesty the King graciously gave the Church license to create a special batch of highly prized barley wine. Rumor has it that this batch may well surpass in quality some of the wines available in Cryptotown. The Church will present the King and the Wizard Developer P.J. with the first bottles issued from this batch.  This batch has been graded, and is a respectable 12-14/20. The quality is expected to increase with age up to a possible limit of 17/20, giving it the potential to be a very high quality barley wine.

First look at the barleywine, "Friar Maximus":



This wine is initially priced at 48,000 moneritos per bottle, and is suitable for those of expert or higher level. It is significantly cheaper than W1600, making it a good choice for those who have not quite made it to the nobility rank. Only 12,000 of these bottles will ever be made, so this barley wine has the possibility of becoming interesting to a collector after some time, as well as rising in price quite substantially in the meantime.

After the brewing of this first batch has concluded, the Church will be able to supply beer to everyone who wants to drink healthily without incurring the high costs of wine. The Church, desirous to keep healthy drinking available to the population at large, has decided to sell its quality Trappist beer at a low cost of only 5,000 moneritos per bottle, making this a very attractive option for poorer people. This would be a suitable drink for those at level 5 (Novice) and below. The Church hopes that, by keeping those costs low, more people will be able to afford beer. A healthier population will be a benefit to the entirety of Cryptotown and its economy.

If you wish to purchase this, you may buy up to 500 bottles per character. It is located at column JA in the F_OWN tab.

Drinks and Drinking

Now as the time has started moving, it is possible to consider our new temporal needs. Eating is not yet implemented but drinking soon will. At present, it is possible to amass the drinks for future consumption and taste the drinks to gain health points. The basics of the system are explained below:

1. Drink types

Mead is produced by the Town (later: by commoners in distilleries). The production carries a tax of 500 m per measure. The Town is currently selling mead for consumption at 1,000 m per measure. Thus, to change from water to mead, sets you back 24,000 m per realday = 168,000 m/gameyear. All mead is uniform, fungible and (currently) unperishable. It is "MEAD" in /F_OWN and 1 MEAD = 24 liters, enough for a realday.

Beer is a monopoly of the Church. The Church automatically produces the needed amount, and the cost of production, 1,000 m per bottle, is automatically paid to the Town. The Church can sell it at any price to make profit for themselves to be used for Church functions. All beer is uniform, fungible and (currently) unperishable. It is "BEER" in /F_OWN and 1 BEER = 24 bottles, enough for a realday.

Wine denotes any drink that is mid-strength and ages in bottle. They typically must be consumed in 10-50 years from production. Import tax is 10,000 m/bottle, in addition the cost of purchase may be significant. Wine can be consumed both for sustenance and by bottle. Gamemaster decides with what terms wine is able to be procured directly, or whether it must be bought from aftermarket. It is estimated that 1-3 types of wine would emerge per year, making the total number of wines in game to be about 100 at a later time (too old wines may be removed from drinkables and changed to collectibles).

- Currently W1600 price has been raised to 2 IC / a crate of 12 bottles (includes tax). This is because the 1601 vintage is considered poor so the price of this is pressured upwards. W1600 has gained more character rapidly (despite initial appearance to the contrary) and is a very enjoyable wine already, fetching 16-17 /20 regularly.
- W1601 is possible to be had for 1 IC / 12 bottles (incl tax). Tasting notes reveal a hardly drinkable character with no aging likely - instead will turn bad in a few years max. It is not even plentiful so price is high-ish.

Spirits are drinks that are distilled, strong, and do not age in bottle. They remain potable forever. Import tax is 100,000 m/bottle, and the purchase price may be significant. Spirits can only be consumed by bottle. Every other year, a new spirit comes to market (through some ingenious and always different method), dated for that year and not possible to buy more later. In addition, some generic spirits (such as CVS) will be available. These can be restocked and their age is not counted.


2. Drinking for sustenance

Each realday is 24 gamedays. Each realweek is 24*7 gamedays = 7 gamemonths = 1 gameyear. From now (1601) on, realweekly, you need to drink 168 bottles. This is deducted from your stock automatically in case of wine, and purchased automatically in case of beer/mead.


To keep the health of the townspeople from deteriorating too quickly, we set the following default drink plans (you can inform us to change your drink plan, it is in /CHAR):

- All wizards and nobles will drink the best wine that they have in stock (in the order: W1600, W1601B, W1600M, W1601) if they have any; if not, beer instead (Drink Plan A).

- Drink Plan AB is available upon request to those who cannot afford to drink only wine, but want to have some of its benefits. It consists of 24 bottles of the best wine they have, and 144 bottles of beer (Drink Plan AB).

- Experts and higher will drink beer (Drink Plan B) and purchase it from the Church automatically.

- Novices and lower will drink mead (Drink Plan C) and purchase it from the Town automatically.

- Drinking water (Drink Plan D) is available upon request (very unhealthy).

Drink Plan actually affects your health, which will be seen right away in 1602!


3. Drinking for fun/health

Please inform what you have drunk and how much, and have it deducted from your stock in /F_OWN. If you drink CLXII or CVS, inform it because there is a health benefit for doing so. (Later will be for individual bottles of good wines as well.)


4. Taxation rationale

The Town is trying to make drink taxes such a big source of income that business and labor taxes could, if possible, be removed altogether in the future.