Topic: Crypto Kingdom - 1991 Retro Virtual World(City) - page 193. (Read 632699 times)

Your Majesty, I cannot begin express my gratitude for being ennobled at such an early stage in my gamelife. Since I first laid eyes on the Kingdom I knew I had stumbled upon something great. I see many happy years in front of all of us, and many new ideas coming forth. I would like to raise a flagon to all who have been of help to me and all the other new peasants of this game. Here here!

The final ancient years: 1599

New characters, and Gold

No new Ancient characters will ever more be created. Each of the 45 Most Ancient characters and 47 Ancient characters have received their badge and are entitled to use TMA and TA in front of their title, provided that they have a title (Master is the lowest rank that is considered a title). If the future title is a noble title, but the ennobling did not happen during the Ancient era, the letters TMA/TA may not precede the noble title. (Eg. TMA Marquess of Ramsey, because his ennobling happened during the Most Ancient era, which ended in 1500, although he was promoted Marquess later, but TA Sir Cryptoknight, The Earl of Belgium, because Cryptoknight was not ennobled during the Ancient era, yet is an Ancient character.)

New characters may still be added to the current Char DB, but only for the purposes of buying CKG until the exchange listing starts. They are not allowed to make any other transactions, such as buying land.

All of the Ancient gold has been mined, and new gold will only very slowly be created as Proof-of-Play in the Online version.

The price of gold has experienced a surge after the initial emission ended (similar to what happened when the emission halved a few months ago). What is more, the King only holds 509k gold now (32k is earmarked to be the final payment of the development of the Online version), which means that the rule-bound distribution of "half of the gold" will soon end.

Ancient buildings

Ancient building projects may only be entered to the DB for a few more hours, and by HM/Roo/Jacket ONLY. They will still have the pipeline of designed buildings to empty, consisting of the following projects, which will be added asahp:
- A very large church in the 24 q lot in 5-C
- 3 towers 2x3 q each for Soul and Tavastia in 2-E
- A 18 q palatial development for OZ in 2-C/S
- A mimic of the Palace of Culture and Science for OZ in 3-W
- Fluffy Pony Horse Preservation Institute in 2-C
- The Marquess of Arda Botanical Gardens in 1-NE

No other projects will be accepted.


Ancient Promotions

The Marquess of Soul has been promoted Prince. "The Most Ancient Prince is one of the most old-time characters in the game, he started playing the first day when characters (other than the designers HM The King and HG TMA Bishop, The Marquess d'Armagnac, Councillor, AOD-Maj, MG-3) were accepted, the game year 1418. He is the oldest character by game age (notwithstanding the ephemereal Wizard, Zenon the Sorcerer of course), at 238 years of game age and 57 years of physical age. Apart from the King and the Town, he is the largest landowner, and his gold holdings are surpassed only by the King and HH The CEO, TMA Prince of Forte Spagnolo, MG-3. The main building of the University carries his name because he donated the majority of the building cost."

The Earl of Cryptoluna has been promoted Marquess. "The Most Ancient Marquess joined the game the first day, and has since held record positions in the economy. He has administred the University as Chancellor for more than a century, and during the recent years it has started to provide tangible scientific and cultural bonus to the Kingdom as well. As a special honor pertaining to his position as Chancellor, he is from now on properly addressed as HE, His Excellency (direct address YE, Your Excellency, later: "Sir"). As the prudent might have noticed, Dukes in the Kingdom, as well as the CEO are styled HH, His Highness, and Princes, along with high officials, are HE. The Bishop is HG, His Grace."

Master noms has been ennobled (Baron, L9). "2 characters have started the game as Earls, and 2 as Barons. All of these happened in 1400-1420, and they currently hold ranks between Marquess and Duke. Apart from them, TA Lord noms has made it from start to nobility the fastest, in only 9 years, beating smooth's previous record of 10 years. The rank of Baron was eventually awarded to every Ancient character who held at least 4,000 gold. In the Online version, about 5% of the characters are planned to be Barons or higher. Currently we have 28 Barons or higher, which is actually below target due to the 1,600 NPCs who are not eligible to become nobles. In the roleplay version, starting from v.6: Skills and Businesses, the NPC's will be gradually replaced by commoner PC's with their unique skills. Becoming Baron in that era is not impossible, rather it is the initial step for advancing in Nobility, with the most skillful reaching the rank L14 (Grand Duke/Duchess, Grand Prince/Princess, Royal Duke/Duchess), and eventually be selected as the Heir to the Throne. From v.5: Economy onwards, men are mortal, and once great characters will live forever in the Halls of Fame alone. We wish the best to Lord Baron noms!"


Promotions in the Ancient Order of the King

HH The CEO, The Prince of Forte Spagnolo has been knighted in the AOK to the rank of Sergeant, and given the emblems of the Knighthood weighing 250 gold.

The Ancient Order of the King was established in 1400 upon the ascension of His Majesty rpietila I, etc. The Knighthood is limited to 24 players and divided to the ranks of Grandmaster, Commander, Sergeant and Knight. The first Knight was the then Sir David, The Earl d'Armagnac (now: HG The Bishop) in 1434. Currently the Order has 12 members. The membership has so far been given to outstanding admins in the game, and is accompanied by a gift of 100-500 gold.

AOK-GM (1400) HM The King
AOK-C (1583, 1468) Dame Roopatra
AOK-S (1583) HE The Prince of North Face
AOK-S (1599) HH The CEO
AOK-K (1434) HG The Bishop
AOK-K (1460) HH The Duke of New Liberty
AOK-K (1468) HE The Chancellor
AOK-K (1468) Sir Luigi
AOK-K (1468) Lord Febo
AOK-K (1525) Sir Pablo
AOK-K (1525) Lord sXpher
AOK-K (1532) The Marquess of Ramsey
(12 vacancies)

Farewell, my loving people.

140

Current top bid is 300 from Soul.

125M

110Mm

280Mm

Thank you Smooth.

240

220Mm

Smooth QC liquidation dividend

A special liquidation dividend of 1m per share has been distributed to the shareholders of Smooth QC.

Approximately 0.85m/share of assets remain to be liquidated and distributed, plus some ongoing rental income from the remaining office building.

The simplest is bank deposits, if the bank is accepting them (seems the bank has plenty of cash at the moment).

Another option is Smooth Investment Fund (listed on the CORP tab of the character DB), which offers no guarantees but seeks to invest in the best performing assets in the game. So far it has a good return, but that proves nothing.

Other options:

1. Under the current rules, a well-optimized character will earn a daily passive profit from the labor pool.

2. You could buy CKG, which pays dividends from the town surplus.

Is there anyway i can make more xmr with this game? Like deposit in a fund and receive interest in xmr after some months

University update

The University has reached several milestones as we near the conclusion of the ancient era.

First, we most emphatically applaud and acknowledge the recent 10m and 100m donations from Master noms the Prince of Oz, and of course once again the extremely generation donations from The Marquess of Soul (henceforth honored by naming the main building the "Marquess of Soul Center") and Duke of New Liberty (henceforth honored by the naming the main courtyard the "Duke of New Liberty Courtyard") and many other generous donations during the ancient era.

In these last years we announce the appointment of the Prince of North Face as our new Provost. The Provost has successfully established the department of Learning and Research which includes staff donated by the Earl of Cryptoluna, on loan from Smooth QC, and acquired on the open market using rental income from our spacious main building. This department is making significant progress in the development of the Kingdom's science and culture, and we expect to grow much larger in coming years. We welcome any and all donations or loans of mid-to-high-level NPC characters.

Financially, the conclusion of the ancient era has been a success for the University. We have built both the Military Science and Main Buildings at a cost of over 2500m. Loans taken out to bridge the gap between donations and building costs have been almost entirely repaid, with just 100m now needed to be fully debt-free. In addition, the University holds 2050 CKG and an investment portfolio of over 700m in support of our research, education and cultural mission. We look forward to this solid financial footing serving as a springboard for further expansion of both facilities and activities in the future.

Onward!

The Chancellor
Earl of Cryptoluna

Starting Bid - 100m
The Grand Hotel 1st Company - 9 11 Strength Points - updated after promotions

     Current Bid
     100m - Master Noms


Starting Bid - 200m
The Grand Hotel 2nd Company - 14 18 Strength Points - updated after promotions

     Current Bid
     200m - The Marquess of Soul

Note-
Auction ends in approximately 1 day

Years ago, Our Lord visited His humble servant and told him that the passing of the century shall be celebrated accordingly, to be remembered for the centuries to come.

The Great Ancient Church will complement the Cathedral. A monument to the glory of Our Lord Almighty, it will celebrate faith and wisdom and culture.

The Church is a work of devotion and the best way to show such devotion to Our Lord is for you to spend something significant. The busy man shall spend time visiting the poors and the needy. The healthy man shall work hard, the wise man shall educate his brethen, and every man shall donate moneritos, to the measure it is not a negligible part for him.

The peasant shall donate and the highest of noble too. The amount donated doesn't matter, as long as it is a sum he will feel lightening his wealth.

So were the tellings and so shall be it? The recently nominated Archdeacon Callixtus will celebrate the regular masses in this church. Any donators will be remembered in words and praise and stone.

Callixtus mentionned to me this metaphor by the friars of the Company of Theophany : if the soon-to-be completed church is like the 10 fingers of a servant, then sphericon, who donated hundred millions moneritos as soon as he learnt of the construction, is the Right Thumb of the Church. From here, one shall easily deduce how much is required for the Church to be fully funded.
For those who cannot find the result, said the archdeacon, the Company of Theophany has course of mathematics available.

Update:
210 millions moneritos have been donated to the church out of a total of... you know it
with 100 millions moneritos, sphericon is the Right Thumb of the Ancient Church
with 100 millions moneritos, saddam is the Right Index of the Ancient Church
with 10 millions moneritos, anarchy is a Right Phalange of the Ancient Church

We are up to 102 players now, this game keeps growing in many ways every day!

Allianor The Wise was thrilled about her rebirth into something else than a tasseled wobbegong - even if just into a virtual world of imagination, or perhaps specifically why - and as a lady of proper manners is willing to donate 30M moneritos of her precious savings for the University. (The intellectually privileged ones may realize this she does not just out of empathy, but also to obtain more favorable chances of sitting pretty in her planned career of occult scholar).

She buys 2200 Gold to satisfy immediate vanity needs. 921 XMR sent to the deposit address received from saddam.

It is very addicting. I have been having a blast the last few days since I joined...

where can I actually play this game?