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legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 3095
BTC price road to $80k
I'm still stuck on rice ponds can anyone can help me out. or do you have anyway to earn few mBTC then i will use it to play again in rice ponds..
Waters from mentors is not enough to gain few satoshi's and also gift from statue's
I am searching for another statue's that can give free satoshis again but all of the statues has no gift..
Guys who have reach above level 5?Can you PM me your username there i will add you as my friend and also can you share few waters?
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1081
I may write code in exchange for bitcoins.
I would like to try the game is it already opened for everyone? The idea is very original mixing the mmo concept and a casino with bitcoin, ive seen this many times before but with no real money (ingame currency) that had no real value.

Indeed, it's live right now and has been for several years.  I actually think that Dragon's Tale was one of the first sites that accepted BTC.  I've been there for about 2.5 years and it was around at least a year before I came by.  I agree, that it's fun to have some sort of MMO that isn't just "play money".
sr. member
Activity: 300
Merit: 250
I would like to try the game is it already opened for everyone? The idea is very original mixing the mmo concept and a casino with bitcoin, ive seen this many times before but with no real money (ingame currency) that had no real value.
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1081
I may write code in exchange for bitcoins.
Doesn't the 11 also have a higher rakeback than the 8, giving it even more value? That in itself has worth -- higher rakeback = less money lost = more money gained.

Yes, indeed, that's what I was referring to.  If you already have an 11, then having an 8 doesn't help you because you do your bets with the 11 and get the better rakeback.  However, if you don't, then the lower your account currently has to correspond to an increase in the value of an account you're bidding on.  If you have level 7 and you're bidding on an 8 that actually might not be as valuable to you to win in an auction as someone with a level 6 bidding on that same 8, etc.
legendary
Activity: 1988
Merit: 1007
Regarding the value of accounts, an interesting thing occurred today.

4 hours before the weekly lottery, doeboy put his 11-going-on-12 account, and a second level 8 account, up for auction, or attempted to.  At first he said he would take the best offer no matter how low, and the auction would end at the weekly drawing.  But a few minutes later he said that if the best offer wasn't high enough, he would wait till the monthly drawing, as he has 500 (or so) tickets.  (Which suggests to me that he is busted, was waiting for the weekly lottery, and ready to bail)

He listed the assets.... two 100 btm ribbons, one 300 ribbon, access to Toa for both accounts, some unremembered value of DT, and I think that that was it, along with the 500 tickets.

So what is the value of the account really?

Well, there is nothing solid here, but it seems reasonable to value the ribbons at 500 btm - the 5% of the supposed house take on future ribbons wagers, or 475 btm.

(We don't know just how much the house takes with those, really.  You win something when you grab one, but it has never been much more than the bet in my experience, so you have to survive two tries just to get your money back.  But on every bet the house takes 50%, if I understand it rightly)

But we might reasonably say 475 btm.

as for the tickets, they are also questionable, but you could say that, based on last month's drawing having nearly 4000 tickets, his ticket package is worth 1/8 BTC or 125 btm.

The value of going to Toa seems to be entirely an intangible asset.  I have never heard of Toa having anything that the other islands don't, so the only thing about going to Tao is that others can't.  Which in reality is no value at all.

The level 8 account, if you have an 11, is no value at all except for what you might be able to sell it for, and as we see, account sales are pretty flat (I think LucyLuck recently sold hers, no idea for how much.)

So it seems like a reasonable value would be 600 btm if you wanted to risk the tickets.  A reasonable auction bid (which itself is a gamble), would be 400 btm.

doeboy, I am sure, would think much differently.  He went through a lot of BTC to get to that level.  But what does not come with the account is the fun (and, more, the disappointment) he had going through those 11 levels.

A level 8 account is nice because you can go to Tiki and party with friends and not too many  alts will show up.  And it's the best bar in the game.  But I have never heard of any advantage to being at levels beyond that.   They can throw tourneys, but, you can get your mentor to do that for you if you care too.

Just some thoughts.

Totally separately, I wonder why so much of Tiki is undeveloped?

Also, X seems to be a total failure.  You never see people hanging out there at the bar, which is pretty lame itself.  They just go there to look for herbs.  Same, really, at Xinren, except for the voting booth and the cows.  Much of Xinren was never developed as well.  It used to have a good bar I am told, but for some reason Di wanted to drive people to the 'governed' islands.

I get the impression that what ever else it may be, DT is an ongoing sociological experiment.

~All for tonight!

An interesting writeup, but I think one thing you're not really accounting for is the level of the buyer.  You properly point out that if you have a level 11 account, then a level 8 account isn't really getting you anything you don't already have.  But the reverse is true for someone bidding on the package.  If you're a level 2 and you don't even collect DT yet then, if you're unlucky, you might lose 200-400BTM just trying to get to level 3 to get into the DT scheme.  However, as you say, if you already have a high-level account, then this isn't really a factor.  So, what i'd add to your analysis is that the delta between the level of a bidder and the level of the account to be sold has to be a factor in the value of the account.

Doesn't the 11 also have a higher rakeback than the 8, giving it even more value? That in itself has worth -- higher rakeback = less money lost = more money gained.
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1081
I may write code in exchange for bitcoins.
Regarding the value of accounts, an interesting thing occurred today.

4 hours before the weekly lottery, doeboy put his 11-going-on-12 account, and a second level 8 account, up for auction, or attempted to.  At first he said he would take the best offer no matter how low, and the auction would end at the weekly drawing.  But a few minutes later he said that if the best offer wasn't high enough, he would wait till the monthly drawing, as he has 500 (or so) tickets.  (Which suggests to me that he is busted, was waiting for the weekly lottery, and ready to bail)

He listed the assets.... two 100 btm ribbons, one 300 ribbon, access to Toa for both accounts, some unremembered value of DT, and I think that that was it, along with the 500 tickets.

So what is the value of the account really?

Well, there is nothing solid here, but it seems reasonable to value the ribbons at 500 btm - the 5% of the supposed house take on future ribbons wagers, or 475 btm.

(We don't know just how much the house takes with those, really.  You win something when you grab one, but it has never been much more than the bet in my experience, so you have to survive two tries just to get your money back.  But on every bet the house takes 50%, if I understand it rightly)

But we might reasonably say 475 btm.

as for the tickets, they are also questionable, but you could say that, based on last month's drawing having nearly 4000 tickets, his ticket package is worth 1/8 BTC or 125 btm.

The value of going to Toa seems to be entirely an intangible asset.  I have never heard of Toa having anything that the other islands don't, so the only thing about going to Tao is that others can't.  Which in reality is no value at all.

The level 8 account, if you have an 11, is no value at all except for what you might be able to sell it for, and as we see, account sales are pretty flat (I think LucyLuck recently sold hers, no idea for how much.)

So it seems like a reasonable value would be 600 btm if you wanted to risk the tickets.  A reasonable auction bid (which itself is a gamble), would be 400 btm.

doeboy, I am sure, would think much differently.  He went through a lot of BTC to get to that level.  But what does not come with the account is the fun (and, more, the disappointment) he had going through those 11 levels.

A level 8 account is nice because you can go to Tiki and party with friends and not too many  alts will show up.  And it's the best bar in the game.  But I have never heard of any advantage to being at levels beyond that.   They can throw tourneys, but, you can get your mentor to do that for you if you care too.

Just some thoughts.

Totally separately, I wonder why so much of Tiki is undeveloped?

Also, X seems to be a total failure.  You never see people hanging out there at the bar, which is pretty lame itself.  They just go there to look for herbs.  Same, really, at Xinren, except for the voting booth and the cows.  Much of Xinren was never developed as well.  It used to have a good bar I am told, but for some reason Di wanted to drive people to the 'governed' islands.

I get the impression that what ever else it may be, DT is an ongoing sociological experiment.

~All for tonight!

An interesting writeup, but I think one thing you're not really accounting for is the level of the buyer.  You properly point out that if you have a level 11 account, then a level 8 account isn't really getting you anything you don't already have.  But the reverse is true for someone bidding on the package.  If you're a level 2 and you don't even collect DT yet then, if you're unlucky, you might lose 200-400BTM just trying to get to level 3 to get into the DT scheme.  However, as you say, if you already have a high-level account, then this isn't really a factor.  So, what i'd add to your analysis is that the delta between the level of a bidder and the level of the account to be sold has to be a factor in the value of the account.
sr. member
Activity: 314
Merit: 250
Regarding the value of accounts, an interesting thing occurred today.

4 hours before the weekly lottery, doeboy put his 11-going-on-12 account, and a second level 8 account, up for auction, or attempted to.  At first he said he would take the best offer no matter how low, and the auction would end at the weekly drawing.  But a few minutes later he said that if the best offer wasn't high enough, he would wait till the monthly drawing, as he has 500 (or so) tickets.  (Which suggests to me that he is busted, was waiting for the weekly lottery, and ready to bail)

He listed the assets.... two 100 btm ribbons, one 300 ribbon, access to Toa for both accounts, some unremembered value of DT, and I think that that was it, along with the 500 tickets.

So what is the value of the account really?

Well, there is nothing solid here, but it seems reasonable to value the ribbons at 500 btm - the 5% of the supposed house take on future ribbons wagers, or 475 btm.

(We don't know just how much the house takes with those, really.  You win something when you grab one, but it has never been much more than the bet in my experience, so you have to survive two tries just to get your money back.  But on every bet the house takes 50%, if I understand it rightly)

But we might reasonably say 475 btm.

as for the tickets, they are also questionable, but you could say that, based on last month's drawing having nearly 4000 tickets, his ticket package is worth 1/8 BTC or 125 btm.

The value of going to Toa seems to be entirely an intangible asset.  I have never heard of Toa having anything that the other islands don't, so the only thing about going to Tao is that others can't.  Which in reality is no value at all.

The level 8 account, if you have an 11, is no value at all except for what you might be able to sell it for, and as we see, account sales are pretty flat (I think LucyLuck recently sold hers, no idea for how much.)

So it seems like a reasonable value would be 600 btm if you wanted to risk the tickets.  A reasonable auction bid (which itself is a gamble), would be 400 btm.

doeboy, I am sure, would think much differently.  He went through a lot of BTC to get to that level.  But what does not come with the account is the fun (and, more, the disappointment) he had going through those 11 levels.

A level 8 account is nice because you can go to Tiki and party with friends and not too many  alts will show up.  And it's the best bar in the game.  But I have never heard of any advantage to being at levels beyond that.   They can throw tourneys, but, you can get your mentor to do that for you if you care too.

Just some thoughts.

Totally separately, I wonder why so much of Tiki is undeveloped?

Also, X seems to be a total failure.  You never see people hanging out there at the bar, which is pretty lame itself.  They just go there to look for herbs.  Same, really, at Xinren, except for the voting booth and the cows.  Much of Xinren was never developed as well.  It used to have a good bar I am told, but for some reason Di wanted to drive people to the 'governed' islands.

I get the impression that what ever else it may be, DT is an ongoing sociological experiment.

~All for tonight!
newbie
Activity: 51
Merit: 0
Mineral waters is like a giveaway that mentors get daily to give to new/low level players.
legendary
Activity: 1988
Merit: 1007
Depends what promo code u mean, since u already have an account u can only get it for grindabit and egenesis soldiers. bittoclick and globe soldiers code needs to be put when creating account, so worthless for you now


Interesting. I also wasn't aware of the claiming differences. But what's this about waters? I had someone give me some a long time ago but still don't get where they came from.
newbie
Activity: 51
Merit: 0
Depends what promo code u mean, since u already have an account u can only get it for grindabit and egenesis soldiers. bittoclick and globe soldiers code needs to be put when creating account, so worthless for you now
legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 3095
BTC price road to $80k
Do you have anyway to have a promo key and also get free waters?
I'm always lost in rice ponds and i'm stuck on this task...
Guys can i make another account and start new again?

There are no rules against multiple accounts. Multiple players have alts.
There are a lot of rules against multiple accounts now,you can use only one(main) account to get free gifts/water. you can have as many as alts you want but they won't be able to get free gifts.  Tongue
Ouch so my alt account will not recieve any waters and gifts.
That's why i cant recieve waters from my mentor.. i think i will use the main because alt account is worthless....
Guys where can get promo code?
Can i get it in joining a group?
Some statues saying that you are not in the group.
hero member
Activity: 658
Merit: 500
Do you have anyway to have a promo key and also get free waters?
I'm always lost in rice ponds and i'm stuck on this task...
Guys can i make another account and start new again?

There are no rules against multiple accounts. Multiple players have alts.
There are a lot of rules against multiple accounts now,you can use only one(main) account to get free gifts/water. you can have as many as alts you want but they won't be able to get free gifts.  Tongue

Yes that is true just first account will able to get free gifts from soldiers statue and any alt account using same pc won't able to claim faucet there.
legendary
Activity: 1400
Merit: 1009
Do you have anyway to have a promo key and also get free waters?
I'm always lost in rice ponds and i'm stuck on this task...
Guys can i make another account and start new again?

There are no rules against multiple accounts. Multiple players have alts.
There are a lot of rules against multiple accounts now,you can use only one(main) account to get free gifts/water. you can have as many as alts you want but they won't be able to get free gifts.  Tongue
legendary
Activity: 1988
Merit: 1007
Do you have anyway to have a promo key and also get free waters?
I'm always lost in rice ponds and i'm stuck on this task...
Guys can i make another account and start new again?

There are no rules against multiple accounts. Multiple players have alts.
legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 3095
BTC price road to $80k
Do you have anyway to have a promo key and also get free waters?
I'm always lost in rice ponds and i'm stuck on this task...
Guys can i make another account and start new again?
legendary
Activity: 1988
Merit: 1007
Yeah, Umuri was my mentor also. I would definitely recommend him if he's still there. But it's been so long since I logged into DT. Umuri was good about explaining the games and also gave you half of what he earned from being your mentor. He clued me into the secrets the seed planting game, the waterwheel, the air balloons and the wishing well. He really helped me to level up and unlock the higher level islands. Not sure if the game is the same now though. Maybe I should log in again and check things out.

They've actually made a lot of changes recently regarding that "giving back half" thingy.  I think it was pretty controversial and to be honest I still don't understand all the details of what went down.  In any case, I recommend LucyLuck as a mentor, she's almost always online.

I was wondering if this was allowed to begin with. Essentially it results in people buying referrals (who might otherwise not be using them).

It was certainly allowed, and changing it was quite controversial.  One of the main issues was that mid-level mentors supposedly couldn't get any students because high-level mentors gained so much more on the diff between the levels of themself and their students that splitting that difference made a big difference.  If you were a level 3 student and had a level 11 mentor then you made half of the diff between level 3 and 11, but if you had a level 6 mentor, you only got back half of the diff between 3 and 6. 

I'm not as active on there as I used to be, in fact, I'd love to hear offers on my level 8 account.

Ahhh, that does make sense. I was somewhat off and on the game as time went on myself, mostly there for socializing (not a huge gambler Tongue).
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1081
I may write code in exchange for bitcoins.
Yeah, Umuri was my mentor also. I would definitely recommend him if he's still there. But it's been so long since I logged into DT. Umuri was good about explaining the games and also gave you half of what he earned from being your mentor. He clued me into the secrets the seed planting game, the waterwheel, the air balloons and the wishing well. He really helped me to level up and unlock the higher level islands. Not sure if the game is the same now though. Maybe I should log in again and check things out.

They've actually made a lot of changes recently regarding that "giving back half" thingy.  I think it was pretty controversial and to be honest I still don't understand all the details of what went down.  In any case, I recommend LucyLuck as a mentor, she's almost always online.

I was wondering if this was allowed to begin with. Essentially it results in people buying referrals (who might otherwise not be using them).

It was certainly allowed, and changing it was quite controversial.  One of the main issues was that mid-level mentors supposedly couldn't get any students because high-level mentors gained so much more on the diff between the levels of themself and their students that splitting that difference made a big difference.  If you were a level 3 student and had a level 11 mentor then you made half of the diff between level 3 and 11, but if you had a level 6 mentor, you only got back half of the diff between 3 and 6. 

I'm not as active on there as I used to be, in fact, I'd love to hear offers on my level 8 account.
full member
Activity: 154
Merit: 100
I like a referral system because it is not worth me showing people about the game until I am level 5
legendary
Activity: 1988
Merit: 1007
Yeah, Umuri was my mentor also. I would definitely recommend him if he's still there. But it's been so long since I logged into DT. Umuri was good about explaining the games and also gave you half of what he earned from being your mentor. He clued me into the secrets the seed planting game, the waterwheel, the air balloons and the wishing well. He really helped me to level up and unlock the higher level islands. Not sure if the game is the same now though. Maybe I should log in again and check things out.

They've actually made a lot of changes recently regarding that "giving back half" thingy.  I think it was pretty controversial and to be honest I still don't understand all the details of what went down.  In any case, I recommend LucyLuck as a mentor, she's almost always online.

I was wondering if this was allowed to begin with. Essentially it results in people buying referrals (who might otherwise not be using them).
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1081
I may write code in exchange for bitcoins.
Yeah, Umuri was my mentor also. I would definitely recommend him if he's still there. But it's been so long since I logged into DT. Umuri was good about explaining the games and also gave you half of what he earned from being your mentor. He clued me into the secrets the seed planting game, the waterwheel, the air balloons and the wishing well. He really helped me to level up and unlock the higher level islands. Not sure if the game is the same now though. Maybe I should log in again and check things out.

They've actually made a lot of changes recently regarding that "giving back half" thingy.  I think it was pretty controversial and to be honest I still don't understand all the details of what went down.  In any case, I recommend LucyLuck as a mentor, she's almost always online.
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