How about a cooperative RPG with CDG?

[Shaitan]

I have been approached by representatives of the CDG demogame RPG with a very attractive offer. They propose a limited joining of our two games. This would be handled much like contact with a foreign country in the real world. The Embassy of Elucidia (CDG's country) is the most active one in Fanatika and joining our RPG's could breath fresh life into ours and help theirs to develop further.

The mechanics should be fairly easy to set up. Elucidia would open an embassy in our RPG and we would do the same in theirs. Import/Export can be done through the embassies just like in real life. Companies could even be started for it. Funds could be exchanged through the Bank of Valhalla (or a money changer if somebody sets up such a business) to change Elucidian dollars for Fanatikan gold and vice versa. Elucidians receive $10 a turn while Fanatikans receive an average of about 175g per chat so an exchange rate would have to be worked out.

Thoughts? Ideas? Anybody care for a mint?

EDIT: Added link to CDG's RPG.

 

[disorganizer]

?!? link to their forum please...

also:
yes. absolutely. but the trade should not be limited via the embassies.

idea:
we need more firms. firms could be built which sit with offices in both nations. what we would need is a cdg bank in fanatika and the bov in cdg. also a transportation firm (to transport goods) and a travel agency (for private and official travel)

BANKING
$ to gold can only be exchanged at the BOV here in fanatika or the BOV office in cdg. payment in fanatika can only be done in gold.

gold to $ can only be exchanged at the cfg-bank office here or its main office in cdg. payment in cfg can only be done in $.

of course both banks would charge people for exchanging money

TRANSPORT
if someone wants to sell things of cfg here in fanatika (or vice versa), it can order the items in a shop there and have them transported here.
to transport them the buyer has to travel to the shop where he baught the goods or have them transported by another business.

we could then set up businesses charging transportation costs for good transfer. maybe a rpg-shop for the start, then later a private shop. charging should be done based on amount and weight of the transported goods.

Travel
if someone wants to go from one nation to another, he somehow must travel there. now a travel agency could be established in each nation which charged per person travel charges. maybe also for different kinds of travel and comfort... like with the transportation costs.

 

[Shaitan]

Link added in first post.

 

[Padma]

A very intriguing idea!

I agree with disorganizer about changing money at the banks, and the only legal currency of a country is that country's currency. (Did that make sense? )

Sounds like the exchange rate should be roughly 17.5g : $1.

 

[disorganizer]

another thing: we should not allow people selling things there without aquiring them in fanatika. for example if the embassy there wants to sell rebel beer in cdg, they should be forced to buy it here. we should also set a time for transportation, lets say 1TC, to relfect the distance. if somebody wants to sell things there immediately, he has to build up a stock of items.

example:
duration of transport is assumed as 1TC.
if octavian wants to sell rebel beer in cdg, he has 2 choices:
1) he takes the order and posts a buying transaction in the pub for that beer (btw: we should only allow transportation of boxed or barreled goods). he will then have to wait until the next TC has finished before he can serve it at cdg
2) he builds up a local stock
he can buy a few barrels of rebel brew in advance (transaction in fanatika has to be posted+ he must wait for delivery of the barrels). he then has them in the stock at cdg, which allows him to serve them immediately on order. but he must take care that he can only sell the amount he has in the stock before he has to refill it.

example of how it sounds best for work:
1) mr.x makes a fanatikan pub in cdg
2) mr.x orders 10 barrels (10l each) of rebel brew at the pub
3) 5 days later (5 days assumed transport delay), he can serve the beer.
now if he sets 0.5l as dose he wants to give his customers, he can serve 200 doses before he runs out of stock.

 

[Shaitan]

Correction. Elucidians make $10 per week. The exchange rate would be closer to 35g : $1. Looks like we have inflated currency.

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

We have always been inflated. Still, I see no reason that Shai as the RPG Manager cant give us another freebie weekend

 

[Cyc]

It looks like they're in a depression. Maybe this would be a good time for some Elucidians to buy some Fanatikan gold...Hmmm

Anyway, I doubt very seriously if they would be able to purchase any meals from the Palette.

 

[Micaelis Rex]

Hello Fanatikans, I am one of the Elucidian RPG reps that Shaitan talked about. I see some very good ideas here and am very anxious to see these ideas implimented. I look forward to long and prosperous times between the people of Elucida and the people of Fanatika.

As Shaitan pointed out, we Elucidians only get $10 per week, so a currency exchange would be in order. I like the idea of goods taking a couple days to get across the border from Elucida to Fanatika and vice versa.

I don't like the idea of every Fanatikan business opening a franchise in CDG and then just importing their own goods, our forum would get much to cluttered. I think all transactions can be handled through an embassy thread, where each store may provide a menu of what they sell, and all subsequent request for items could be posted in that thread.

One area I'm still not sure about is real estate, should it be allowed for members of one country to buy "summer houses" in the other (after all, Elucida is filled with prime beach land ). Perhaps vacations can be planned to our themeparks and possum races. I would be glad to visit Fanatika myself someday!

I feel that if we all work together, we can bring RPG's to the next level!

- Mike23 (Micaelis Rex @ CDG)

EDIT: And no, we are not in a depression!

 

[Shaitan]

Mike, what is Elucidia's date and relative tech level? We are early industrial having just completed Universal Suffrage and entered our golden age.

 

[Micaelis Rex]

We are about 800AD and in the middle of the middle ages (researching Gunpowder I believe), which is behind you, but from what I can tell, we also move faster than you, playing about 20 turns a week.

 

[Chieftess]

Interesting, and this has to be the only place you can "advertise"... Didn't we sort of do something like this between 'poly and us? Of course, this throws an entirely new angle on things. Immigration/emmigration , currency exchange rates, trade, etc..

"What strange technology allows us to perform this sort of communication?"

 

[Grandmaster]

I don't think we ever had organized trade with 'poly... I think their people just started to come at will to Fanatika and open stores. Of course, who wouldn't?

I'm definitely liking this idea. I can't wait to see the reactions of those Middle Age folks when I start exporting repeating rifles....

 

[GenMarshall]

Sounds like a Good idea .

@Shaitan - I was wondering if I can also help out with this coop RPG with the CDG .

 

[Chieftess]

This could even be in the main MSDG subforum as a "Communities Section". You know, like the markets, events, and discussions between the different "nations".

 

[GenMarshall]

Originally posted by Chieftess
This could even be in the main MSDG subforum as a "Communities Section". You know, like the markets, events, and discussions between the different "nations".

I agree Chieftess . The Main MSDG forum would be like a public place for the tourists and visitors allike .

 

[Micaelis Rex]

Is MSDG Multi Site Demo Game? (if it is, CDG uses IDG for it )

Are you suggesting we go ahead with this idea by creating RPG games for the IDG (or MSDG)? This seems like a lot of work to me, but if you guys are interested in it, I would be glad to discuss it atleast. If we could get poly and some of the other sites to join us that could be fun.

 

[Manya]

Hi all i am the other representative of CDG RPG, along with Mike.

Good thing you liked the idea, but what are these "Industrial Ages" you wouldn't like to be burned for whitchcraft.

We provide you with a good service for turists with our first hotel about to be opened and our possum races spectacles.

 

[gunning1]

I would also like to be a helper for the co-op thing.

 

[Octavian X]

I dunno. Wishes were expressed to keep their RPG simple.