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I bet most of you have read
XenosOTK 's article NEW SERVER IDEA by railman *DISCUSSION BY PLAYERS!* . The basic idea is to make another server with gold buying option. Although I missed discussion there. Some players saying stuff like this:
Why this game actually needs gold buying?
Well most of you say it will turn game into another erepublik. Whoa stop right there! Erepublik raised $270k at very start, later had $742.5k before public launch and $2.7 million for futher development around day 600. So Erepublik needs these money to pay off and gold buying is probably one of the most important source of income.
E-sim on other hand started with no capital. We have only one developer - railman (aka admin). It sure get's a lot of time from his RL. Income... I don't think we could describe income as profit. I don't know statistics for ads (it should be quite low for such amount of people) nor for premium accounts (although I don't see many of them and Paypal also takes some fees) and donations - 697.19 euros per 7 months or 99.6 euros per month. I don't know how he survived alone, but he sure couldn't afford more workers. He sure is a persistent fella. As I heard gold buying would be limited. I heard sum of 50 gold/month. Although as
AmiL HamjA AbubakaR said MU's could get at max 2.5k gold per month, but some limit is better then no limit.
So let's get this discussion started, shall we?
Ok so idea is to have two servers: one with no gold buying and another with gold buying. So on other server you could be rich if you are rich in RL too.
New modules... It requires development and maybe a lot. As I said railman is only developer and again he would probably concentrate to work on those modules which would affect other things. For example bugs. (They get seriously overloaded with new modules). Maybe more job for GOs (depends on module). For example Stock Companies - it's not as simple as unpaid debts - he has gold or not. No, that requires quite a lot of investigation. It's tiring and remmember that GOs are volunteers. Premium accounts - it would need quite a lot more functions for it actually to attract more people to buy it.
As I said there's only one developer. There wouldn't be any promotion of second server just because it's selling gold. All updates would be implemented on both servers.
Yes, very much respect should go to admin. Although it started a lot like erepublik clone, but it went more inovative way with implementation of new modules. New server is being started for hope of more income to actually get more developers and for this game to progress faster.
Well that would require quite a lot of coding and maintenance. Actually it would be like whole different game and current idea is just to add gold buying and update/fix the game equally on both servers.
Well other methods of funding didn't show results if such things are being considered. One other option could be rasing money from funds (like erep did), but they would require % of company and in that case they would like their investments to profit. And gold buying might be axis of income anyway.
Yes indeed it is
Maybe without this we won't be able to reach year 2.
As far as I know it should be launched in a month, but I think it will take longer.
Enjoy the game,
Wait for info from admin,
Peace and out.
Wiki admin (searching for moderators/translators),
Pakalniskis
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
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