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In the lottery plugins that I have experienced, the lottery isnt drawn in weeks and days, it is drawn in periods of 30 minutes with maybe 3 hours inbetween. This will make it quick so we can have tons of happy winners.
Seems really interesting. Maybe we should have donations of in game money to support the lottery or find a way to fuel the money pool.
Sounds like a good idea. Might look at adding one, or writing my own.
Quote from: optical on April 23, 2012, 04:24:18 amSounds like a good idea. Might look at adding one, or writing my own.I would hold off on this until we have an actual solution to the economy problem. It would be a pointless money sink because there is unlimited money in the market.
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Why does everyone say there's an economy problem? There is NO economy in Opticraft because money is unlimited. Just because you have a market where you can buy/sell doesn't mean you have an economy. An economy means there is limited money available and it has to be balanced/managed carefully so a small group doesn't end up with all of it. With an unlimited money supply everyone can be rich, which means the people with no money just aren't putting in the effort to earn it. You can get rich selling cobble to the market, if you're dedicated enough, and never have to deal with another player. Proof that there is NO economy, and thus NO economy problem. You also can't balance an unlimited money supply.To me a lottery would be kind of pointless, just due to the fact that those who are already rich can buy millions of tickets while those who are poor can only buy a few. Sure, you'll have the odd poor person who wins millions, but the odds would state that most of the lottery would be just millionaires passing money around the table. If you can limit the amount of tickets a person can buy, so people are only able to buy a couple per draw, it might actually make sense.
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Quote from: ViperZeroOne on April 29, 2012, 05:21:20 pmWhy does everyone say there's an economy problem? There is NO economy in Opticraft because money is unlimited. Just because you have a market where you can buy/sell doesn't mean you have an economy. An economy means there is limited money available and it has to be balanced/managed carefully so a small group doesn't end up with all of it. With an unlimited money supply everyone can be rich, which means the people with no money just aren't putting in the effort to earn it. You can get rich selling cobble to the market, if you're dedicated enough, and never have to deal with another player. Proof that there is NO economy, and thus NO economy problem. You also can't balance an unlimited money supply.To me a lottery would be kind of pointless, just due to the fact that those who are already rich can buy millions of tickets while those who are poor can only buy a few. Sure, you'll have the odd poor person who wins millions, but the odds would state that most of the lottery would be just millionaires passing money around the table. If you can limit the amount of tickets a person can buy, so people are only able to buy a couple per draw, it might actually make sense.Tell that to fulcan