Sythe Gold

[Belumoth]

inb4 5k gold for one free bump

Oh I'd cry. $100 for a free bump lol

 

[k3vinz]

cool

 

[Franko]

cool idea

 

[Skorp2610]

Appreciated, Matthew!

 

[Gfs]

Sounds cool to me.

 

[Mathewkthxbai]

is this a permanent feature to the forums now?

 

[h1j2q3]

nice update

 

[Jeff]

Very prematurely

But yes, an option for hiding it should be implemented

 

[Forti2ude]

As much as I appreciate the work put into this in an effort to better the site, I don't think this is being handled correctly atm in the slightest.



Looking at that I'm guessing it was done as an extra incentive for activity. The referrals, donations and mini-ranks part of that look fine, the rest have some flaws given that SG will have monetary value.

Posting - If it's a valid way of farming SG then a sizeable portion the people who are interested in gaining SG would end up shitposting for it.

Receiving likes - Again, shitpost some memes or be friends with Wortel and you'll gain a ton of SG. Not an issue with the likes system but the fact you're trying to tie SG to it.

^ Quality post well worth the SG

Voting on Polls - WoW Blows is gay. (99% of polls)

Why not have it as a reward from events? Run MotM again and reward the winner with SG. It's SG so you're able to create value out of nothing and give it away to encourage proper activity.



For the most part it's fine until it starts influencing the market like the bump timer bypass. Any benefit in the market is completely fucked because it rewards large traders and not smaller ones. It benefits those with a larger ability to invest rather than the smaller ones who are just starting off.

If we're looking for a fair market having people like R2P, Bogla, Divica, Arcus etc who can afford to constantly bypass the bump timer as soon as they're on the second page is going to kill any chance of smaller traders getting exposure. Even if SG can be bought by anyone, only the large traders can do so consistently and generate a still profit.

Awarding SG retroactively just makes the issue even bigger since large traders will already have a lot of SG to use up.

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tl;dr - Keep all benefits out of the market. Remove the sources of SG by shitposting. Use SG to encourage good posts through awards like MotM.

Tofu, you hit the nail on the head here. Wouldn't selling a bump timer bypass feature promote spamming?

For example, I want to bump my thread every ten minutes for an hour so I make ill-formed and irrelevant posts around the site, vote in old polls and bug other users to like my posts in order to "farm" Sythe gold. Once I've "farmed" enough gold I am rewarded by being able to bump my own threads excessively.

Do you plan on implementing any countermeasures for this feature? Or rely solely on the work of the current staff to keep it under control? As Tofu said above, if it's going to directly affect the market and content quality of posts, it's going to need strict and specific moderation and regulation.

 

[jackthehackm8]

eta on crafting miniranks please

 

Do you plan on implementing any countermeasures for this feature? Or rely solely on the work of the current staff to keep it under control? As Tofu said above, if it's going to directly affect the market and content quality of posts, it's going to need strict and specific moderation and regulation.

I do believe they will have a sort of system to restrict the type of posts Sythe Gold would reward. I.e. useless, small etc posts will not give Sythe Gold. A possible bump button has been mentioned before, so the small irrelevant "bump" posts wont receive anything. Specific sections where likes are wanted; i.e. Donor Lounge or Spam Forum don't give SG rewards for likes or posts? I believe. Of course if there is abuse it can be dealt with, I hope especially if the aims are to maintain a economy out of Sythe Gold.

 

[Buyacc]

Tfw:

Charizard is only worth 3$ in Sythegold

 

Didn't read all the comments, but any expected release date for new features to be added as part of the Sythe Gold, such as smaller bump times?

 

[Silent192]

I personally hope sythe gold won't be used for faster bumps or something like that because it would make it even harder for new users to do something on this site and helping the rich get richer.

 

[k3vinz]

would we be able to trade sythe gold with other sythe members?

 

[Belumoth]

would we be able to trade sythe gold with other sythe members?

Yes you currently can. This is the only thing we can do with it at the moment.

 

I personally hope sythe gold won't be used for faster bumps or something like that because it would make it even harder for new users to do something on this site and helping the rich get richer.

I think the trend that more donated = more bonuses is a fair one. You can obtain a decent amount of sythe gold throught donating gold and you can also obtain it throught other activities which have no cost associated with them. That's what's so good about sythe gold, it's not exclusive to the wealthy but to the community driven the active traders etc. Id understand your point if new comers were forced into paying money to be on the same level as other traders but there not. So please don't use the abosulte disgrace of a statement the rich get richer. There's a reason there at the top now stop moaning and get grinding. S/o @veng @TalonsGP @video @R5V

 

[Silent192]

I think the trend that more donated = more bonuses is a fair one. You can obtain a decent amount of sythe gold throught donating gold and you can also obtain it throught other activities which have no cost associated with them. That's what's so good about sythe gold, it's not exclusive to the wealthy but to the community driven the active traders etc. Id understand your point if new comers were forced into paying money to be on the same level as other traders but there not. So please don't use the abosulte disgrace of a statement the rich get richer. There's a reason there at the top now stop moaning and get grinding. S/o @veng @TalonsGP @video @R5V

Yeah I agree completely with the donating system in that it helps you look more trustworthy (what I'm about to say depends on the price of the service) but I presume the "extra bumping service" would be pretty grindy to get your hands on with the 1post1SG and 1like1SG thingies and it might create a bunch of spam on the forums because a bunch of people would be spamming threads to get SG so they could bump the threads they actually care about. Now how would the "rich get richer" if it takes you for example 5 days of spamming to get idk 5 extra bumps while someone can just donate and get a hundred of them and keep "extra bumping" his threads constantly giving him an upper hand purely because of his financial status. And please to call the saying "the rich get richer" an apsoulte abundance is I'm sorry but just stupid, it is a fact that the rich in fact tend to get richer(if they handle their money properly ofc) because money generates money, if you have a million it isn't too hard to make 20k$ but if you got 0 you have to work for that 20k a while if you are even gonna make it. And I am in no way one of those grumpy poor people who are jealous on the rich just because they are but that statement is something that every rich person is going to agree on.

 

Yeah I agree completely with the donating system in that it helps you look more trustworthy (what I'm about to say depends on the price of the service) but I presume the "extra bumping service" would be pretty grindy to get your hands on with the 1post1SG and 1like1SG thingies and it might create a bunch of spam on the forums because a bunch of people would be spamming threads to get SG so they could bump the threads they actually care about. Now how would the "rich get richer" if it takes you for example 5 days of spamming to get idk 5 extra bumps while someone can just donate and get a hundred of them and keep "extra bumping" his threads constantly giving him an upper hand purely because of his financial status. And please to call the saying "the rich get richer" an apsoulte abundance is I'm sorry but just stupid, it is a fact that the rich in fact tend to get richer(if they handle their money properly ofc) because money generates money, if you have a million it isn't too hard to make 20k$ but if you got 0 you have to work for that 20k a while if you are even gonna make it. And I am in no way one of those grumpy poor people who are jealous on the rich just because they are but that statement is something that every rich person is going to agree on.

People spamming would be dealt with like it always has been so that ain't an issue. People who chose to donate to get this feature deserve it. They are giving back to a website that is generating them income. So because people have taken the time to build there business on sythe, we can't reward them because new comers will be affected?

 

People spamming would be dealt with like it always has been so that ain't an issue. People who chose to donate to get this feature deserve it. They are giving back to a website that is generating them income. So because people have taken the time to build there business on sythe, we can't reward them because new comers will be affected?

And let's be honest, 90%+ newcomers sign up just to buy from a reputable gold seller.

I have no problem having those who donate more receive more benefits.