Shoot. I saw the topic and I was like...BattleNet Marketplace, heck yeah! Then I saw the topic and was like aww. :( Then I listened to the videos and I was like, sweet!
If you don't want to sign the petition, YOU NEED TO SAY WHY!!!!!!!
What about options? futures? double/triple etfs? Who's the market makers? Oh what about the blackpool robot that accounts for 80% of the actual market volumes? Who's gonna do the ponzi scheme? Who's the president? And fed chaiman who's buying bonds?
Oh does that mean map makers has to report when they're about to release map? Like IPO? what about updates?
If you would have read through the text earlier, I said there will be no options, and the only things will be a basic stock market consisting of buying and selling shares, and shorting. That is it.
When you think a map is going to become popular, you buy the stock. When you think it is going to do poorly, you sell what you have or short it.
It is/was never intended to be a complex marketing system like the real stock market.
And I don't understand why that has anything to do with signing the petition. Please explain.
(Also, I understand you may know a lot about the stock market, but many people do not. I am keeping it simple, for the vast majority of people will have no idea what an option is, and have no desire in learning)
If you would have read through the text earlier, I said there will be no options, and the only things will be a basic stock market consisting of buying and selling shares, and shorting. That is it.
When you think a map is going to become popular, you buy the stock. When you think it is going to do poorly, you sell what you have or short it.
It is/was never intended to be a complex marketing system like the real stock market.
And I don't understand why that has anything to do with signing the petition. Please explain.
(Also, I understand you may know a lot about the stock market, but many people do not. I am keeping it simple, for the vast majority of people will have no idea what an option is, and have no desire in learning)
Ah i see what you mean. what about popularity reset? how would that work? Everyone bankrupt?
Or I can wait for pop reset. then buy StarBattle, SotiS, Desert Strike, Marine Arena, Zeal Frenzy, when it was 0 hours played =)
Haha no, the numbers have nothing to do with the popularity on Blizzard. The more well known a map is, the more people will buy shares of it.
When the popularity is reset on Bnet, this may indirectly influence what stocks people choose to buy do to what is currently listed as being "popular" on Bnet, but will have no direct impact on the amount of shares people actually have.
I hope that I made myself clear on that, if not I will try and explain better.
Edit: For example, you can buy shares in a game that you think is going to become incredibly popular. Once it is popular, the shares that have already been bought won't be deleted when Blizz resets their popularity system.
Yea but the shares is worth 0 hours after reset.
What determines the price per share? I assume the hours of popularity right? SotiS is 12,000 per share since it is around 12000 hours played. Unpopular Smashcraft is 260 per share?
Now after popularity reset, Yes I still have say 100 shares of SotiS but the PPS is reset to 0?
The price of each share is not based off the amount of hours, rather how many shares have been purchased.
For example, because a lot of people know about Desert Strike, a lot of people would look to buy shares of that stock. With each share that is purchased, the price of the share is increased.
So because Desert Strike is more popular than Smashcraft, more people will have heard of it, so more people would buy the stock, thus increasing the price of each share.
It is kind of a back door way of working the system, but it works. The stock market that I was describing for the corporations will function more like the real stock market than the custom game stock market will.
So for example, the price of a share would be the # of shares in the market. So lets say someone purchases 1000 shares. That would increase the price of each share by 1 per share purchased. (That may seem like a lot, but think of the value as being in pennies, because I cannot have a fraction of a mineral value)
For those of you who don't understand the poll, the petition would be for Blizzard to grant me some space on their servers, so that I would be able to make the system linked together.
In other words, think of a high score list. In order for the high scores to be computed, I would have to be able to get all the scores from everyone. That would require a place on Blizzard's servers where I could store information.
Alright, that video was indeed helpful.
I'm actually excited about this map now and i hope that your computer will get fixed soon so you can start working.
I'm confident that you'll deliver some awesome work there!
FYI the petition will be made no time soon, in maybe a month or so when the map is somewhat playable. I will then post it on Bnet, and everyone will put down their names.
Alright, so my computer HAS NOT been fixed, but I have begun working on the map (as of yesterday), but progress is slow due to my laptops incapability of doing anything but making a decent melee weapon...
However, I am making progress, the poll needs more feedback, and if anyone has any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, hate mail, w/e, post it below.
Alright so I have made the first video of actual footage of gameplay. I won't be uploading these as often as I had originally intended due to the length of time it took me to upload them.
So in this video I did get my computer fixed, so my progress has sped up exponentially. Please continue to comment and post questions below, so that I can further develop the game to what you guys want. Also, keep in mind that this is a mapmaking community with typically different desires in maps than most people. Comment on what you would think would be fun or an average SC2 player, not a skilled mapmaker.
So here is the video. The terrain is (obviously) not even started yet so keep in mind that is more a display of functionality than actual gameplay.
Part 1
Part 2
Once again, if you say no to the poll, you need to say WHY, or I will perceive you as a troll and hate you forever. Thank you!
I looked around your ideas and I think I'd be a loyal player if you'd actually play it off well.
But I need to point out a few things not related to the gameplay:
1. Why the hell do you need more space than 50 MB/10 map slots?
2. Petition? Yeah... The map's not even out yet and you want us to support something blindly?
3. Why don't you just type out how the gameplay works? I don't want to listen to you and I bet I can get your point explained in less than 3 minutes if you just typed it down.
4. Stop posting messages that have no value to it. Bumps, and topics which you have said again, won't attract commenters.
5. What's wrong with your PC?
6. The reason to why your videos are 2 GB is because using a less-compressed codec. Use AVC/H.254 codec as it can compress videos really well.
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@ParanoidPenguin: Go
The new video has been posted.
Great to be back and part of the community again!
New people reading:
Please respond to the poll above, and comment below. If you have time, watch the video as well! Thanks, Taco
Great to be back and part of the community again!
Bnet Forum
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2416112479
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@TacoManStan: Go
Shoot. I saw the topic and I was like...BattleNet Marketplace, heck yeah! Then I saw the topic and was like aww. :( Then I listened to the videos and I was like, sweet!
@TacoManStan: Go
ugh dont worry, I wont steal your idea :D...I already have my hands full on my own projects.
watching vids soon ->
If you don't want to sign the petition, YOU NEED TO SAY WHY!!!!!!!
Great to be back and part of the community again!
What about options? futures? double/triple etfs? Who's the market makers? Oh what about the blackpool robot that accounts for 80% of the actual market volumes? Who's gonna do the ponzi scheme? Who's the president? And fed chaiman who's buying bonds?
Oh does that mean map makers has to report when they're about to release map? Like IPO? what about updates?
@Maknyuzz: Go
If you would have read through the text earlier, I said there will be no options, and the only things will be a basic stock market consisting of buying and selling shares, and shorting. That is it.
When you think a map is going to become popular, you buy the stock. When you think it is going to do poorly, you sell what you have or short it.
It is/was never intended to be a complex marketing system like the real stock market.
And I don't understand why that has anything to do with signing the petition. Please explain.
(Also, I understand you may know a lot about the stock market, but many people do not. I am keeping it simple, for the vast majority of people will have no idea what an option is, and have no desire in learning)
Great to be back and part of the community again!
Ah i see what you mean. what about popularity reset? how would that work? Everyone bankrupt?
Or I can wait for pop reset. then buy StarBattle, SotiS, Desert Strike, Marine Arena, Zeal Frenzy, when it was 0 hours played =)
I will be the richest in the starcraft universe!!
@Maknyuzz: Go
Haha no, the numbers have nothing to do with the popularity on Blizzard. The more well known a map is, the more people will buy shares of it.
When the popularity is reset on Bnet, this may indirectly influence what stocks people choose to buy do to what is currently listed as being "popular" on Bnet, but will have no direct impact on the amount of shares people actually have.
I hope that I made myself clear on that, if not I will try and explain better.
Edit: For example, you can buy shares in a game that you think is going to become incredibly popular. Once it is popular, the shares that have already been bought won't be deleted when Blizz resets their popularity system.
I think that should clear it up a bit.
Great to be back and part of the community again!
@TacoManStan: Go
Yea but the shares is worth 0 hours after reset. What determines the price per share? I assume the hours of popularity right? SotiS is 12,000 per share since it is around 12000 hours played. Unpopular Smashcraft is 260 per share?
Now after popularity reset, Yes I still have say 100 shares of SotiS but the PPS is reset to 0?
@Maknyuzz: Go
The price of each share is not based off the amount of hours, rather how many shares have been purchased.
For example, because a lot of people know about Desert Strike, a lot of people would look to buy shares of that stock. With each share that is purchased, the price of the share is increased.
So because Desert Strike is more popular than Smashcraft, more people will have heard of it, so more people would buy the stock, thus increasing the price of each share.
It is kind of a back door way of working the system, but it works. The stock market that I was describing for the corporations will function more like the real stock market than the custom game stock market will.
So for example, the price of a share would be the # of shares in the market. So lets say someone purchases 1000 shares. That would increase the price of each share by 1 per share purchased. (That may seem like a lot, but think of the value as being in pennies, because I cannot have a fraction of a mineral value)
Great to be back and part of the community again!
For those of you who don't understand the poll, the petition would be for Blizzard to grant me some space on their servers, so that I would be able to make the system linked together.
In other words, think of a high score list. In order for the high scores to be computed, I would have to be able to get all the scores from everyone. That would require a place on Blizzard's servers where I could store information.
Great to be back and part of the community again!
Alright, that video was indeed helpful.
I'm actually excited about this map now and i hope that your computer will get fixed soon so you can start working.
I'm confident that you'll deliver some awesome work there!
Thanks! My computer should be back within the next couple weeks, and I will begin working on making the actual map.
Until then I will just be working out the algorithms and figuring out how I am going to do everything.
Anyways, additional feedback is always welcome.
Great to be back and part of the community again!
FYI the petition will be made no time soon, in maybe a month or so when the map is somewhat playable. I will then post it on Bnet, and everyone will put down their names.
Great to be back and part of the community again!
B-B-B-B-B-BUMP!
Great to be back and part of the community again!
Alright, so my computer HAS NOT been fixed, but I have begun working on the map (as of yesterday), but progress is slow due to my laptops incapability of doing anything but making a decent melee weapon...
However, I am making progress, the poll needs more feedback, and if anyone has any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, hate mail, w/e, post it below.
Great to be back and part of the community again!
Alright so I have made the first video of actual footage of gameplay. I won't be uploading these as often as I had originally intended due to the length of time it took me to upload them.
So in this video I did get my computer fixed, so my progress has sped up exponentially. Please continue to comment and post questions below, so that I can further develop the game to what you guys want. Also, keep in mind that this is a mapmaking community with typically different desires in maps than most people. Comment on what you would think would be fun or an average SC2 player, not a skilled mapmaker.
So here is the video. The terrain is (obviously) not even started yet so keep in mind that is more a display of functionality than actual gameplay.
Part 1
Part 2
Once again, if you say no to the poll, you need to say WHY, or I will perceive you as a troll and hate you forever. Thank you!
Great to be back and part of the community again!
I looked around your ideas and I think I'd be a loyal player if you'd actually play it off well.
But I need to point out a few things not related to the gameplay:
1. Why the hell do you need more space than 50 MB/10 map slots?
2. Petition? Yeah... The map's not even out yet and you want us to support something blindly?
3. Why don't you just type out how the gameplay works? I don't want to listen to you and I bet I can get your point explained in less than 3 minutes if you just typed it down.
4. Stop posting messages that have no value to it. Bumps, and topics which you have said again, won't attract commenters.
5. What's wrong with your PC?
6. The reason to why your videos are 2 GB is because using a less-compressed codec. Use AVC/H.254 codec as it can compress videos really well.
Member since 2010. Made the -The Thing- [Revival] game. Nostalgic of the WC3 days.