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 Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:59 am
UPDATE FROM THE JOURNAL OF Panagrammic 6-26-10
Notes From Gaia
Booty Grab
It's been updated: mentioned by various devs and will be announced tomorrow that we're fixing a number of the most egregious BG bugs (immortal fish, for one, and the fact that your tank could glow even if you hadn't touched it for months). So why are we dealing with BG?
Basically, the gold payout for it is currently way too high. We rate features on a "gold per minute" scale -- the feeling being that if you play different games, you should get about the same amount of gold.
We also give gold for things that benefit the site -- for example, when you post a message, you're helping to contribute the to the rich tapestry of intercommunication on Gaia, so you should be rewarded for that. The purpose of BG was to encourage people to browse the forums; the theory was that the more you browse, the more likely you are to interact.
There are two problems with Booty Grab -- a) the gold per minute is much, much higher than any other feature, and b) with the aggregation sites, people are entirely bypassing the forums and not engaging at all. So, something has to be done -- it was dumping entirely too much gold into the economy -- but the reason that everyone is so cautious about changes is that there are people that invested real money into their fish tanks, and we need to make sure that they are not impacted unfairly.
All good things must come to an end............
Admin Lead
Offline Quote Post: 62641887_1 created on Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:09 pmPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:09 pm
As some of you may know, we're working on ways to bring down inflation on Gaia. One thing we have to do to combat this problem involves making changes to Booty Grab so that it gives out Gold at a rate that is more fair to the rest of the community.
As it stands, Booty Grab has been adding a tremendous amount of Gold into the economy, and that has a pretty big impact on driving up Marketplace prices And Booty Grab bugs also contributed to the issue. The bugs are being addressed now and some of the fixes will go out very soon, including:
Tanks with dead fish will no longer glow for Booty Grab.
Fish that don't die will now have their proper life expectancy dates set starting from this day forward. So a fish with a 4-month life expectancy will die in late October 2010. This fix includes fish that were previously given to Barrett, as well as tanks that haven't been visited.
A big contributing factor is aggregation sites that capitalize on the game. Even though they were made to help make Booty Grab easier to play, they changed the way the game was intended to be played, taking the "hunt" out of an Easter egg hunt style game. Through the use of aggregation services, the Gold being granted/added to the economy has gone up considerably in the past few months.
We reached out to the owner of one aggregation site, Dolphin Mania, and shared with him the inflationary impact his site had on the Gaia economy. He understood and had no desire to harm the community and economy, so he agreed to shut down his site. Aggregation sites will no longer be allowed to affect the Gaia economy and cause further inflation; use of these sites will not be permitted going forward.
We want to be respectful to you guys and keep Gaia fun, but we need to do so in a manner that's fair to the whole community. Lowering the inflation rate is a great way to do that, because everyone benefits in the long run. Once the economy stabilizes, we'll work on making Gold easier to earn but with less impact on the economy.
We know these changes will be a bummer for some of you, but we hope you understand this will ultimately prove beneficial to the entire Gaia community. Thanks for your patience and cooperation as we make these adjustments!
-Gaia Staff
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:39 am
What happened to the auto bump?
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:59 pm
purplethread What happened to the auto bump? I heard in the aquarium forum that the auto bump was considered 'botting' (against the TOSs and a bannable offence. Personally, I had no problem with it.)
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