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firefpowell4 wrote:
I dont think you understand what I am saying I am not being rude but When I said created I really meant just put it on the PokeQuest
and I was just stating that when you had Psybucks which I think will be a great idea that PokeQuest wasnt copying Psypoke when the psybucks came out
Im not saying anyone copied anyone Im just saying that we didnt copy you and you didnt copy us
And Im sure you will you the "money" system differently then PQ.
No hard feelings I should have posted all this in the first post
Sorry :(


It's okay...but I do get annoyed how it seems people involved with other forums are obsessed with this whole copying business. To me it seemed that you posted your whole *cough cough* comment to try and imply we copied your forums - which we didn't in any way. My first reply to you explained all this.


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Nope I use *cough cough* when Im uneasy about posting something but I do anyways.
And I know you would never copy a forum well once you read this you can delete my posts because now the way I look at em' they look like flaming so you can delete those posts if you want, I dont mind.


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Amphy wrote:

If you are getting confused over what happened with Drake before, it was the fact that he instantly goes to install the mod the second we do. This isn't stealing, as anyone is free to install the mod, however we get irked over the fact that people just want to copy whatever we do.

Not at all!! I just thought it was a great idea, I had no idea what it did, and I was to lazy to figure out what it meant. I'm sorry. I just need to know what it was, and as soon as I figured it out, I thought that it was a such brilliant idea that I should inatall it on mine. Sorry.


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:? :?: this is very confusing. what will they be used for?????? where do the psybucks you get come from? another person? or do they appear out of mid air? I've read this whole tread and I'm confused. what sort of things can you spend them on. sigs? privalages? stuff from other members? how easy will it be to get psybucks? how much inflation will go on? (how fast will you roll out more, lowering the value of the current cash?)

Can I please get a strait ansewer?

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Darth DLA wrote:

Can I please get a strait ansewer?


No, because I've already stated we have not yet finalised everything to do with the cash system. Once we do, all of these questions will be answered. I will outline how to earn PsyBucks. I will outline what they can be used on.

You need not worry about inflation, because prices of things will be held constant. This isn't real money so it doesnt matter how much the entire community has. (For example, me having 50Billion PsyBucks will not effect any other members in any way, it will just mean I'd be able to spend my PsyBucks on more things)


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:) Aha, but other members will charge you more for stuff. a lot more if its 50billion you have. (at one point in germany you needed a wheelbarow of paper money to buy a loaf of bread.) I'm not very conserned, but I think that new members will have troble this way. I also think that all psypokians should get at least one psybuck to start with. can you carge for sigs?

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All Psypokes will be starting with a certain amount.
All team members will also be given a small amount extra.
Please be patient until we get everything up and running.

Trust me, we will announce all this soon.

We have yet to decide whether people will be allowed to charge for things such as sigs, atm we're leaning towards yes. If it happens, we will enforce a strict 'no price change' policy.

And back to your example of inflation (which happened because the government printed excessive amounts of money), we will be the "other members". Example: say we offer a special Trainer Card for 100 PsyBucks. We can make as many of these cards as we want. The fact that everyone has 50 Billion PsyBucks won't change the price. We will simply hold it at 100 PsyBucks. The problem you outlined only occurs if prices can be changed. The things we will be offering won't be changing price.

I hope you get it, it's a bit hard to see without concrete examples which I will be posting soon :)


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....guess something really let all the air out of my brain tonight....i still can't understand what the PsyBucks are for,how they are gotten,etc. but i get the confused impression that it either means that we will have to pay for having a sig,or membership?

...sorry-major brain fart time.... :P

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Pikachu_Mom wrote:
....guess something really let all the air out of my brain tonight....i still can't understand what the PsyBucks are for,how they are gotten,etc. but i get the confused impression that it either means that we will have to pay for having a sig,or membership?

...sorry-major brain fart time.... :P


The admins haven't really set their foot down on anything yet. People donate PsyBucks to you. If you make a good post, or have done something good around the community, another member may donate some Psybucks to you.

No, I'm sure we don't have to pay for the membership. I believe the admins intend to keep Psypoke a free community. :wink: However, they are discussing whether you can buy sigs from the shops or not. But it's not going to be a steady payment. :)

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<b><u>NOTE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ON PAGE FOUR</u></b>

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Here's the big announcement you have all been waiting for - what PsyBucks are all about!


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PSYBUCKS
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Psybucks have been introduced to encourage people to participate in competitions and get more involved in the community.
The rewards from collecting PsyBucks are what you can spend them on - things on the forums you normally couldn't get.
Please read through all of the following before asking any questions. Questions which are asked which are answered in this guide will be deleted.


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There are a number of ways you can get PsyBucks:
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1) You will automatically get 50 PsyBucks when you sign up to the forums. Those which have already signed up will receive 50 PsyBucks.
2) If you join a Team, or are a member of a Team before December 31st 2005, you will get 25 PsyBucks on Dec 31st.
3) If the Admins spot you helping out other users, they will reward you with some PsyBucks as a reward. They will NOT reward back seat moderating.
4) If you compete in the Art Competitions, you will earn some PsyBucks for competing, and PsyBuck prizes will be rewarded. These will be outlined in the competiton threads.
5) If you compete in the Song Games, you will earn some PsyBucks for competing, and PsyBuck prizes will be rewarded. These will be outlined in the competiton threads.
6) Psypoke Trivia - When trivia is held, PsyBucks will be up for grabs.
7) Certain site competitions which will be announced in the future will involve PsyBucks being rewarded.
8) Submitting Guides for the site or forums will earn you PsyBucks, which will be determined by the Admin's discretion.
9) Getting Donations from other Psypokes!
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And here are the thing which you can currently spend your PsyBucks on:
NB: This list will grow as we add more exciting things
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1) Items from individual shops. People can start up their own shops in Slateport Market - please adhere to the Slateport Rules. The maximum amount anyone can charge for ANY item is 100 PsyBucks. People don't have to charge anything in shops if they don't wish to. Real items cannot be sold in shops.
2) Trainer Card/Team Alteration - 20 PsyBucks. Those who already have their order in will get theirs.
3) Trainer Card Rank Update/PsyQuest Update - 5 PsyBucks
4) Custom Rank* - Previously Made - 2000 PsyBucks. See below for details.
5) Name Change - 2500 PsyBucks.
6) Custom Rank* - Make a New One - 5000 PsyBucks. See below for details.
7) Unique Rank* - Only you may use - 10,000 PsyBucks. See below for details.
8 ) Donate them to a friend!

The new ranks are as follows:
The 'Unique Rank' can be purchased uniquely for you - only you are able to use it and nobody can buy the 'Custom Rank - Previously Made' to use it.
The 'Custom rank - Make a New One' can be purchased and you get that rank. However others can pay 2000 PsyBucks to use this rank. This is good when a group of people want a rank - they can split the 5000 PsyBucks between them, and just spend 2000 PsyBucks each to all get the rank.
The 'Custom Rank - Previously Made' is where you choose a rank someone has made in the 'Custom rank - Make a New One' option.
With these ranks, you obviously cannot make a rank which makes you look like an Elite, a Frontier Brain, or a Gym Leader in any way. You also cannot use any ranks which make you look like you are on Probation, like you are a Team leader, or like you are banned. You also can't use any of the post count ranks to make you look like you have a higher post count than you actually do.
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A few points:
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- Team entry is free, and always will be - the teams cannot charge people an entry or membership fee.
- Forum sign up is, and always will be free - you get 50 PsyBucks when you sign up.
- Don't bother donating to the Elites - for us, we can already get any of the things up to buy for nothing, and also give ourselves PsyBucks to give away.
- PsyBucks cannot be exchanged for any real currency, are not legal tender, and cannot be used to purchase anything of material value. People caught doing this will be punished.
- PsyBucks cannot be sold for anything of material value. People caught doing this will be punished.
- People caught signing up multiple times and giving PsyBucks to one account will be banned, so don't do it.
- Any other dodgy dealings with PsyBucks will also be stopped :P
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We plan to set all the above up very soon, however not all of this is ready yet. When it is ready, everyone will be given 50 PsyBucks, and any Team PsyBucks. We have not set a date for it's full implementation yet.
For now, the only way you can get PsyBucks is through donations and receiving them from the Gym Leaders, Frontier Brains and Elites for doing good things. There isn't much you can spend them on.
You can charge in your shops from now on, however it isn't advised, as not many people have enough PsyBucks to do anything, so my advice is to wait until the full PsyBucks system comes in to effect.


If you have any questions, (make sure you've read all of the above) please reply! I hope you all enjoy earning and using your PsyBucks!


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Hey Amphy, can I personally injure whoever comes up with a stupid question that can be easily answered in the big annoucement?

- Yes, you may

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This Announcement is as clear as crystal. Please read it carefully and as many times you need to understand before replying with a question.

Just a few points I would like to emphasize.

Amphy wrote:

3) If the Admins spot you helping out other users, they will reward you with some PsyBucks as a reward. They will NOT reward back seat moderating.


I never wanted to say this, but excessive backseat moderating annoy us Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains, if you've never figured it out by yourself. Besides, backseat moderating implies raising your post count with "fake spam", which is also pretty irritating.

Beat me to it Galar. Again do not do this.

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There is a very large edge between helping people and backseat moderating. I trully hope you can view it and live with it.

Amphy wrote:
With these ranks, you obviously cannot make a rank which makes you look like an Elite, a Frontier Brain, or a Gym Leader in any way. You also cannot use any ranks which make you look like you are on Probation, like you are a Team leader, or like you are banned. You also can't use any of the post count ranks to make you look like you have a higher post count than you actually do.


If you try to be funny asking for a "Probation" or "Fails at Life" rank you won't even need to spend your precious PsyBucks, as we can arrange it for you free of charge.

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- PsyBucks cannot be exchanged for any real currency, are not legal tender, and cannot be used to purchase anything of material value. People caught doing this will be punished.


:?

You wouldn't even bother trying to exchange PsyBucks for real Dollars, would you? You wouldn't be that naive and silly, right?

Right?

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- PsyBucks cannot be sold for anything of material value. People caught doing this will be punished.


And they also cannot be used for selling accounts in other Forums, online games or any other internet community. Psybucks' main purpose is entertainment, and it's only worthy inside Psypoke Forums. Besides, this is not Ebay.

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- People caught signing up multiple times and giving PsyBucks to one account will be banned, so don't do it.


We already have way too many problems with Users and their Accounts, and their Passwords, and etc. So please don't do this. We can easily identify the member by using our ultimate psychic power, and the member with lots of accounts will be awarded with the special rank "Fails at Life" (and we can even arrange a "name and shame" policy especially for that user, we won't even bother to ask what they think of it).

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1)*sarcastic*What is a psybuck?(Run from S_S, He's gonna KILL me!!!)
2)Seriously though, what is backseat modding?
3)BYE :)
*EDIT*Thanks Galar, Noone else post to answer me, question completely answered*

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1) LOL
2) Backseat moderating is when members excessively help people with the thought that, by doing so they will call the Admins' attention and they'll make them a real moderator some day, or, in the worst case, to raise their post count. They act like a way-too-much-available Gym Leader, and they have the ability to reach the level of annoyiance. You may call them 24/7 help providers as well.
3) Bye to you too. :)

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1) *Kills Birdlover*
2) I can easily think of a few people who backseat mod, and I kindly wish for them to stop, you know who you are.
3) KTHXBAI! :D :D

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Water~Phantom wrote:
how come i don't have any psybucks?
Amphy hasen't gotten around to giving every body Psybucks yet just wait a while ;)


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sounds good but why havent i got mmine for joining a team or sighning up?

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Magus wrote:
Amphy hasen't gotten around to giving every body Psybucks yet just wait a while ;)


Thats why. Not being mean or anything.


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madman wrote:
sounds good but why havent i got mmine for joining a team or sighning up?


Amphy wrote:
We plan to set all the above up very soon, however not all of this is ready yet. When it is ready, everyone will be given 50 PsyBucks, and any Team PsyBucks. We have not set a date for it's full implementation yet.


Amphy wrote:
2) If you join a Team, or are a member of a Team before December 31st 2005, you will get 25 PsyBucks on Dec 31st.

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Can you "reserve" a unique rank so noone else takes it while you work up the money?

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Water~Phantom wrote:
Amphy wrote:
And here are the thing which you can currently spend your PsyBucks on:
7) Unique Rank* - Only you may use - 10,000 PsyBucks. See below for details.
The new ranks are as follows:
The 'Unique Rank' can be purchased uniquely for you - only you are able to use it and nobody can buy the 'Custom Rank - Previously Made' to use it.


If you read it. . . .

If you read it, it shows your stupidity, seeing as it doesn't answer my question, which is why I asked a question. The Unique Rank costs alot of Psybucks. So I'm asking if I can ask an admin to set a certain name to the side, so noone else takes it while I work up the money. I didn't think I could be much clearer, but I see illiteracy abounds.</rant>

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He Means can he pay for a Custom Rank then reserve it while he works up the money for a Unique rank. Then add the payment together

and my Question:
Can Someone Turn a Custom Rank into a Unique rank by paying the extra even if they are not the creator of that rank?

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sanctuary wrote:
He Means can he pay for a Custom Rank then reserve it while he works up the money for a Unique rank. Then add the payment together

Really? I thought he meant telling Amphy that he wants "blahblahblah" rank and to hold it for him so no one else can buy it for themselves while he works up the money to actually buy the rank.

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Umm, yeah, what FW said. Although Sanctuary's idea would work too. Sorry I was so rude earlier.

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