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Suggested revision to the token sys

over 5 years

Suggested revisions to the token system

First off is my actual bug:

  • Users cannot purchase Tokens with the PayPal button. Only credit / debit cards are accepted.
    • Relating to that is a minor bug: an account that's purchased tokens cannot be "transferred" as an alt to another primary account.

Presently, tokens can be obtained via 3 different means:

  • You get 1 token if a friend joins EM and gets 4000 score points.
  • You get 20 tokens for $5 or 360 tokens for $30. (ranging from $0.25 per token, to $0.08 per token)
  • Another user buys you tokens

However -- I think that users should be able to directly send tokens from their account's balance to other users. Say that a friend plays a really great game; I'd much rather gift them 5 or 10 tokens than try to beg other players at the table to kudo them.

Maybe people can think of other fun ways tokens could be used. Spend 4 tokens to give a setup you created +10 upvotes so it can be played in redheart. Play poker on EM. Play chess or other 2 player games with tokens on the line.

As long as EM tokens can't be exchanged back for US dollars, Lucid doesn't really have to worry about money laundering going on either.

What do other people think? Google Adsense probably isn't bringing in the big bucks; shaking up the token system would encourage more donations.

over 5 years
Also I once bought 20 tokens for EM user Ravennn / Starfire22 and she never got them