This may be a terrible or just plain boring idea, but it might be fun. Skyrates is a flash-based trading game designed to be played intermittently-after buying an airplane and filling it with trade goods, you design a flight plan and take off, after which it takes 2-6 (or more) realtime hours for your plane to reach its destination. Orders can be queued up 12-24 hours in advance, and your success is generally determined by your strategy and luck in working the market, airplane choice, crew members, and the gradually increasing abilities you chose to train your pilot in.
Anyway, I’ve found that the first 20-30 days of the game are the most fun, after which you’ve found your groove and generally just settle in for working until you can buy the top-tier plane.
Given that, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in running an informal competition in which we make new pilots, start at the same time, and see who can acrue the most cash after, say, 30 days of play?
Alright, cool! If you guys don’t mind I’d like to wait one more day or so just in case we have any more last-minute additions, but how about we start on the 24? I don’t know what time is most convenient for everyone, but it probably makes the most sense to start at the same time, for fairness’s sake. ^^
Oh shoot, I forgot that we were going to start, and was out all day- my mistake!
In any case, why don’t we start this sunday at, say, 3pm? If you’ll be busy then, just start earlier and spend an amount of time inactive equal to the difference- since we aren’t in direct competition time played is the big balancing component, and especially in the first 3 days I can’t see the difference in market conditions over a few hours making a big difference.
I’ve been having trouble getting it to work myself (eee pc- does great for email, tends to puke all over flash-heavy pages), so I guess we should call it off… thanks for the interest anyway, everyone!
