Student Points Proposal for Battles

[Tyler Silverman]

Captain Greedy Tyler here again peeps, with yet another poll. Aren't polls fun!

So right now, members can wager their SP's in battle, a system that probably hasn't been used very much and the details not finalsed. I'm not suggesting we remove this, more just.... add to it.

I propose that a set amount of SP are awarded to members per battle, whether they win or lose, and this would be kept track of in it's own thread, threads crossed out as their SP reward are applied.

So, how would this work specfically? Let's get to the numbers buddy.

Say Tyler battles Laz... oh what a laugh that'd be again. The natural result occurs and Tyler is whooped. What happens?

Laz, for his GLORIOUS VICTORY, is awarded 100 SP.

Ty, for his SHAMEFULL DEFEAT, is awarded 50 SP. A tie is also 50 SP each. Doesn't seem very high does it, 50 only being twice the per-post amount, and 100 only x4. But....

Let's say the have a rematch and Laz was stoned off his head, and Tyler had purchased the 2000 SP Amulet Coin, attaching it to the Pokemon he uses.

Tyler's victory now means he earns 200 SP, double normal winnings. Because Laz does NOT have an Amulet Coin, he only recieves the standard 50 for a loss/tie.

So, under this system, battles would award 100 win and 50 loss; but spending SP on an Amulet Coin would in essence double these to 200 win and 100 loss, if you apply the AC to your Pokemon. Doubling is just my assumption, it might only be 1.5x, thus 150 win and 75 loss.

*pulls string on PA-based-toy* "The Banker says: RAGH I'M NOT TRACKING DOWN ALL THOSE THREADS!!!"

Indeed, that'd be very unreasonable! Instead, I propose a thread be crated in the Store itself, in which members have a post detailing their battle threads (ONLY those battle threads created AFTER this system is implemented). Once a minimum of two battle threads have been edited in, they can request it to be applied to their account: once applied, the threads are given a strikethrough label to make sure they can't be sneakily used a second or futher time.

Pro's of system:
- $$$
- Encourages GLORIOUS VICTORY
- Is less confusing than gambling (In my opinion)
- Makes the Amulet Coin a nice investment

Con's of system:
- More Banker Workload (delegated responsibily to another? Heck I'd do I make it sound easy =X)
- Encourages BLOODBATTLELUST
- Gambling would be considered a bit of a bad investment unless it was in large amounts (like 400 SP +)
- It's a Tyler idea therefore it must be BURNED TO THE GROUND

Yes? No? Maybe? Lobster?

[speedy]

>.> I like it.

[Adriel Sorano]

I vote Lobster

...but no. In all seriousness, it seems like a solid system. Of course, it would be up to whoever had the battle to let the mods know once the battle is over...unless one of the members themselves is a mod, of course. Either way, it gets my vote.

[Eros Wakefield]

I voted no, for a couple of reasons:

-it looks really confusing (I'm not a math person >_>)

-people are already getting SP for posting in battles, and this system would give them a large bonus on top of it.

-i see a problem with giving out money to "winners" when some battles have predetermined winners

-and if you install this system, now we've got another reason why people perform outrageous combos and evade 765438 moves because they want to win and get the victory money. then Battle Mods have to step in and things have fun sucked out of them.


SP is already being earned a nice rate. And people got to keep all of the points they had earned before the system was installed. We're not trying to make things too easy to buy, and we're not trying to give way to more controversy over battle winners.