Planet citizenship, the EP poll

Hi,

this is a dupe of a poll I made on EF, here.
I came to the conclusion that it would better suited here (thx, Tass!).
So, read and vote (original text, plz read the PS):
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I came in late '05, and never ever then had a choice to choose a planet where I'd want to live on. I became a Calypsonian, automatically.
(I'm quite sure that this fits to at least a huge part of the participants.)

Even if I went to Arkadia as soon as it was available, and since then only had just a 30 min stay on Calypso to fetch my remaining storage, I'm still a Calypsonian - and Calypso gets a nice share of all I spend.

But since I'm not on Calypso all the time, I'm a 2nd rate Calypsonian. I pay the fees, but don't get the gifts. Is my money sent to Calypso, earned on Arkadia, worth less then the money anybody else earns for Calypso?

This is not correct. I don't want to be a 2nd rate citizen, and I want my money to go to the ppl that actually do something for me. Regarding the present available planets, and the upcoming ones, this might become a problem to you, too. Maybe even faster then you can imagine. Think of it, now. Or whine, later.

So I propose 2 possibilities:

1. Anybody that entered the game before the first planets went on-line gets a one-time choice to what planet it want to belong.
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2. Alternatively, every account with 1 year play time or above gets asked once a year what planet it wants to belong.

Belonging to a certain planet might yield a quite tiny better loot there, but this is not mandatory.

Main reason for this is to create a method to pay planet partners for their efforts. Who does a good job might get more (paying) citizens. Who does a bad one might loose them.

I understand that the recruiting efforts of the PP's should be honored. Thus the choice #2, where they'd have a full year to persuade a new participant. Choices #1 and #2 are quite related, and could live side a side, right?

Think of it, and choose your vote.

Have a good time, and phat lootz!
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PS: I want to emphasize that it's not about the gifts. This was poorly formulated by me, I admit. It's about the equality of the Planet Partners, and equal chances. You might want to read the discussion in the linked thread, but this isn't mandatory.

 

Hi,

I actually think of this. But can you imagine the hassle? And the costs for chipping out/ chipping in again, and the lost skills?
Add to it that I'd need to choose a new name, at least slightly different that the one I use for 6 years now.
I think of asking MA for a "grace period" of a few weeks, where I could use 2 Avatars (Xandra_old and Xandra_new) before "Xandra_old" would be deleted. Such might work, but it's not a real solution for me. And to be honest, I don't really understand why this should be required at all.

The problem with the planet citizenship is created by MA, with their poor choice to "kidnap" all & any of the older players for the planet they (MA) now own themselves. And as it seems, that they want to keep now.

Exactly, and this is a disadvantage to all & any of the new Planet Partners - unavoidably there is a huge number of players that never had a chance to decide where to spawn - the new planets just didn't exist yet. All participants of the long year playerbase belong to Calypso now.

This way MA has made sure to get the biggest piece of the cake, and now even starts to sell a piece from this cake to participants of his own planet, to pay for a Ad campaign. Since this Ad campaign is payed by Calypso Land Lot Shares, what Planet will be advertised? You bet. This isn't what I like, it's clearly boosting Calypso only at the expense of other Planet Partners.

At the very least a one-time choice would have been correct for the participants that never had an opportunity to select a planet they feel belonging to. See option #1.

Ways better IMHO would be a yearly choice for every 1-year-old participant to select the planet that has persuaded her in the last year. This way the effort and the care of the Planet Partners would result in an financial benefit, it would add to the competition among the planets without putting anyone in disadvantage.

EU is dependent of the success of all Planet Partners, isn't it? Would EU survive the crash of another Planet Partner? Does it really make sense when MA now cannibalizes their Planet Partners?

There's a lot more to this, discussed elsewhere. My poll here is a try to start with a relatively small problem, that nevertheless hurts quite some of the older players, and the other Planet Partners. Even a one-time choice (as smallest denominator) would result in a more just balance of planet population numbers, and planet income distribution.
This would help the new Planet Partners, and as such would help to the success of the the whole Entropian Universe, and such would help MA, me, and you.

Have a good time!

 

Hi,

12 (3 for old players once, 9 for yearly poll): 1 now, quite a clear result. Cookie fiends ignored :)
On EF it's a bit different, 17 (11 for old players once, 6 for yearly poll): 11 now, Cookie fiends ignored too. Quite some that think that privileging "their planet" would be of benefit.

Anyways, 29 players would love a change. 12 would oppose. I'd really love to see more votes!

Have a good time!