Idea To Help Newbs Needing Sponsors

Gemdian · 01-30-2007, 12:50

I have an idea for an event that would help new players. I call it:

THE SWEAT TRADE WEEKEND

This is how it would go:

There would be two kind of "sponsors."

One kind who would be willing to trade armor and weapons (and other items) for sweat at a 1.0 rate.

Another kind of sponsor would buy the sweat from the first sponsors at the same rate.

This would give players a better chance to get started in Entropia.

HOWEVER, THIS EVENT WOULD ONLY LAST FOR ONE WEEKEND, so people wouldn't be out too much.

To avoid overcrowding the buying sponsor with too much demands for PED from sweat, I want to suggest the following safeguards:

1) Players would REGISTER here at this thread to post what they are holding for this event (if it didn't work out, you could post that you are taking the items back and selling them).

After they sold the items, ONLY THE REGISTERED ITEMS would be paid back (in sweat trade at 1.0).

2) There should be MORE THAN ONE person who would be the sweat buyer for this event, to keep one person from having a huge load to buy.

3) I"m hoping that the buyer also would have a way to make a profit, even at 1.0. So keep this in mind before you volunteer to be the buyer.

The Elf · 01-31-2007, 07:23

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Originally Posted by Gemdian

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One kind who would be willing to trade armor and weapons (and other items) for sweat at a 1.0 rate.

Another kind of sponsor would buy the sweat from the first sponsors at the same rate.

This would give players a better chance to get started in Entropia.

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...and to think, there are some of us that have been doing this at random intervals all along

Gemdian · 01-31-2007, 13:05

Well think of it this way, if we make a big public thing out of it, some of you would get more business, right? Plus people would know where to go to get what they need when we do this, especially if we hold it in one place like a big trading fair...

Thoughts?

FallenAngel · 01-31-2007, 14:31

i'm a noobish sweater,and my comment might suprise some and annoy others,but your sweat price is too high :P

think of it like this mind essence-nexus= realistic sweat price.

it would be near impossible for your buyer to make a profit @ 1.0 without someone sponsoring him or his buyer being the ultimate sponsor of this.

but it is nearly impossible for the noob to get a realistic price because only the resellers are constant regular buyers and they seem to want large profits.
so if you buy the sweat at a more sustainable rate in which nobody "profits" above getting a fair price this might work as the end buyer would still be paying the market price for mind essence, or only slightly above if your buyer needs a profit.

just my pecs

Gemdian · 02-01-2007, 12:58

My mentor pays me 1.0 anytime I want to sell to him. I know he's doing me a favor, but I know for a fact that used to be the set price. As mentioned before, there are some people who do this anyway. What I want to see is people who ARE WILLING/ARE ALREADY DOING to all get IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME and help the new players/underequipped players get a good start on things without having to worry about "getting a good value on sweat" for once.