Coming Soon: The YWS Currency Exchange Trading Platform

Nate · 2006-01-25T05:28:21Z

If you spend points, shouldn't they go somewhere rather than just to oblivion? In the real world, you spend ten bucks and that ten bucks goes to, say, Hershey, which then uses it to help pay a worker, who uses to it to help buy a pair of new shoes. Shouldn't there be a trickle down economy in YWS as well? After tossing this back and forth in my mind for a while, I also realized that points aren't worth anything! There's no competing currency, there's nothing to determine whether the YWS point is rising in value or falling in value. Wouldn't you want to trade against YWS points and bet on its downfall? So here it goes, the YWS Currency Exchange Trading Platform. Those who wish to trade in YWS currencies will be able to do so and then help to determine how much a YWS point is actually worth. To bring this about... 1. The YWS Euroloonydollar shall become the second currency on YWS. Depending on the value of it, it may end up costing less to use euroloonydollars than points. 2. YWS shall henceforth pursue a strict monetary policy. Right now, monetary policy is very loose so the value of one YWS point is quite worthless. Expect a tightening of the money supply once Big Brother starts buying up more YWS securities (also coming soon). 3. YWS points and euroloonydollars shall be based on a M1 supply seeing as how I don't trust credit cards. There is absolutely no way I will let anybody post a topic in The Lounge and let them pay the ten points at a later date! 4. The yield curve will be published daily in My YWS.

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Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:26 pm

Zion says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:26 pm

Everyone will post sotires and what not just to make...make...euroloonydollars?! argh! Oh the travesty!

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Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:31 pm

ladydark says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:31 pm

mummy?

okay...
1. don't understand this at all
2. what I do understand doesnt make much sense
3. yes... is this an economics/buisness site, or a writing site for those young writers out there?

hmm... v. curious..... what does this all mean?

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Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:03 pm

Nate says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:03 pm

I thought everyone would've gotten it after I posted:

:lol:

\:D/

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Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:05 pm

ladydark says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:05 pm

I'm not everyone, I'm a simple minded ding dong head who needs to have things explained slowly, and in pure english, elsewise I'll pry and poke until I understand whatever the delmia is... anyone?

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Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:05 pm

Muse says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:05 pm

whats the point? This is a forum..not a nation. How boring and un-fun this all sounds! SHEESH! Does anyone even actually care about points anyway? Until this stupid paying system came in i completely forgot there were even points.

IM GONNA BEAT YOU ALL UP! *grabs cricket bat and drags matt bellamy into the mass havoc as well*

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Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:17 pm

Torpid says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:17 pm

Dude, i guess this is ure site but i'd say just to leave stuff to points, the more points the more youve contributed, thats wat they stand for. I dont really get the eurrydolalrs either. I agree with muse.
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Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:37 pm

Matt Bellamy says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:37 pm

Gargh!! Please don't pull me about, Mooz!

Yeah, I'm, erm, well I guess my initial response would be "eh?" but I don't want to waste points on a two-letter word. I back Mooz. Gimme a cricket bat!

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Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:19 pm

sabradan says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:19 pm

Sponson Light wrote:I... dont want to keep track of points and eurowhateverdollars just so I can post.

Its like micromanaging in an RTS game without the RTS.

I agree. If I wanted to play an RTS game, I'd go play SimRTK.

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Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:50 pm

Sponson Light says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:50 pm

It "would" be fun.
But make it optional. Like a stock market implemented in the earlier versions of the warcraft3campaigns forum.

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Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:06 pm

Nate says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:06 pm

IT'S A JOKE!!!

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Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:09 pm

Dargquon Ql'deleodna says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:09 pm

this is a joke, wow i feel stupid... i still had no idea what you were talking about so i was alittle concerend there. lol, but thanks for clearing that one up. lol

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Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:51 pm

Sponson Light says... · Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:51 pm

Nate wrote:I guess I need to spell this out...

IT'S A JOKE!!!

Geez... I'm surprised so many people actually took this seriously

Dude, your the admin, you can do anything.
You can even make this site implode, or remove someone's name, make a new account under the exact same name with the exact same post counts and such and impersonate them.

Its kinda hard to joke when you have that much power.

Plus I've seen it done before so its not very farfetched.

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Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:13 am

little x soldier says... · Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:13 am

lol... I was ready to get to my first economics class!
This was fun.. wow! All the masterpieces the Chimp, Nate have created and can create around here! *applauses*

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Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:33 am

Christianne_015 says... · Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:33 am

Nate wrote:I guess I need to spell this out...

IT'S A JOKE!!!

Geez... I'm surprised so many people actually took this seriously

I actually believed that you meant it, also!

. . . And I was totally confused on the first post, too.

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Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:28 am

Snoink says... · Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:28 am

But it sounds so fun!

...oh well. I can still buy a car with my points.

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