HIGH ;P May start randomly throwing out some concepts/ideas for discussion...
Game Time Period Naming
In the Crypto Kingdom Relaunch (CK:R to save typing, but don't worry, that isn't the name), I would recommend restarting the game at a base time of zero.
Why? A couple reasons. One is that we need to disconnect from specific real world associations and expectations. I believe we have long been paused at 1691, but we have no where near the development/tech/etc. to mirror that real time period. Related, I would also recommend removing CryptoTown's placement on any world map. We should be kingdom in a large, shadowy unknown with the only tooltip when hovering over the dark fog is "here be dragons"
Say we use 0 CKT or "Crypto Kingdom Time", or we can use 0 CKE for "Crypto Kingdom Era". We will keep all prior items and they will be based on BCKT/BCKE.
Looking at the Agora Marketplace, the oldest item is WRL-1 "Hundreds of papyri" from 1000. The age on this would be 1691 - 1000, or 691 BCKT/BCKE. Ignoring WOS-F "Servant Grey Clothes" which somehow has a 1699 date, the newest item is the "Phoenix Medal" from 1690. The age on this would be 1691 - 1690, or 1 BCKT/BCKE.
The added value of this is we automatically create an "antiques" market for these old items, many of which do not have a point and may never have a point. As they are from an era that will never come again (BCKT/BCKE), they are precious rarities.
And while the progression of game time compared to real world time is still to be discussed, if, say, we as a community end up with a cyberpunk world of purple hues out of the pages of "Ready Player One" in 350 CKT, it won't seem as odd or weird
Game Time Period Naming
In the Crypto Kingdom Relaunch (CK:R to save typing, but don't worry, that isn't the name), I would recommend restarting the game at a base time of zero.
Why? A couple reasons. One is that we need to disconnect from specific real world associations and expectations. I believe we have long been paused at 1691, but we have no where near the development/tech/etc. to mirror that real time period. Related, I would also recommend removing CryptoTown's placement on any world map. We should be kingdom in a large, shadowy unknown with the only tooltip when hovering over the dark fog is "here be dragons"
Say we use 0 CKT or "Crypto Kingdom Time", or we can use 0 CKE for "Crypto Kingdom Era". We will keep all prior items and they will be based on BCKT/BCKE.
Looking at the Agora Marketplace, the oldest item is WRL-1 "Hundreds of papyri" from 1000. The age on this would be 1691 - 1000, or 691 BCKT/BCKE. Ignoring WOS-F "Servant Grey Clothes" which somehow has a 1699 date, the newest item is the "Phoenix Medal" from 1690. The age on this would be 1691 - 1690, or 1 BCKT/BCKE.
The added value of this is we automatically create an "antiques" market for these old items, many of which do not have a point and may never have a point. As they are from an era that will never come again (BCKT/BCKE), they are precious rarities.
And while the progression of game time compared to real world time is still to be discussed, if, say, we as a community end up with a cyberpunk world of purple hues out of the pages of "Ready Player One" in 350 CKT, it won't seem as odd or weird