To all the Admins of Crypto Kingdom:

There is a new tab opened in the Character and Resource database, Admin_Town. It is used for reporting work from Town -commissioned admin tasks. When the Town commissions work from admins in the thread, in the chat, trollbox or other channel, or if town commissions work from a specified admin in private conversation: Report your work here, and the Town pays you 330,000mminute of work, unless any other payment was agreed upon.

All admin work for Town must be reported in the tab by the end of the week or it expires. All payments from Town are cleared out on Sundays as part of the year end. (The admins may get commissioned work by other players: such as Architect work, Building Instruction, or other work in the database.
In this case the admin can charge the player for the agreed upon sum for their time, the town is not involved and therefore does not pay for the admin´s time.)

The Town continues to be extremely grateful for all free work, including small changes to the databases, that the characters order to happen in the thread! 

About the building...

Reconstruction is in full force, and the building regulations come drop by drop. Also they are nowhere to be seen, and bonuses for early birds abound. Clearly an annouying situation.

I'll try to list the most important info here:

General

It is possible to do Building Projects and Repair Projects. The costs and benefits are in the previous messages. New construction prices are by and large equal to the situation in 1599.
BUILDING PROJECT INTRODUCTORY POST WITH COSTS
REPAIR PROJECT INTRODUCTORY POST WITH COSTS
Q&A concerning Repairs

We have limited production of windows. If you leave your building without for now, it is possible, but it is working only at 50% pool payout rate. Also if you leave it without lux in fear of the lux deteriorating in absence of windows, the rate will be even lower. But construction without lux and windows is very cheap so should be considered.


Architects and their fees; BI and their fees

We are moving to a new system where each borough/chapelry would have their named Instructors to coordinate the building. Until then, use the existing ones (Roopatra, Earl noms, ...).

The Royal Architects are busy with their "own" buildings but take exciting new projects upon inquiry as well. The fees are royal but so is the quality of the product.


Stone and windows markets

Stone trades have been in the range of 100-140 m/stone lately. The peasants stand ready to deliver any quantity of stone to any borough @ 200 m/stone, which should keep the existing stone price well below. We still have 70 million stone in the reserves, enough for about 55,000 sqm of new buildings (the town has about 115,000 sqm floor area now, and existing buildings can be demolished if needed).

RWWC will aim to always have windows for sale at the market price, which currently is about 500,000 m/sqm. Check if you'd go for WIASS/WIASSS instead, because while these Ancient windows are less usable, they are Ancient and may command a premium in the future, while bringing you the benefit of having windows in the present.


Bonuses

There is a quite steep surcharge for building to a roofline of more than 15 meters. It is waived completely in 1600 (this week), and then it's 25% of the amount in 1601; 50% in 1602; 75% in 1603 and full tax from 1604 onwards.

New projects start at repair=100% always. Repair projects have been able to be structurally raised to 115%. This will last in 1600 only, after this the max is 110%.

The General Rental Pool (all buildings have shares in the same pool) will start distributing in 1601 (this sunday). It is inBLDG "BA". Examples of the coming dividends to different buildings (current situation):

Royal Palace in 1-C = 138 mil <- with full lux and windows
Grand Hotel in 1-C = 65 mil <- does not even have windows, +100% with them
Theatre in 1-E = 38 mil <- repaired
Riccardo's Townhouse in 1-N = 13 mil <- this is only 200 sqm!
Dept of Mil Science in 1-NW = 12 mil <- an example of a building in bad condition (950 sqm)
Angus Greenthumb house in 2-W-L10 = 0.7 mil <- this is a 20 sqm building without windows so not a bad return for the investment of 25 mil

These payouts can substantially boost your income, and remember that the Bank is there to give you loan up to 50% of the appraisal value. So in almost all cases you can basically repair your buildings with no money down and pay the loan with the incomes from the pool! (So the RE bubbles are always made, player beware..)


Penalty for not tending to your buildings

They will just receive less pool payouts and may deteriorate more rapidly, even collapse if the repair% is low enough. You should not lose much, but you miss some of the upside. If taking care of buildings is not your specialty, consider appointing a wealth manager (Roopatra) to check your situation, or divest excess properties in the open market.


Awarding of the Reconstruction Medal

We have realized the immense scope of Reconstruction, and the difficulty to keep track of who deserves a medal for the contributions. Therefore, the medals will be made fungible (no yearmarks), and qualifications public. Admins will automatically give the right type of medal (RM1600-color) according to the following guidelines (guidelines will get more difficult as time passes):

For Princes and Higher
Gold = For magnificent contributions after application to the King only
Silver = Spend a minimum of 500 mil to construction
Bronze = not possible

For Marquesses and Earls
Gold = For great contributions after application to the King only
Silver = Spend a minimum of 250 mil to construction
Bronze = not possible

For Barons and Jungherren
Gold = Spend a minimum of 250 mil to construction
Silver = Spend a minimum of 100 mil to construction
Bronze = not possible

For Commoners
Gold = Spend a minimum of 100 mil to construction
Silver = Spend a minimum of 50 mil to construction
Bronze = Other contribution

For Corporations
Gold = Very Large contribution related to corp size
Silver = Large contribution related to corp size
Bronze = Small contribution related to corp size

If there is still wine left for sale, can one of the admins please buy some for the Prince of OZ?

He sent me a message to do so, but I have had limited time this week to familiarize myself with how it is sold.

I look forward to refreshing myself on all the new developments this weekend!

Thank you HM & saddam!! I need to start using the IRC to communicate which I've never been a big user of before, so I'll get on that asap!! What is the best software to use for IRC? The odd few times I've used IRC in the past I've just used the web page version.

The list of building/repair projects for internal use only
(Admins may apply to be the BI for some of these projects when the time is right, marked AB)

In 1600
New RWWC Factory <- plans, build, no win
HH House <- total overhaul w/win
Arco di Sergiu <-- evaluate need for IC, because this has it
2-C-C8 <-- cheap overhaul
Triple Towers <-- windows are a must!

When?
NF-OZ development in 2-N
Round Table House in 2-N
1-E/SE Soul Apartments <-- this is 1,560 sqm in 9q lot in bad condition; for sale if interested, asking 2,000 mil (189/q)

In 1601, asap to get the windows
The Town Hall Annex/Town <- new columns, max lux, win, etc
The Hall of Justice bldg/Town <- lux/struct, windows
The Town Hall <- windows only AB
The Monero House <- structural repair, repair to 100% lux throughout, windows, AB

In 1601 if there are any windows left on Wed
RWWC HQ & Research
RWWC Windows Factory

Before 1602 to get the maximum payouts
Old Town Police Station
3-NW Soul villas
Portal Reconstruction (?)
3-W-C2
New Dept Store <-- win & lux

In 1602 again to get the windows
The CryptoMuseum-The Hypothecary Bank-Foreign Ministry Bldg <-- win at least AB
Villa Rotonda School of Economics <-- King checks
The Military Sciences Department <-- cheap repairs, modest lux, windows AB
The Palace of Culture and Science <-- King checks
The University Main Building <-- collapsed in earthquake; will this be rebuilt??
Violin Making School <-- windows only AB
Town Offices in C&S <-- win only AB
Town Reg in San Pietro <-- win only AB

Later
The Original Hive & BetterHive <-- if you want to buy these (7 q in 1-N) for demolish incl ~1.6M stone, the asking price is 2,400 mil (309 mil/q).
King's Guesthouse 1-N-J17 <-- this 1 q/152 sqm property from the 1400s is an annex to Arda Palace and not in use by the King anymore, haw, ask price 700 mil incl some items from 1400s
Tavastia Village School <-- lux, win
Choo Parkside Restaurant <-- depends on usage
Clocktower
Army Barracks in 3-C

The Earl of Nassau welcomes the Wizard Developer with the following gifts; A Miniature Silver Obelisk, 25 CKG, 25 CKS and 25 IC.

Lord Hokusai offers 2 bottles of Cognac CLXII to the Wizard Developer as a gift on his arrival in CK, and a Japanese Kanji art work hand drawn by one of Hokusai's star pupils.


     "Success"

- - - Celebration of the Bicentennial Jubilee is underway - - -

WE have a small cognac tasting as part of the opening of the Summer Pavilion. (What a little bit bugs us is that this Earl of White Cross has shamelessly built an even larger palace nearby in the same year   , normally this would not be an issue but as it is simultaneous with the King and bigger, it becomes sorta kinda... but that one is without windows still and so u/c so let this not trouble our mind.) Yes, back to the tasting. All of the guests get to sip a bottle of CLXII and then another of CVS. Careful tasting notes are collected, if it's even possible to make sense of something this luxurious after somewhat of a break from luxury in the aftermath of the earthquake and the general low-lux atmosphere.

When pressed for actual impressions, it was generally accepted that cognac tastes good, but only a few of the guests seemed to genuinely appreciate the taste of CLXII above the other one. "Yes, that resembles the real-life. You have to drink a lot of the good stuff before enjoying the difference. Which leads us to the recognition that 3 lone bottles are left in the crate..."

About 700 bottles of W1600 were also consumed, almost all took the sustenance amount of 30 bottles at once.

Some medals and honors are now dealt, since we are convening:

Wizard Developer P.J. is given Medal of the Game, 2nd Class, for his excellent contributions to the Game development. This medal has previously been given to the King and Queen only. In a short few hours the first major milestone release in the Ultima game engine is released (V. 1.9U). That this has been able to be accomplished in 2 weeks is an accomplishment that does not fall short to the ones that the King has done in the past, warranting the high class of the medal. (1st class may earliest be given when the game has 100,000 characters).

Lord Thud is given Medal of the Game, 3rd Class, for his groundbreaking work in specifying the Ultima version.

HE The Prince of Ramsey has been promoted Sergeant in the Ancient Order of the King, for his services as the treasurer. He is also given a MG-4 for development of the game.

Earl noms has been Knighted in the Ancient Order of the King, for his services as Councillor and admin. He is also given a MG-4 for development of the game.

Baroness Asenath is given a MG-5 for inspiration.


A bottle of CLXII has been sent to accompany each nomination.

Thank you all for wonderful gifts you gave me in last few days.

I will do my best to return the favour as best as my wizardly skills allow.

If you missed, please check the dev thread to read all details about today's release. I hope you will like it as much as I do
https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/1144860.new#new

The 200-enary main celebration is over!

Two royal buildings were repaired, at a cost of almost 2,000 million for the event. One new 1,000 sqm building was constructed. All with windows.

Thousands of bottles of wine and 1,000 bottles of CLXII were procured, costing 3,000 IC.

5,238 bottles of wine has been gifted to the guests, as well as hundreds of the cognac.

Quite a number of bottles of wine has been consumed, as well as cognac, all types.

Rum expedition (previous post) has been launched.

We have given royal proclamation to not sell this special CLXII cognac anymore ever, except 50 bottles in 1625 and 50 bottles in 1650, to restaurants only. This will be denominated the Royal Cognac, which it already is, after all we remember the late King Louis XII - it was not that long ago he was reigning, the Theatre was constructed then, iirc.

As for the wine, it is currently the best we have in the kingdom for cellaring. We'll drink the W1600 instead until a better one to drink becomes available. We exhort the recipients to also store most of the W1600M. Special congratulations for HE The Prince of OZ whom we decided to give 1,200 bottles to repay his good deeds.

Some prizes were raffled, the most prominent being the lot 3-E-F1 (16 q, haw, incl 1.0M stone, architect, etc.) The die chose Neverland to be the winner, and the place was named Neverland Park for the new owner.

All badges, wine cups etc will be given to the owners soon today.

Please everyone take the opportunity to try out the Ultima version V.1.9U. This party was held in the ingame chat window, the first party ever to happen wholly in our proprietary software platform

The Town Council is in the process of sorting out our software developments. Ultima developer has estimated that it is possible to release a playable version with player accounts, complete database, everything buyable and sellable, time on, without economic pool subgames, by 2015-8-25.