>>23254652It would appear that I've been blindsided by thinking that everybody will find my version of 'fun' palatable. The thought process was 'I like this idea, so others will probably like it too. Everybody will be happy.' If I slide because I neglect the game for a couple of days, I see that as my responsibility and something I can fix by working extra hard in the future. Succeeding despite that neglect would bring me greater happiness than succeeding without it. I want the game to be ruthless like that, but I need to remember that not everybody is willing to play that sort of game. And yes, it empowers those bots, but if you buy before POI gets its numbers (ideally before the stream even starts), you will have beaten them in efficiency. If there is a 3D concert, the bot will not buy before the stream. It will buy when the price is higher, the night before adjustment (after POI updates)
unless someone's running a bot that takes the number of people waiting for a stream into account.
I'll be honest with you, I am only against Options because I am not used to them. I understand how they work, but they are alien to me. I have an aversion to change. I KNOW that I liked how things used to be, I KNOW that it was far more rewarding than the current meta. I'm trying to come up with a way to go back to that which I know is fun. A reset without a reset, in other words. I am trying to create the idea for a system that allows the game to work at least somewhat like it used to; in my mind, it's safer than something completely new. That is how my mind works, I'd rather go back to familiarity than find something new and potentially problematic. The sad truth is that going back to such radical changes in daily wallet composition will likely be impractical, causing more problems than it solves.
You are correct, the days of genuine stream reps being crucial are long gone and will almost certainly never return. After a ton of thinking, I have come to the conclusion that my proposals are heavily faulted. Maybe if I spent a month or two working on this, I'd be able to come up with something realistic. Unfortunately, I do not have the skills nor the patience
especially since nothing may come of it regardless of how much work I put in. It's depressing, but I'm going to have to accept that you are right and I am wrong. I wrote this post over an hour and it is very much based on flow of thought. My opinions and ideas changed quite a lot while writing, so please excuse me if there's anything wrong with it. I hope my raw thoughts are helpful, or at the very least entertaining.
