So in my recent thread I proposed actually putting the BS-Cash system to use. and wanted to make a thread in here for us to discuss if we can do it or not.

I suppose it's mostly up to Udarsha, who does the majority of coding, but what do you all think?

People can purchase In-Character items and upgrades, such as tier-ups, new abilities, new techniques, etc. Perhaps an early bankai or segunda etapa for a large price. Of course, all of these will be highly priced, and purchasing a tier-up may need fifty or so posts worth of BS-Cash.

If there is not an automatic shop widget, on Proboards admins/mods can deduct/add BS-Cash or whatever the currency for that site it. Can we do it here?

I'm actually against BS cash being used for anything "in-game" I think is should be used for member profile personalization. Such as getting your username color changed temporarily, buying titles for your account. I think buying character slots should be fine too. But no "purchasing power" as it were.

Anyways, those are just my thoughts.

No IC upgrades? I thought it would be nice, so after about 100 posts worth of roleplay, one could buy a tier up or something. I believe you can wipe all members current cash and set it up so you only earn it with roleplay posts.

But personalizing would be nice too. =]

But then you have someone like Rha, purchasing powerful characters. No offense to Rha, but would you be okay with a member who isn't able to rp a strong character responsibly able to purchase one?

That is very true. =]

I was on a site once where anyone who wanted to purchase a very powerful and expensive shopping good had to request staff permission. The staff would then look at their record, roleplay skill, etc, and approve/deny it. I had that task as well. Usually they would give a time limit, such as "you may request again *date here*" I don't know if this site is up for that though. Remember, we may also want to wipe everyone's BS-Cash once they are on the active member list for the reboot.

How often does Rha roleplay as well? Will he be active enough to reach 100 posts? And perhaps people have to be on the active member list?

I think that would be a decent way to mitigate that threat. I was just using Rha as an example of someone who could purchase something if he was more active.

I understand. =] And staff approvals seem like a good idea to me. Perhaps a task for Community Mods if passed? We can also imply that the buyer should have some roleplay skill and experience with the description.

BS-cash doesn't have anything to do with codes and such. The feature comes with the hosting website.

This is how the system works:

-You gain 1 point for adding a friend or accepting a friend request.
-You gain 1 point for posting a message.
-You gain 3 points for creating a topic.

And it's possible to give/or decrease points from a certain user. Always giving points for a certain group. Example; Shinigami.

That's pretty much it.

Udarsha, could we make a manual shop-like feature/thread? Maybe a Shopping threads board with a stickied thread for objects? =] I listed suggestions for items and everything above.

I'd have to agree with Duquin. Limit it to just neat little in game things like special awards or something nifty like that. Set reasonable payments as well and make sure that the person is on the active list. Great thinking Yuki.