Hey guys, so I am thinking of purchasing my third town fairly soon, and I had been working with this idea for how the town would be run, and I wanted the opinions of some users (everyone's opinion is welcome as long as its honest <3). [Note: I'm giving permission to any mayor/president/tycoon who likes this Idea to use it ^^, I don't mind if the idea is stolen, especially if it works! ] So the idea is (in theory) the town would be run by a committee, and all new residents would have to be voted in. But not every resident of the town has the same amount of votes. How it would work is, the amount of votes you have is how ever much you have donated to the town divided by 1,000. So if you have donated 10k to the town, you have 10 votes, if you have donated 1k to the town, you have one vote. I feel like if I do this, I can make the plots fairly cheap while still having the town pay for itself. The process would look something like this. 1. A user requests to be added to the town 2. A post is made in the town forum section by myself stating that the person would like to be added to the town. 3. The town residents vote Yes or No on the user. 4. After either A. 24 hours has passed sense the post, or B. 51% of the possible votes are for a specific side, it would be decided. (In other words, if there is 20 possible votes, and there are 11 votes for yes, the person is added, regardless of how long ago the post was made) Also, I am pretty sure i'd make a rule that no one person could have more than 49% of the votes, (that way it doesn't become unreasonable.) Though i'm still working on that (need to crunch some numbers) Anyways, feel free to post your opinions on the idea, as I would love to hear want people think would or wouldn't work from the process .
Re: So i've got this idea for the town I'm making (opinions Sweet idea, Wewin. Kudos on the originality. I would definitely join something like this.
Re: So i've got this idea for the town I'm making (opinions I just realized that there is a possibility of a vote ending in a tie. In this case I guess as the mayor, I could be the tie breaker, though, I'd be willing to bet the chance of a tie occurring would be very, very low anyways
Re: So i've got this idea for the town I'm making (opinions Wewin, this is a great idea. I love how involved it is. First of all, you're going to need to find something that interests users. Something that makes them WANT to be in your committee. I have thought about creating a town committee before but I came to realize that most users are reluctant to join if there are no financial benefits. This is probably due to the fact that we're an eco server. Secondly, why would we want to donate to the town to get votes? There needs to be some serious benefits and perks. Maybe not giveaways and access to free things, I'm thinking about something more grand; something that would set your town above the rest. I would love to help you out with some serious brainstorming about how this can work. I'm really interested and I think it's about time someone had a town in which every user was active and involved all of the time. Pm me or lets meet up in game.
Re: So i've got this idea for the town I'm making (opinions I was actually thinking about that myself. Maybe I could make it so a plot would be free, and that way users would have more of an incentive to get in. But yeah, i'm currently trying to brainstorm for "perks" that would make people want to join (i guess if the town looked absolutely epic that would help xP)
Re: So i've got this idea for the town I'm making (opinions sounds great, count me in on these shenanigans
Re: So i've got this idea for the town I'm making (opinions Ok, good idea, but there are few cons and a lot of pros. Pros -It allows people of the town to give democracy to all people by voting. -It gives you, the owner to appease the town in their voting electric. -Fair system if people aren't based on money, but by contribution done to the town like jobs done to make the place. Cons -Even with not having 51% of the votes. two people could bypass this by getting the voting majority and can and make the choices of town regardless of the other people there. Example: Lets say Bobba and Bubba are both rich president best friends and join your town. There are 50 votes in whole of all of the town. Bobba and Bubba both get 49 tickets having 66% control of the town. They will both disagree on the 33% votes depending what they want. -Bobba and Bubba will control your town by making their choice law and disallow all other players in when voting. -Players will pout about not getting their way when they didn't get their vote was overkilled by others. Overall, it's a good idea, but it's an idea where anyone screw beyond belief. You could add factors like Removal of Bobba and Bubba and their votes are considered void in an voting situation.
Re: So i've got this idea for the town I'm making (opinions I like the idea, but most people would not want to pay for votes, maybe give them 1 free vote per request, then they have to buy more :idea:
Re: So i've got this idea for the town I'm making (opinions Add a limit to votes, like maybe 10 or 20.
Re: So i've got this idea for the town I'm making (opinions If this idea is actually added count me in for the commite il donate what it takes
Re: So i've got this idea for the town I'm making (opinions I agree its a great idea especially it could help to keep it resident + because if the plots are cheap it would be easier for buildes, not saying that they all do this, to grief the town since the plots are cheaper.
Re: So i've got this idea for the town I'm making (opinions To be honest, i'd let the voters decide which builders got in. Sure some builders grief, but there are many examples of builders who have gotten into good towns because of them being great members of the community, and as long as you conduct yourself well, it isn't a tough thing to do
