Tips for making money and being productive.

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  1. Bash100

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    Hey everyone,

    Just thought it would be nice to share some of these tips with all of you. I'm not sure if they'll work for you, but they certainly work for me! Let me know if these work. :)


    1) Make lists before you get on.

    Do you end up spending hours on end flying around aimlessly chatting? I do this all the time but found a really easy solution is to make a list before you get on. You tell yourself you must do this, this, and this, no messing around. For example, one of my lists would be as follows:

    - 1 hour of mining.
    - Construct BlackJack casino game.
    - Restock town shop.
    - Activity check Meow City, clear any inactive members.
    - Etc.

    I find I also forget what I was meaning to do because I got caught up in a complaint, etc. This is also really handy for this!


    2) Don't overwork yourself.

    Do you want to spend 4 hours straight mining? No. That's boring. Make sure you have fun with your friends and just hang out. If you overwork yourself, you'll get bored real quick and won't feel like getting on ECC.

    3) Stay positive!

    It's really easy to get negative when you face a big loss. Don't only think about what you lost, but what you still have! I just lost my 2ND eff-7. Now, I could start moaning and going on about that in global, making global a depressing place, but instead I saw what I still have. I still have my nation. I'm still a moderator serving the community. And my cat is licking water from my glass.

    A good example of this is when I died with my 1st eff-7 after only a week of owning it. It burned in lava. I lost motivation almost instantly - I just ran around spawn wasting the rest of my money on lotto. I gave myself a new purpose after a few weeks of doing that. I started saving up for a new eff 7.

    Anyway, I hope those 3 tips helped. They've helped me in the past and I may update this with new ideas as long as it's useful to people. Have fun everyone and keep Eco'crafting!


     
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  2. Obblebobble

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    My list:
    - Fly around aimlessly
    - ???
    - Profit!

    I don't want to overwork myself.


    (seriously though, cool guide)
     
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  3. bobman3355

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    Most of the time i fly around randomly in my town then i go to re stock my spawn shop and realize im broke af and cant re fill buy signs then i go mine for 20 mins think im rich and go back to flying around randomly
     
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  4. polltax

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    Step 1. Start with 500k-750k
    Step 2. Use sports book to get up to 1mill
    Step 3. Buy Star Tool
    Step 4. Sports book the rest and lose it
    Step 6. Sell Star Tool
    Step 7. Repeat

    Although I don't recommend it that's what I do :3

    Anyways.. Nice guide! I agree with never giving up when everything seems to be not going your way :)
     
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  5. freddyagogog

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    Go mining, ask for loans, get loans and buy star tool or buy the star tool on payment plan and pay it, the best star tool in my opinion: Melon Sword...why?
    It's safe.
    Produces good money.
    You can pay back.
     
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    Unbind drop key.
    Don't let it fall below 20% to be safe.
    Always repair via chest.

    Nothing can go wrong.
     
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    1. Buy a Max eff5

    2. Die in lava and lose everything

    3. Cry for 15 minutes

    4. Farm for 1 hour

    5. Buy a new max Eff5

    6. Repeat


    .Heres my actual list;

    1. Farm Pumps
    2. Vote
    3. Run around Legacy and Loot empty chests
    4. Notice that Im still Broke AF so I go farm again
    5. Repeat :)
     
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    1) mine for 10 minutes or less - enough to get $1000
    2)wait for a big lotto
    3) buy a ticket
    4) 1 ticket 1 mil in lotto
    5) rich gg buy star tool
    6) repeat
     
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    1. Rent an eff7 for a long time
    2. Mine all day and keep chests so you can fortune
    3. Fortune lapis and diamond, get someone to /smelt your iron and gold, and sell your redstone to spawnshops in bulk if possible
    4. Fortune coal ores to make torches
     
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    1. Make friends who can be trusted.

    2. Work to acquire star tools, as many as you have friends for.

    3. Accept the notion that you and your friends are a single team.

    4. Make 90k an hour as a team farming melons.

    5. Empire!
     
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    1. Take out a loan

    2. Lose half of it in lotto

    3. Host at /warp debt

    4. Make about 50k back

    5. Lose the rest in lotto

    6. When you are down to 50k throw it all in and pray

    7. Repeat
     
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