08-14-2012, 02:41 PM
Just catching up on the forum a bit. After skimming through this thread, I feel that a point needs to be addressed. Take it for what you will, but it is just something that has crossed my mind while reading some of these posts.
We need to keep in mind the demographic of our users. Many of them are a lot younger than some of the people debating about in-game economies. The extent of my knowledge of an economy/money when I was 13 or 14 was that I would get an allowance from my parents for doing chores, and I would go out and spend it on a new pack of pokemon cards or some candy or a movie with my friends. I didnt care about saving money or interest or anything like that. Not saying that a minecraft economy is anything like this, just putting in my two cents on how i viewed money when I was younger. I know that making a functioning economy in minecraft can be complicated. There are many factors that need to be taken into account, and this can often complicate the process. The only thing that I am proposing is to keep simplicity in mind. This may be a moot point, because economies are anything but simple, but I feel that our younger user base may get more enjoyment out of a simple economy
We need to keep in mind the demographic of our users. Many of them are a lot younger than some of the people debating about in-game economies. The extent of my knowledge of an economy/money when I was 13 or 14 was that I would get an allowance from my parents for doing chores, and I would go out and spend it on a new pack of pokemon cards or some candy or a movie with my friends. I didnt care about saving money or interest or anything like that. Not saying that a minecraft economy is anything like this, just putting in my two cents on how i viewed money when I was younger. I know that making a functioning economy in minecraft can be complicated. There are many factors that need to be taken into account, and this can often complicate the process. The only thing that I am proposing is to keep simplicity in mind. This may be a moot point, because economies are anything but simple, but I feel that our younger user base may get more enjoyment out of a simple economy