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    Posted: 16 Feb 2013 at 00:39
I'm a newb with lots of ideas.  Mainly bad ones, like all newbs.  Instead of starting a new thread and cluttering up the forum with god-awful ideas I am going to put them all here as I go along.  I welcome mocking, praise, and particularly any other opinionated and uniformed ideas!

Warning: These idea are most likely terrible.  In years from now I will probably say, "Gawd, I was such a newb." They are, however, an unfiltered look at the new-player experience.  I beg for your apologies in advance.

1) No-Limit Texas Holdem Poker Minigame
So all those times I'm just waiting 10 minutes (or 3 days) for something to finish I have something to do. Of course we would be betting with in game gold.  You would need table maximums and such.  Putting a small dealer "rake" in the game becomes a valuable resource sink.

Think of the community it could create.  Adding drama, conflict, and all kinds of potential for political chaos.  Not to mention later being able to bet more lavish items.

Anyone that is better at Texas Holdem then me should not be able to play this game.

This, in part, will address the issue I have where I am excited and want to play Illy, but there is nothing to do until X is done building/researching/etc.


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Points: 729 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Feb 2013 at 00:48
I discovered most amusing things in Illy while I had nothing to do. Strip poker would be more fun, maybe one day when avis will have detachable clothes...
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I would say the thing I would suggest doing while you wait is talk to those in your alliance.  

Also I don't think poker would be used in this time frame.  If you want i suggest going to pogo.com where you can player exactly that while you wait for illy stuff to happen.  Or a better suggestion if you don't like waiting buy a bunch of prestige and then you can do quite a few things instantly.  
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Points: 6903 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Feb 2013 at 02:29
didn't EE or EF have the poker cow palace or something?
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Potentional sites to spend time on while waiting.

1. www.armorgames.com
2. www.maxgames.com
3. www.gamerfish.com
4. www.stickpage.com
5. www.addictinggames.com
6. www.miniclip.com
7. www.bored.com
8. www.newgrounds.com

Try those for starters.
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Hook up with Turgor at the Lucky Cow Casino, he will bet on two flies on the wall!
There's worse blokes than me!!
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Originally posted by DeathDealer89 DeathDealer89 wrote:

I would say the thing I would suggest doing while you wait is talk to those in your alliance.

Alliance chat: Most people are partially afk most of the time because they know that it's going to be 6 hours before they do the next thing in game.  Occasionally there are times of activity, but still... I would imagine that with that structure of the game this would be the case in most guilds - no?

Something like a minigame with game-world consequence (however small) would actually by a cool catalyst to more in-game interaction - including in guild chat!

I mean, there is a reason that "team building" exercises aren't about sitting around and small talking.  They are about interacting with people.  I think a cool game mechanic like a mini game would be a phenomenal boost to people's activity in the game.  And with that only good things will happen!

Do you wise veterans think this is so crazy?
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If your alliance is mostly afk then join a better alliance.  

If you want to add a game into the game that you are playing perhaps you should choose a different game.  There is plenty of stuff to do in this game, that i more often have more to do than I can rather than sitting around waiting for something to finish.  

I also find it interesting that you don't consider talking 'interacting' with people.   Plus as  near as I can tell your 'mini-game' would add very little to the game, and to be honest I would much rather have factions than I would a silly gambling side game.

And yes I do.  If I can be called a veteran anyways.
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Points: 96 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Feb 2013 at 04:16
Originally posted by DeathDealer89 DeathDealer89 wrote:

If your alliance is mostly afk then join a better alliance.  


ditto that.  Also, we have quite a few unsolved mysteries and once you grow a bit you can do "The Statue Hunt", etc.  I spent a lot of time reading the research tree and the faction descriptions.  Things really do pick up, as slow as the beginning might seem...
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Originally posted by Rill Rill wrote:

didn't EE or EF have the poker cow palace or something?

As much as I would love to claim credit, alas, though I would die happy if I could obtain a Poker Cow Palace.
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