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Postby The Most Glorious Hack » Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:29 am

Bears Armed wrote:OOC: And anyway, the game calculates exchange rates separately for each nation -- according to the differing economic strengths of the individual nations, so any "common" currency would still have different values in different nations...
The game doesn't do anything of the sort. Various third party calculators factor exchange rates, but that's based on their own algorithms. The game doesn't much care.

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Postby Bears Armed » Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:34 am

The Most Glorious Hack wrote:
Bears Armed wrote:OOC: And anyway, the game calculates exchange rates separately for each nation -- according to the differing economic strengths of the individual nations, so any "common" currency would still have different values in different nations...
The game doesn't do anything of the sort. Various third party calculators factor exchange rates, but that's based on their own algorithms. The game doesn't much care.

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Postby Rondlesia » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:11 am

I think that the best that could come out of this is a common currency or barter system per 1 group/region.
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Postby Philimbesi » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:04 am

I think you should all just give me all your nation's currency and I'll exchange it for a fish.
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Postby Mousebumples » Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:29 pm

Philimbesi wrote:I think you should all just give me all your nation's currency and I'll exchange it for a fish.

I would be willing to offer a similar exchange to interested nations. However, I will give you two bananas in exchange for all of your nation's currency. Since two bananas are more than one fish, I'm clearly offering you the best deal.
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Postby Grays Harbor » Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:50 pm

Mousebumples wrote:
Philimbesi wrote:I think you should all just give me all your nation's currency and I'll exchange it for a fish.

I would be willing to offer a similar exchange to interested nations. However, I will give you two bananas in exchange for all of your nation's currency. Since two bananas are more than one fish, I'm clearly offering you the best deal.


Hmmphf. We can offer THREE fine lobsters for all your currency. Top that, batbarians.
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Postby Great Nepal » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:02 pm

Grays Harbor wrote:
Mousebumples wrote:
Philimbesi wrote:I think you should all just give me all your nation's currency and I'll exchange it for a fish.

I would be willing to offer a similar exchange to interested nations. However, I will give you two bananas in exchange for all of your nation's currency. Since two bananas are more than one fish, I'm clearly offering you the best deal.


Hmmphf. We can offer THREE fine lobsters for all your currency. Top that, batbarians.

We can offer Four high quality seals for all your currency. Top that.
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Postby Krioval » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:06 pm

Grays Harbor wrote:Top that, batbarians.


Either my translator is broken, or this is a phrase with which I am unfamiliar.

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Postby Enn » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:03 pm

Grays Harbor wrote:
Mousebumples wrote:
Philimbesi wrote:I think you should all just give me all your nation's currency and I'll exchange it for a fish.

I would be willing to offer a similar exchange to interested nations. However, I will give you two bananas in exchange for all of your nation's currency. Since two bananas are more than one fish, I'm clearly offering you the best deal.


Hmmphf. We can offer THREE fine lobsters for all your currency. Top that, batbarians.

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Postby Guanzhong » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:09 pm

Illegal.

It would also inhibit nations' ability to enact monetary economic policies, as well as causing economic/financial troubles in one nation to cascade throughout the whole international economy, so no.
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Postby Philimbesi » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:42 am

I would be willing to offer a similar exchange to interested nations. However, I will give you two bananas in exchange for all of your nation's currency. Since two bananas are more than one fish, I'm clearly offering you the best deal.


Hmmphf. We can offer THREE fine lobsters for all your currency. Top that, batbarians.


But my fish.... is.... magical... it can... talk... and... dance...
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Postby Quadrimmina » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:51 am

Great Nepal wrote:
Grays Harbor wrote:
Mousebumples wrote:
Philimbesi wrote:I think you should all just give me all your nation's currency and I'll exchange it for a fish.

I would be willing to offer a similar exchange to interested nations. However, I will give you two bananas in exchange for all of your nation's currency. Since two bananas are more than one fish, I'm clearly offering you the best deal.


Hmmphf. We can offer THREE fine lobsters for all your currency. Top that, batbarians.

We can offer Four high quality seals for all your currency. Top that.

The Republic of Quadrimmina offers 500 pounds of yellowcake uranium for all your currency.
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Postby Sionis Prioratus » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:58 am

Quadrimmina wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:
Grays Harbor wrote:
Mousebumples wrote:
Philimbesi wrote:I think you should all just give me all your nation's currency and I'll exchange it for a fish.

I would be willing to offer a similar exchange to interested nations. However, I will give you two bananas in exchange for all of your nation's currency. Since two bananas are more than one fish, I'm clearly offering you the best deal.


Hmmphf. We can offer THREE fine lobsters for all your currency. Top that, batbarians.

We can offer Four high quality seals for all your currency. Top that.

The Republic of Quadrimmina offers 500 pounds of yellowcake uranium for all your currency.


All your currency are belong to us.

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Postby The Most Glorious Hack » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:34 am

Quadrimmina wrote:The Republic of Quadrimmina offers 500 pounds of yellowcake uranium for all your currency.
600 pounds of yellowcake mix! Imagine all the cake you could have!
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Postby Johnia Goldenland » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:08 am

The Most Glorious Hack wrote:
Quadrimmina wrote:The Republic of Quadrimmina offers 500 pounds of yellowcake uranium for all your currency.
600 pounds of yellowcake mix! Imagine all the cake you could have!

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Postby Philimbesi » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:12 am

5000 soldiers, a satalite, a nuke and a smile


None of which trump a magical singing and dancing fish...
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Postby The Most Glorious Hack » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:25 am

I'd still rather have the cake.
Now the stars they are all angled wrong,
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"Dread the passage of Jesus, for he does not return."
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Postby Krioval » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:55 am

The Most Glorious Hack wrote:I'd still rather have the cake.


It is a lie.
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Postby Johnia Goldenland » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:06 am

Johnia Goldenland wrote:
The Most Glorious Hack wrote:
Quadrimmina wrote:The Republic of Quadrimmina offers 500 pounds of yellowcake uranium for all your currency.
600 pounds of yellowcake mix! Imagine all the cake you could have!

5000 soldiers, a satalite, a nuke and a smile

I'll also give you a cake and a whale
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Postby Philimbesi » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:30 am

I'll also give you a cake and a whale


Is it a magical whale?
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Postby Johnia Goldenland » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:50 am

Philimbesi wrote:
I'll also give you a cake and a whale


Is it a magical whale?

yes, yes it is
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Postby Great Nepal » Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:37 pm

Johnia Goldenland wrote:
Johnia Goldenland wrote:
The Most Glorious Hack wrote:
Quadrimmina wrote:The Republic of Quadrimmina offers 500 pounds of yellowcake uranium for all your currency.
600 pounds of yellowcake mix! Imagine all the cake you could have!

5000 soldiers, a satalite, a nuke and a smile

I'll also give you a cake and a whale

5001 soldiers, 2 satellite, 2 nuke, 2 cake, 3 whale, 601 pounds of yellowcake mix....
Now thats an offer.
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Postby Grays Harbor » Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:17 pm

This is the final offer; Turn all ur moneez ovur 2 me or teh hamster gets it!

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Postby Sionis Prioratus » Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:23 pm

Johnia Goldenland wrote:
Philimbesi wrote:
I'll also give you a cake and a whale


Is it a magical whale?

yes, yes it is


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Postby Johnia Goldenland » Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:22 am

I'll let you work for me for all your money
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