Season 2

[Card slave 11]

So I realize season 1 just came out less than 2 months ago but is when season 2 coming out? How often do seasons come out? I'm assuming it's a bi annual or just annual thing.

[Blargoblarg]

So I realize season 1 just came out less than 2 months ago but is when season 2 coming out? How often do seasons come out? I'm assuming it's a bi annual or just annual thing.

I'm wondering this too. I've found a bunch of nations with MLP flags and I'd like to buy their cards, but I can't because those nations won't have cards until season 2.

[Socialist Communist States]

I'm going to assume it'll be part of the yearly April Fools event. Although, I guess it could be bi-annual. 2 seasons a year doesn't sound too bad.

[Viking Santa]

No one knows. There is much speculation -- perhaps in April, to go along with the original April Fools event -- but it is all just that: speculation.

Everything is subject to the whims of [violet] and she isn't talking. Presumably, even she doesn't know yet. It's all up in the air.

[Nilrahrarfan]

I'm going to assume it'll be part of the yearly April Fools event. Although, I guess it could be bi-annual. 2 seasons a year doesn't sound too bad.

So that means no more special events for April Fool's?

[Frickheck]

I'm going to assume it'll be part of the yearly April Fools event. Although, I guess it could be bi-annual. 2 seasons a year doesn't sound too bad.

So that means no more special events for April Fool's?

It would hopefully coincide any event.

[Tessen]

So I realize season 1 just came out less than 2 months ago but is when season 2 coming out? How often do seasons come out? I'm assuming it's a bi annual or just annual thing.

Technically, Season 1 came out on April 1, 2018 -- 10 months ago. Players as of April 1, 2018 were able to trade cards for, I believe, three days or so, and then trading was closed while the trading system was upgraded. Players that had cards from those days of trading kept them, and when trading reopened just before Christmas (two months ago), trading resumed where it left off. So, all cards available to trade were created ten months ago, although, they became snapshots of whatever those nations looked like at the end of December (when trading resumed).

To be honest, I think a lot of people are waiting for Season 2 to begin, because there are a lot of players/nations that don't have cards in the Season 1 set. There are quite a few new Season 2 cards that I am very much looking forward to finding or trading for, it's just a matter of waiting until Max decides to create the cards for Season 2 (based on current existing nations) -- which could be at any time.

I sincerely hope it doesn't switch over on April 1, 2019, as I rather enjoy seeing the witty fun that Max, Violet and the mods come up with. Having the cards switch over on that date would, in my opinion, be a distraction to that wonderful April Fool's Day wit. I look forward to seeing what Nationstates puts out on that day every year.

[Honeydewistania]

So i have a few questions.

1. When will season 2 start?

2. Do season 1 cards affect season 2 card rate, or are they integrated or they are irrelevant?

3. If a card gets upgraded for season 2, can we trade it for the better ones.?

Not sure if this should be in technical or here, just a few questions

[Ausinia]

I beilejve this has already been answered

[Frisbeeteria]

So i have a few questions.

1. Nobody knows
2. Nobody knows
3. Nobody knows

I beilejve this has already been answered

No, they haven't. Nobody knows. This is deliberate on the part of [violet]. When Season 2 comes out, there will probably be an announcement or a forum post or something about it. Until then, there is absolutely zero point in asking specific questions about a product that hasn't yet been released.

[Benevolent One]

No one knows. There is much speculation -- perhaps in April, to go along with the original April Fools event -- but it is all just that: speculation.

Everything is subject to the whims of [violet] and she isn't talking. Presumably, even she doesn't know yet. It's all up in the air.

[violet] is not talking which means everyone else is talking, lol. Discussion starting genius at work!

I would guess we'd have similarities to Baseball Trading Cards. Seasons starting in April with new copies of last season's cards unavailable.

I wonder what % of season 1's cards would become CTE'd cards by season 10 ?

[Card slave 20]

No one knows.

[violet] is not talking which means everyone else is talking, lol. Discussion starting genius at work!

I would guess we'd have similarities to Baseball Trading Cards. Seasons starting in April with new copies of last season's cards unavailable.

I wonder what % of season 1's cards would become CTE'd cards by season 10 ?

Yeah I assumed the same thing. The only other way which makes sense is to decrease rates of previous seasons.
I'm leaning toward the second since if previous seasons cease to be released monopolies will be able to created. If that happens players will be able to transfer money via their monopolized card easily. Currently if somone is selling a card which has only one owner the system will give that card to somone opening a loot box. If loot boxes couldn't get past seasons it would all fall apart.

[Excidium Planetis]

Does anyone believe the prices for Season 1 cards will go up when Season 2 releases? Or is past card collecting not going to be very big, do you guys think?

[Card slave 11]

Does anyone believe the prices for Season 1 cards will go up when Season 2 releases? Or is past card collecting not going to be very big, do you guys think?

Most likely they'll increase in price due to their increased rarity.
On the other hand, there'll be twice as many cards to bid on so there might be less/lower bids on most cards with people having to spread out their wealth.
I'd say most cards would decrease in value but the highly valued/wanted ones will increase in value.
This is all assuming of course that season 1 cards decrease/be eliminated in card boxes.

[Benevolent One]

Does anyone believe the prices for Season 1 cards will go up when Season 2 releases? Or is past card collecting not going to be very big, do you guys think?

I honestly think they'll be completely frozen as they were when trading stopped last April. However, NS admins may decide to open up small windows in time for further trading. This could be used at certain times of the year to liven things up.

[Benevolent One]

Does anyone believe the prices for Season 1 cards will go up when Season 2 releases? Or is past card collecting not going to be very big, do you guys think?

Most likely they'll increase in price due to their increased rarity.
On the other hand, there'll be twice as many cards to bid on so there might be less/lower bids on most cards with people having to spread out their wealth.
I'd say most cards would decrease in value but the highly valued/wanted ones will increase in value.
This is all assuming of course that season 1 cards decrease/be eliminated in card boxes.

I'm hoping the Admins can tweak the auction system to prevent some of this shameless price fixing by the puppets of certain high rollers. Selling one's own card back and forth to yourself for huge sums seems contrary to honest competition.

[9003]

Most likely they'll increase in price due to their increased rarity.
On the other hand, there'll be twice as many cards to bid on so there might be less/lower bids on most cards with people having to spread out their wealth.
I'd say most cards would decrease in value but the highly valued/wanted ones will increase in value.
This is all assuming of course that season 1 cards decrease/be eliminated in card boxes.

I'm hoping the Admins can tweak the auction system to prevent some of this shameless price fixing by the puppets of certain high rollers. Selling one's own card back and forth to yourself for huge sums seems contrary to honest competition.

As someone who does this (see the 3rd most valued card) I agree and disagree it is very easy for someone to come along and make massive bank off it. In fact I believe you popped one in while I was bumping mine up for somewhere in the range of 10? Which works for me because I like to collect my own card. It is easy to up the market value changing it to be based off the average of every sale might lead to better numbers rather than the current that is 5-7 I believe.

[Benevolent One]

I'm hoping the Admins can tweak the auction system to prevent some of this shameless price fixing by the puppets of certain high rollers. Selling one's own card back and forth to yourself for huge sums seems contrary to honest competition.

As someone who does this (see the 3rd most valued card) I agree and disagree it is very easy for someone to come along and make massive bank off it. In fact I believe you popped one in while I was bumping mine up for somewhere in the range of 10? Which works for me because I like to collect my own card. It is easy to up the market value changing it to be based off the average of every sale might lead to better numbers rather than the current that is 5-7 I believe.

IIRC correctly, I attempted to dump the card when the opportunity arose for 9.99 (sold at 9.98). You bid me down a couple cents from your 10.00 bid then ceased bidding realizing it supported your overall approach, plus you gained another 9003 epic card.

My action wasn't the equivalent of buying and selling a card for high price to myself, which is no doubt within our current rules. I sold 9003 bc of the downside scenario.

My question to you would be... when you choose to sell out of a few of these cards and crash the value, does it matter to you who gets hurt and is that also a part of the strategy?

[9003]

Well I'd agree with you if there was a bot that auto bought cards at market vaule however an artificialy inflated card isn't popular and people still will trade them low there's a trade for under 1 in between my 40s -60s the only thing that changes is that it sits on top of chart

In my case I own more than half or pretty much all of the active market on 9003 and have no intent to sell them. For others tho I agree it could be used for "harm". I'd like to see a more accurate market vaule, or at least one that can't be fixed in under a week.

Personally I feel like it's similar to r/d in the sense that nation's can cause harm. Unlike r/d it's far easier to prevent or work around it even more so if it's true that cards on the market have an increased drop rate (still testing)

[Philomathia]

Well I'd agree with you if there was a bot that auto bought cards at market vaule however an artificialy inflated card isn't popular and people still will trade them low there's a trade for under 1 in between my 40s -60s the only thing that changes is that it sits on top of chart

In my case I own more than half or pretty much all of the active market on 9003 and have no intent to sell them. For others tho I agree it could be used for "harm". I'd like to see a more accurate market vaule, or at least one that can't be fixed in under a week.

Personally I feel like it's similar to r/d in the sense that nation's can cause harm. Unlike r/d it's far easier to prevent or work around it even more so if it's true that cards on the market have an increased drop rate (still testing)

Couldn't they just check if the seller and the buyer have the same ip address? That's what they do for the WA no? If they have the same address they system should just not count it in the market value equation.

[9003]

Couldn't they just check if the seller and the buyer have the same ip address? That's what they do for the WA no? If they have the same address they system should just not count it in the market value equation.

Yes it would be more server side work.

As for the harm in the end of the day most people just want to make a buck. By inflating the price it helps those other 15 nation's in my case raise there deck value

[Benevolent One]

Well I'd agree with you if there was a bot that auto bought cards at market vaule however an artificialy inflated card isn't popular and people still will trade them low there's a trade for under 1 in between my 40s -60s the only thing that changes is that it sits on top of chart

In my case I own more than half or pretty much all of the active market on 9003 and have no intent to sell them. For others tho I agree it could be used for "harm". I'd like to see a more accurate market vaule, or at least one that can't be fixed in under a week.

Personally I feel like it's similar to r/d in the sense that nation's can cause harm. Unlike r/d it's far easier to prevent or work around it even more so if it's true that cards on the market have an increased drop rate (still testing)

Couldn't they just check if the seller and the buyer have the same ip address? That's what they do for the WA no? If they have the same address they system should just not count it in the market value equation.

Yes, I agree. And beyond that a mechanism is necessary to curtail it. i.e. a negative incentive for inflating the price of your own card by selling it to yourself at exorbitant prices.

A tariff could be introduced (possibly enforced by a bot) if the buyer and seller have the same IP address and the selling price is more than 125% of market value (MV). The tariff would also be on a rising scale. Therefore on the low-end it might be 10% if the price is 125% of MV. As the self sell price gets more exorbitant the tariff % increases. At 200% MV it rises to 50% and so forth.

It's kind of similar to a luxury tax, but it's only applicable if you're selling the item to yourself.

irl some people have been known to sell overpriced goods and services to themselves from one self owned business to other self owned businesses. Next they take those inflated invoices, hand them to their tax preparer who in turn itemized these as deductions on their tax returns, thus illegally reducing their tax bill. It's an old scheme, nothing new, but a lot of middle class folks have never dreamed of it. Needless to say, the IRS has a very dim view of these sorts of tax evasion maneuvers.

In the end, it's all a matter of seeing what a person or player can get away with, which is why rules were invented. Rules protect the game from ruin. As games evolve new or changed rules are sometimes necessary.

[9003]

a non-flat tariffs or sales tax might just get extremely confusing and putting in on only sales that are self to self seems unfair for card farmers trying to bank mule.

What is the real impact of inflating a card to disproportional amounts? Considering that the actual market value is still what ever people will really pay for it. Remembering that the MV is not reflective of the price you will get for it.

The consequences I can see are

Pro:
Card value goes up for anyone holding the card
Looks good on the leader board

Cons:
Someone may be dumb and buy it based on the MV ( in regards to this they want the MV high anyway)

[Benevolent One]

a non-flat tariffs or sales tax might just get extremely confusing and putting in on only sales that are self to self seems unfair for card farmers trying to bank mule.

What is the real impact of inflating a card to disproportional amounts? Considering that the actual market value is still what ever people will really pay for it. Remembering that the MV is not reflective of the price you will get for it.

The consequences I can see are

Pro:
Card value goes up for anyone holding the card
Looks good on the leader board

Cons:
Someone may be dumb and buy it based on the MV ( in regards to this they want the MV high anyway)

Card values can also go crashing down as to the whims of a few of players. It's not all prices soaring up and up since some nations may acquires inflated cards and crash the value purposefully. No telling when or why.

Additionally, it is not unfair to card farmers as they can still make a healthy 24.9% profit per sale without any imposed tariff. A tariff merely slows the massive cash grab down a few notches.

It certainly needs slowing down as it causes rampant inflation which injures the majority of players.

What looks good on the leader board to well bankrolled players looks quite bad to majority of others and despairingly insurmountable.

A more leveled playing field keeps non-card farmer players (whom are far more numerous) from quitting the game in disgust. We need those players coming along. They should be protected. The future great players will arrive from those masses.

[Borovan3]

What does this have to do with season two? If this is about inflation of cards and combating it it could be in a separate thread