Company command

On this other server I play on there's company's like meep but instead of saying they are and having employees they have a command /c create (name) and it creates a company then u do /c hire (player name) to get employees then to pay them do /c set paycheck (number) first of all it adds official company's to meepcraft and then to get rid of more meebles we can add a 15k price for company also there is a another really good command /c bank it shows the company bank account and how much there is it u can't pay your employees then your company falls and don't take this thread wrong saying it's trying to take away towny it's not it's trying to add to towny to make us bigger and better

 

We are a towny server and we've had successful businesses without /c so I don't really find the need for it....

You can create your own "company town" like I did in Gamma

Add employees to your towm as res or /res friend add

Pay with /pay

 

But this makes it easy

 

I actually really like this idea, it's a cool concept and would definitely be fun.

However my issues are as follows:
- Same as @Natsu , I feel like it would overlap existing towny infastructure
- Just another thing for new players to learn, if they are new to town that is a hastle enough
- Could cause issues between players / companys (just side effect)

 

But why?
How does this benefit meep?
Whats the point when we have towns?

 

It'd be a cool fun gimmick but really we would have issues of people being payed after doing nothing and it would take lots of time to implement, prescious time better spent on mini games and bugs.

 

You're not explaining in detail how a company command will benefit the server and how it will affect other parts.

 

also
how is /pay hard
lol

 

Because it's not automatic!!!! More effort!!!1!

 

oh right I"m sorry I forgot games were supposed to be automatic and do everything for you

 

your profile picture with that response just made me laugh lool

 

This is dumb.

You wouldn't benefit at all from it, you would have to keep putting in meebles into the bank like shoveling coal into a train. Unlike this... thing, though, towns generate meebles from taxing residents.

-1

 

I'm just wondering how you made all of that into one sentence.

 

Funny how reluctant Meep's population is to any sort of change.

Anyways, I think this is a good idea. It would add a level of professionalism that I believe newcomers would enjoy. Also, I believe that it would serve as a necessary counter to towns in that new players and old alike would be able to start something that they can relate to, and tangibly interact with, without the 150,000 meebles for a town.

The idea would also create another level of community, much like in the real world. In our everyday lives we have 4 distinct types of interactions: family / home, community, work / school , and friends. And whilst family life is hard to replicate on a Minecraft server, the other 3 are completely reasonable, however 'work life' seems to be missing. Adding this would add another vital interaction into our Meep 'culture', which may prove to bolster player retention.

Other than the very important community aspect this idea brings to the table, I believe that this idea would help people diversify themselves from the standard resource-gathering/mall building mindset (this, of course, being very important in terms of economic development) , as it would create competition as more people have access to knowledge of said companies. With that said, implementation would require that said knowledge is readily available. This is how I believe said knowledge could be accessed.

/c [ Company Name ]
*These lines pull up in standard yellow server text*

[ Company Name ]
1-2 line 'about' blurb for the company.

[ Owner Name ]
[ Employee(s)]
Whether or not they're hiring (perhaps link to a forum page if so)
Bank Balance
(time frame) Expenses (i.e: how much they cumulatively dish out to employees and how often)
Stock Name (read below)

These would each be changed with individual /c commands

Furthermore in terms of economics, I believe that this idea would greatly help people create the 'player-made stock market' that has been attempted many times to no avail. This is simply because of the professional nature of such a change and the ease of access to information regarding the companies people want to invest in.

Finally, I believe that this idea would be good if coupled with these points: 1) perhaps an owner would be able to make it so employees are only payed after 'x' amount of time played, with a minimum of 15 mins (I believe that this could greatly affect player retention) ;
2) $25,000 start-up fee instead of the author's 15k ; 3) either a daily tax on companies and/or an income tax not representing more than 5% (I personally don't agree with this but I figure I should compromise with you inflation-fearing peoples) ; 4) perhaps a new land usage within towns dedicated for companies ( this may even create a more realistic plot retail market, as companies would prefer their HQ's to be near the spawn of important towns ).

Sure, we could work on mini-games, and I don't want to undercut the importance of that, however something new and interesting like this idea is something I believe we should be reaching for most to bring a fresh and exciting new face to Meepcraft! Thanks for reading if you made it this far.

 

Not needed at all, denied!