[Arabian.]

Aaah, okay I totally understand that now Plainsong ^^ And it is a really, really good idea. But, Horsy, would it be possible to keep a horse's ability the same? Or would that be unfair?

[Plainsong]

I think the ability is a big part of the main-idea of this SIM..

Horsy, maybe there could be a new topic for the Abilities and you could hire 1-2 people(one for mares, one for stallions) to keep track of the changing abilities.
What about if people/horse owners would have to post ability-changing things there? Like if you entered a race you'd have to post a form afterwards or something. People who don't post forms simply don't get their ability changed.

[Arabian.]

Even if there were more people, it'd still be diffictul for them to control it... In some SIMs, yes, the ability might be a main-point but this is.. different. It's a lot to handle, with gaining ability in store items (then keeping track of the store items) winning races (then keeping track of the races in addition). Mainly, it's just a lot to handle and with accessories as "prizes" for the winner of races instead of ability, it's still really fun. More accessories could always be made for more wins, as more people keep playing.

[horsy1050]

I do like idea of keeping abilities and someone who is incharge of setting up abilities (via a archive).

They could also be in charge of the store, so they know when people have used items/etc. And race winners are posted.
Then instead of having money we use wins as a form of currency. Some items require the horse in question to have wins, some require the player overall to have a certain number of wins. For example a breeding could be 10 wins in general and apply to any horses they own, and when a horse advances to a new class it could get a ability boost.

How does that sound?

[Bast-et]

I love the idea of wins as currency. It takes out a variable, but still gives something to earn =]

[anomaly.]

LOVE IT!!! i would like to do the archive. ^^

[Arabian.]

I do like idea of keeping abilities and someone who is incharge of setting up abilities (via a archive).

They could also be in charge of the store, so they know when people have used items/etc. And race winners are posted.
Then instead of having money we use wins as a form of currency. Some items require the horse in question to have wins, some require the player overall to have a certain number of wins. For example a breeding could be 10 wins in general and apply to any horses they own, and when a horse advances to a new class it could get a ability boost.

How does that sound?

Sounds great, actually. For the number of wins, would there be groups? Say 1 - 5 wins, 6 - 10 wins, 11 - 15 wins? So it's not one number of wins, because that might get complicated too. I guess for somethings, just one number Ex. 14 wins, would work though. I REALLY like the idea of having wins as currency. And you could use Plainsong's idea to run the races. There could be another person to run the races as well, if needed. Then the archivest could be the ability-tracker, and right it next to each horse's name with a link to the owner and horse. However, if we use wins as currency, we come to a big point c: If you want to buy a breeding, say for 10 wins, if you get it would you have to start over from 0 wins? Or keep progressing from the number of wins you have? It would be easier to keep prgressing, but it'd be easier for people to get things. But if you start from 0, it'd be like money and someone would have to keep track of each horse's wins. Right?

Also, if the archivest keeps track of wins and/or ability, should owners of horses PM them saying if that horse gained wins or ability? Unless the archivest would have to go back and keep checking around the topics, and that'd get annoying ^^

[Bast-et]

The person who tracks wins can say something like 20 wins, 5 used. I don't think it makes sense to "lose" wins, but you should only be able to use each one once.

[Arabian.]

Yeah, very true. But then you'd have to keep track of how many wins were used as well. There should be two people for wins, 1 to take over stallions and another for mares. I think.... and for the store and abilities too. It'd be much much easier for everybody involved in it

[Bast-et]

I really don't think it is that complicated. It would be like:
Orange Jumpsuit Club: 10 wins, 5 used
Sharp Shooter: 4 wins, 4 used
Lucifer: 20 wins, 15 used


It would also help if buying/using materials was restricted to one day a week. Like, say, Friday was the only day you could cash in wins to update items/prizes etc. That way forms are not spread all thoughout the thread and it makes it easy for the updater to update at one time, quickly =]