MASSIVE TERRAFORMING CORPORATION – INVESTORS WANTED

MASSIVE TERRAFORMING CORPORATION – INVESTORS WANTED

Shares – 1000 PED

Profit split:

33% - For events for investors only – FUND EVENTS

33% - Payouts – FUND PAYOUTS

33% - Investments/improvements – FUND INVESTMENTS

1% - Salary for Axe

The idea is to buy minimum 1 land area (and not only LA) and host monthly and bigger events.

FUND EVENTS – This is where 33% will go - Every shareowner gets 1 free ticket every month for every share (1000) PED. He/she can use the ticket/s or sell it. For every 10 shares you will get 1 free ticket for event that will be held once there is enough jackpot so the prizes are one of the biggest in Entropia Universe if not the biggest prizes. Also FUND EVENTS can be used for secret Santa or some other gifts for shareholders.

FUND PAYOUTS – This is where 33% will go – This is self explanatory. Every shareholder will get monthly payout. If profit is 1000 PED and there are 100 shares sold, 1 share will receive 33% of 10 PEDs. Only 33% in the beginning (or 66% if you count the tickets) of what you will get if you invest in fund like Chiee or buy CLD.

FUND INVESTMENTS - This is where 33% will go – after the first LA is bought 33% of the profit will be used to upgrade the land - teleporter, DNA, fertilizer, booth, CLD, AUD and everything that will not only make future profits bigger but will also make playing more fun and support the planet/s. With FUND INVESTMENTS profit in the beginning will be half of other investments but will only get bigger with time.

If you like the idea and want to buy some shares message me here or ingame.

Avatar: Wand AxeMurderer Silva

Audited Calypso Land Deeds Revenue 2016

MindArk just announced the profit for planet Calypso for 2016 - 1 945 838 USD compared to 2 295 191 for 2015 , 2 232 435 in 2014 , 2 672 604 in 2013 , 2 776 432 in 2012. Clearly the sky is falling and it is time to sell your skills.

Gardening System Soon to Be Released!

Gardening System Soon to Be Released!

How does your garden grow? Soon you’ll be able to find out!

Gardening Boxes (pictured) will be available on Planet Calypso this fall as part of the next exciting stage of the Estate System. As well as creating saleable goods, working on your garden builds up points that will unlock upgrades to your home and increase its value!

Building The Future: The next stage of Plot Ownership

Building The Future: The next stage of Plot Ownership

We have now reached the next exciting stage of the Estate System. Plot holders on Planet Calypso will have the possibility to become Virtual Land Developers and build their own centres of production and supply.

Building Your Property

The UI will let you choose, preview and place your constructions on a grid. At this point you’ll be able to review all building costs. Once you’re totally happy you can proceed with the transaction, at which point you’ll be shown the construction time.

Constructions are upgradeable, allowing you to modernize and improve your builds. For example, outlying walls may boast elegant arches, gates and pillars!

In this release only one type of house is available, but this is merely the beginning. We are continuously working on more developments!

Build Components

Each building comes with a certain number of construction points that you can allocate to construct different kinds of components. There are ‘building’, ‘gardening’, ‘utility’ and ‘industry’ points. The number of construction points varies depending on the size and cost of the building.

The UI will let you place constructions within the grid. During placement, you can rotate it like when placing any item. When satisfied, the building will begin its first step towards completion. Once you’re finished you’ll be able to admire and enjoy your new property!

Vegetable Gardens: Grow Your Business!

A later release will feature the possibility of making a Vegetable Garden after building your house. This will enable you to become a producer of valuable organic goods and a key player in the supply chain. You’ll literally be able to ‘grow’ an expanding business!

Building and Rebuilding

What if you don’t like the way you’ve built your house, or you want to build another kind of building instead? You can start again by demolishing the building and regaining roughly 50% of your initial investment, which can then be used on your next build!

Village Development

As a Property Owner you are also a citizen of a village and the development of ‘village life’ will be the focus of future releases. Being a responsible village citizen will have a positive effect on the village community as a whole. This ‘communal’ dimension will be a new aspect of gameplay within Planet Calypso.

Valar Morghulis and Entropia Universe

Valar Morghulis

Yes, you got it right – I was busy last few months reading the books of A Song of Ice and Fire. If you don’t know this is the book version of A Game of Thrones. That’s 4273 pages of names and dead people.

And before I start writing for Entropia Universe today may be I have to make disclosure. It is possible that at the time you are reading this I am making money from this game. Ok, now let’s start.

But I was still keeping an eye on Entropua Universe news. And there is both a lot new stuff and still everything is how it was. Depends if you are optimist or pessimist. Pessimist will see that Planet Cyrene and Planet Toulan are about 4 years late on the hard launch date. Soft launch was when small portion of the planet was released after few years of development and hard launch was promised to happen soon may be in 2012-2013. It didn’t happen. You can wonder if someone decided to stop the project to minimum or to wait until the planet is in perfect condition to go for hard launch with massive advertising campaign and everything. And not much to see in the opposing direction. Planet Cyrene is moving forward with the dynamic map upgrades, but it is very slow development speed.

Pessimist will see that Calypso Land Deed (CLD) ROI is going down and this is the primary indicator for the health of the game. There were also weeks with 0 CLD payment. In contrast to this all Arkadia Underground Deeds (AUD) were sold and their price went up by 40%. That means that people voted with 1 million from their US Dollars that they like Planet Arkadia and believe the Underground will do better and better.

Also the development of the citizen system goes extremely slow. You can grab your plot in 2015 and you will have to wait 5 years before you can do anything with it. Good news is that it will be available on other planets too and will make players feel more at home when they actually build some structure in the game.

Monria failed to get on Steam and later was sold I think on loss. Not much else happening there, but let’s hope the new owners will have more passion and money to continue development of the Moon.

Planet Arkadia as always is the golden bow of Entropia Universe. Making unique content and actually make you feel like you treasure hunt on the planet is fresh feeling that most people that watched Indiana Jones as kids like. You have plenty of opportunities to hunt for treasures there and get your daily dose of endorphins.

Planet Rocktropia as usually get some negative comments for its content, but it is the planet that connects Entropia to Hollywood and Neverdie makes a lot of stunts to get the game in the news so he does good job in the end. And if you don’t like shooting zombies just don’t go there.

Space as always is pushed for the next year for development, but what can you do. May be if more people spend their peds there it will get more attention from the developers.

MindArk provide Entropia Platform to some online casinos and this is good news for me. Even if they are on loss from the game they will not shut it down if they make enough money from the platform they provide to other companies.

And let’s not forget the ComPet game is coming after 2 months. One more game to play in the office and hopefully more players will come to Entropia Universe.

This got too long, let’s stop here and continue tomorrow with State of the Universe Address 2016.

CLD Estate Plots

The latest Version Update brings the first stage of the long-awaited CLD Estates system. Calypso Land Deed (CLD) holders will have the opportunity to use their CLDs to bid on CLD Estate plots located in two beautiful new residential locations. New settlements with additional CLD Estate plots will be added in upcoming Version Updates.

Development of structures on CLD Estates will be implemented in Autumn 2015, with larger plots planned to accommodate more advanced structures with potential commercial functions such as shopping and more.

Plots are available in four standard sizes and will offer different development opportunities depending on size.

CLD Plot Types

Plot Type Plot Size Start Req. Min. Req. Additional Req.

Small 20 x 20 m 27 CLD 9 CLD

Small+ 40 x 20 m 54 CLD 18 CLD 1500 x Composite Plank

Medium 40 x 40 m 81 CLD 27 CLD 3000 x Composite Plank

Large 60 x 60 m 162 CLD 54 CLD 5000 x Composite Plank

Claiming CLD Estate Plots

CLD Estate plots will become available on Wednesday, June 17.

CLD Estate plots are claimed with Calypso Land Deeds. To claim a plot, interact with the Plot Terminal located with the normal Estate Terminal near each plot. ***Note that the Plot Terminals will not be visible until the plots become available on June 17***

The Plot Terminal will display the Address and current CLD Requirement to claim the plot, along with the time remaining until the next requirement update when the CLD Requirement will decrease (until the minimum CLD Requirement is reached).

Larger plots may also have an additional requirement in the form of building materials; unlike the CLD Requirement, additional requirements do not decrease over time.

Plot Terminal

After clicking the Buy button, a confirmation dialog will appear confirming the conversion of the required Calypso Land Deeds to Calypso Land Deed (X) items to claim the selected plot.

Plot Terminal Confirmation

Calypso Land Deeds (X) continue to receive weekly CLD revenue, but can no longer be used to claim CLD Estate plots.

Note that some of the plots in the new settlements are reserved for future use and are not able to be claimed. Each settlement features a large bazaar in the center as well as service centers on the outskirts and small 10x10m plots for monuments and other functions.

Southern Ithaca Settlement

Southern Ithaca Settlement

Southeast of Fort Ithaca
Coordinates: 70886, 85778

Number of plots: 58
Size Small - 20 x 20 - 39 Plots
Size Small+ - 40 x 20 - 13 Plots
Size Medium - 40 x 40 - 4 Plots
Size Large - 60 x 60 - 2 Plots

Livas Settlement

Livas Settlement

Northeast of Livas
Coordinates: 66449, 85449

Number of Plots: 48
Size Small - 20 x 20 - 32 Plots
Size Small+ -40 x 20 - 9 Plots
Size Medium - 40 x 40 - 6 Plots
Size Large - 60 x 60 - 1 Plot

First phase of the CLD estate system

MindArk is excited to announce that the first phase of the CLD estate system outlined in previous development roadmaps and State of the Universe addresses will be implemented in the upcoming Version Update, currently planned for June 2015.

Work is progressing on distributing CLD estate plots throughout Calypso, including re-landscaping of areas near popular cities and outposts. The first batch of CLD estate plots will be made available in a Version Update after the summer, and will be located in a newly-designed colonist settlement. Participants interested in claiming CLD estate plots will take part in a reverse-bid auction using their existing Calypso Land Deeds. Full details on the auction process will be given as the release of the CLD estate plots draws nearer.

Building a structure on a claimed CLD estate will require various resources. A new resource gathering system will be introduced in the upcoming Version Update that enable participants to harvest natural resources which can be manufactured into building components utilized in the forthcoming housing system that will be implemented after the summer.

The attached concept images provide a quick peek at the work going on behind the scenes where MindArk’s design and development teams are working diligently to ensure that these new systems will enhance the enjoyability and depth of Entropia Universe by adding exciting new gameplay opportunities, while also rewarding CLD holders for their valued support and patience.

Audited Calypso Land Deeds Revenue 2014

The autited Calypso Land Deed revenue for 2014 can be found in the attached image.

Entropia Universe Invites Warren Buffett to Play Game and Make Real Money

December 16, 2014
Entropia Universe Invites Warren Buffett to Play Game and Make Real Money

Calypso Land Deeds bring in 105% return over three years

Gothenburg, Sweden - December 16, 2014 - Entropia Universe AB, the largest Massively Multiplayer Online Real Cash Economy (MMORCE) game, game, today invited renowned business magnate and billionaire investor Warren Buffett to try out the game and start getting a real return on his investments. With the game's Calypso Land Deeds selling for just $140.00 almost everyone has the chance to invest.

Mr. Buffett's net worth is estimated at over $74 Billion yet it is rumored he does not yet own a high performance spaceship, though he is a consummate businessman. Using nothing but his financial acumen he's never been required to destroy a single robot to make it big on Planet Calypso in Entropia Universe. He can, however, achieve a higher rate of return than he currently sees through Berkshire Hathaway, where he is CEO.

The Calypso Land Deeds (CLD) were introduced to the public on November 28, 2011 with a starting price of $100 (1,000 Project Entropia Dollars, PED). The first weekly dividend was paid out on December 5, 2011 and have been paid out every week since. Dividends earned to date total $65.54 for the three-year period from November 28, 2011 to November 28, 2014. Meanwhile the CLD has appreciated from $100 to $140 during the same period. Thus the total yield for Calypso Land Deeds is 105% ($40 in appreciation + $65.54 in dividends = $105.54 on an initial investment of $100) over the three-year period November 2011-November 2014. Meanwhile stock quotes for Berkshire Hathaway show 96.6% for the same three-year period of November 28, 2011 to November 28, 2014. In fact if he joins today Entropia Universe may even throw that high performance spaceship as a holiday gift.

Help New Player or Free Weekly Events : 12,000 PED Per Week

Help New Player or Free Weekly Events : 12,000 PED Per Week

As part of an effort to stimulate the economy further, and help with the growth of the game, I have earmarked 12,000 Ped Per Week from my CLD income to be used in one of the following two ways.

1. Paid Positions for qualified individuals in the community to better assist new players, and supply them with a starter pack for free.

a.- Would range from 1000 ped ($100) to 2000 ped ($200) per week per worker.

b.- With the help of a community I would acquire packs based on one or two of the 3 Main Classes. ( Hunting to me seems one of the easiest, however mining seems like it would provide a much stronger / higher ROI keeping them playing longer ) This can also include a lesson in trading / auction etc ( see c )

c.- The development of a comprehensive beginners / professions guide that will be continually updated to account for any changes within the game. I understand there are numerous guides out there, however I would like to get together those individuals in professions who have experienced a level of success that can contribute to the guide in a meaningful way, with the thought in mind that this is to help the stability and growth of the game over the long term. The communities involvement in this is crucial as the community knows best in regards to what to expect as a new player, experiences in the past you have had that have been beneficial etc. I don't want to take up this entire thread elaborating, but long story short I would earmark 10,000 ped ( $1000 ) for the creation of such a guide with the idea it will be updated etc.

2. Weekly Ingame Events

a.- This would be Free ingame events for different levels of game player to support the community directly with 12,000 ped being given away each week. or 48,000 ped per month.

b.- This would require the acquisition of various land areas to account for the various skill levels of players participating ( low to high level players ) The taxes used from these events would be dedicated to a smaller scale version of Option 1 ( New Player Support )

c.- Would require different amounts for each level of skill so to not isolate one class of player from getting no financial support.

There are allot of + and - to each of these which are to be considered, and barriers would have to be thought of to prevent the exploitation of such initiatives ( someone creating multiple accounts to get kits etc or colluding to win events weekly ) but I thought the best place to finalize this idea would be with the communities help.

Why would I want to do this? : Simple, I can make more money over the long term, while simultaneously helping the community grow / prosper.

Through my research I have noticed that planet partners have struggled on two fronts.

1. Marketing - None have really capitalized on everything that this unique platform offers through any real marketing. The initial marketing should be kicked off with a big event. I understand the first big waves came through the news of Club Neverdie and Treasure Island sales. It made people say wow this much money is changing hands in a virtual world in a game I can play for free? Knowing that this type of news has caused two main gains in the population of this planet is very valuable information that has not been fully utilized. I won't go much deeper into this, however I have many ideas which I feel confident would succeed.

2. New Player Retention Rates - Because of a lack of the above I have proposed, there is no where near enough new player support to keep people playing the game once going through the processes to land on calypso. I have personally on numerous occasions had friends make accounts, and try to figure the game out and see what help they received. It was a terrible experience and can be vastly improved. This needs to be done from a ground up approach in a way we can do without the help of any developer. Direct interaction with another human will never be replaced as the best learning tool, we need to capitalize on this.

I do this with the idea that in the future I will be able to create my own marketing campaign, bring in my own new players, and receive decay % profits from such accounts. The most important part for ANYONE who wants to do something like this, is to have a place where the new can survive and learn. If they join the game and quit after a few days not one person wins from this.

I welcome any and all comments public or private. I thank you for your time for reading through this wall of text.

LuckyMan87

New player want to take control over more than 10% of Planet Calypso

New player want to take control over more than 10% of Planet Calypso

If you are wondering who is he at the moment it is known that he is from USA joined planet Calypso forum around November 2014 and has the forum name LuckyMan87.

He must be really lucky because he has 1 million dollars to throw at his video game. And what are his plans to do with that 1 million. Here is short summary from the man himself.

My CLD Aquisition

To add some clarity to prevent rumors that may have an impact in a market which I am investing in:

1. I will acquire if the market allows 6,000+ CLD

2. I will purchase them directly in bulk until it is no longer possible before utilizing the ingame auction.

3. I am approximately 400 CLD shy of 2000.

4. No I am not going to buy Planet Calypso, Or any Planet for that matter.

5. I have no plans on selling them any time soon.

6. Clearly I would not be purchasing these if I did not expect the value to dramatically increase in the next 2 years.

7. I am contemplating the purchase of either a group of land areas, or shopping center (mall).

8. I am lobbying for there to be a better affiliate marketing program which will allow revenue to be passed to the player based on the life of accounts that are brought to the game (Profit Sharing of Decay). I know this currently exists for planet partners, but a system for players would help dramatically increase the user base.

9. I will be lobbying for other systems I think would have a very positive effect on the economy and provide longer term stability.

10. Any questions feel free to PM me, I will try to be as transparent as possible to avoid any rumors.

Q:Is it even possible for you to be able to affect "the system", "the devs" and "the game" so much so that you’re able to "lobby" for something to be implemented?

A:Excellent Question.

I think the best answer I can give you is to wait for a couple of weeks until I implement a system which will inevitably bring more power to the players. If you would like specifics please feel free to PM me. I think what this game has been missing is a unity among players for the benefit of all. You don't realize the financial power all of you have together, and its impact on directing this company actively, rather than currently passively.

He is also interested in Event Quality Control

I have noticed many issues appearing during events which could be expected to a certain degree, however I think there should be a certain process that is put in place to ensure a much smoother rollout of future events on planet calypso.

Start / End Times being triple verified before being implemented by more than one person.
Point / Time System Functionality
Have a check list they physically go through before putting it on the live servers.
Etc.

I have a feeling this does not currently exist internally and if it does it is rather limited. In an effort to keep the masses happy, I strongly believe this should be implemented to allow for a better gaming experience at event time.

Perhaps a bit of transparency as to what Quality Control by Mind Ark actually occurs would be helpful.

Feel free to make any suggestions, as if this is read by the right party it would be helpful to them.

And is also looking to buy Calypso Land Areas

I am currently seeking out land areas on calypso that come complete with DNA. Please do not waste my time with an extreme overpriced offer. I am ready to pull the trigger on the right deal, so save me the time negotiating.

I am not interested in DNA where creatures have less then 800hp.

Thank you for your time.

Land Area: Formicacida Nest - OLA#21 for 140k

And few expensive items:


-Improved FAP tier 1,9 for 80k peds

-Unlimited Level 8 Amplifier for 200k ped

-Supremacy Male UL 7 Parts Full Amor


With all this in mind we can assume that:

-He is old player with developed avatar and knowledge about the game.

-He is rich.

-He has some programming or organizational skill and want to use them with Entropia Universe.


For me there are 3 ways he will make difference to the other players.

1.The price of CLD and land areas will rise after LuckyMan87 take control over more than 10% of CLD.

2.The political system will be controlled mostly by this man.

3.“I think the best answer I can give you is to wait for a couple of weeks until I implement a system which will inevitably bring more power to the players.” – Not sure what he is talking about here, but sound like something big for the small players.

CLD price is too low

In one of my post I was concerned that the price of Arkadia Underground Deeds is too high and the payouts will decrease making the Calypso Land Deeds better and obvious choice for investment. And everything is still true. AUD are selling even for 10% less than their initial value.

The only thing left out of the equation is the time. With time the price of CLD is and will be going up slowly but surely. It was 130 USD at the time of AUD, now is around 140 USD. And some day it will hit 200$ per 1 CLD. And somewhere at that point investing in AUD is going to be better than investing in CLD. And it will all start to balance itself. When CLD price rise and with will (probably) the price of AUD will rise also.

So if I can change my statement from ‘AUD price is too high’ to ‘CLD price is too low’.

The price of CLD will be linked to price of everything in the game. Once the price gets too big to be good investment (and this will probably happen after 2-3 years) investors will move their peds to different opportunities like shops, land areas, trading commodities, slowly increasing the market value of everything in the game. Even haircuts and facemask. Until then happy hunting and hoard as much CLD as you can.

What forms Calypso Land Deed payouts

What forms Calypso Land Deed payouts

I have read that few times but still forget if space generate CLD income. It turns out it does. Also "various fees" contribute to CLD payouts.

Q. How is the Planet Partner Gross Revenue calculated?
A. Planet Partner Gross Revenue is calculated and paid by MindArk to the Planet Partner, and includes avatar activity on Planet Calypso, along with the activity of Calypso avatars in Space and on other Entropia Universe planets. Avatar activity includes deterioration of items, as well as various other fees and avatar activities.

Calypso Land deeds revenue Q3-Q4 2013

Revenue Sharing Planet Calypso Q3‐Q4 , 2013

50% to Deeds‐ Revenue Sharing

SEK/USD

holders per Deed/month

Month USD Exchange Rate SEK USD PED

July 2013

255 429 6,62 1 690 940 127 715 21,29

August 2013

220 310 6,54 1 440 827 110 155 18,36

September 2013

173 353 6,50 1 126 795 86 677 14,45

October 2013

198 164 6,41 1 270 231 99 082 16,51

November 2013

243 321 6,58 1 601 052 121 661 20,28

December 2013

212 158 6,54 1 387 513 106 079 17,68

Total 1 302 735 8 517 359 651 368

This figures have in May 2014 been audit by PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers),

Göteborg, Sweden.

Active players in Entropia Universe and Eve Online

Active players in Entropia Universe and Eve Online

It is really hard to guess how much people are playing Entropia Universe. And I don’t know the definition of “Active player”. But let’s make some estimates here. Most people believe that Entropia players are not more than 25 000.

Here you can see EVE Online: Active Subscribers Worldwide. They were 25 000 in 2003 and 500 000 in 2013. 474 000 are the people that bought Star Citizen. We can assume that at the moment people that like hard games involving spaceships and can afford to play them are around half a million. 

I think the graph showing EVE Online Active Subscribers will be the same for Entropia Universe but with 10-11 years difference. And somewhere in 2023-2024 people that play Entropia universe will multiply by 10 or even 20 and will be around 500 000.

And if you now buy 100 CLD and get monthly income close to 1200 PED in 2024 you will be receiving something like 20 000 PED or 2 000 USD. Crazy right.

CLD vs AUD vs BAD comparasion

Calypso Land Deeds vs Arkadia Underground Deeds vs Battle Arena Deeds.

We are getting a lot of options to invest our money into Entropia Universe now. If we don’t count the options where you have to work to make money there are 3 options now to invest money and get passive income without moving your finger. First came the Calypso Land Deeds, then the Arkadia Underground Deeds and in 2015 we can expect Battle Arena Deeds.

Let’s start with Arkadia Underground Deeds because Arkadia did mistake there that in my opinion make AUD less desirable than CLD. They said they won’t develop the underground anymore because this is not fair to owners of other land areas. But they said they will use the income from unsold deeds to advertise the underground. So with ever decreasing budged for advertisement and every time they introduce new land to Planet Arkadia one cannot hope for increase in the payout, but just the opposite – you can expect that AUD will pay less and less in the future.

Contrary the Calypso Land Deeds have the potential to increase the payout indefinitely. In reality the income from CLD is declining since they were introduced, but the hope and the dream that they will pay 5 PED or even 10 PED per week is always there.

So from CLD and AUD we can choose CLD. But it is hard to predict how the Battle Arena Deeds will perform. In the statement from MindArk we can see they used the magic line so the hopes and dreams are alive: “Revenues generated from the Battle Arena Deed offering will be used exclusively for Battle Arena development and marketing.”. That's what people want. To know that when you spend money to invest and play some will go for improving the gameplay and payouts for the deeds. The other plus of BAD is the price. It will be 10 times cheaper than the CLD. It is easy to deposit 10$ to buy BAD, but you have to deposit few months without playing to save for a CLD that cost 100$.

MindArk always seem to find something to sell that is better then everything you seen before in the game. But after they released CLD I was thinking that they are too good and there is no way they can come up with something better. But that Battle Arena Deeds may turn out to be better. It seems the future is in mobile devices and if we assume 20 000 – 30 000 people are playing Entropia Universe, that require powerful PC, it may turn out that 300 000 will play the mobile and web browser part of it. Or may be no one will play it. There is not much information at this point, but for sure we have interesting time before us in the next year or two.

And one more thing: They are ‘valuing’ that Web-Based Battle Arena 2 000 000 USD, they ‘valued’ Arkadia Underground to 2 000 000 USD too. I won’t say it is too much, but I’m starting to think they ‘sold’ Calypso too cheap, just for 6 000 000 USD. I think it was going to sold for 12 000 000 USD too.

And if you still don't know what the Battle Arena is:

A web-based Battle Arena game is planned for early 2015. The game will be developed as a cross-platform solution available on the web and for mobile devices, and will have direct ties to the Entropia Universe taming! system. Players will have the opportunity to acquire, upgrade and customise their pets for battle against the pets of others.

Entropia Universe participants will have the ability to acquire Battle Arena Deeds and share in the revenue and excitement of the Battle Arena action. 200,000 Battle Arena Deeds will be offered via the Entropia Universe in-game auction and upcoming webshop at 100 PED each. Revenues generated from the Battle Arena Deed offering will be used exclusively for Battle Arena development and marketing. More detailed information about the Battle Arena Deeds will be made available very soon.

The Political System in Entropia Universe

The first time I read about the Political System in Entropia Universe I and probably most of the players assumed that this will be some sort of voting system where MindArk ask players at some voting terminals questions like “What weapon do you want to see next?” and players choose from 4-5 options. But now I think it will be way more complex system than that. More like real world political system where people vote for some player to get a position like president of Planet Calypso or Mayor of Twin Peaks. Position that will give him power different than the power of money that the dividend of the CLD gives. May be such Mayors will have the power to change taxes of some new land area or decide where next Miss and Mister Calypso will take place. The president may have the power to get all illegal Arkadians out or close the Calypso Space Station flight to Rocktropia. May be players will be able to vote what society to control some land area and receive tax from it.

But this is just me thinking for 5 minutes. If MindArk spent 2-3 years thinking on the idea of Political System in Entropia Universe it will be way better than that. Something never seen in a game before. This may sound like a cliché but at least I don't know of something like this. And seeing that the Political and the Citizen systems goes together it is safe to say that you will need to have Calypso Land Deed to be able to vote. And the more you have the more power your vote will have. It will be like in real life – rich people will decide the future of the masses. And we will see new profession in Entropia Universe – Politician. And Politicians will fight not for loot but for the love of the citizens.

The bad news is that the political and housing system is still in the initial design and development stage. As with the taming system, is expected to roll out in several stages during 2015. Long wait, but you will have more time to buy more CLD and vote for me one day. If you want more blog posts.

Problems I see for Arkadia Underground Deeds

Problems I see for Arkadia Underground Deeds

While I think the idea for underground is good and also the releasing of Land Area where everyone can buy small share and get profit is also great I’m starting to think that investing in those deeds is not such a good idea. I also went to Arkadia and bought some of those deeds. And don’t get me wrong they have good side too.

Let’s start briefly with the positive side of the Arkadia Underground Land Deeds:

-The ROI is good, very similar to that of the Calypso Land Deeds. Sometimes I wonder how the fuck MindArk knew what will be the payout (and player activity) before they release Ark Deeds, so they make their price exactly where the ROI will be very close to CLD ROI. (ROI is Return of Investment)

-50 PED per deed. Low price so everyone can participate.

-5% tax from Arkadia Underground is way easy to understand than what 50% of Planet Calypso revenue means. The payouts of Arkadian Underground Deeds depends only from the activity in Arkadia Underground. The payouts of Calypso deeds depends from many factors and probably even the running costs of the planet. What if Calypso team buy new office in real life for 1 000 000 dollars? Is this going to lower the payouts of the deeds?

Basically this is the good side and now let’s try to systemize the negatives:

-Overpriced Land Area. Now this part is confusing for me too. There are Land areas for 10 000 – 20 000 - 30 000 USD, but this LA cost 1 000 000 USD (1 million American dollars). Some people said the first day its way overpriced. I tough what do you care if it gives good ROI and you don’t have to do nothing or invest in fertilizers, advertizing, events and such. Pure passive income. Just like CLD. But it is still over priced which leads to the next problem.

-Oversupply. We can only guess here, but it is very possible that Arkadia Underground Deeds (200 000 deeds, 5 USD each) will never sell. There will always be more people selling then buying and you can always get one for 50 PED from the deed broker. So you can’t expect to make money buying AUD for 50 PED and selling them for more, like it was with CLD. In fact today I sow people selling for less than 50 PED which means it will be hard for you to sell your deeds for even 50 PED. But if they valued the underground for less than 1 million dollars, let’s say they released 100k deeds for 5 USD each, that means the ROI of the AUD will be double that of the CLD and drop the CLD value to half. And make CLD and AUD best investment in the world.

-Not suitable for mining. At first I read that Arkadia Underground will have indoor mining logic, some sort of mining for skilled miners, like it is on FOMA. Where big players drop thousand of PEDs each day risking it big. Big risk – big reward system. This would guarantee big payouts of the deeds for long long time. But then I went to the underground to try mining. And I sow so many mobs there it was hard to drop a probe. I watched 2 YouTube videos of PigBenis and he was mining in sea of monsters. I don’t think heavy miners will like that.

-No future development of the land. This is also my guess, but I think it is reasonable to take the underground as it is now and not to hope for big improvement in the future. They build it – they sold it for 1 mill USD – they move on to the next project. This is probably the same for CLD. They got to the point where revenue of the planet was maxed and sold the CLD for 6 million USD knowing there won’t be more upgrades to the planet. By upgrade I mean more land where more people can play and spent more money contributing to the CLD payouts.

-Not uniqueness. I don’t know if there is such word, but what I mean is that once all AUD are sold (or even before that) Ark team can just build Underground 2 or Overground 1.

-Only ROI. Arkadia Underground Deeds may have ROI similar or even better than CLD, but CLD will offer 2 more candies for their owners. Landgrab and voting rights. And less important symbolic citizenship. While they are not even implemented in the game after 5-10 years they will be important part of the game. (If the game still exists).

In conclusion my personal opinion is to buy some Arkadia Underground Deeds, but not too much. If you have PEDs to invest – better buy CLD.

Disclaimer: Every line in this post is my personal opinion and may be very wrong. Investing big amount of money in video game is a huge risk. If you lose all your money following some of the advices on this blog all AxeMurderer can offer is a hug.

Are Arkadia Underground Deeds a good INVESTMENT

I like my CLD and the return they bring (current 20% is not the promised 30% but i still like them)
To anyone wanting to invest in Deeds in general i will make a small comparison and maybe prediction.

Where is the money coming from?
CLD - They give you 25% / 60,000 of global Calypso planet partner profit (which is based on decay and such)
AULD - Give you 5% / 200,000 of Arkadia Underground Loot that people get.

Discussion: No matter where the players of Calypso play and what they do they always generate cash for the CLD revenue stream. AULD benefits from all planets players that are actively engaged on the Underground Area (hunting mining shopping .. i don't know if crafting i don't think crafting is taxed.)

How much can we expect to earn?
CLD pay out and this is tested .. lets say an average of 3.84 ped per deed each week .. (sometimes its more sometimes less ... lets average to 20% ROI) .. that means if you invested 1000 ped in 1 deed after 5 years 5*52*3.84 you will see your cash back.
Now if you would like to buy CLD's now at a price ~1350 per deed they will still pay out 3.84 .. since we can't travel back in time (we should calculate at the current price) if you buy now your ROI is about 14.79% .. you get your ped back in 6 years and 9 months

To make AUG a sound investment:
they would have to pay out the same or better as CLD .. so 3.84 ped for each 1350 ped invested each deed would have to pay out 0.1422 ped (.. for this to happen the Land area would have tax the players 0.1422 * 200,000 = 28,440 ped)
So the total loot paid out would have to be 568,800 PED/week

Of course you can speculate the price of these will go up .. but how high will it rise? I think it depends only on how well they will do with pay outs...

To put things in perspective I got some data from Entropia Life:
http://www.entropialife.com/Planets.aspx?M=view&P=4 this page shows mining and hunting for the whole planet for the last 30 days ... today its 2,266,381 ped to make this into a weekly value 2266381/30*7 = 528,822 PED

528,822 This is for the WHOLE planet of Arkadia and its less than the required 568,800 for the underground to generate...

Of course Entropia Life does not take into account all the loot that is not Global or Hofed .. lets assume it amounts to double the initial value .. Arkadia is 9x bigger than the Underground .. but then the underground offers a FOMA/HELL type mining experience..

The question is will it be enough?
Or is it better to keep investing in CLD?

Please share your opinion .. I haven't made up my mind yet on this subject.

Audited Calypso Land Deeds Revenue Q1 – Q2, 2013

Audited revenue sharing for Planet Calypso shows that the return to Calypso Land Deed holders totaled $684,935.00 for the period.

Planet Calypso revenue share numbers have been audited by PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Göteborg, Sweden.

Month                Planet Calypso                   50% to Deed                 Monthly Payout

                          revenue share                     Holders (USD)               Per Deed (PED)
                          (USD)

January 2013        238 256                           119 128                            19,85
February 2013     228 613                            114 307                           19,05
March 2013         246 319                            123 160                           20,53
April 2013           231 540                            115 770                            19,30
May 2013            216 303                           108 152                            18,03
June 2013            208 838                            104 419                           17,40

Total               $1,369,869                            $684,935

Planet Calypso revenue share numbers have been audited by PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Göteborg, Sweden.