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Ronnie Dee wrote: 4 years ago Summary: For millions of Sim$, you can have a statue erected of a specific retired horse at either a track or farm in its "Garden of Champions".

Some Possible Implementation Details:
Any track or farm that has at least one statue would have a link from its page to its "Garden of Champions".
On the "Garden of Champions" page. there would be a thumbnail of each statue with a link to the full size statue.
Each statue would have a nameplate with a brief description of the horse.
Disclaimer: the owner of the track or farm can refuse to have the statue erected on their track or farm.

Note: I would definitely consider having a statue of See You Monday erected.
Hehehhehehe, you said erected.

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Rochelle Zahacy wrote: 4 years ago I have to say I don’t really like the sound of any of these. They seem more along the likes of “pay to win”.

The things we pay for now don’t give people a coded advantage, they just give players a better idea of how to enter or breed their horses. Eg. Soundness, Weather, BSA, Hypo, etc. But they aren’t essential. If you are able to pay for boosts in rest, ability, or twins...what would stop a rich player from doing that for every horse, yes, just what we need, people pumping twice the freaks from their fancy can’t do any wrong blue hens...or their fancy freaks running every 1-2 weeks, or their freaks getting boosted every time they run. That does not sound like a game I’d want to play

So yeah... this far it seems all the suggestions will give the rich people an even bigger advantage over other players...
Just my opinion but I don’t consider anything using game money “pay to play”. Using real cash for things is pay to play.
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George Knatz wrote: 4 years ago
Rochelle Zahacy wrote: 4 years ago I have to say I don’t really like the sound of any of these. They seem more along the likes of “pay to win”.

The things we pay for now don’t give people a coded advantage, they just give players a better idea of how to enter or breed their horses. Eg. Soundness, Weather, BSA, Hypo, etc. But they aren’t essential. If you are able to pay for boosts in rest, ability, or twins...what would stop a rich player from doing that for every horse, yes, just what we need, people pumping twice the freaks from their fancy can’t do any wrong blue hens...or their fancy freaks running every 1-2 weeks, or their freaks getting boosted every time they run. That does not sound like a game I’d want to play

So yeah... this far it seems all the suggestions will give the rich people an even bigger advantage over other players...
Just my opinion but I don’t consider anything using game money “pay to play”. Using real cash for things is pay to play.
That’s the usual connotation yes, but, I feel Rochelle still brings up a good point.
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Danny Derby wrote: 4 years ago
Rochelle Zahacy wrote: 4 years ago I have to say I don’t really like the sound of any of these. They seem more along the likes of “pay to win”.

The things we pay for now don’t give people a coded advantage, they just give players a better idea of how to enter or breed their horses. Eg. Soundness, Weather, BSA, Hypo, etc. But they aren’t essential. If you are able to pay for boosts in rest, ability, or twins...what would stop a rich player from doing that for every horse, yes, just what we need, people pumping twice the freaks from their fancy can’t do any wrong blue hens...or their fancy freaks running every 1-2 weeks, or their freaks getting boosted every time they run. That does not sound like a game I’d want to play

So yeah... this far it seems all the suggestions will give the rich people an even bigger advantage over other players...
Did you know that the super rich SIM players can guarantee to keep their fancy broodmares alive for longer than a player with no money?
Off-topic but, how do you do that?
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Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago
Danny Derby wrote: 4 years ago
Rochelle Zahacy wrote: 4 years ago I have to say I don’t really like the sound of any of these. They seem more along the likes of “pay to win”.

The things we pay for now don’t give people a coded advantage, they just give players a better idea of how to enter or breed their horses. Eg. Soundness, Weather, BSA, Hypo, etc. But they aren’t essential. If you are able to pay for boosts in rest, ability, or twins...what would stop a rich player from doing that for every horse, yes, just what we need, people pumping twice the freaks from their fancy can’t do any wrong blue hens...or their fancy freaks running every 1-2 weeks, or their freaks getting boosted every time they run. That does not sound like a game I’d want to play

So yeah... this far it seems all the suggestions will give the rich people an even bigger advantage over other players...
Did you know that the super rich SIM players can guarantee to keep their fancy broodmares alive for longer than a player with no money?
Off-topic but, how do you do that?
Just do the 1-2-4-8 and so on million dollar insurance policies.

Did we not all know that already?
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Ronnie Dee wrote: 4 years ago Summary: For millions of Sim$, you can have a statue erected of a specific retired horse at either a track or farm in its "Garden of Champions".

Some Possible Implementation Details:
Any track or farm that has at least one statue would have a link from its page to its "Garden of Champions".
On the "Garden of Champions" page. there would be a thumbnail of each statue with a link to the full size statue.
Each statue would have a nameplate with a brief description of the horse.
Disclaimer: the owner of the track or farm can refuse to have the statue erected on their track or farm.

Note: I would definitely consider having a statue of See You Monday erected.
I think this is cute. Tributes to favourite horses could be a good way to get people to spend. Right now, a headshot is about the most you can do to honour a horse you're attached to, right?
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How about a way to request articles on a topic and if someone decides to write on said topic the player that requested it covers the cost rather than madeup funds.
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Tammy Stawicki wrote: 4 years ago How about a way to request articles on a topic and if someone decides to write on said topic the player that requested it covers the cost rather than madeup funds.
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Glenn Escobar wrote: 4 years ago
Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago
Danny Derby wrote: 4 years ago

Did you know that the super rich SIM players can guarantee to keep their fancy broodmares alive for longer than a player with no money?
Off-topic but, how do you do that?
Just do the 1-2-4-8 and so on million dollar insurance policies.

Did we not all know that already?
It doesn’t give me the option to buy insurance in my 12 year old mare though? Am I missing something?
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Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago
Glenn Escobar wrote: 4 years ago
Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago

Off-topic but, how do you do that?
Just do the 1-2-4-8 and so on million dollar insurance policies.

Did we not all know that already?
It doesn’t give me the option to buy insurance in my 12 year old mare though? Am I missing something?
You need to have enough money in your account for the option to show up
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Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago
Glenn Escobar wrote: 4 years ago
Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago

Off-topic but, how do you do that?
Just do the 1-2-4-8 and so on million dollar insurance policies.

Did we not all know that already?
It doesn’t give me the option to buy insurance in my 12 year old mare though? Am I missing something?
When you go to breed a mare that could be pensioned you will see the following message towards the bottom of the page where you select things like gender

This mare is XX years old and is at risk of death during foaling. Would you like to pay $X,000,000 for a special veterinary service which will guarantee this mare lives through this foaling?

You then would choose yes if you wanted to actually pay the money.
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Danny Derby wrote: 4 years ago
Rochelle Zahacy wrote: 4 years ago I have to say I don’t really like the sound of any of these. They seem more along the likes of “pay to win”.

The things we pay for now don’t give people a coded advantage, they just give players a better idea of how to enter or breed their horses. Eg. Soundness, Weather, BSA, Hypo, etc. But they aren’t essential. If you are able to pay for boosts in rest, ability, or twins...what would stop a rich player from doing that for every horse, yes, just what we need, people pumping twice the freaks from their fancy can’t do any wrong blue hens...or their fancy freaks running every 1-2 weeks, or their freaks getting boosted every time they run. That does not sound like a game I’d want to play

So yeah... this far it seems all the suggestions will give the rich people an even bigger advantage over other players...
Some things like this already are part of the game. Did you know that the super rich SIM players can guarantee to keep their fancy broodmares alive for longer than a player with no money? It's uber expensive and takes tens of millions of dollars out of the game every year, while not guaranteeing you're getting a foal with any ability. This is kind of how I'd see an increased twin % working, and I hardly think it would be game breaking.
I did know that, and getting 2-3 extra foals from a mare is different than her at 4 and potentially DOUBLING the 8+ foals she could have in her lifetime.
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George Knatz wrote: 4 years ago
Rochelle Zahacy wrote: 4 years ago I have to say I don’t really like the sound of any of these. They seem more along the likes of “pay to win”.

The things we pay for now don’t give people a coded advantage, they just give players a better idea of how to enter or breed their horses. Eg. Soundness, Weather, BSA, Hypo, etc. But they aren’t essential. If you are able to pay for boosts in rest, ability, or twins...what would stop a rich player from doing that for every horse, yes, just what we need, people pumping twice the freaks from their fancy can’t do any wrong blue hens...or their fancy freaks running every 1-2 weeks, or their freaks getting boosted every time they run. That does not sound like a game I’d want to play

So yeah... this far it seems all the suggestions will give the rich people an even bigger advantage over other players...
Just my opinion but I don’t consider anything using game money “pay to play”. Using real cash for things is pay to play.
I know it’s not true pay to win, which it is why I put it in quotes 😉
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Laura Smith wrote: 4 years ago
Maybe stallions should sponsor races for their offspring only, which will cost more than the purse of the race, obviously... but could bump...
Not a fan of this. Would skew the studbook information. I know there are already players who do this (stand a stallion in an obscure country and then sponsor statebred races for which only that horse'a progeny are eligible) but it's pretty easy to tell that the $5k stallion standing at stud in India didn't achieve his $75k average progeny earnings by ordinary means. If this was a thing that was common and accepted, the stallion stats would become way less meaningful.
Pete Vella wrote: 4 years ago
Garret Folsom wrote: 4 years ago

THIS!
So I run a large barn and yes this would make things easy, but do I really want this? No.

If that’s the case why have equipment, fitness, ect ect in the first place?

I think we need to have some challenges in the game to keep it interesting and also showcase one trainers ability versus another. Doing all these for us automatically would remove aspect of the game.

We can hire an assistant trainer already. Find a player willing to do those things for you and hire them to help you.

My vote is no for this.
Also a hard no to this from me.
Pete Vella wrote: 4 years ago
Glenn Escobar wrote: 4 years ago
This idea is a cool one.
Maybe certain farms can specialize in certain things.
Like each farm owner can pay for 1 specialization.

Farm A specializes in paints. Farm be in qh, farm c in pacers.

If you rest your horse at a farm that specializes in the breed of your horse you get a very small boost in performance the next race they run.
Also like this, as well as the large fee for farms to have better amenities. Maybe make it a yearly fee. Multi millions.
Kent Saunders wrote: 4 years ago Another one.....when you geld a horse you get an option to pay $x for the chance (maybe 3%) of a more significant improvement in the horse rather than the very small increase we get today. This is actually in tune with real life where some geldings improve quite a bit after the "Procedure"
This too. I wouldn't mind if there was a random slide associated with gelding in general.

Not in favour of any idea that involves paying for a better random slide or whatever. Would be very much in favour of increased fees for soundness and weather, as well as a fee for the maturity comment.
I’m not a fan of paying for better farms, rich people will draw all the boarders away from other farms. So they are making even more money from their farms. I make about $50-55k a week from my farms, and it’s a big deal to me. A rich person with a fancy farm making that much, they don’t give 2 craps
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Stimulating Betting:
For major races (SC, Triple Crown, etc.), display a tote board with the current parimutel win odds for each entrant.
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