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The | This page covers the economic history on classic. The economic history of the server is a long and storied history, with some smashing successes, some minor victories, and some total failures. This is to remember the economic progress on classic. | ||
== Early | == Early EarthMC Economics == | ||
Apparently few shops, mostly just friendly face-to-face trades (from what I heard) | Apparently few shops, mostly just friendly face-to-face trades (from what I heard) | ||
== IKEA Era == | == IKEA Era == | ||
=== Founding of IKEA and early competitors === | === Founding of IKEA and early competitors === | ||
[[Arganog]] of [[Prestige WorldWide (PWW)|PWW]] worked with the leaders of [[Prestige WorldWide (PWW)|PWW]] to establish a major shop for the server, eventually the ''de facto'' official shop. [[IKEA]] was a giant, dominating prices and having enough resources to buy out other competitors. In whatever IKEA sold it set the prices, dominating all other stores. IKEA was located just outside of spawn to allow all easy access, a feature that all major stores adopted. | |||
After IKEA was seen by the community as a major success other nations worked to establish their own stores like IKEA. UnitedStates led GuardedCharlie worked on creating a massive store outside of spawn, like IKEA, but fell into inter-national problems and GuardedCharlie was eventually banned, all before his shop took off. | After IKEA was seen by the community as a major success other nations worked to establish their own stores like IKEA. UnitedStates led GuardedCharlie worked on creating a massive store outside of spawn, like IKEA, but fell into inter-national problems and GuardedCharlie was eventually banned, all before his shop took off. | ||
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=== TroyMart vs IKEA === | === TroyMart vs IKEA === | ||
Troy, a town run by Shootcity, started to take great interest in the economy of the server, and by October had started to open their own store, called TroyMart. It had a spot outside of spawn as a Troy outpost and very quickly gained steam, some seeing it as a competitor to break the effective monopoly of IKEA. They undercut some of IKEA's trades but did not with others. IKEA retained its position as the largest and most powerful economic giant on the server, but TroyMart had promise and quickly rose to #2. | Troy, a town run by [[Shootcity]], started to take great interest in the economy of the server, and by October had started to open their own store, called TroyMart. It had a spot outside of spawn as a Troy outpost and very quickly gained steam, some seeing it as a competitor to break the effective monopoly of IKEA. They undercut some of IKEA's trades but did not with others. IKEA retained its position as the largest and most powerful economic giant on the server, but TroyMart had promise and quickly rose to #2. | ||
Sadly for many TroyMart went inactive as Shootcity became inactive, as Troy started decreasing in population so did TroyMart in economic power. It effectively all ended for TroyMart when after a long period of inactivity Shootcity and his town of Donetsk collapsed from inactivity, although Troy remained under a near-equally inactive subordinate. | Sadly for many TroyMart went inactive as Shootcity became inactive, as Troy started decreasing in population so did TroyMart in economic power. It effectively all ended for TroyMart when after a long period of inactivity Shootcity and his town of Donetsk collapsed from inactivity, although Troy remained under a near-equally inactive subordinate. | ||
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IKEA remained top for selection, having almost everything, but if you shopped around other stores could get you better deals. | IKEA remained top for selection, having almost everything, but if you shopped around other stores could get you better deals. | ||
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