Boss: Live economy

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A quest that pays 100 coins is a...

  1. Source
  2. Sink
  3. Trade
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Source

It creates new coins in the game.

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coins per day
sources  800,000sinks    950,000

What will players feel over time?

  1. They run short of coins
  2. Prices rise quickly
  3. Nothing changes
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They run short of coins

Sinks remove 150,000 more than sources create each day, so coins become scarce.

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What did Jagex say its 1% Grand Exchange tax would help with?

  1. Inflation
  2. Server costs
  3. Cheating
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Inflation

Jagex: it "will help with inflation by using the tax collected from sales."

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What did the UK government say about children buying loot boxes in 2022?

  1. They should not without parental approval
  2. They should be free to
  3. Loot boxes are gambling
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They should not without parental approval

"children and young people should not be able to purchase loot boxes without parental approval."

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Steam's trade holds give a player whose account was stolen time to cancel the thief's trades.

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True

Items are held before delivery, so the real owner can cancel fraudulent trades.

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Under Mojang's rules, which mod is NOT allowed?

  1. One where players earn currency they can cash out for real money
  2. One that adds new flowers
  3. One that adds a new tool
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One where players earn currency they can cash out for real money

Mojang rules out play-to-earn mods.

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DevEx
Standard rate: US$0.0038  per Earned RobuxEarned Robux: 100,000

How much is that, at the standard rate?

  1. US$380
  2. US$38
  3. US$3,800
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US$380

100,000 × 0.0038 = 380.

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What should stop first when a game is closing?

  1. Real-money sales
  2. Offline play
  3. Saves
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Real-money sales

Nobody should pay for something about to disappear.