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 Today we would like to present a report on what we have been busy doing for the last couple of months. During this time we have revised and changed the majority of all aspects in our tenders and regular contests. (Contest for Managers, Contest for Directors, and Contest for Presidents). We have also created a new Contest for Tycoons that would be among our regular competitions. Contest for Tycoons This new type of contest is for every player regardless how many years, months, days he or she has spent in the game in total. In this contest the established players will have the chance to shine and the newbies, perhaps, will also be able to beat Virtonomics veterans. I. Regularity of the contest and prizes The Contest for Tycoons will start when the required sum of funds (50 trillion and/or 1000 points (i.e. 1 point equals 50 billion) will be collected on our newly created fundraising page. The rating process is blind (the rating is given without disclosing the sum of payment). Top-10 sponsors receive badges of various degrees - III (+1 for all qualifications), II (+3) or I (+5). The degree of the received badges depend on the number of sponsors- if the players get into the tops for the first time, they receive a III degree badge, the second time-II degree badge, the third time-the I degree badge. III and II degree are not immune, it means that at the beginning of the next contest they either go up in the ranking or are completely deleted. Only the I degree status is immune and it gives the chance to compete for the second, third, and so on badges). The prizes for the contest are the badges, VIRTS received in additional tenders, and special awards, which will be described later in this post. II. Nominations The contest will last one week plus one additional week for the preparation for the contest from the date when the fundraising campaign is finished. IIa. Shagreen Contest. The city for the Shagreen contest is selected based on the status of the sponsors. The selection is made among the cities, the mayors of which are top sponsors. The winning city becomes not only the place, where the contest is held, but also receives a World Wonder - "World Trade Show" The winner of the contest is selected based on the amount of the proceeds from the sale of shagreen, the contests' special product, in the stores of the city selected for the nomination. Shagreen is a unique mystery product, which Virtonomics introduces just for the time of the Contest for Tycoons. Each participant of the contest receives a package of shagreen and a 1000 sq.m. store. This happens a game update before the start of the contest or during the registration, in case the contest has already started or about to start during the nearest update. The product description of shagreen is similar to the descriptions of regular goods, but at the same time shagreen is sold as a separate product. The system calculates the proceeds from the sale of the shagreen (received at the beginning of the contest) in any 1000 sq.m. stores of the contest city. The contest participants are not allowed to sell "someone else's" shagreen, no matter how obtained. At the end of the contest, the unsold volumes of shagreen will disappear. IIb. World Cuisines. Virtostandard of restaurants in the region selected based on the amount of sponsors for randomly selected restaurant specialization. The winning region receives a World Wonder "Culinary Mecca" until the next contest starts. Virtostandard of restaurants. During a seven-day contest, the system calculates the profit made by every restaurant of the contest's participants in the selected region. The region has to have the restaurant specialization selected for the nomination. The final rating is based on the biggest sum of three daily rating indicators of the best restaurant during the whole contest. The taxable profit indicators are also taken into account. Buying and repairing equipment as well as other expenses, which do not decrease the tax base in Virtonomics, do not decrease the profit indicators, which contribute to the overall rating. IIc. Tender collider. The country is selected based on the number of sponsors. The winnings in professional tenders are taken into account. At the same time, everyday additional professional league tenders are held. The amount of tenders and the prizes won in those tenders depend on the collected prize fund.
The country selected for the contest receives a World Wonder "Tender collider" until the next contest starts. This Wonder creates two additional tenders (one in professional league with 1 VIRT prize and another one in amateur league with qualification experience prize) everyday. The participants of the contest has to win (it means registering for the contest and winning the first place) in as many tenders as possible, receiving a point for every win. All regular professional league tenders are taken into account as well as additional professional tenders, created specifically for the contest in the country selected for the nomination. III. Other. The registration procedure for the contest is standard and obligatory. The requirement is as usual- 10 in " Management" category. World Trade Show A unique project . The World Trade Show is held in the city, which has become a place of the “Shagreen” nomination in the regularly held Contest for Tycoons. The World Trade Show opens immediately after the Contest for Tycoons has finished and works until another country is granted the right to open the Word Trade Show on its territory. In the host country of The Word Trade Show, the cash flow on retail products and service sector increases two and a half times , which positively affects the development of all retail and service sector niches. It does not matter if the country has a governor or not. Culinary Mecca A unique project. The country announced a “Culinary Mecca” is the one, which has become a place of the “World Cuisines” nomination in the regularly held Contest for Tycoons. The project is launched immediately after the Contest for Tycoons has finished and lasts until another country is announced a culinary Mecca. The number of restaurant visitors increases two and a half times in the region, which has become a culinary Mecca. It does not matter if the country has a governor or not. Regulation on placing the tender collider on the country's territory A unique project. The country granted the right to place the tender collider on its territory is the one, which has become a place of the nomination of the same name in the regularly held Contest for Tycoons. The collider is launched immediately after the Contest for Tycoons has finished and continues to operate until another country is granted the right to place it on its territory. Two additional tenders (one in professional league with 1 VIRT prize and another one in amateur league with qualification experience prize) are held everyday in the country, where the collider is placed. It does not matter if the country has a governor or not. The changes in tenders The competitions with VIRT prizes were excluded from the amateur league. However, the bonuses for winning other competitions have increased two times. On the other hand, the tenders, where it was possible to win qualification bonuses, have been excluded from professional tenders, from now on it will be possible to compete for VIRTs only. The new configuration of tenders on realms will be as follows: VERA and OlGA: - amateur league: 5 qualification increasing tenders (+100%); - professional league: 5 Virt competitions (1, 1, 1, 3 and 5+3+1). MARY and LIEN: - amateur league: 3 qualification increasing tenders (+100%); - professional league: 3 Virt competions(1, 1, 1); ANNA: - amateur league: 3 qualification increasing tenders (+100%); - professional league: 3 qualification increasing tenders (+25%) The changes in the rules of existing tenders A number of tenders have undergone the changes in rules. It was done in order to make the game more user-friendly and boost its overall " attractiveness". One-day tenders: City trade: The winner of the prize is the store, which generated the biggest amount of revenues of the selected goods in the selected city during the day of the contest. In case the company, which sold the contest goods, owns several stores in the city, the lowest indicator is taken into account. City supply: is replaced by a production tender Quantity х Quality: The system selects three stores with the biggest revenues from the sale of the selected goods in the selected city. The companies, which products were sold in these stores, get a rating point. Each point is a result of the quality of the goods multiplied by their quantity. The winner is the company, which scores the highest rating. Only the goods with 0.2 or higher brand in the selected city are taken into account. Franchise and TM goods are required to have a non-zero brand (excluding bonuses) in the selected city. Production Storm: this type of tender is put on hold Country's pride: The winner of the prize is the owner of several service sector enterprises of the selected specialization, which generated the biggest profit during the contest’s update in the selected country. The system takes only the indicators of ten most profitable service sector enterprises of the selected specialization in the selected country among all the players into account. The taxable profit indicators are taken into account. (Buying and repairing equipment as well as other expenses, which do not decrease the tax base in Virtonomics, do not decrease the profit indicators, which contribute to the overall rating). In case there are several service sector enterprises with the same profit indicators, the amount of total revenues is taken into account. The enterprises with negative profit do not affect the overall rating. Three-day tenders: Virtonomic standard: the requirement for the company to have positive balance was eliminated; Sale: Every day of the contest the system identifies three stores, which sold the biggest amount of the selected goods (in units) in the selected city. The final rating is based on the indicators of the proceeds from the sale of contest goods in such stores. The winning company is selected based on the total amount of revenues. Three-day city supply: this type of tenders is put on hold Head commodity expert: this type of tenders is put on hold new tenders Because of the fact that new industries (energy, fuel as well as a new service -Autorepair), were introduced in the game, a series of new tenders have been added. Tinsmith's day. The winner of the prize is the owner of the autorepair shop of the selected size in the selected city, which generated the biggest profit during the contest’s update. The taxable profit indicators are taken into account. (Buying and repairing equipment as well as other expenses, which do not decrease the tax base in Virtonomics, do not decrease the profit indicators, which contribute to the overall rating). In case there are several autorepair shops with the same profit indicators, the amount of the autorepair shops’ revenues is taken into account. The enterprises with negative profit are not rated at all. Pimp my car (a three-day tender) During these three days the system calculates the taxable profit and the amount of customers the autorepair shop of the selected specialization was able to generate in the selected country. The winner is the autorepair shop, which generated the biggest amount of customers during the three-day contest. In case there are several autorepair shops, which generated the same amount of customers, the winner is the autorepair shop, which generated the biggest profit during a three-day contest. Fuel alchemistry The winner of the prize is the gas station, which generated the highest revenue sales of the selected type of fuel in the selected city during the tender. In case the company owns several gas stations, all of which sold the contest product, the system takes the lowest indicator into account. Virtostandard of fuel During these three days the system calculates the profit of every gas station of the selected size in the selected city. The system rates the gas stations with a positive balance only. (The revenues have to surpass the expenses, excluding the tax expenses).The final rating is based on the highest daily rating indicator of the best gas station during the whole three days. Elite gas station The winner of the prize is the owner of the best gas station of the selected size in the selected city. The best gas station is selected based on the highest service level among 10 gas stations with the highest daily revenues. Only the gas stations of the selected size are taken into account. In case there are several gas stations with the same level of service, the winner is the gas station with the highest daily revenues. Let there be light! (a three-day contest) The winner is the company, which generated the highest revenues from the sale of energy power in the selected country during the whole three days. The only power stations taken into consideration are the ones, which meet the requirements of the tender, provide energy to the city as well as regional power grid, and operate according to international environment safety guidelines. The final rating is based on the indicators of total revenues from the sale of energy power, even in case the total amount of energy power or just a half of it was sold to international power grid. The changes of nomination rules in regular tenders  Contest for ManagersStandard of Virtonomics : the requirement for the companies to have positive balance has been cancelled; National well-being: Autorepair shops are taken into account for the rating;  Contest for DirectorsStandard of Virtonomics: the requirement for the companies to have positive balance has been cancelled; Week of excellent service : Autorepair shops are taken into account for the rating; Instead of the Quality label nomination a new Fuel Rivers have been created The Gas Station Contest. Everyday the system calculates the revenue of each gas station of the contest’s participant. The system rates the gas stations with a positive balance only. (The revenues have to surpass the expenses, excluding the tax expenses.The final rating is based on the biggest sum of seven daily rating indicators of the best gas station during the whole contest.  Contest for DirectorsAdditional requirements to move from the elimination stage to the group stage were cancelled: all directors that won 5 or higher places move to the next stage. It is no longer required to have a company logo and 15 qualification in Management. Mission of Peace: the requirement for the companies to have positive balance has been cancelled; Standard of Virtonomics: the requirement for the companies to have positive balance has been cancelled; Storm of Regions is replaced by Full Container The Gas Station Contest. Everyday the system calculates the revenue of each gas station of the contest’s participant. The system rates the gas stations with a positive balance only. (The revenues have to surpass the expenses, excluding the tax expenses.The final rating is based on the biggest sum of seven daily rating indicators of the best gas station during the whole contest.; City Patron:cancelled; Deficiency:cancelled; Animal World:cancelled; Fishwatch:cancelled; Instead of old nominations the new ones have been created: Doctors without borders. Medical contest. Everyday the system calculates the revenue of the participants’ every medical center in the selected city. The final rating is based on the biggest sum of seven daily rating indicators of the best medical center during the whole contest. The taxable profit indicators are also taken into account. Buying and repairing equipment as well as other expenses, which do not decrease the tax base in Virtonomics, do not decrease the profit indicators, which contribute to the overall rating. Electrification of regions. Contest for energy workers. The winner is the company, which generated the highest revenue from the sale of energy power to the regional power grid. The only power stations of the contest participants taken into consideration are the ones, which operate according to international environment safety guidelines. The final rating is based on the total revenue from the sale of energy power, even in case the total amount of energy power or just a half of it was sold to the world power grid. Current Contest for Presidents will be completed according to the rules that were valid at the beginning of the contest. The new rules for the Contest for Presidents will be valid starting form next contest in January. |
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what are the three daily rating indicators? Sounds very much like the classic "3-days tender", the results (indicators) of last three updates are taken in account. that seems to depend on what you just smoked  |
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| Besides taking away Virt's I guess it's OK. The same problem still exists...all the players that have been here forever will win the virts. Now you take virt's away from tenders and the top 3-4 players fight for all the virt's. I just don't see much incentive for average people to play. If i'm leading an area when a tender comes in I have no way to hold it because they blow the doors off with super low prices and super high Q. Now that you don't need a profit to win, what can you do. It's really not woe is me, as i'm sure plenty of people who don't spend an INSANE amount of money for mines and farms feel the same.
Should be tier based instead of a newb version worth hardly anything, or face the giants. Instead just make lower prizes for lower tiers like 1-5, 5-15, 20-30, 30+ something like that. Why not give partial points for lower tiers, like .25-.5. I don't want hand outs or given anything but it would be nice to have a chance among others in the same range. I really am not sure the true goal of tenders anyways, it creates a Tsunami and is really frustrating if you are in the area...end up losing lots of revenue. People say it will pass, even if that's true it doesn't pass for awhile because some just do not leave once the tender is over, even if they do it takes awhile to settle back down. It's not because the area has low sales, I've had plenty of tenders come in while having 50% sales and in the top 5 for the country and still get steamrolled. I'm not against the concept, I guess it's the best way to get "free" points. Just doing it all wrong IMO. Just a rant as this doesn't accomplish much, Maybe i'm in the minority.  |
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I'd like to express my thanks to the administration for organising and trigger this contest, and for the participants to contribute to a fun and competitive time. Not sure though if the best have won 
We're now gonna enjoy 2 daily extra tenders in Mexico, including one in the professional league, it has a soothing effect for the recent reduction of price offerings. Lets not forget to take advantage from the improved environment for service and retail in Buenos Aires and roll in the coins from the massively increased customer base in restaurants all over Nigeria. Money makes the world go round. Nastrowye !  |
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