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Why Melbourne? Feels like a respectable city on the surface but rotten down under, and this game already treats overseas travel as a way to inject flavor, economy loops, and crime-specific items into the game. I figured I would try to match that energy.  I have left my browser open for 4 days working on the suggestion. let me know what you think. 

TLDR; 

Melbourne travel (Flight 4:39) New items (Falcon car, Boomerang, Flat White, SR-98, Kangaroo plushie, etc.), new NPCs (Outback Jack, “Iron Roo”), two crimes (Casino Heist  25 Nerve; Dock Heist  10 Nerve), a Fight Pits location, and a new Boxing skill and minigame (energy cost 25, stamina-driven combat, glove progression, betting & tournaments).


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Standard Travel Flight Time:  4hr 39min 


Introduction of new items.   

Kangaroo Plushie.  [everyone loves the plush]
Wattle Sprig Flower  Thanks DoctorTeeth [3553578]
SR-98(Weapon) [The SR-98 is a rifle weapon.   A cold whisper of high-velocity lead; compact, brutal, and built for clean kills]  
E-cigarette (Drug)   [a disposable drug inhalant that increases happiness by +50 and booster by 30 minutes.   x amount of uses]  
Falcon(Car)  [Australian muscle car built for raw speed and dirty exits. The Falcon doesn’t ask questions, it just drives.] 
Boomerang (Weapon)  [Melee weapon with chance of a second hit rare chance of missing and losing the boomerang]
Golok Machete (Weapon) Thanks KaitBait [3605067] a great addition
Flat White (Consumable) [Strong coffee that increases energy by +5  and booster by 1 hour.]
 Boxing Gloves (Weapon)   [variations of gloves can be created   eg.   basic,  golden, weighted, cemented, combo hits can only be done with gloves equipped, gloves offer the chance to block as well as attack allowing to set up for counters]   
Mouthguard (Armor) [Minor defensive item which allows the user to take less damage from punches] 

New NPCs 

Outback Jack, who trades rare & common contraband via a black market. limited stock refreshes every half hour 
Iron Rue(Roo),   She fixes the boxing matches 


Overseas Crimes 

Heists: COST:  25 Nerve.     Huge payout if successful, but very high jail risk.   
Casino Heist.   Attempt one of  the following skim chips, hack slot machines, or smuggle counterfeit chips. 
Dock Heist:  Attempt one of the following operations at the docks: Lift a Loose Container, Swipe the Manifest, or Cut a Black Vault
Bank Heist:  Attempt one of the following  Steal a ATM, Break into a bank Vault, Rob an Armored Truck 

Heists could work  in a sequence:  of 5 energy each   Scout <  Assemble Crew <  Plan the Job  < Set the Scene < Execute the Job. 

Scout - Scouts for locations  
Assemble a crew - puts together a crew to perform the heist 
Plan the Job -  you and the crew plan the job together 
Set the Scene - Setting up get away routes, bribing officials, placing diversions, parking cars where needed
Execute the Job - Completing the job 

Potentially a New Skill i really liked the idea behind hunting in Africa. 


Boxing -  Training Alternative: Boxing could give Strength, Speed, Dexterity, and Defense gains simultaneously, each fight instead of just grinding gyms.  

Skill Progression, could look like unlocking combos, (the good ole one, two)  offering more life, or percentage modifiers for melee damage increase,  and either speed/dex % modifier  or a Strength/Defense  % modifier.    by X amount but it can only be one or the other type situation. 

Energy Cost,  25 energy
Stamina bar: Max 100 stamina per match. Actions consume stamina. If stamina hits 0, you cannot act until stamina recovers to 25%.

How it could work:   Much like how attacking works now except you would be limited to fisticuffs only and given a starter set of boxing gloves.   You attack other players only using the boxing gloves. You can either choose to block or attack. blocking potentially blocks the opponents attack. Maybe have a stamina bar where punches exert higher amount of stamina than blocks, and zero stamina means you  cannot attack or block for that turn before stamina is refreshed. depending on how many times you run out of stamina.     The winner would receive a small boxing stat increase  and a small amount of gym exp  in relation to their boxing level and not their current gym stats.

maybe some combat actions could be user picks one or more depending on skill level. 
Jab (light): cost 8 stamina   [fast, low damage]
Hook (medium): cost 12 stamina  [moderate damage]
Uppercut (heavy): cost 23 stamina  [high damage]
Block: cost 6 stamina  [reduces incoming damage] 

if stam gets to zero maybe 

Forced Rest: if stamina 0, skip turns until recover to 25%.
Stamina regen: +25% per Rest;

Combo System Might look like 

 Jab < Hook (unlocked early)  +10% damage on second hit.
Jab < Jab, Hook < Uppercut, Jab < uppercut  (variations)  
Advanced Combos: e.g., Jab < Hook < Uppercut (unlocked later) consumes extra stamina but bigger bonus.
Counter: Successfully block then attack next turn < guaranteed critical on next strike (small %). 

The Progression could look like 

Skill XP gain: Wins grant .02 Boxing XP + small gym XP (~.025% -0.75% of your overall gym stats).
Skill Levels: 1–100. Level thresholds unlock at levels 25, 50, 75: new combos, reduced stamina cost on moves, larger damage multipliers, reduced injury times.
Level 100 reward: Unlock Championship Fight Pits & ability to create bet listings, special honor bars (e.g., “Championship Round”  or "Ali" ).
Rewards & Endgame Loop
Per-win rewards: Boxing XP, small cash (scaled), small gym XP,  betting unlocks at boxing skill level 100
Betting System: Players can set odds on themselves to win,  Longer fights / early knock outs yield better payouts and rare items.
Combo Moves: can be used in the rest of the world once boxing skill level 100 is obtained. 

the reason I believe there should be small gym gains is because we are spending energy and technically boxing is a great work out that can improve fitness.  Small gym gains so the Gym it self stays relevant in the game economy.  Gain could be  calculated by  adding  Str, Def, Spd, Dex,  Square Rooting the whole and splitting that division amongst the 4 randomly. 

    The fight pits could work the same way Russian Roulette works  however instead of it going back and fourth players would choose their options.(rock paper scissors style)  The attacks would then take place against each other.    Players can stake money on fights betting on themselves to win,  fights can be listed as anonymous for a listing fee.   


Fight injuries can impose cooldowns similar to jail/Hospital mechanics. RNG events like concussion, fractures, can give you longer hospital timers depending on the severity.   Each loss has a chance to trigger this random hospitalization chance

Some of the  boxing items might look like 

Basic Gloves: low damage, low combo unlocks.
Golden Gloves : small prestige, higher combo multiplier.
Weighted Gloves : increased damage but higher chance of injury/ban if caught.
Cemented Gloves : high damage;

and maybe some rare defense materials

Mouthguard: slightly reduces damage done in boxing
HeadGear: slightly reduces damage done in boxing
Trunks: slightly reduces damage done in boxing

I mentioned it above briefly but here are some ideas of  Honors & Merits   

On the Ropes: get sent to the hospital 650 times while in Austrailia  
Casino Royal: pull off 500 Casino Heists without being Caught.
Championship Belt: reach level 100 in boxing.
Rope-a-Dope:  Mug 500 people while in Austrailia
Muhammad Ali  Win 1000 matches in Boxing   
Plunda Down Unda - Sucessfully mug someone, who just mugged someone

Well I guess that's all I have for now thanks for reading my suggestion!  

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or is it strictly one account per IP,  he just saw me log on for the first time in 2000 days and was asking me about it 

MY QUESTION:  Am I MISUNDERSTANDING?  Or is HE MISUNDERSTANDING?  and why did he tell me he works in cyber security?  







 Why else would he tell me about his real world profession if he wasn't trying to illicit some sort of fear from me.   Which why else would he bring it up if not to try and scare me.

As you can see from this conversation there was clearly no TERMS ever agreed to.  There was terms discussed, and then I said "no worries we don't need to do terms" .... and i will tell my guys NOT to go between 1200 and 1500    (which is what I was going to Do if we got TERMS)    not to mention he is not a leader in the faction and  HE HIMSELF TOLD ME HIS LEADER DID NOT WANT TERMS... 

not in law school,  just studying for the bar. Cannot Practice Law without the bar card can be a lawyer just by graduating a law school though. 
Thanks for the advice though,  I might push off the test in march to next August.   English is difficult though because you have English, then you have Legalese, then you have internet slang.  All three require different attentions to detail.   Which with a translator I can make it make sense but  I speak in broken English. 

Great Trader!  

Why not Melbourne? It seems like about the right spot down in the bottom-right of the continent, which makes sense given how long the flight path is. The flight itself is roughly 4 hours and 39 minutes.

I also chose Melbourne because, honestly, it sounds better than Sydney. There’s something about saying “Melbourne” that immediately feels more Australian. Whether you hear it spoken aloud or simply read it in your head, the word itself evokes the accent.

For a text-based game, I think that can be a subtle but effective immersion strategy. Since the player experiences the world entirely through written words, even something as simple as the name of a location can contribute to making the setting feel authentic. The goal is to let the player mentally inhabit the character and their surroundings rather than simply read about them.

That’s ultimately why I chose Melbourne. It works geographically, but more importantly, it feels Australian when you read it, and it is referenced enough in pop culture that most people know it's name. 

It sounds like fun and only a few states away, why not! 

hey man best of luck in your future endeavors hope to see you come back soon!   

damn 14M mug is nothing   someone's feeling really that hurt? 

why remove a slot from the large suitcase...... like what is the point of this....   is it coming back?  or is this permanent?    why add 5 extra travel slots... Just because we cannot take items and have to travel naked?     how does this improve the game?   ........    Wouldn't this flood the economy with more items from abroad since everyone now has a base item level of 10?

Doing the lords work 

The Battle Stats are an interesting concept,  do you have to load them for each person manually? 

added a new merit idea to this suggestion, called Plunda down Unda - Successfully Mug someone who just mugged someone 

I too would like to see a spud in this game, and then maybe a potato launcher to launch potatoes at some people.    

This was really fun, thank you

definitely, sometimes I will click train [x]  when you click it it adds  and moves everyone down a cell.  if I am in a hurry training I sometimes accidently train another.  This idea would be very helpful

bump

Right after he pockets your money 

..... *saved screenshots* 

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I mean to be fair he bountied me 200 times for a single bounty at the time it seemed unfair.  It was a lesson learned and I haven't done it again... I also learned a valuable lesson about the politics in this game that I never had a chance to thank you for <3 

However this man says he works in cyber security... how sane is this man... how do I know he wont hunt me down and try to kill me over this video game?    What was the point of telling me this if not to incite this fear inside me. 

it wasn't mean to be hostile?    I created this account while I was in school, school was way more demanding than I thought it was going to be no time for video games. This was like 6 years ago I recently came back.   I am sorry you took this as hostile it wasn't meant to be.  

Real Life >  video game.  

I didn't take it as you being an asshole. I knew I would get flamed bringing this here.   English feels like it should be easy, but every day I learn something new about it.  What makes it worse is that some people follow the rules of the language, and others do not. This makes it even more confusing.   Thank you for the kind words it doesn't seem hard til you speak to native born Americans and they tell you hey you suck at speaking makes me go maybe you're right I should take another year and learn some more English no need to waste the money if  the natives are telling me it's not good   😅