Official Lein's Tale Story Topic

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-RIG- wrote:Pretty good stuff there. Maybe we can make it a bit longer? Just to add more happening, ya know, picking up the Plot.

I'll proof-read it later, no time now.

Riglax wrote:As part of my spree to approve the prologues, the prologue is approved to be the official Lein's Tale prologue.

And because emailing people isn't working LL, I suggest finding the next person that must write Chapter 1, and emailing him directly. To get his mail or the list, just pm me.

tent163phantoka wrote:I call dibs on Chapter 1. I'll get around to it when my brain isn't as as it is now from all the of being accepted here, but not whe it's totally .

GoldenTahu wrote:I do have a question about chapter 2, though. It says that there is an "inflation" which causes Lein to raise his prices to cope. Anybody who has studied economics knows that inflation is the dumbest thing that a government can do financially; it brought the Romans and the French to their knees, and it is eating up America. Now, the GBs are supposedly very wise, and at the time of this story they rule SM, right? Therefore, I propose that either this "inflation" should come from a criminal source(counterfeiters), or we find another trade crises that would force Lein into a bad spot.

Nova Nebula wrote:

tent163phantoka wrote:I call dibs on Chapter 1. I'll get around to it when my brain isn't as as it is now from all the of being accepted here, but not whe it's totally .

Awesome! Remember to check this topic for chapter one's outline.

Nova Nebula wrote:

GoldenTahu wrote:I do have a question about chapter 2, though. It says that there is an "inflation" which causes Lein to raise his prices to cope. Anybody who has studied economics knows that inflation is the dumbest thing that a government can do financially; it brought the Romans and the French to their knees, and it is eating up America. Now, the GBs are supposedly very wise, and at the time of this story they rule SM, right? Therefore, I propose that either this "inflation" should come from a criminal source(counterfeiters), or we find another trade crises that would force Lein into a bad spot.

It's not necessarily "dumb", per se; it's more "desperate". When a government spends too much money, it has to print more money to pay off its debts. While you're probably right that the Great Beings were too smart to fall into that trap, perhaps they found themselves spending a tiny bit too much money, realized what could happen if they kept going on like that, and introduced a tiny bit more money into the economy and let it be. Now, I'm not entirely sure if that would work in a real-life scenario, but it certainly sounds plausible and it would still cause a small-scale inflation.

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Nova Nebula wrote:

GoldenTahu wrote:I do have a question about chapter 2, though. It says that there is an "inflation" which causes Lein to raise his prices to cope. Anybody who has studied economics knows that inflation is the dumbest thing that a government can do financially; it brought the Romans and the French to their knees, and it is eating up America. Now, the GBs are supposedly very wise, and at the time of this story they rule SM, right? Therefore, I propose that either this "inflation" should come from a criminal source(counterfeiters), or we find another trade crises that would force Lein into a bad spot.

It's not necessarily "dumb", per se; it's more "desperate". When a government spends too much money, it has to print more money to pay off its debts. While you're probably right that the Great Beings were too smart to fall into that trap, perhaps they found themselves spending a tiny bit too much money, realized what could happen if they kept going on like that, and introduced a tiny bit more money into the economy and let it be. Now, I'm not entirely sure if that would work in a real-life scenario, but it certainly sounds plausible and it would still cause a small-scale inflation.

You misunderstand the word "inflation". Inflation is not a rise in prices, it is the actual action artificial introduction of money into a system.

Yes, it is desperate, but also dishonest, which the GBs generally are not. If they, as the rulers of the planet, spent too much money, the common sense thing to do woul be to spend less and save more for a bit.

But wouldn't it be interesting if the criminal orgonization that tries to hire Lein was the one counterfeiting the money? That would be a nice twist.

Nova Nebula wrote:

GoldenTahu wrote:

Nova Nebula wrote:

GoldenTahu wrote:I do have a question about chapter 2, though. It says that there is an "inflation" which causes Lein to raise his prices to cope. Anybody who has studied economics knows that inflation is the dumbest thing that a government can do financially; it brought the Romans and the French to their knees, and it is eating up America. Now, the GBs are supposedly very wise, and at the time of this story they rule SM, right? Therefore, I propose that either this "inflation" should come from a criminal source(counterfeiters), or we find another trade crises that would force Lein into a bad spot.

It's not necessarily "dumb", per se; it's more "desperate". When a government spends too much money, it has to print more money to pay off its debts. While you're probably right that the Great Beings were too smart to fall into that trap, perhaps they found themselves spending a tiny bit too much money, realized what could happen if they kept going on like that, and introduced a tiny bit more money into the economy and let it be. Now, I'm not entirely sure if that would work in a real-life scenario, but it certainly sounds plausible and it would still cause a small-scale inflation.

You misunderstand the word "inflation". Inflation is not a rise in prices, it is the actual action artificial introduction of money into a system.

Yes, it is desperate, but also dishonest, which the GBs generally are not. If they, as the rulers of the planet, spent too much money, the common sense thing to do woul be to spend less and save more for a bit.

But wouldn't it be interesting if the criminal orgonization that tries to hire Lein was the one counterfeiting the money? That would be a nice twist.

1. Isn't that what I said inflation was -- a government printing money and entering it into circulation? And, besides which, inflation does often start because the government needs more money to pay for things. That and taxes (hmm, another idea, mayhaps?).

2. That's the thing: Do we want to paint a portrait of the Great Beings as infallible beings? I mean, we could have most of them behaving like "model citizens", but there should at least be several who are corrupt.

3. I must say, I like that idea.

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Nova Nebula wrote:

GoldenTahu wrote:You misunderstand the word "inflation". Inflation is not a rise in prices, it is the actual action artificial introduction of money into a system.

Yes, it is desperate, but also dishonest, which the GBs generally are not. If they, as the rulers of the planet, spent too much money, the common sense thing to do woul be to spend less and save more for a bit.

But wouldn't it be interesting if the criminal orgonization that tries to hire Lein was the one counterfeiting the money? That would be a nice twist.

1. Isn't that what I said inflation was -- a government printing money and entering it into circulation? And, besides which, inflation does often start because the government needs more money to pay for things. That and taxes (hmm, another idea, mayhaps?).

2. That's the thing: Do we want to paint a portrait of the Great Beings as infallible beings? I mean, we could have most of them behaving like "model citizens", but there should at least be several who are corrupt.

3. I must say, I like that idea.

*gasps at size of quote*

1. Oh, nevermind. Your last sentence in your initial paragraph accidentally said that inflation was "caused" by artificial money. My bad.

2. Hmmm... we do have Invidior and Melkor to work with as "imperfect" GBs; some moral deficiencies(inflation or otherwise) might work well as a precursor to their crimes in POJ and TM.

3. If you like it, make sure to tell Phantoka that before he spontaneously writes chapter 2. (speaking of which, I have TM chapter 2 partly done. I may finish it tomorrow; depends on my parents plans)

SpamBot wrote:All wrong---inflation is government spending that keeps growing and putting the country into debt.

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