10-04-2018, 02:08 PM | #61 | |
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Everybody keeps talking about "modeling," but the only thing GURPS is set up to do is define the basic units of income and expenses of a character. There's no economic model there. If you want to create a character in retirement, give them an Independent Income instead of a job. Done. Taxes? Subsumed into the Cost of Living. Debt? There's a disadvantage for that. GURPS money is a very low-resolution affair; it's not set up to handle specifics. Nor should it be, in my opinion. That is, at most, matter for an optional supplement for people who want that sort of thing. |
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10-09-2018, 04:31 PM | #62 | |
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10-09-2018, 04:53 PM | #63 | |
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10-10-2018, 12:29 AM | #64 |
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Re: Conversation Rate of G$ To Real World Dollars
I see the symbol all the time, but it's never in a currency context. MS Word uses it to mark table formatting, and I'm sure it has other uses.
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10-10-2018, 04:45 AM | #65 |
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Re: Conversation Rate of G$ To Real World Dollars
Yes; it was invented in 1972 for the ISO 646 extensions to ASCII. That said, since it explicitly means "a currency of some sort" as opposed to "one specific currency", I don't think it's appropriate here.
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10-10-2018, 11:08 AM | #66 | |
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10-10-2018, 12:51 PM | #67 |
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The majority of the US population lives in or near cities with similar or higher costs than I have given. Look at the residents of the US megalopolises (77% of the population), and the costs that I gave is probably low to average.
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10-10-2018, 01:05 PM | #68 |
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Re: Conversation Rate of G$ To Real World Dollars
The cost of living is the minimum you need to pay to mantain your status. Thus basing it on the lower part of the range of prices for rent etc. seems appropriate.
It definitely does not seem like a good idea to base it on median real world spending. Plenty of people spend a lot of money on things which don't help their status much. |
10-10-2018, 02:17 PM | #69 |
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Re: Conversation Rate of G$ To Real World Dollars
Cost of living is typical, not minimum (see B265), and its useful purpose in the game is to sweep a bunch of routine stuff under the rug.
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10-10-2018, 10:48 PM | #70 | |
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That is also an interpretation which is supported by the mechanics of cost of living. |
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