: Jewels

	An explination about the site currency.
Beside your username at the top of the site there is a Jewel counter. This represent the number of Pearls, Diamonds, Sapphires and Rubies you currently hold. 1 Pearl is worth 100 diamonds 1 Diamond is worth 100 sapphires 1 Sapphire is worth 100 rubies So if you have 1000001 Rubies, you will see 1 Pearl and 1 Ruby. This system was put in place roughly a year ago. Recently I hit 1000 Pearls, and I decided the algorithm was not serving a meaningful purpose. As you can see among the top 16 people, there is a wild difference. Also consider that 90% of people had less than 10000. +------------+ \| jewels \| +------------+ \| 1016128814 \| \| 1374276 \| \| 12447750 \| \| 28933392 \| \| 177098996 \| \| 131462614 \| \| 181463146 \| \| 1013773 \| \| 754177 \| \| 171471274 \| \| 176593953 \| \| 221936 \| \| 148354 \| \| 222092 \| \| 1036501 \| \| 159421 \| +------------+ So the only option was to reset this to zero for everyone, and start over with a fair algorithm that scales linearly. There are currently 3 ways your Jewel count increases. 1. For every page view, you get 1 Ruby. 2. For every day you use the site, you get a number of Jewels based on your current rank. Here is the current algorithm: ((((rank / 10) - ((rank % 10) / 10 )) * 1000) + ( rank * 10 )) In English, this works out to *your Rank 10** + a Bonus of 10 Sapphires for every 10 Ranks you've reached. 3. Participate in the site's Treasure Hunting game. Click the link for further information.

An explination about the site currency.

Beside your username at the top of the site there is a Jewel counter.

This represent the number of Pearls, Diamonds, Sapphires and Rubies you currently hold.

1 Pearl is worth 100 diamonds
1 Diamond is worth 100 sapphires
1 Sapphire is worth 100 rubies

So if you have 1000001 Rubies, you will see 1 Pearl and 1 Ruby.

This system was put in place roughly a year ago. Recently I hit 1000 Pearls, and I decided the algorithm was not serving a meaningful purpose.

As you can see among the top 16 people, there is a wild difference. Also consider that 90% of people had less than 10000.

+------------+
| jewels |
+------------+
| 1016128814 |
| 1374276 |
| 12447750 |
| 28933392 |
| 177098996 |
| 131462614 |
| 181463146 |
| 1013773 |
| 754177 |
| 171471274 |
| 176593953 |
| 221936 |
| 148354 |
| 222092 |
| 1036501 |
| 159421 |
+------------+

So the only option was to reset this to zero for everyone, and start over with a fair algorithm that scales linearly.

There are currently 3 ways your Jewel count increases.

1. For every page view, you get 1 Ruby.
2. For every day you use the site, you get a number of Jewels based on your current rank.

Here is the current algorithm: ((((rank / 10) - ((rank % 10) / 10 )) * 1000) + ( rank * 10 ))

In English, this works out to your Rank * 10 + a Bonus of 10 Sapphires for every 10 Ranks you've reached.

3. Participate in the site's Treasure Hunting game. Click the link for further information.

: Jewels

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