DRAFT ITEM SHOP FOR IBT#5 - For IBT Community review.

Hey everyone,

Well if this picture by @steemseph doesn't blow your mind, maybe thinking about IBT#5 will.

Just completing the final touches on the bot, but I'm still struggling to lock in the game play.... It's not easy..

This post is to focus on the Item shop and lock in how we handle the ITEM concept during IBT#5. I know we had it pretty much well worked out, but as I keep expanding the bot and thinking about how to grow moving forward,  I realize the item thing needs some extra thought. So here's the current proposal:

ITEM SHOP 

The item shop will be divided into three areas. And while I have attempted to avoid it, it has cost me a fair amount of Steem to setup accounts and learn bots etc. To recover some of these costs something needs to be done. Still it needs to be done in a way that the IBT community benefits (or whats the point, I'm not keeping to the key objective of sharing Steem) - So I will watch who contributes to the bot and manually configure it to Auto upvote any player who buys at least one item. Thus over time getting your value back from making a contribution, at the same time helping me to recover the setup costs...well at some point way in the future haha :). Of course this is not a pay to win competition, you can still win the whole thing without buying any items, you just luck it! certainly buying items will improve your odds slightly and should help to build excitement and charge game play.

Level 0 – The items here are just a display, like the lower shelf prize pool at a show/amusement park. These are no longer purchased with trophy-tokens, rather they may be summoned during game play by any player at any stage without visiting the shop by: 

1. Transferring 0.01 Steem to @wizardzap 
2. Typing the summon item spell command - !ibtluckydip 

Conditions: 

• Level 0 Item is consumed on the Stage post it is invoked
• This can only be invoked by a Level 0 player 
• Can be invoked in any Stage, including boss round.

Special note: Anyone who purchases any item this way, I will setup to get auto votes from @wizardzap, giving back to the contributors (from a shared pool, so it one day might pay back via a few post upvotes more then you ever put in).

Level 1 – These items are open to all level 1 players, they may choose which ever one they want at the start of a Stage. Will be +2 to players hit type items. Only one item per player per Stage is available. No need to purchase the level 1 items with trophy's, its a reward for being a level 1 player.

Item maybe summoned by: 

1. Transferring 0.02 Steem to @wizardzap
2. A level1 player typing - I wish to use level 1 item <item name> from the shop 
3. Player may show picture of item to assist other players 

Conditions: 

• Level 1 Item is permanent for current IBT only, and each player may only have one. 
• To be a level 1 player, you must have successfully won at least two Stages on the first attack. 
• Can be invoked in any stage, including the boss round. 

Level2 – There is only 1 item, it’s is a spell book unlock. 

To cast the most devastating Attack spell known to IBT: 

1. Transfer a trophy-token to lord-nigel 
2. Type the Devastating attack spell command - !special2 

Conditions: 

• Level 2 Item is a spell which is learned, it is permanent for this and any future IBT (that's right, it encourages you to come back.  Be warned though, if you do master this spell, it may kill you..I will probably make it between a 50/50 to a  1 in 3 chance of successful cast - will change it between tournaments but not let people know the odds).
• To be a level 2 player, you must have successfully won at least Four Stages on the first attack in a single IBT tournament. 
• Can be invoked in any stage (but only once - includes PVP/Optional Stage 5), including the boss round

  

Overall Game Play out.

Just as a reminder the current proposals is:

• The map will stay the same Stages One through to Stage Four – Will be the same as IBT#4 
• Stage Five – Will be an optional (probably a PVP battle this time), you still get 3 Life points and can either bypass or move straight to Stage Six. The player who has the most kills by post payout will get a set prize of Steem.
• Boss Stage – You each get 2 shots at attacking the boss, the players 1st, 2nd and 3rd will get prizes as per IBT#4.
• Boss Stage - All items are allowed, level 0 - 2, All attacks allowed, Gobbo items apply and pickpocket apply. Basically all goes in boss round.
• Gobbo or pickpocketed items Stack with any level 0 - 2 items in play for the Stage they are acquired.

....And that's it, I open it up again for further discussion...does this sound ok? will people be OK with this. 

Note on item purchases: I am deliberately keeping the bot cost very low and even if you win One Stage you will win more Steem then it will cost you to contribute to the bot. I'm trying to keep as best I can to the objective to spread the Steem and share it, but I need to make something back some how and I believe a bot like this that can give back in votes might be a fair compromise.

This is not a done deal, it's just my current proposal after a few days of thinking....

Special thanks to @spaceginger   for his artistic skills with the Interactive Battle Tournament  Image above, also thanks to @steemseph for his dividers. @100% of Steem raised from this post will go towards future  IBT prizes.