Re: [Rails-devel] Fwd: [ rails-Bugs-3013209 ] 1835 stack order from IPO can be messed up

[John D. G. <jd...@di...>]

On 2010-06-08 04:21, Phil Davies wrote:
> Just raised the following bug on 1835 and thought it worth bringing up
> for discussion.  I 'think' this is the only other supported game where
> there are shares of a mixed type available for purchase (1856 has 5%
> shares but I believe that the CGR is always either a 10% or 5% corp?).

I'm hoping that 1837 will make the list fairly soon; it doesn't have too
many differences from 1835, and most of those are 1830-like differences.

>  The game status interface doesn't really have the facility for
> displaying exactly what share is the next available.

When you click on the button to buy from the initial offering, it does ask
"Buy 2 shares of Wrt for 168?"  While this could be better phrased, it does
get the job done (and after all, players are expected to own the physical
game).

I haven't tried buying such companies from the bank pool, though, and would
want to have the choice to buy either size of certificate if they are there.
(This can probably be limited to two sizes in the code -- I don't know of a
game where any one company, once formed, ever has more than two sizes of
certificate at one time, unless you count the bank-owned 50% certs in 1862.)