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NEW AND IMPROVED FOUNDER PROMOTION, NOW WITH ADDED INSTANTANEOUSNESS

by Hazed

The promotion to Founder has always been a bit of a oddity. All of the other rank advancements happen automatically - either as soon as you complete the necessary requirements, like paying off your loan, doing the necessary hauling jobs, or becoming a member of the Trading Guild; or at the next reset, when your company accounts are calculated or your planet's economic level advances.

However, to become a Founder, it was necessary for your planet to show up in the game, and then for me to use my demi-divine powers after the reset to give you the rank to match the planet. This required me to remember that the promotion needed doing, and to actually be around after the reset to work my magic.

But my magic is no longer required, because Our Illustrious Leader, Bella, has finally automated the process. Now the game will run a check at reset, comparing the names of all Financiers with the owners of all the planets in the game, and if there's a match it will promote the player to the new rank, a transformation from Fin to Founder in the twinkling of an eye (or equivalent).

No more waiting for me to get my act together! What a relief for everyone concerned.

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