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Why You Should Donate To Today’s TO-Player

Each day in Tycoon Online, a randomly-chosen player becomes “Today’s TO-Player”. That player is featured on the front page of the game, and other players can make a donation which adds to the winning player’s savings. It is sort of a cross between a lottery and a donation. The donation amount starts at 10 iKr early in the round, and increases by 10 iKr each week.

You may be asking: “Why would I want to make a donation to another player? This is a business simulation game — it’s survival of the fittest, not a charity!” Well, good question. You certainly don’t have to donate if you don’t want to. But let me give you two very good reasons why you should:

1. When you donate, you become eligible to be selected as Today’s TO-Player the following day. Only those who have donated the previous day are eligible to be selected.
2. When you donate, you gain 1 iKr of CV for every 10 iKr you donate. This is the best return on your money of any direct action in the game. Even investing only gives you 1 iKr CV per 20 iKr invested.

So there you go — two very good business reasons to make a donation.

Sometimes it is suggested that the selection of Today’s TO Player is biased toward better-ranked companies. This may seem to be the case, but the reality is that you see higher-ranked companies chosen more often because those companies are more likely to donate. They understand the benefit, however small, is worth it.

Besides, don’t you want to be a really nice boy or girl? Donate to Today’s TO-Player!