In most blockchain game systems, time is almost neutral.
The tasks you do today and the tasks you do three months later have little difference in weight;
Short-term activity and long-term accumulation are often mixed in the same scoring logic.
But in the YGG player network, time is starting to be repriced.
A very critical mechanism that is rarely clearly articulated is happening—
The time discount rate of player value is being systematically differentiated.
The time discount rate, simply put, is:
The same behavior is 'discounted' by the system at different time scales.
The first type of player has an extremely high time discount rate.
The typical characteristics of this type of player are:
Short-term explosion.
Concentrated task brushing.
Quick entry and exit.
Behavior is discontinuous.
For the system, the value of this type of behavior will be quickly discounted.
Not necessarily because the quality is poor, but because it is 'unsustainable'.
The system will default to:
The future reusability of this kind of behavior is very low.
Thus, the result is:
Current period may have returns.
Long-term almost leaves no weight.
Historical behavior quickly becomes ineffective.
This is a high discount rate player.
The second type of player has a moderate time discount rate.
This type of player can maintain participation across multiple periods.
But behavior density and direction occasionally fluctuate:
Sometimes deep, sometimes shallow.
Sometimes stable, sometimes disappearing.
The system will give certain weight,
But it will not provide structural trust.
Their value is:
Available.
But cannot be relied upon.
Can participate.
But not in the core.
Time on them will still slowly depreciate.
The third type of player has an extremely low time discount rate.
This is the type of person that YGG values the most.
Their behavior has obvious characteristics:
Direction is consistently long-term.
Quality is stable in the long term.
Rhythm is predictable.
Judgment has continuity.
The system will consider:
This type of behavior is very likely to continue to exist in the future.
Thus, the change that occurs is:
Historical behavior will not be quickly discounted.
Old contributions still participate in weight calculation.
Past judgments continue to influence the future.
Time instead becomes an amplifier.
This is a low discount rate player.
The fourth type of player has time reverse discounting.
These are the very few players who enter the structural layer.
Their behavior will not be discounted by time.
Instead, it will 'appreciate' over time.
For example:
Structural feedback given early on.
Become a reference template for subsequent projects.
The area cooperation model established early on.
Become the default operating mode
Judgments made early on
Repeatedly verified as correct.
These behaviors will be continuously invoked in the future.
Time is not a discounting factor, but a compounding factor.
Why must YGG introduce 'time discount rate'?
Because of a player network that spans games, regions, and periods,
The most feared is not lack of ability,
But rather 'unsustainable'.
The system needs to answer a question:
Is this player still worth relying on three months later?
Can it maintain the same level after half a year?
Will it still be a reliable node after a year?
Time discount rate is the answer.
When the system begins to use time to filter value,
It will produce three direct results:
First, the marginal returns of short-term behavior decline.
Brushing data, sprinting, concentrated participation,
In long-term weight, the proportion will become lower.
Second, the weight of long-term consistent behavior significantly increases.
Even if it does not explode, as long as it is stable and the direction is correct,
Value will be continuously retained by the system.
Third, players begin to be naturally differentiated.
Not based on 'more or less',
But based on 'can it hold up'.
Ultimately, YGG's player value curve will show a clear differentiation:
High discount rate players always remain on the outer layer.
Medium discount rate players maintain a moderate position.
Low discount rate players continuously settle towards the core.
Reverse discount players enter the structural layer and benefit in the long term.
This means a very realistic matter:
In the YGG system,
Who time stands by, who wins.
Not the one who runs fast,
But rather someone who can be repeatedly verified by time.
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