On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Quazie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> 1) Promotions. At each step, the Grand Poobah SHALL choose a >>> player whose caste is as high as possible without equalling >>> or exceeding the new caste: >>> >>> a) Flip a player's caste to Alpha >>> b) Flip a player's caste to Beta >>> c) Flip a player's caste to Gamma >>> d) Flip a player's caste to Delta >>> >> >> I'm not sure what this is saying. I think it means make sure we >> always have at least one Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta, but I'm not >> sure how they are supposed to be chosen. If caste is a switch, aren't >> all Gammas as close to Beta as any other Gamma? > > Yes, but Gammas are closer to Beta than Deltas. So the Grand Poobah > can not pick a Delta to promote to Beta as long as there is at least > one Gamma. > > -root >
Ah-ha, also, should this be random? If not the Grand Poobah has LOTS of power, and can propmite only those E thinks deserves it. If this is the intention, then I'm not sure if I support it.
