On Sun, 22 Aug 2010, Alex Smith wrote: > --- On Sun, 22/8/10, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > Amend Rule 2284 (Fee-based actions) by appending the > > following: > > - A player CAN move an indicated player an indicated number > > of positions P on the list in an indicated direction (up > > or down) for a charge equal to the sum of the Influence > > Levels of the positions over which that player would jump, > > as totaled prior to the jump. If the indicated player is > > unable to be so moved due to eir position on the list, but > > can be moved at least one position in the indicated > > direction, e is moved the maximum amount possible and charged > > the appropriate partial fee. If this final fee CANNOT be > > paid in full, the entire action fails. > Moving a player just one place doesn't jump em over any positions, thus > has a cost of 0 ergs. This can be repeated.
No, that jumps em over the person in front of em, otherwise it's not actually a move. > > (b) As soon as possible after this 4-day period ends, the > > Herald SHALL announce a selected random integer between 1 > > and the number of players in the game. > Bug here: as opposed to requiring the Herald to select a random integer, it > merely requires em to announce an integer that was selected at random. The > difference is that with the given wording, e can randomly select a lot of > different integers and only announce one of them, thus giving the Herald free > choice to determine whether a coup works. I don't think so, this came up in an ancient semi-scam. There's some old precedents that "if you choose between numbers selected at random, it's not in any sense a random selection." Can use minor clarification but I don't think it's a show-stopper. -G.
