Just aesthetics, really On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 4:03 AM, Aris Merchant < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It just doesn't sound right to me. Overlapping isn't that big a problem. I > mean, it's basically the same system anyway. I agree that a new name would > be nice, but... "You have 2 Stains" doesn't have the right ring to it. It > doesn't sound like a possesable object, and also sounds kinda weird and > awkward. > > -Aris > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 7:00 PM Cuddle Beam <cuddleb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I prefer a name which isn't "Blots" to avoid overlapping. Stains sounds > > pretty good. > > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 3:07 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Oh I'm cool with it mostly - I played in the first Blots era and was > just > > > looking > > > for another theme for the fun of it, but having done due diligence on > > > alternatives > > > I don't mind being retro. > > > > > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2018, Reuben Staley wrote: > > > > It's fine to have something with a similar name. In the last few > years > > > of the > > > > '90s, coins were the official currency of Agora. I just decided to > > > ignore that > > > > because none of the players at that time are here today. > > > > > > > > On 2/28/2018 5:45 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, Blots were the hardest for me, too, even after spending a > > couple > > > hours > > > > > with a thesaurus and googling different religious words for sin. If > > no > > > one > > > > > comes up with something better then, blots it is. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 1 Mar 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > > > > > > Blots I don't know. Calling them Blots sounds the best, but > that's > > > been > > > > > > used. Stains would work (they're stains on your soul), but it > > > doesn't have > > > > > > the same ring as Blots or Rests. Temples we should just call > > temples > > > or > > > > > > shrines, because those are generic terms at this point (unlike > > > churches, > > > > > > mosques, synagogues, etc.). I like calling the status of having > the > > > > > > penalty > > > > > > impure and pure, like you did. (If anyone doesn't like the > > > connotations, > > > > > > they can say so, but although they've been used to refer to > certain > > > > > > minorities in the past, there's no specific group that they refer > > > to.) I > > > > > > think we should call the process of removing them absolution. > Maybe > > > the > > > > > > methods could be prayer and sacrifice? > > > > > > > > > > > > -Aris > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 12:07 PM Kerim Aydin < > > ke...@u.washington.edu > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok folks, what's a set of religious terms for Blots, > punishment, > > > > > > > temples, > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > penance that won't be too culturally loaded for anyone? > Keeping > > > to the > > > > > > > Agoran > > > > > > > theme, something ancient Greece and pleasing the gods? Or > > > something > > > > > > > else > > > > > > > (a > > > > > > > little leery after the Karma/Eta thing annoyed some people). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2018, Reuben Staley wrote: > > > > > > > > Can I just say that I still really like the idea of this > > > proposal? I > > > > > > > don't > > > > > > > > really want to attempt judicial reform, however, since I just > > > got done > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > > a different game(chang|break)ing proposal. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > El 27 feb. 2018 17:10, "Aris Merchant" < > > > > > > > thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > escribió: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Forwarding a message from back when I was working on a > > judicial > > > > > > > > > system > > > > > > > > > proposal. I dropped it, after realizing that that 1) this > > kind > > > of > > > > > > > system > > > > > > > > > needs to be written modularly, or it turns into a tightly > > > bound mess > > > > > > > and 2) > > > > > > > > > I can't write modularly. However, this could perhaps be > used > > as > > > > > > > > > theme > > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > > G.'s proposal (G., I don't know how set you are on > Wevils?), > > > and it > > > > > > > comes > > > > > > > > > with the resources built in. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Aris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > > > > > > > > From: Aris Merchant <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 11:37 PM > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: About that secret project... > > > > > > > > > To: Reuben Staley <reuben.sta...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (An introduction has been removed) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My proposal requires two currencies, one to begin cases > with > > > and one > > > > > > > > > to pay off blots. There were two previous blot-like system > > I've > > > > > > > > > seen, > > > > > > > > > and each had a coherent theme. One was rests, which were > the > > > > > > > > > opposite > > > > > > > > > of notes in a musically themed system. The other one was > > blots, > > > > > > > > > which > > > > > > > > > were tracked by the Herald back when we considered crime a > > > "blot" on > > > > > > > > > the honor of the guilty. I still want to call them blots, > but > > > under > > > > > > > > > my > > > > > > > > > proposal they would symbolize the displeasure of the Spirit > > of > > > the > > > > > > > > > Game upon those who break eir rules. You would expunge > blots > > > with > > > > > > > > > incense, which would be sacrificed to the Spirit of the > Game. > > > This > > > > > > > > > might eventually be used to receive other benefits from the > > > Spirit > > > > > > > > > (maybe eventually have a full religion subsystem?), like > > > teleports > > > > > > > > > or > > > > > > > > > protection from attack. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To initiate court cases (and file NoVs), you would use > > bottles > > > of > > > > > > > > > ink, > > > > > > > > > because it makes conceptual sense. The production path for > > > these > > > > > > > > > resources would consist of three new buildings. The first > > one, > > > the > > > > > > > > > trading post, would import dyes and spices (probably for > > free, > > > > > > > > > although we might require a token payment or allow people > to > > > sell > > > > > > > > > resources there later). Dyes would be refined in an > extractor > > > (I > > > > > > > > > chose > > > > > > > > > a name sufficiently general that we can add resources > later, > > in > > > > > > > > > order > > > > > > > > > to simplify production lines and simultaneously make them > > more > > > > > > > > > interesting). Spices could be converted to incense in a > > > temple. I > > > > > > > > > was > > > > > > > > > thinking that perhaps visiting a temple that you didn't own > > > would > > > > > > > > > allow you to get rid of one free blot per week with the > > owner's > > > > > > > > > consent, to encourage cooperation. Dyes and spices are both > > > begging > > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > be expanded upon: dyes might someday be combined with > fabric > > to > > > > > > > > > produce clothing, while spices could become a part of a > > future > > > > > > > > > cooking/crafting subsystem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Conclusion also removed) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > > > > http://www.avg.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Trigon > > > > > > > > > >
