Well, presumably you wouldn't want to "capture" your own land units, as you lose ownership upon capture. You could create public land units inside an encircling group and then reap the rewards, but you would barely turn any profit - you'd have to spend lots of apples running around & creating the land units, and transfiguration occurs once per month - facilities are infinitely more convenient than that.
The middle square IMO really ruins the Go aspect by anchoring those two super-stable groups. ~Corona On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 1:25 AM, Ørjan Johansen <oer...@nvg.ntnu.no> wrote: > On Mon, 7 May 2018, Corona wrote: > > Huh? In Japanese and Korean Go you score points (that is, your opponent >> loses points, which is equivalent) for capturing stones. >> > > Yes, but not for making a move such that your *own* stones get captured. > > And don't you think it's a shame that there are all these Go simulation >> rules like Transfiguration and alternating land type, and the only way >> Land >> Types are relevant to players is that it's annoying to have to pay 2 >> apples >> when changing terrain types? That doesn't seem very Go-like to me... >> >> Well, thanks for reviewing the proposal! >> > > You're welcome! > > Greetings, > Ørjan. > > > ~Corona >> >> On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 10:54 PM, Ørjan Johansen <oer...@nvg.ntnu.no> >> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 6 May 2018, Corona wrote: >>> >>> Land Unit A is said to be connected to Land Unit B if it is possible to >>> >>>> reach B by moving only to adjacent Land Units of the same Land Type, >>>> starting from A. >>>> >>>> >>> Change "to" to "via", otherwise this does not allow you to go the last >>> step to B if it's not the same type as A. >>> >>> A set Land Units is said to be a Subgroup if all of these Land Units have >>> >>>> the >>>> same Land Type are connected to each other. >>>> >>>> A Subgroup is said to be a Group if no set exists such that: >>>> 1) Its elements are all Land Units of that Subgroup and at least one >>>> Land >>>> Unit >>>> not an element of that Subgroup. >>>> 2) It is a Subgroup. >>>> >>>> [Group = a group of stones in Go] >>>> >>>> >>> Way less complicated: >>> >>> "The Group of a Land Unit is the set consisting of it and all other Land >>> Units of its Land Type that are connected to it." >>> >>> 1. Every Land Unit, with a preservation switch of False that is not >>> >>>> directly connected to a unit of Aether, or is not connected by >>>> its >>>> own type >>>> to a unit of Aether, shall be transformed to Aether. >>>> >>>> >>> I don't particularly like that first comma, but might want one before >>> "that is not". >>> >>> For every Land Unit that has its type changed to Aether by this >>> >>>> procedure, >>>> the player who most recently changed the Land Type of any Land >>>> Unit such >>>> that it is an element of the Full Group of the transformed Land >>>> Unit or >>>> adjacent to any of the Land Units of the Full Group of the >>>> transformed Land >>>> Unit, among the players who aren't Cartographor, receives 3 >>>> coins >>>> and 2 >>>> apples. >>>> >>>> >>> There are still some "Full" left in there. >>> >>> It doesn't quite feel in the spirit of Go to reward someone for changing >>> a >>> Land Type in such a way that that Land Unit itself becomes aetherized. >>> Although I can see that unless it was heavily punished instead, it might >>> (through collusion or the like) still end up being a rational move in >>> this >>> game. >>> >>> Greetings, >>> Ørjan. >>> >>> >>
