oh I *totally* misread the transparent ribbon rule when I went
for it last and didn't see this subtlety. Nice one, and hopefully
I didn't mess up anyone's strategies.
On Thu, 1 Nov 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote:
> Yes, but if you don't already own the ribbon before earning it, there is a
> longer time period in which it counts towards the transparent ribbon.
>
> For example:
>
> Day 1 12:00: You earn a violet ribbon, but don't qualify for it because you
> already have one. The earning of the violet ribbon begins to count against
> the 5 ribbons you need for a transparent ribbon.
> Day 8 12:00: 7 days have passed, so the earning of the violet ribbon no
> longer counts against the 5 ribbons you need for a transparent ribbon.
>
> as opposed to:
>
> Day 1 12:00: You earn a violet ribbon, and qualify for it because you don't
> already have one. The qualification for the violet ribbon begins to count
> against the 5 ribbons you need for a transparent ribbon.
> Day 5 15:32: You award yourself the violet ribbon, so you no longer qualify
> for it.
> Day 12 15:32: 7 days have passed, so the qualification for the violet ribbon
> no longer counts against the 5 ribbons you need for a transparent ribbon.
>
> -twg
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Thursday, November 1, 2018 12:03 PM, Reuben Staley
> <reuben.sta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Actually, that's false. You don't have to award yourself five ribbons to
> > get Transparent, you just have to meet the qualifications.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 1, 2018, 01:45 Timon Walshe-Grey <m...@timon.red> wrote:
> >
> > > No way to take it back now, but for future reference, awarding someone a
> > > (non-grey) ribbon against eir will is not necessarily a boon, because it
> > > makes it marginally more difficult to qualify for a transparent ribbon in
> > > the future. You already have one, but ATMunn and Corona don't. (Nor does
> > > Trigon but presumably e knows what e's doing.)
> > >
> > > -twg
> > >
> > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> > > On Thursday, November 1, 2018 5:46 AM, Kerim Aydin
> > > <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Oh foo, I award a Violet ribbon to each of the below-indicated persons
> > > > who doesn't have one yet.
> > > >
> > > > Notice of Honour
> > > > +1 twg (reminding us)
> > > > -1 Trigon (a little less helpful then twg here :P )
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2018, Reuben Staley wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Technically, any player can award any other player a ribbon e has
> > > > > earned.
> > > > > I'm not going to do that, though. I award myself a Violet Ribbon.
> > > > > On 10/30/2018 02:08 PM, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > The following players earned Violet Ribbons for participating in
> > > > > > PAoaM and
> > > > > > can still claim them up until Saturday:
> > > > > > ATMunn
> > > > > > Corona
> > > > > > G.
> > > > > > Trigon
> > > > > > (I internally debated with myself about whether to remind you, but
> > > > > > my
> > > > > > fairness-loving side won out.)
> > > > > > -twg
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Trigon
>
