Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Organization Repeal

2017-09-02 Thread Aris Merchant
On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Nic Evans wrote: > > > On 09/02/17 17:37, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > I think we could upgrade Agencies to that they can hold Shinies themselves. > With that plus proper Powers, they could operate extremely similarly to how > I believe Organizations are intended to. (And

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Organization Repeal

2017-09-02 Thread Gaelan Steele
Other than deregistration, the other problems can be solved with pledges. However, agencies + pledges is an even messier solution than orgs as they are now. Gaelan > On Sep 2, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Nic Evans wrote: > > > > On 09/02/17 17:37, Cuddle Beam wrote: >> I think we could upgrade Agenci

DIS: Re: BUS: [APM] Action Point Marketplace - Buy and Sell other people's surplus Action Points!

2017-09-02 Thread Owen Jacobson
On Sep 2, 2017, at 10:15 AM, Cuddle Beam wrote: > Cheaper Prices and Earn Shinies by being Lazy! I like this a lot. This is a low-key way of turning something every Agoran has into a way to gain shinies. Thanks for putting this together. > --- > +--HOW TO BUY AP--+

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Organization Repeal

2017-09-02 Thread Owen Jacobson
> On Sep 1, 2017, at 11:45 PM, Gaelan Steele wrote: > > I don’t support this. I see little harm in keeping an interesting game > mechanic in the ruleset, especially if we make it clear that it is not > necessary for beginners to understand. If necessary, we could add a rule > along the lines

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Organization Repeal

2017-09-02 Thread Owen Jacobson
> On Sep 2, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Nic Evans wrote: > > > > On 09/02/17 17:37, Cuddle Beam wrote: >> I think we could upgrade Agencies to that they can hold Shinies themselves. >> With that plus proper Powers, they could operate extremely similarly to how >> I believe Organizations are intended t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Surveyor] September Estate Auction

2017-09-02 Thread Owen Jacobson
> On Sep 2, 2017, at 4:33 PM, Nic Evans wrote: > > > > On 09/02/17 18:28, Cuddle Beam wrote: >> Might as well: >> >> I bid 50 Shinies. >> >> My blurb is the following between the lines of asterisks: >> >> ** >> >> Calgiostro is a giant internet café tended by busty anime ca

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Surveyor] September Estate Auction

2017-09-02 Thread Owen Jacobson
On Sep 2, 2017, at 4:22 PM, Nic Evans wrote: > On 09/02/17 18:12, Nic Evans wrote: > >> I bid 15 shinies. > > Since this is already irrelevant and I don't intend to continue to be > annoying about it I'll just mention my working theory: > > 1) A matched bid stops the highest bidder from being

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Surveyor] September Estate Auction

2017-09-02 Thread Nic Evans
On 09/02/17 18:28, Cuddle Beam wrote: > Might as well: > > I bid 50 Shinies. > > My blurb is the following between the lines of asterisks: > > ** > > Calgiostro is a giant internet café tended by busty anime catgirls in > maid costumes. Its internet never lags, you always get queu

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Surveyor] September Estate Auction

2017-09-02 Thread Cuddle Beam
Might as well: I bid 50 Shinies. My blurb is the following between the lines of asterisks: ** Calgiostro is a giant internet café tended by busty anime catgirls in maid costumes. Its internet never lags, you always get queued with amazing teammates and when you play online cardg

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Surveyor] September Estate Auction

2017-09-02 Thread Nic Evans
On 09/02/17 18:12, Nic Evans wrote: > I bid 15 shinies. Since this is already irrelevant and I don't intend to continue to be annoying about it I'll just mention my working theory: 1) A matched bid stops the highest bidder from being able to claim the estate. This seems pretty certain from the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Organization Repeal

2017-09-02 Thread Nic Evans
On 09/02/17 17:37, Cuddle Beam wrote: > I think we could upgrade Agencies to that they can hold Shinies > themselves. With that plus proper Powers, they could operate extremely > similarly to how I believe Organizations are intended to. (And even > WITHOUT that, they still can, although with a bi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Organization Repeal

2017-09-02 Thread Cuddle Beam
I think we could upgrade Agencies to that they can hold Shinies themselves. With that plus proper Powers, they could operate extremely similarly to how I believe Organizations are intended to. (And even WITHOUT that, they still can, although with a bit less safety because its not as stalwart as "br

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Organization Repeal

2017-09-02 Thread Alex Smith
On Fri, 2017-09-01 at 23:45 -0700, Gaelan Steele wrote: > I don’t support this. I see little harm in keeping an interesting > game mechanic in the ruleset, especially if we make it clear that it > is not necessary for beginners to understand. I still like the concept behind Organizations, but ther

DIS: Re: BUS: [APM] Action Point Marketplace - Buy and Sell other people's surplus Action Points!

2017-09-02 Thread Cuddle Beam
This is a bit of an experimental thing. I dunno if it has been done before, but its the operation of an activity without an officer to actually manage it. Vulnerable to a few sabotage attempts, like trolling the information and putting [APM] on other stuff (there is no rule against it), but there i

DIS: Re: BUS: [Surveyor] September Estate Auction

2017-09-02 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
I bid 13 shinies. On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 00:59 Quazie wrote: > I bid 12 shinies. > > The Cagliostro what a place - a lovely little shithole passed from scammer > to slum lord, and it has finally ehard up here: agoran public housing. > It's not much, but there's a roof, and it mostly doesn't leak,