Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On Fri, 3 Nov 2017, VJ Rada wrote: I think the last time this was asked about, G. said they started being used somewhere between 1993/4. So they have a long pedigree haha :). Well the last time I recall, I pointed out that Spivak pronouns were used in Agora's original ruleset, and Originator

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

I think the last time this was asked about, G. said they started being used somewhere between 1993/4. So they have a long pedigree haha :). On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Alexis Hunt wrote: > Also, apparently the bad formatting is my fault; the plain text of my email > looks atrocious. Sorry! >

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

Also, apparently the bad formatting is my fault; the plain text of my email looks atrocious. Sorry! On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 21:47 Alexis Hunt wrote: > On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 21:41 Madeline wrote: > >> Can I ask what the deal with Spivak pronouns is anyway? It's not in the >> rules so I assume it's

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 21:41 Madeline wrote: > Can I ask what the deal with Spivak pronouns is anyway? It's not in the > rules so I assume it's just a matter of convention, but having a full > list somewhere might be nice. (What do I use for his/her?) > I don't know when they started being used,

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On 11/2/2017 9:41 PM, Madeline wrote: Can I ask what the deal with Spivak pronouns is anyway? It's not in the rules so I assume it's just a matter of convention, but having a full list somewhere might be nice. (What do I use for his/her?) Yeah, it's just a convention thing. I don't know whe

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On 2017-11-03 12:22, ATMunn wrote: Overall seems like a fun idea. Comments below. On 11/2/2017 7:05 PM, Alexis Hunt wrote: Here is a silly minigame that I would like feedback on:   *     The Clork (pronounced ‘clark’) tracks everything in this proposal and additionally names politicians (pu

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 21:22 ATMunn wrote: > Seems kind of strange to me that Politicians are just created out of thin > air. Maybe players can "elect" Politicians by submitting names to some sort > of pool, and the Clork chooses eir favorite when new ones are needed? > I think it would be fine f

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

Overall seems like a fun idea. Comments below. On 11/2/2017 7:05 PM, Alexis Hunt wrote: Here is a silly minigame that I would like feedback on: * The Clork (pronounced ‘clark’) tracks everything in this proposal and additionally names politicians (puns are encouraged). Yay offices, an

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 21:12 Madeline wrote: > That's a rather minor one; the big one is political party vs house party. > > ...ow. > I will cite this as evidence in any related CFJ.

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On 2017-11-03 12:09, Alexis Hunt wrote: On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 21:07 Madeline > wrote: On 2017-11-03 12:02, Alexis Hunt wrote: On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 20:59 Madeline mailto:j...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: Yeah, I was thinking "they wouldn't be gathering balloo

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 21:07 Madeline wrote: > On 2017-11-03 12:02, Alexis Hunt wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 20:59 Madeline wrote: > >> Yeah, I was thinking "they wouldn't be gathering balloons and everyone >> could dump theirs into a proposal to just wreck the favours of a hoarder" >> but th

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On 2017-11-03 12:02, Alexis Hunt wrote: On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 20:59 Madeline > wrote: Yeah, I was thinking "they wouldn't be gathering balloons and everyone could dump theirs into a proposal to just wreck the favours of a hoarder" but then I know some people

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 20:59 Madeline wrote: > Yeah, I was thinking "they wouldn't be gathering balloons and everyone > could dump theirs into a proposal to just wreck the favours of a hoarder" > but then I know some people would vote against that kind of thing by > principle (yay morals in a game

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On 2017-11-03 11:55, Alexis Hunt wrote: On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 20:53 Madeline > wrote: The real trouble might just be stopping people from stocking up a huge amount of favours before doing anything, but I'm not entirely sure there isn't a counter to this (a t

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 20:53 Madeline wrote: > The real trouble might just be stopping people from stocking up a huge > amount of favours before doing anything, but I'm not entirely sure there > isn't a counter to this (a tax on them might be the best, destroying some > small percentage of unused

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

The real trouble might just be stopping people from stocking up a huge amount of favours before doing anything, but I'm not entirely sure there isn't a counter to this (a tax on them might be the best, destroying some small percentage of unused favours each week to effectively implement a soft

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 20:43 Madeline wrote: > Who this looks awesome > :D > So you can claim a win if you can hold advisor positions over a majority > of the government for two weeks? That feels... suitably unachievable :D > I think the elections many be sufficiently manipulatable to lead to

Re: DIS: Proto-proto proposal

Who this looks awesome So you can claim a win if you can hold advisor positions over a majority of the government for two weeks? That feels... suitably unachievable :D And I'm impressed that every post gets a unique power. (I'd also be down for being Clork) One thing that isn't particularly

DIS: Proto-proto proposal

Here is a silly minigame that I would like feedback on: - The Clork (pronounced ‘clark’) tracks everything in this proposal and additionally names politicians (puns are encouraged). - Have Politicians, each of whom has a Party. - 5 Parties (in order): - Platonic I