[BNomic-Public] Miniplayers

[Wonko dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Quoth Baron von Skippy,

>>>>> I had an idea: What if we allowed people to join the game not as full
>>>>> players, but as 'miniplayers' - people who could only do things like
>> run
>>>>> around on the Grid, buy stocks, etc. So people who like the idea of
>> the
>>>>> Grid
>>>>> could do the Grid thing, but they wouldn't have to worry about making
>>>>> proposals or voting on things. For them, the Grid IS the game. For us,
>>>> they
>>>>> provide a way of making the Grid more interesting. Also, if they can
>> use
>>>>> the
>>>>> Stock Market, then they can provide that randomness we were talking
>> about
>>>> -
>>>>> if three dozen people are buying and selling stock, no single player
>> can
>>>>> exert too much influence, but the prices can still be based on how
>> well
>>>>> they
>>>>> sell.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is this a good idea, or am I nuts?
>>>>> I suppose those aren't mutually exclusive conditions, are they?
>>>> 
>>>> You're not nuts, or at least not in this respect.  uin had a similar
>> idea
>>>> with...what did he call them?  "Disinterested" players?  People who
>> didn't
>>>> participate in the grid, weren't subject to the sushi or gremlins or
>>>> anything like that, that only were involved in proposals, voting and
>>>> judging.  I was against it at the time because it amounted to him
>> affecting
>>>> the game but not being affected by it, which I found objectionable.
>>>> 
>>>> What you're suggesting is the crystallization of subsets of the game as
>>>> games in their own right, with a policy-making layer over top...sort of
>>>> like if the management of neopets.com was a nomic game.  Interesting
>> idea,
>>>> but wouldn't it take rather a lot of work to make the subgames
>> something
>>>> people would want to play in their own right?  At the moment, neither
>> grid
>>>> football nor gremball are up to the standards of average pbm games...
>>>> 
>>>> Glotmorf
>>>> 
>>> -Well, so far as there not being appreciably interesting subsets to the
>>> Game, that might be about to change a bit, or more accurately a metric
>>> buttload.. In any case, even if we as full players don't see the point
>> to go
>>> to a lower position, doesn't mean that others wouldn't be willing to
>> assume
>>> those positions. I think this is a viable thing to do, and so long as it
>>> didn't resemble Disintrest too much, I'd be willing to back it.-
>> 
>> I suppose the people this most needs the approval of is the Ministers -
>> after all, they'd be the ones who'd have to track all the Miniplayers.
>> Although perhaps it would be better to have a Minister of Miniplayers - The
>> MiniMin, say - who would track all their attributes...
>> 
>> As for the fact the football and gremball aren't up to pbm standards...
>> wait.
>> 
>> --
>> Wonko
>> 
> -How about Mini Me instead of MiniMin? It's funnier, and I've seen the new
> Austin Powers movie too many times... mole.-

We could appoint a Minister to name the MiniMin... We could call em the
MiniMinMin.

And if we chose a Miniplayer to do it, e'd be the MiniMiniMinMin.

Teehee!

-- 
Wonko
Is having far too much fun with this.