Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Number Guessing 2

["Jeremy \"Athena\" Cook" <mcfoufou@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:

> >From: "Jeremy \"Athena\" Cook" <mcfoufou@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Change Proposal 1171 to the following:
> >{{
> >Create a rule:
> >{{
> >__Number Guessing__
> >Any player not in the Number Game may Join the Number Game by
> >mailing the Administrator secretly 5 integral coordinates between -10 and
> >10 inclusive and announcing to a public forum that e has Joined the Number
> >Game. A player may Guess a player's numbers who has Joined the Number Game
> >by announcing to a public forum a 5-coordinate guess and paying the player
> >e is Guessing the coordinates of 2 points. The Administrator must then
> >reveal to a public forum the distance between the guessed point and the
> >actual point under the standard metric. If the distance is 0, the Guessing
> >player receives 30 points, and the guessed player Leaves the Number Game.
> >A player may not Guess eir own numbers.
> >}}
> >}}
>
> That still does not stop 2 players working together.  Make the 30 points
> come from the other player.
>
> Orc In A Spacesuit
>

No. That's too big of a penalty. No one would Join.

Athena


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