Re: [spoon-discuss] yet another prop idea

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Ok, BvS, how's this list:
Human
Orc
Dwarf
Elf
Ogre
Fairie
Blob
Alien
Insect
Robot

> -Yeah. Let's see... keep Human, of course, and Orc, but maybe drop Goblin 
> (similar to Orc), keep Dwarf, Elf, and Faerie, and drop Gnome- that's just 
> a bit already taken. That leaves 8. 8 is a far more reasonable number, 
> IMHO. And diverse enough that each race is a distinct choice.-

Well, now there's 10.  I include Alien, Insect, and Robot both so that Drone 
players have a choice (oh, they could take Blob too, but that's already 
guaranteed); and I feel they could still be unique.  Plus, some of them will 
have in-game applications; football robots and robopilots could be given the 
Race attribute, and perhaps expanded in function.

> -Maybe Drones could be Aliens. Or maybe we could ditch Drone as a gender. 
> Does the Scarf even exist any more? Either way, maybe replace Alien with 
> Insect. Good to see that we're agreed on Gnomes and Goblins, anyway.-

Yes, and Iain has it.  And it will likely stay with him for a long time, as 
Iain hasn't done anything for a long time.  Why is e still a player, anyway? 
 You can watch without being a random object collector.

> > > > Once per nyear, an Entity that has a Race may change eir Race to a 
> > > > Standard Race.
> > > -Change? That should cost something. We're not talking about changing 
> > > pants here. This is your genetic makeup. I suggest a nice Gnome to act as 
> > > a catalyst, but I'm a little biased.-
> >
> > Yeah, I agree, it shouldn't be easy.  But but until we figure out a better 
> > way, this works.  And I would rather it not be Gnome-based, but that's 
> > just me.
> -Life Core, perhaps?-

Ah.  Took a minute to fully develop the idea, and incorporate it with how I 
already designed Life Cores, but yes, that sounds good.

> -Make Newbies' races be chosen by eir mentor, to be changed to one of eir 
> choosing at the end of eir mentorship. Then have Newbies act as servants to 
> eir Mentors. I'm mostly kidding, but if this could be worked out... oh, 
> Idea. Change "Mentor" to "Sponsor." Sponsors have to fork over some sum of 
> points/BNS to allow a newbie into the Game, and the Sponsor gets an 
> indentured servant for a few nweeks. Thoughts, folks? If no one goes nuts 
> with problems, I might propose this. I mean, at the moment Mentors do 
> absolutely nothing and get a meager 5 points, which, considering all they 
> did was put themselves into the Pool, is pretty fair, but not exactly 
> exciting.-

Hmm.  Let's go nuts:
What exactly is meant by 'Servant'?
Sponsors would be more likely to exploit Newbies than help them.  Not good.
What if no one wants to fork over points/BNS?  Then people won't be able to 
join.  Ditto for if no one has enough to pay.
Mentors may actually do something in the future.  I have yet to be tested...

Cordially,
Orc In A Spacesuit

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