Re: [spoon-discuss] Wins and resets

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tuesday 25 March 2003 10:57 pm, Baron von Skippy wrote:
> <snip>
>
> >Next, I belive the purpose of having play continue after a win is
> >essentially to start the game over, rather than all of us just saying,
> >"Well, that was fun.  Bye everyone.", and not playing anymore, or starting
> >a completly new game.  A Nomic did not have such a clause; Rob won, and
> >that was it.  Game over.  It took nearly half a year for B Nomic to get
> >started.
>
> <snip>
>
> >I'll leave this to discussion.
> >
> >Orc in a Spacesuit
>
> -I hold that there are two games going here. There is the points game and
> the Grid game. The Grid game cannot be won. The points game can. So...
> someone wins the points game. Good for them. Why does that mean anything to
> the Grid game? Can someone (probably several someones, knowing this game)
> explain that to me / tell me I'm bloody brilliant?-

At one point, the grid must have been less important than the points. It's 
reversed now - but we need to work out a semi-consistent method to the new 
madness.
- -- 
bd
Set the cart before the horse.
		-- John Heywood
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