Re: [spoon-discuss] Bar-unpenguinchu

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Monday 16 June 2003 10:01 pm, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 09:27  PM, Baron von Skippy wrote:
> > Given that I've been a Penguin for at least two nweeks, shouldn't I
> > have reverted by now? Or have I already, and I've been too wrapped up
> > in myself to notice? Either way, get me out of Wonko's pocket...
>
> No, you haven't. 'Cause you screwed up the proposal to do it. You made
> objects which have Penguin or Toad as their Race Helpless, and
> established methods for turning them into something else.
>
> But you don't have penguin or toad for your race. You are an Elf; you
> just also happen to be a Toad. So you don't revert.
>
> BTW, it occurred to me that things would probably be easier on Dave if
> more events were player-triggered instead of automatic. So, for
> example, Dave would not have to remember that two nweeks after you
> become a penguin, you revert; instead, after two nweeks of being a
> penguin, you could, in a public forum, unpenguinify yourself, thus
> notifying Dave of it as well.
>
> This idea came to me when I was browsing the Agoran Ruleset; it's the
> way they deal with dead players. When a player hasn't made a post in a
> few weeks, another player could choose to make em Quiet, which is
> roughly equivalent to Forced Leave. It seems to me that this A) cuts
> down on what the admin has to remember, and B) gives the players
> something to do during these long, boring stretches when the game goes
> half-dead.
>
> Speaking of half-dead, where is everyone? There have been no posts for
> three days now except the Ballot and Votes...

I'm here, metaphorically speaking.

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bd
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		-- Henry Spencer
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