[spoon-discuss] The Grid

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a question, a straw poll, if you will, for the players.

I am working on a proposal to create a new Grid, one that will 
hopefully be neater and easier to work with. I want to know what 
direction we want to take this in.

Certainly the old grid was modeled like an RPG; each player was on the 
grid emself, and most of eir grid actions were done by em, on emselves 
and on objects near em.

However, as we drew nearer to where we are now, the Grid seemed to be 
progressing more towards a strategy-style game, such as WarCraft or 
Risk. Land ownership was created such that players, after making one 
purchase in person, could do the rest from anywhere, even Limbo. Armies 
were made, so that a player's commands could affect any part of the 
Grid, regardless of where the origin of the order was. Land 
Improvements and Remote-Controlled speeders made it possible for 
intense, heated action to take place on the Grid even if no players 
were actually there. (such action failed to materialize; this is 
largely due, I believe, to the sudden arrival of the end of the year; 
tests, recitals, etc. made many players unable to spare more than a few 
minutes a day for trivialities such as gaming).

Both of these layouts have potential. I'm somewhat in favor of the 
latter, the Strategy Game, because it is new - the RPG world has now 
Been Done, developed to the point where we could no longer deal with 
it. But I'm curious to know if I'm alone in this.

--
Wonko

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