Re: spoon-business: Game Actions

[Eric Gerlach <egerlach@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:31 PM 2002-02-27 -0500, you wrote:
> Here I come, Bean.

Koi.  I'm ready for ya. :)

However, on the off chance that things don't look so good next nweek... 
better be able to pass and punt...


PROPOSAL #1
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{{
__Football fixes__

Revise rule 394 as follows:

- Add the following paragraph after the 6th paragraph:
"A Drive, when referring to Football, is defined as the period of time 
between when one of the players on a team is first in posession of the 
football and the soonest point at which a player on that team is not in 
possession of the football. [[ This def'n may have to change, but it'll 
work for now ]]  The Line of Scrimmage of a Drive is defined as the 
locations on The Grid which have the same x-coordinate that the Football 
did at the beginning of the Drive."

- Add the following paragraph after the 2nd paragraph:
"When calculating any distance with regard to the game of Football the 
Euclidean metric is always used, except when calculating a Player's 
distance to eir end-zone.  The distance from a Player to eir end-zone is 
the absolute value of the difference between eir x-coordinate, and the 
x-coordinate of eir end-zone."

- Remove the text "(measured by Euclidean distance)" and "(again measured 
by Euclidean distance)"

- Add the following sentence to the end of the paragraph that mentions 
Elbonian Airways: "Players may not use Curt and Rod to move as specified in 
rule 402."
}}

PROPOSAL #2
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{{
__Only running is boring__

Create the following rule:
{{
__Pass! I'm open!__

If no player on eir team has already done so in the current nweek, the 
Player in posession of the Football may choose to Pass the Football.  To 
make a Pass, a player announces eir intention to do so in a public forum, 
and indicates a Player who is playing football to recieve the Pass.  If the 
indicated Player is able to recieve the Pass according to the rules, the 
Football is immediately placed in the posession of the recieving 
Player.  There are two types of Passes:  Forward Passes and Lateral Passes.

A Pass is a Forward Pass if and only if the recieving Player is closer to 
eir end-zone (measured using the x-coordinate) than the passing 
Player.  The recieving Player for a Forward Pass must be within 7 units of 
the Player making the Pass.  A Player may only make a Forward Pass if e is 
no closer to eir end-zone than the Line of Scrimmage for the current Drive.

All Passes which are not Forward passes are Lateral Passes.  The recieving 
Player of a Lateral Pass must be within 4 units of the Player making the Pass.
}}

}}

PROPOSAL #3
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{{
__Only running is boring II:  Bean Boots Back__

Create a rule:

{{
__Third and long... *boot*!__

Any time before the 8th day of the nweek, the Player in possession of the 
Football may Punt the Football.  E does so by declaring eir intention to do 
so in a public forum, along with a target location on The Grid at which 
they are trying to Punt the Football.  The target location of the football 
must be more than 4 units away from any Player on eir team. [[You can't 
punt at your own players]]  The target location must also be within 10 
units of the player punting the Football.

When the Football is punted, it ceases to be in the possession of any 
Player, and removes itself from The Grid.  As soon as possible, The 
Administrator must calculate the actual landing location of the Football 
and announce it in a public forum.  E does this by rolling 1d6 for each of 
the x- and y- coordinate, and modifing it by the following table:

1: -1, roll again
2: -1
3-4: 0
5: +1
6: +1, roll again

"roll again" implies the Administrator should add the result, then roll 1d6 
and add that result, and so on (i.e. the die rolls are cumulative).

At the end of the nweek, after all Players playing football have moved, the 
Football lands. [[*whump*]]  If a player is at the landing location of the 
Football announced by the Administrator, and e is not on the same team as 
the player who punted the Football, e may catch it, at which point it is in 
eir posession.  Otherwise, the Football places itself on The Grid at the 
announced landing location.  [[So the football is made of lead... maybe 
we'll make it bounce a bit later]]

No player on the same team as the player who punted the Football may pickup 
the Football up until after the end of the nweek after the Football was 
punted or until a Player who is not on eir team picks up the Football, 
whichever comes first. [[Basically, after the Football lands, Players on 
the punting team can't touch it for a nweek.  This stops it from just being 
a longer pass]]

}}

Well, here's some more ways to have fun in Football!  Currently, there's no 
way to intercept a pass or block a punt or anything like that, you just 
have to tackle the reciever.  Perhaps interceptions will come next nweek... 
now, if only someone else would join Team Turquoise so I could pass it to 
'em :)

Oh, by the way I object to the Administrator's statement that the gamestate 
is "Blue" and I think that if we all look carefully, we'll find it 
isn't.  Woo, disaster averted by consensus.