Re: spoon-discuss: a wacky idea

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 06:19:11PM -0500, Rob Speer wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 04:28:54PM +0000, David E. Smith wrote:
> > Would anyone object if we just dispense with some 90% of those
> > annoying rules and just go with the Imperial Nomic rules?
> > 
> > (Some version of
> > http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/Nomic/27/Initial_Rules.html
> > probably)
> > 
> > Pro: We don't have to worry about voting and all that silly stuff.
> > Con (well, maybe): I get to be an insane fascist. ;)
> > 
> > I was just browsing the NomicWiki this morning and that just
> > suddenly struck me as being a very cool idea, but I want to know
> > what people are interested in before going.
> 
> I fail to see the point of an Imperial Nomic.
> 
> Part of the fun of Nomic is to get other people to accept a rule which
> subtly works to your advantage, and to balance the interest of the
> game as a whole with your own self-interest.

That was kind of my feeling as well.

-Robin

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