Re: spoon-discuss: The Straw Poll and Babelization

["Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/13/02 at 10:38 AM Wonko wrote:

>Quoth Glotmorf,
>
>> My Fish-Flavored Izing proposal contains:
>>
>> "The 'Babelized' attribute expires six nweeks after the most recent
>instance
>> of a Player receiving the Sushi, whether given forcefully or taken
>> voluntarily."
>>
>> Wonko's right...this is a bit long.  I must have miscalculated, thinking
>two
>> sushi periods in a nweek, when in fact it's two and a half.
>>
>> If the Izing proposal passes, I'll make this change (which I'll add to
>the
>> Straw Poll):
>>
>> "A Player's 'Babelized' attribute expires N nweeks after the most recent
>> instance of em receiving the Sushi, whether given forcefully or taken
>> voluntarily, where N is (# of players)/3, rounded down, with a minimum
>of 1."
>>
>> That should take care of things unless there's only three or four players
>> left, and I suspect by that time things will have changed substantially
>> anyway.
>>
>> Glotmorf
>
>Does this mean if they get it on nday 4 of an nweek, they lose it on nday 4
>of the appropriate nweek? Or they lose it after N complete nweeks have
>passed?
>
>--Wonko

They lose it on nday 4 of the appropriate nweek.  Otherwise I'd've said something like, "At the beginning of the Nth nweek after a given Player becomes Babelized, where N is..."

						Glotmorf