Re: spoon-discuss: A solution?

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 02 June 2002 2:28 pm, Naath Thabana wrote:
> > So you think real points are also virtual points?
> > Then we could say that
> > one's virtual dimensions are the sum of one's
> > displacement and one's real
> > values.
> >
> > But the DimShip rule defines Buoyancy and Ballast to
> > be positive virtual
> > value and negative virtual value, respectively. I
> > think that's what virtual
> > values are.
> >
> > In which case entropy is running wild, and Dan has
> > won once, being the
> > player with the highest score who has no DimShip,
> > and the Clock turned off.
> > Three ndays later, the Clock turned back on, and bd,
> > Bean, Dan, Iain, Naath,
> > and Rachel, being the players who had no DimShips,
> > all of whom then had 0
> > points, won.
> >
> > And we've never gotten past nday 1 this nweek,
> > because the Clock keeps
> > turning off every time it turns on.
>
> So basically... the game is broken.
>
> I'm still in favour of starting over.  Mostely 'cos
> then I have a hope in hell of understanding *all* of
> what is going on...

Agreed, for the same reasons :)