spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Win 2a

[Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth Glotmorf,

> No, Wonko's right.  The Grid does become not of type Fire, but not before the
> end of the nweek, so I lose five points as soon as I land at (12,11).  Which
> means anyone who cut-and-pasted my previous scam didn't score a Win either.
> But that still leaves me five points after the burn, and that's enough for two
> Gnomes...
> 
> So, just for future reference, please file this as a single action under the
> name vSOI Member Gnome Scam (the non-vSOI-Member Gnome Scam is slightly
> different, since the Gnomes cost more for non-Members):
> 
> {{
> 
> I re-enter the Grid at (12,11).
> 
> I buy 2 random Gnomes for 4 points.
> 
> I Throw Out both Gnomes for 10 points.
> 
> I buy 5 random Gnomes for 10 points.
> 
> I Throw Out all 5 Gnomes and gain 25 points.
> 
> I buy 12 random Gnomes for 24 points.
> 
> I Throw Out all 12 Gnomes and gain 60 points.
> 
> I buy 30 random Gnomes for 60 points.
> 
> I Throw Out all 30 Gnomes and gain 150 points.
> 
> I buy 75 random Gnomes for 150 points.
> 
> I Throw Out all 75 Gnomes and gain 375 points.
> 
> I buy 187 random Gnomes for 374 points.
> 
> I Throw Out all 187 Gnomes and gain 935 points.
> 
> I buy 467 random Gnomes for 934 points.
> 
> I Throw Out all 467 Gnomes and gain 2335 points.
> 
> }}
> 
> I hereby perform a vSOI Member Gnome Scam.
> 

Ah, the joys of semantics. Your action is illegal - you can't reenter
(12,11) as you are already there. Since you did the entire thing as a single
action, the entire action was illegal. And emergency handling has kicked in;
by the time it finishes I doubt this option will still be open.

-- 
Wonko
"Does anal retentive have a hyphen?"
"Don't you mean, does anal retentive have a hyphen *in it*?"