[BNomic-Public] Miniplayers

[Baron von Skippy baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx]

> >>> I had an idea: What if we allowed people to join the game not as full
> >>> players, but as 'miniplayers' - people who could only do things like 
>run
> >>> around on the Grid, buy stocks, etc. So people who like the idea of 
>the
> >>> Grid
> >>> could do the Grid thing, but they wouldn't have to worry about making
> >>> proposals or voting on things. For them, the Grid IS the game. For us,
> >> they
> >>> provide a way of making the Grid more interesting. Also, if they can 
>use
> >>> the
> >>> Stock Market, then they can provide that randomness we were talking 
>about
> >> -
> >>> if three dozen people are buying and selling stock, no single player 
>can
> >>> exert too much influence, but the prices can still be based on how 
>well
> >>> they
> >>> sell.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Is this a good idea, or am I nuts?
> >>> I suppose those aren't mutually exclusive conditions, are they?
> >>
> >> You're not nuts, or at least not in this respect.  uin had a similar 
>idea
> >> with...what did he call them?  "Disinterested" players?  People who 
>didn't
> >> participate in the grid, weren't subject to the sushi or gremlins or
> >> anything like that, that only were involved in proposals, voting and
> >> judging.  I was against it at the time because it amounted to him 
>affecting
> >> the game but not being affected by it, which I found objectionable.
> >>
> >> What you're suggesting is the crystallization of subsets of the game as
> >> games in their own right, with a policy-making layer over top...sort of
> >> like if the management of neopets.com was a nomic game.  Interesting 
>idea,
> >> but wouldn't it take rather a lot of work to make the subgames 
>something
> >> people would want to play in their own right?  At the moment, neither 
>grid
> >> football nor gremball are up to the standards of average pbm games...
> >>
> >> Glotmorf
> >>
> > -Well, so far as there not being appreciably interesting subsets to the
> > Game, that might be about to change a bit, or more accurately a metric
> > buttload.. In any case, even if we as full players don't see the point 
>to go
> > to a lower position, doesn't mean that others wouldn't be willing to 
>assume
> > those positions. I think this is a viable thing to do, and so long as it
> > didn't resemble Disintrest too much, I'd be willing to back it.-
>
>I suppose the people this most needs the approval of is the Ministers -
>after all, they'd be the ones who'd have to track all the Miniplayers.
>Although perhaps it would be better to have a Minister of Miniplayers - The
>MiniMin, say - who would track all their attributes...
>
>As for the fact the football and gremball aren't up to pbm standards...
>wait.
>
>--
>Wonko
>
-How about Mini Me instead of MiniMin? It's funnier, and I've seen the new 
Austin Powers movie too many times... mole.-

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