Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Off Leave

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Wow, B Nomic has individual rules that are more than twice the length of 
> > the
> > entire ruleset of the face to face game I'm involved in. That's either
> > really impressive, really scary, or both.
> -Wow. How do you manage to have such a /tiny/ ruleset? Did you just start, 
> or do you have a rule: "Rules may not be greater than 25 words in length?"-
> > > I just can't escape the feeling that this is not what "Less Is More" 
> > was
> > > really intended to do.
> >
> > As far as I can tell, 'Less is More' was intended to simulate the Keywords
> > system, but not to do it as well as the keyword system does...
> -Blasphemy! We just need bigger LiM rules!-

Actually, what we need to do is have the LiM props actually do more; what I 
mean is, instead of just taking several rules and squeezing them together, 
we need to analyze the intended function(s) of a group of rules, and figure 
out how do better do that system.  A lot of LiM seems to be in response to 
simple concepts that kept getting expanded, with little long-term planning 
involved.  It kinda reminds me of some European cities... The city started 
out small, with streets wide enough for carriges, and kept growing, with 
people putting up buildings wherever it didn't disrupt traffic at the 
moment.  However, this doesn't help with throughfares, and later cars are 
introduced, making getting around a nightmare.  In one particular city 
(can't remember which), the ruler of the city at one point ordered the 
destruction of entire areas of the city -- neighborhoods and more torn down 
-- and rebuilt, with wide, streamlined roads.  Afterwards, things worked 
much better for the city, which still flourishes today.

Orc In A Spacesuit
has been planning a massive rebuilding for quite some time.

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