Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Pirates of the Caffeination

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 11:37  PM, Glotmorf wrote:

> On 3/9/03 at 11:28 PM Daniel Lepage wrote:
>
> > On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 11:03  PM, Baron von Skippy wrote:
> >
> > > > > > BTW, what's a "Grid Enhancement"? And won't the thing never get to
> > > > > > the "other carryable objects" part because Lake Caffeine's a
> > > > > > Passable Non-Service-Mall object?
> > > > > -If "Grid enhancement" isn't the word for Elbonian Air/Starways,
> > > > > what is? And that says "Other Passable Objects besides Service 
> > > > > Malls
> > > > > and Lake Caffeine," can't you see that? Should probably put the
> > > > > Improbable on that list too...-
> > > >
> > > > Airways/Starways are Improvements [[see rule 1341,
> > > > http://www.nomic.net/~g6//history.php?rn=1341]]; and the proposal 
> > > > you
> > > > sent to spoon-business, at least, only says, "Other Passable Objects
> > > > besides Service Malls".
> > > -Well, I want it targeting the specific ones first, so it'll take 
> > > down
> > > an Airway before going after a Bonus Box. Hey, what happens if a BB
> > > gets its ass Whooped, anyway?-
> >
> > At the moment? It comes down with a sudden bad case of total
> > obliteration, same as anyone else. If my fix prop passes, though,
> > then... uh... well, then it'll still get the !$%@ blasted out of it.
> > But at least we won't.
> >
> > Bonus boxes get popped all the time. Is this a problem?
> >
> > Although... something could happen... like bits of it falling around
> > everywhere... so if you blew up a shiny thing, people nearby would 
> > gain
> > small point increments... and nuking frog juice could Toadify nearby
> > players...
> >
> > Something like:
> > {{
> > Whenever a bonus box is destroyed by a Can of Whoopass, its effects 
> > are
> > applied to all players within two squares of the box. If the effects
> > specify some numerical quantity, an amount equal to one fifth of that
> > quantity, rounded up, is used instead [[so shin/scar-y things, for
> > example, only have minor effects]]
> > }}
> >
> > Or should it be specified for each type of Box?
>
> Definitely specified for each type of box.  Consider how much work we 
> make for Dave by introducing, oh, say, complex mathematical operations 
> based on obscure items in game history.  Think of what he'd do to us 
> if he had to make up the effects of a bonus box divided by six...

Well, if I ever got a few hours of free time to finish this damn grid 
program, complicated equations wouldn't be a problem... but for the 
time being I suppose this will be too much. I'm leaning more towards a 
general formula than a lot of specific ones, though. Why not just have 
the bonus box be applied in full to every player within a given radius? 
Specific boxes could overwrite their explode functions if they got too 
chaotic (like White holes- everyone can't get everyone else's gnomes 
simultaneously), but in general, they could just all go spread.

Perhaps with even larger explosives, they could go global... would 
turning *everybody* into toads be overly disruptive? }:-)

--
Wonko
has an idea for even larger explosives...

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