[spoon-discuss] Wins and resets

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

Hmm.  We don't need a win after a reset, if we can get something else going. 
 Let me explain:

I think the purpose of the entropy reset is to give the players/admin a 
breather after a lot of action.  Therefore, I think it should be rather 
limited, and maybe reduced a lot from what it is now.  Maybe just chuck 
everyone in limbo and switch endzones, and turn off the clock for a couple 
wdays.

Next, I belive the purpose of having play continue after a win is 
essentially to start the game over, rather than all of us just saying, 
"Well, that was fun.  Bye everyone.", and not playing anymore, or starting a 
completly new game.  A Nomic did not have such a clause; Rob won, and that 
was it.  Game over.  It took nearly half a year for B Nomic to get started.

Now, if we are starting the game over, I think that it should have all 
players on equal footing.  Not give certain players advantages because they 
invested in some things.  However, this does not mean we need a full reset; 
if we can just change things up so that everything's balanced, that would 
work great as well.  Instead of destroying all speeders, how about we give 
everyone a speeder that doesn't have one, and set all speeders to max 
integrity with no upgrades?  Stuff like that.  And for improvements, perhaps 
we could make them all unowned, and allow anyone who wants to buy an unowned 
one.  Sure, this will stymie personal empire building, but will allow for 
long-term development of the grid.  And if want to keep your stuff, buy it 
back before anyone else does.

I'll leave this to discussion.

Orc in a Spacesuit

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