Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Proposals

["Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/10/03 at 1:06 PM bd wrote:

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>On Friday 09 May 2003 11:44 pm, Glotmorf wrote:
>> On 5/9/03 at 11:29 PM Baron von Skippy wrote:
>> >> >Okay, I've got a bunch of random ideas, so I'm going to propose them
>> >> >because
>> >> >I'm like that.
>> >> >
>> >> >I propose:
>> >> >{{
>> >> >__But I don't WANT to be a toad... er... penguin... thing!__
>> >> >
>> >> >Add a subsection to Rule 301.E:
>> >> >{{
>> >> >E.8. The Statue of Simplicity
>> >> >There exists the Statue of Simplicity. The Statue of Simplicity is a
>> >> >passable uncarryable Grid Object. At any time a player who is within
>> >> > one space of the Statue of Simplicity may Simplify themselves. When
>> >> > they do so,
>> >> >the following effects occur:
>> >> >
>> >> >If the player is a Toad or a Penguin, they cease to be a Toad or a
>> >>
>> >>Penguin.
>> >>
>> >> >If the player is in any Siren's ZOE or ZATR, they cease to be
>affected
>> >
>> >by
>> >
>> >> >that Siren for one nday.
>> >> >If the player's Stats are being modified by any source, they cease to
>> >> > be modified by that source. If the source is an item in the player's
>> >> > possession, the effects of that item resume affecting the player at
>> >> > the beginning of the next nweek.
>> >> >If the player is in a Speeder, that speeder loses all Upgrades,
>> >
>> >including
>> >
>> >> >Non-Reversable Upgrades and IIDs.
>> >> >If the player has any Gnomes in eir possession, those Gnomes all
>become
>> >> >Basic Gnomes with three hit points each.
>> >> >If the player has any Gremlins in eir possession, those Gremlins are
>> >
>> >each
>> >
>> >> >moved to a random Grid location.
>> >> >The player's BAC becomes 0.
>> >> >The player's Entropy increases by 5.
>> >> >}}
>> >> >}}
>> >>
>> >>You gotta be kidding.  What with accumulating the RUs and BNS necessary
>> >
>> >to
>> >
>> >>get a remote-operated speeder, you want there to be an EMF generator
>out
>> >>there such that if I fly my speeder past it my speeder gets stuck?
>> >
>> >-So don't fly your speeder past it? Do you have a preferred result?-
>>
>> Well, I'd prefer it not affect speeders at all.  If it didn't, I'd
>suggest
>> the statue could move around like a bonus box, so that one didn't have
>> congregations around it or mass pilgrimages to it.
>>
>> If it has to affect speeders, I suppose it should stay in one place so it
>> can be avoided, but...why does it have to affect speeders?
>
>Because a player in one decided to Simplify themselves. Did you read the
>first
>paragraph?

Hm.  Silly of me...I was seeing the statue as being more of a land mine than a service station.

This is the second prop this nweek I didn't read thoroughly.  I either need more sleep or more time...and those two seem mutually exclusive.

						Glotmorf

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