Re: [spoon-discuss] Proposals

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 09:51  PM, David E. Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Daniel Lepage wrote:
>
> > Okay, I'm gonna submit this as a protoproposal right now.
>
> I won't hold you responsible for the obvious omissions, like the fact 
> that
> the rule changes aren't labeled, etc.

Yeah, I haven't had time to go through and figure out what needs to be 
replaced with what. I'm just trying to get some feedback on the system.

> What sort of entities are you envisioning as Unlimited Proposing 
> Entities?
> Limited PEs makes some sense. I'm not sure I like the idea of anyone or
> anything having literally unlimited bandwidth. :-)

Certainly no Outsider would have Unlimited proposal power... but things 
like Gremlins, which propose only as the rules dictate, would probably 
be Unlimited. That way we wouldn't have to say, "when X occurs, the 
Scoring Gremlin is awarded four Chits of Bandwidth and then issues the 
following proposals".

> I'm also not sold on the virtue of trying to turn bandwidth into a game
> object (Bandwidth Chits, in this case). Someone could decide that they
> must be trade-able objects, and someone WILL find a way to exploit 
> this --
> maybe they'll stash them Elsewhere via the internomic-trade rule, then
> bring them back later on. Trying to make bandwidth tangible is bound to
> cause problems, IMO.

Well, a lot of the bandwidth exchanging between, say, players and 
societies would be much easier if it came in discrete chunks.

Also, I foresee the creation of other uses for bandwidth... say, a 
factory powered by bandwidth... that would cut down on the number of 
proposals being made, too.

> It also doesn't look like Unauthored Props are handled, but again, 
> it's a
> draft, so I'll forgive this. (Or maybe I just overlooked it; I was
> skimming, and only the Bandwidth section really caught my eye.)

I briefly mentioned them; they're basically just props with no cost and 
no payback.

--
Wonko

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