| Glotmorf on 3 Aug 2003 21:26:04 -0000 |
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| Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] The Underground Society |
On 8/3/03 at 10:16 AM Joel Uckelman wrote: >Thus spake "Glotmorf": >> >> I replace the text "half the society's points are paid to the remaining= >> player, and half are paid to the Moderator" with "the society's points >are= >> paid to the remaining player". >> >> (More of a bonus for winning the game.) >> >> Glotmorf > >Trivia: this is a tontine. A tontine is a business arrangement in which >when a partner is eliminated, eir share is distributed among the remaining >partners, with the last surviving partner receiving the entire investment. > >Neat. I hadn't thought about it, but you're right...a killer isn't really getting points from the society, e's getting a piece of the victim's investment stake. Plus, of course, a handling fee for the plan administrator. And the later buy-in provision. Glotmorf ----- The Ivory Mini-Tower: a blog study in Social Technology. http://ix.1sound.com/ivoryminitower _______________________________________________ spoon-discuss mailing list spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss