RE: [spoon-discuss] Puzzle Games

["Craig" <ragnarok@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>>> >>> Doesn't this basically mean that whoever responds fastest wins? At
>>any
>>>> >>> given time, at most four people will be able to move, and all of
them
>>>> >>> will have exactly one available move; Whoever posts first gets the
>>>> >>> move.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Yes, but this frees up another open space. This is because the space
>>>> >> they
>>>> >> were in is now empty.
>>>> >
>>>> >Right. And now you have the same situation again. The point is,
there'd
>>>> >be no actual *skill* involved, as the only choice a player has to make
>>>> >is whether or not to move, and its always preferable to move.
>>>>
>>>> No, you can also privately contact other players and coordinate a time
in
>>>> the very near future to all move quickly and stop a few others from
>>moving
>>>> at all.
>>
>>>How would this be advantageous? Why not just go first?
>>
>>You mean aside from the fact that Nomic players like to be evil?
>-There's a big difference between evil and highly self-interested.
Personally, I prefer evil, but not in this game - people don't vote for
>your props if they hate you, no matter the merits of the proposals
themselves.-

True, but evil is fun anyway.

>>::Thinks for a while::
>>
>>Y'know, I think I like the semi-cooperative problem solving idea better.
>-What happens if you have a perfect square number of players? I mean, it's
kind of pointless to have a 4x3 square for nine players, because
>then everyone should be able to move every checkpoint, and it turns into
"declare a move, get a point." I can make a simpler game based on
>that. In it, players declare a move to a location defined by x and y values
and get points. It's a fun game.-

Hey, I'd play.

>>Or we could just get more players for the Mercantile Society, which is
much
>>better thought out.

>-Tunnelers all the way... I joined and I got two points! You, too, can also
be a Tunnelers Success Story!-

There's no reason you can't do both. The more subgames you're in, the more
points you can potentially get.

 -- Teucer

"Well, perl can do pretty much anything as long as it is hard to read."
 -ShawnF

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