Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] [auto] PlayerPersonman submits p1912/0

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 3, 2004, at 5.00 PM, Jake Eakle wrote:

> A note about this prop, and a question about Song Form:
>
> The fact that I actually get a few more points this way than if I had
> written it in tanka form and gotten the Form Creation bonus is a little
> weird, and might warrant a rethinking of that award. It seems that in 
> most
> cases, simply writing the Form Creation Prop in void form will usually 
> net
> you more points than writing it in it's own form, at least if it has a
> reward of fewer than 10 points, which all the other poetry forms do.

You won't actually get any bonus points for your proposal as it stands. 
The restrictions laid out by Limerick form and Void form apply to the 
entire prop; having a rule within the prop that conforms doesn't 
suffice. In your prop, the line 'Add section A.6 to rule 437:' contains 
an 'e' and doesn't fit in any limerick, so you don't meet the 
requirements for either form.

As for the Form Creation Bonus, I wonder if we should do away with it 
entirely. It's not too hard to propose a rule in a poetic form, but it 
is hard to do it well (consider how ugly the Song Form and Void Form 
sections are). Because of this, most Poetic props do not create rules 
or make large changes to them,  and I don't think we should be 
encouraging the creation of props that do.

> The rule for Song Form reads:
>
> This form's got a nifty Bonus:
> Ten score points is the norm!
>
>
> Does this mean you get 200 points? Or 10? It seems it should be 200, 
> but
> that seems just a tad high, compared to the others (a max of 40 for a 
> 200+
> word void prop!)
>
> If it is supposed to be 10, something should be done about it.

It took me awhile to figure out where this '200 points' figure was 
coming from :) I guess it never occurred to me to read it that way.

The intent here was to give not "10 score" points, but 10 "score 
points"; the word 'score' indicates that these are score points, as 
opposed to points of bandwidth, Respect points, points of Entropy, or 
any of the dozens of things that could have been called 'points' 
throughout this game's history.

> > ----------------------------------
> > Proposal 1912/0: More Poetry
> > A Standard Proposal by PlayerPersonman
> > Last modified on nweek 70, nday 4
> >
> > Add section A.6 to rule 437:
> >
> > {
> > Tanka form:
> >
> > Thirty, plus six among six,
> > Is a format to which Tanka sticks
> > A bonus of two
> > Is small, but will do-
> > You can jot down a tanka right quick.
> >
> > [[
> > To clarify: Tanka is a japanese form of poetry consisting of 31 
> > syllables (six
> > among six meaning six distributed among six entities, a fancy, e-less 
> > way of
> > saying divided by), arranged in five lines of varying length. 
> > Examples and
> > history can be found at http://www.americantanka.com/.

Even with your explanation, I still don't understand the meaning of 
'six among six'.

--
Wonko

"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever"
     -Anonymous

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