Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] [auto] Zarpint submits p2003

["Glotmorf" <dwhytock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7 Feb 2005 at 20:14, Daniel Lepage wrote:

> On Feb 5, 2005, at 2.00 PM, automailer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Zarpint has submitted a new proposal, p2003.
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Proposal 2003/0: Beer and Squirrels
> > A Standard Proposal by Zarpint
> > Last modified on nweek 79, nday 3
> >
> > Create a Rule:
> >
> > {{
> > __Squirrels and Hunting__
> >
> > Squirrels, Squirrel Pelts, and Squirrel Burgers are Game Objects.
> > Each Garden may contain Squirrels. At the end of each nweek, any
> > Garden that contains two or more squirrels gets another Squirrel
> > contained in it.
> >
> > B Nomic Standard Issue Automatic Weapons are Game Objects. B Nomic
> > Standard Issue Automatic Weapons may be referred to as Guns. Each
> > Player always has a Gun, and Guns may only be taken from Players
> > over their cold dead bodies.
> 
> Although I find this phrasing funnier, it might be worth noting that
> we have had players' dead bodies around before... Also, this doesn't
> prevent Players from giving their Guns away.
> 
> > Shooting a Gun at a target is a Game Action. Players may Shoot a Gun
> > once each nday. Shooting a Gun at a non-squirrel target has no
> > effect. Shooting a Gun at a Squirrel Hits the Squirrel with
> > probability (5 + X)/20, where X is the Shooting Player's BAC. If a
> > Player Hits a Squirrel, the Squirrel is removed from the game, and
> > the Player gets 10 points, 1TG, a Squirrel Pelt, and a Squirrel
> > Burger.
> 
> So there's no way (yet) for a garden to gain squirrels if it runs out?
> 
> > }}
> >
> > Put 6 Squirrels in each Garden.
> 
> Do you want this to happen to new players' gardens when they join,
> too?

Since that last sentence appears outside the body of the rule, 
it looks like a one-shot, which suggests squirrels are an 
imperiled phenomenon -- one that can go away.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially if there's some 
adverse event coupled with an overpopulation, or a 
continuously maintained population, of squirrels in any one 
garden.  We might some day really want squirrels to go away. 
(A "deactivate this rule in the event of its sudden 
uselessness" clause might be useful.)

BTW...there doesn't appear to be anything that says players 
can only shoot squirrels in their own gardens.  Bug or 
feature?

-- Glotmorf
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