Re: [s-d] Re: Emergency?

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 6, 2005, at 5.18 PM, Martin R Crowther wrote:

> I'm not sure we are in a state of emergency any more as the situation 
> is in hand, although I do agree that we should take view of the 
> situation and take advantage of it. We (well Wonko) had already 
> started to tidy up some clutter, and we can rebuild from the rules we 
> currently have (as opposed to starting completely from scratch). I do 
> think something needs to be done though.
>
> What do people want out of this game? To create? (yes) To argue the 
> rules? (not really, but it interests me and Peter seems to be for 
> that, and Wonko seems to have the most experience with them) To play 
> the subgames? (yes, some - although this is where the chaos takes 
> place so...) To watch what happens? (oh yeah, especially if I started 
> the chaos in the first place. although I do like to join in and make 
> it worse :) ) ... anything else?
>
> It does seem like most of the play is taking place in subgames. Does 
> anyone feel we should start from scratch and rebuild the rules... the 
> good ones will just get re-propped anyway, and any others will be 
> ignored or built better. Maybe we should limit the number of subgames 
> as this seems to divide our focus to much.
>
> Some thoughts to think. Please, anyone?! Any other suggestions or 
> ideas? You don't even have to agree with them - just shout them out.

I wouldn't mind rebooting the ruleset. There are some bits of it that 
are bad for historical reasons, and many bits that we keep around 
because nobody hates them enough to repeal them (but nobody likes them 
enough to repropose them if they were repealed).

If we want to completely reboot the ruleset, we might start from one of 
the ones presented at 
<http://www.bnomic.org/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/NewNomicRules>

These are rulesets designed during the last major game crash. There are 
four:

1) Teucer's CNomicRuleSet - a potential ruleset made by selecting the 
most important rules of B Nomic (with some modifications). 53 rules.

2) Zarpint the Incomplete's AnotherCNomicSet - another ruleset in the 
same style as #1, but arranged by a different player. 52 rules.

3) Glotmorf's MetasystemRules - A very minimalist "modular, 
weenie-resistant" ruleset designed to work with much automation. 9 
rules.

4) Wonko's WonkoRules - Another adaptation of B Nomic's ruleset, with 
all the unnecessary parts removed and with an emphasis on readability 
and extendability. 19 rules.


You can probably guess which of these gets my vote, though they'll all 
need some tweaking to take into account recent innovations.

--
Wonko

What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic 
simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we 
can assume it will be pretty bad.
     -Dave Barry (1947 - )

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