Re: [s-d] Re: [auto] Peter submits p14

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 24, 2005, at 10.53 PM, Peter Cooper Jr. wrote:

> > So now it'll be possible for a player to have a huge Rack?
> >
> > Why does this sort of thing always creep into the Ruleset?
>
> Well, I was trying to have some way for Amplitude to matter. Although
> admittedly, this prop would end up helping the person in the lead to
> get even more in the lead, so it might not be a great plan. But it was
> the best that I could think of for now.

Actually I was referring to the vague sexual innuendo, not the 
"rich-get-richer" setup. I understand why the "rich-get-richer" thing 
keeps happening: it's because we like proposing things that can be 
bought, and the rich tend to be those that buy.

But somehow most Nomic games I've played have had vague sexual 
euphemisms just appear in the ruleset over time, apparently without 
anyone's intent.

Maybe Nomic players all have very active subconciousnesses, and the 
ghost of Freud is steering our rules.

Or maybe there's a secret society devoted to spreading this sort of 
thing. They're gradually subverting other games, trying to desensitize 
the world for their own nefarious purposes.

Fear the Illuminaughty.

--
Wonko

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
                -- Plato

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