Re: [s-d] Re: New Subgame Idea...

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 2, 2005, at 8.46 PM, Raelus wrote:

> > The two records, I believe, are two weeks with one message in them 
> > and over a hundred messages in a little under two hours.
> >
> > It seems that Activity comes and goes because many players like 
> > making games but not playing them. New ideas appear, and dozens of 
> > follow-up props expand and enhance the idea, but when people stop 
> > coming up with things to add, interest wanes until one subgame gets 
> > repealed and another gets forged.
> That thinking misses the point of Nomic. The point of Nomic isn't just 
> to be content with the rules, usually. Most of the time, players 
> should be thinking about how they can improve/ruin the game. Playing 
> along with the rules they made is only temporary, in the right 
> conditions.

I think the only thing that really misses the point of Nomic is the 
assumption that anything could possibly miss the point of Nomic. It's 
an incredibly open-ended game, and it "should" go whatever way the 
players feel like taking it.

I also disagree that playing along with the rules is only temporary. It 
can be, if that's what you enjoy doing, but Nomic is also often used as 
a way of building an interesting and worthwhile different game. Had it 
not outgrown its administrators, the Grid would have been an 
interesting standalone strategy/RPG game.

--
Wonko

"You start coding. I'll go find out what they want."
  -- Computer analyst to programmer

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