Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] [auto] EugeneMeidinger amends p63

[Alex Truelsen <dichotomousmind@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/11/05, eugman@xxxxxxxxxxx <eugman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> You can understand if I want to get the rulebook in existance before I 
> submit a flurry of interactions and buildings. One thing I might do is make 
> a store for the city where you can buy cool stuff but you have to own a 
> building or city pass to use the store. That or get somone to name you as 
> the tenant on eir Blorgleflat.
> 
> I'll make it worth playing but first I need it to exist.


That's not terribly convincing... you've already submitted a "flurry of 
interactions and buildings," so a couple more wouldn't hurt. Additionally, 
your example there means that if I buy into this game, I can then get the 
privilege to pay even more to buy things. If it's not worth playing now, why 
would we want it to exist? (As I said, I'm voting for it because I think I 
can make it interact with the Grid - its existence can help my newest 
project and it thus helps me. But I'm not playing it in this form.)

[[BvS]]

> On 5/11/05, Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, time for a grammar nazi campaign run.
> >
> >
> > Don't you have about half of the existing ministries right now? Besides, 
> if
> > I have to check everyone's spelling and grammar, I'll actually start 
> really
> > reading their proposals instead of getting the general idea, and the 
> game
> > will benefit as a result. Vote for BvS!
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > The Ministry of Cities is a Ministry; its Minister may be called the
> > > > Vice Mayor or VM . The Vice Mayor is responsible for all changes
> > > > related to Cityscape. If the Vice Mayor is unable to produce or
> > > > maintain the Cityscape Rulebook then that is the Minister of 
> Change's
> > > > job.
> > >
> > > I would say that that will never happen. The Vice Mayor can *always*
> > > maintain the rulebook, and part of being a Minister is figuring out a
> > > good way to do this. If the wiki doesn't work for you, then get a
> > > Geocities account or email the rules to spoon-notices every two days,
> > > or whatever else you can think of.
> >
> >
> > How do we create new pages on the Wiki, anyway? Once the page exists I 
> can
> > probably work it out from there, but it's that first step that's a 
> problem.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I'm still extremely wary of adding too many subgames at once, though.
> >
> >
> > I could argue either way for Subgames - if we introduce ten and no one 
> plays
> > eight, then that's one way to pick good ones... on the other hand, it 
> would
> > be simpler if people only voted for Subgames they planned on playing. 
> And
> > once people are playing a subgame, they can make proposals to modify it 
> and
> > make it better, so that way would pretty much ensure a success every 
> time a
> > subgame passed.
> >
> > As far as this one goes, I'm not entirely sure what the point is... what 
> do
> > I gain out of playing? It looks like I pay for a building and pay taxes 
> on
> > it, as opposed to Forts, which will give me revenue every nweek and the
> > ability to shoot at Wonk... er... other players. If I want to make money 
> off
> > of Cityscape, it has to come from other players somehow, so it's a 
> zero-sum
> > game at best - not even zero-sum, because a lot of money will just 
> vanish
> > every nweek into taxes.
> >
> > Although I do wonder what would happen if Nomburg was placed on the 3x3 
> grid
> > at the center of The Grid - the square bordered by (12,12), (12,14),
> > (14,14), and (14,12), so each Grid square represents a 2x2 square of 
> blocks
> > in Nomburg. Then other cities could be plopped down here and there 
> around
> > the Grid as well, which would start making things interesting because 
> you'd
> > have cities nearby Forts... or maybe Forts in the center of cities, so 
> each
> > of us could have our own little town.
> >
> > That would either be really awesome or a dismal flop. Because I see
> > opportunities for interaction, I'll vote for Cityscape if it's cleaned 
> up
> > (as per Wonko's suggestions), but I'm not playing it until I can get
> > something out of it.
> >
> > [[BvS]]
> >
> > --
> > > 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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