Geoffrey Spear on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:32:42 +0100 (CET)


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Re: [s-d] [s-b] My votes (finally!)


I'm off to re-register in Agora so I can propose that they accept B as
their benevolent protector.

--Wooble

On Nov 14, 2007 3:24 PM, Aaron Coquet <farfromunique@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> NO! NO! NO! NO!
> That is a REALLY bad idea!
> it either would:
> Put part of the gamestate OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL (bad)
> or
> Make us constantly update our gamestate to include changes to theirs (extra
> work for us, and the possibility of missing something)
> or
> Cause the two Nomics to merge.
>
> None of those sound like a good idea.
>
> Am I alone in thinking this?
> --
> Zach
>
>
> On Nov 14, 2007 12:10 PM, 0x4461736864617368 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > So...
> >
> > We need a proposal unilaterally declaring the Agoran forums as part of
> > our game state?
> >
> > Daniel Lepage wrote:
> > > It's possible for a proposal to order someone to take an action, but
> > > it's impossible for a proposal to *force* someone to take an action,
> > > any more than a proposal to stop the sun would force the sun to stop.
> > >
> > > A proposal can request that a player take an action, and can offer in-
> > > game incentive (i.e. giving/taking points), but by itself a proposal
> > > that just says "Player X will do Y" is meaningless.
> > >
> > > One could even argue that it's not a proposal, since by definition a
> > > proposal is a list of changes *to the gamestate* and, for example,
> > > the Agoran forums are not part of our gamestate.
> > >
> > >
> >
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>
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> Aaron C
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