[image: imagen.png] "So, what kind of scam has happened here?" you ask TOP HAT MAN.
"Oh. Yeah, pretty standard stuff. In AgoraBall, you could 'pass a ball to a player'. She passed everyone else's ball to herself - it's 'a ball', after all, and she's 'a player'. We shouldn't have missed that, but we did. She was pretty close to achieving a win, but thankfully we got to stop her before she did." [image: imagen.png] "My most gracious salutations to you mister ARBITOR, and in additament, this individual which is not one which my personage is familiarized with. Beautiful greetings to you, I'm MAGNUS GLORIOUS. DISTRIBUTOR for the Agoran nomic, at your humblest service." an Agoran then mentions, butting in a bit in your conversation with TOP HAT MAN. He was wearing sunglasses and a fancy jacket over his shoulders. "Oh, hello MAGNUS. What is it?" "Well, as you may perceive sir, I would relish to put forwards for your consideration this PROTOSAL of my own. I'm sure that an esteemed individual such as yourself could provide feedback and insights of utmost value." [image: imagen.png] "Ah, hm. It's good." TOP HAT MAN mentioned, skimming through it, then finding more behind the schemata he was looking at. "Oh. There are more slides?" "Fifteen, sir." "Oh. Hm. We could perhaps, uhm. How do I say this. Trim it down, a bit? I think a couple of things here could be... rephrased. Shortened." "On the contrary my finest sir, I believe it integrates a much needed solidity, robustness, fortitude to this here structural concern. This here is what we require to forfend ourselves from future and forthcoming shenanigans of the categorization of kind that have been recently performed by the miss LADY CATASTROVANIA." "But to repair the scam that CAT did, we don't need all of this. If anything, it might add more scams." TOP HAT MAN advises. "Indeed it might be so, but I raise you this: have you seen any scams in my this here protosal?" "No, not really." "See? Then there is no issue, sir." TOP HAT MAN then sips air through his teeth. "Yeaaaaah, but..." "Alright, alright. Hold open your ears for this, I've got a mental conception that might be of both of our satisfaction. I'll put both of these up and upon for distribution, and our most honorable Agorans can adjudicate via their own hearts and minds on this dilemma." "Fine. I'm sure many Agorans want to get a WIN somehow already, so we might as well get this over with." TOP HAT MAN concludes [image: imagen.png] - Vote for TOP HAT MAN's Proposal to fix Agoraball. It's simpler, shorter, but it only covers Lady Cat's scam and what seem to be some other smaller polishes in other places, but it should keep Agoraball simple to understand and play for you. - Vote for MAGNUS GLORIOUS' Proposal to fix Agoraball. It's heavily bureaucratic, redundant, and very technically-worded. It is likely more robust and safer from scams, but it's going to be more difficult for a player of your experience to reach a competitive level in comparison to other, more fluent and veteran Agorans. - (Write in) On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 12:28 PM Reuben Staley <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/20/20 3:18 PM, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > "Uhm, PLAGUEMASK" you tell the man. > > > > "Yes?" he replies. > > > > "I forgot something really important on the surface - I've got to go > > back up and out. Could we meet up some other time?" > > > > "I don't see why not. But, what's the matter?" he says back. > > > > "Alright, thanks, see you sometime, then!" you input, and quickly get > > yourself out of the pit, and climb back up to the surface. > > > > The light of the outside blinds you for a moment, but your sight soon > > settles into the warm, familiar brightness of the regular world. > > Curious, you look around Agora, finding a nice FOUNTAIN with an > > inscription in it about it being placed there by certain individuals, > > and you continue looking around, eventually finding behind the OFF: > > building a few other Agorans near a burning stadium. > > > > imagen.png > > TOP HAT MAN was near it, looking at a PROTO PROPOSAL, then sketched in a > > couple more lines into the blueprint, and scratched his chin calmly. > > > > "Heya, TOP HAT MAN. What's going on?" you ask him, and gesture to the > > catastrophe. > > > > "Oh, that? Well, we were trying to make a cool way to win the game, but > > it's buggier than we expected. So I'm trying to look for a way to fix > it." > > > > imagen.png > > And nearby, you find LADY CATASTROVANIA (... ) with another, > > meek-looking Agoran, who had a COLD HAND on the end of one of their > wrists. > > > > "These are enough blots, don't you think?" the tall vixen cooed. > > > > "I-I, uh." the other replied, looking to a side sheepishly - they were > > SARAH SMITH. "I don't k-know, what you did was p-pretty, uh. Serious." > > > > "But I didn't really dooo anything, did I? Anyone can miss a REPORT, > > right? Please consider that." > > > > "T-the blots aren't only a-about that! I-its a-about deliberately > > missing them t-to your advantage... to o-obscure the game, t-t-t-t-to > > your advantage." the other young woman stammered. "t-that seems more... > > s-serious." > > > > "But that even happens to the best of us, doesn't it?" CAT insisted. > > "How about this, a compromise: you add the blots, but you make them > > forgivable. That seems the fairest, right, miss REFEREE?" > > > > "I-I d-don't know... uhm, maybe, I-I..." > > > > "Then it's settled! Forgivable blots!" > > > > "..." > > > > - Volunteer to help TOP HAT MAN with their PROTO > > - Report to the REFEREE the Agoran avatar that is stuck behind the > RULESET > > - Endorse LADY CAT and suggest that her punishment should be less severe. > > - (Write-in) > > I transfer 10 coins to Cuddlebeam, specifying the text "Ask TOP HAT MAN > about the details of the scam that just occurred." > > (this one's a bit lame. just trying to get some more motion in the story.) > > -- > Trigon > > ¸¸.•*¨*• Play AGORA QUEST > > I’m always happy to become a party to contracts. > I LOVE SPAGHETTI > transfer Jason one coin > nch was here > I hereby > don't... trust... the dragon... > don't... trust... the dragon... > Do not Construe Jason's message with subject TRIGON as extending this > _______________________________________________ > Agora mailing list > [email protected] > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserver.tue.nl%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fagora&data=04%7C01%7C%7C175cfc9d8b7246a3282f08d875c63940%7Ccc7df24760ce4a0f9d75704cf60efc64%7C1%7C0%7C637388841514665269%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=1nM3nKuxe%2BeMGvfu5r7UiyJX9qnGd7CIgNlp7Dfhih0%3D&reserved=0 >
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