On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 03:35:36PM +0200, Cuddle Beam wrote: > [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)
I transfer 10 Coins to Cuddlebeam as payment for the below vote. Write in: Quietly suggest to MAGNUS GLORIUS that they insert a loophole into eir proposal letting you both win. Then you'll vote for it. (E.g. they could revise it on the pretense of some minor issue they just noticed.) -- Falsifian _______________________________________________ Agora mailing list [email protected] https://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/agora
