Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Reportor] Weekly Report
On Fri, 2018-01-12 at 15:18 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: > There's an interesting outcome if there are 0 players, and the > potential player registers by messaging "all players" instead of > using a forum. You could get several persons individually registering > (by messaging nobody) and get a bunch of splinter-agoras. We should probably have a requirement on that that causes an observable outcome if there are no players, so that we can determine that it's happened. However, with no players and no working lists, it might be hard to find a suitable method via which to observe it. Perhaps require that the message is sent to at least five (players + former players)? That should be doable if Agora's period of inactivity is less than a couple of decades. -- ais523
Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Reportor] Weekly Report
On Fri, 12 Jan 2018, Alex Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2018-01-12 at 12:58 -0500, Benjamin Schultz wrote: > > I'm curious about that next-to-last paragraph: "anyone can deputise > > to bootstrap an office (or even the game if there are ever no > > players)." Even me? > > > > Still lacking the time to play, but often available to kibitz, > > If there are no active players and a lot of late reports, a nonplayer > could register and immediately start deputising. That's one way for the > game to be revived if it ever becomes moribund due to lack of interest. Yeah, that's what I meant - you have to register first, but then you can do everything. Under the old system you couldn't get someone into office without an existing officer to resolve the election. There's an interesting outcome if there are 0 players, and the potential player registers by messaging "all players" instead of using a forum. You could get several persons individually registering (by messaging nobody) and get a bunch of splinter-agoras.
Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Reportor] Weekly Report
On Fri, 2018-01-12 at 12:58 -0500, Benjamin Schultz wrote: > I'm curious about that next-to-last paragraph: "anyone can deputise > to bootstrap an office (or even the game if there are ever no > players)." Even me? > > Still lacking the time to play, but often available to kibitz, If there are no active players and a lot of late reports, a nonplayer could register and immediately start deputising. That's one way for the game to be revived if it ever becomes moribund due to lack of interest. -- ais523
Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Reportor] Weekly Report
I'm curious about that next-to-last paragraph: "anyone can deputise to bootstrap an office (or even the game if there are ever no players)." Even me? Still lacking the time to play, but often available to kibitz, OscarMeyr
