Re: DIS: "The Ruleset is our Joystick" Proto Proposal / Proto Proposal Competition

2017-08-24 Thread Nic Evans
On 08/24/17 11:56, Cuddle Beam wrote: > I thought people were over that. I just think it's a poor blueprint to model yourself after, apt as it may be. > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Nic Evans > wrote: > > > > On 08/24/17 10:06, Cuddle Beam wrote: >> I br

Re: DIS: "The Ruleset is our Joystick" Proto Proposal / Proto Proposal Competition

2017-08-24 Thread Cuddle Beam
I thought people were over that. On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Nic Evans wrote: > > > On 08/24/17 10:06, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > I bring up Blognomic a lot tbh but I bring Agora up a lot in Blognomic > too. I strive to improve stuff for both via sharing stuff between them, a > bit like how tea

Re: DIS: "The Ruleset is our Joystick" Proto Proposal / Proto Proposal Competition

2017-08-24 Thread Nic Evans
On 08/24/17 10:06, Cuddle Beam wrote: > I bring up Blognomic a lot tbh but I bring Agora up a lot in Blognomic > too. I strive to improve stuff for both via sharing stuff between > them, a bit like how tea was brought from China to Britain and become > super cool stuff in both places. https://en

Re: DIS: "The Ruleset is our Joystick" Proto Proposal / Proto Proposal Competition

2017-08-24 Thread grok (caleb vines)
On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Cuddle Beam wrote: > I bring up Blognomic a lot tbh but I bring Agora up a lot in Blognomic too. > I strive to improve stuff for both via sharing stuff between them, a bit > like how tea was brought from China to Britain and become super cool stuff > in both place

Re: DIS: "The Ruleset is our Joystick" Proto Proposal / Proto Proposal Competition

2017-08-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 24 Aug 2017, Cuddle Beam wrote: > Yes, it's easy to find the archive but it's hellish to use. For example, > here: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3289 , there's a > reference to R105 and explains some > important parts about that version of it. > Imagine now that I ra

Re: DIS: "The Ruleset is our Joystick" Proto Proposal / Proto Proposal Competition

2017-08-24 Thread Cuddle Beam
I bring up Blognomic a lot tbh but I bring Agora up a lot in Blognomic too. I strive to improve stuff for both via sharing stuff between them, a bit like how tea was brought from China to Britain and become super cool stuff in both places. Also, it's cool to know that a guide has been made histori

Re: DIS: "The Ruleset is our Joystick" Proto Proposal / Proto Proposal Competition

2017-08-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 24 Aug 2017, Cuddle Beam wrote: > However, turning into a dynastic nomic would be too much of a drastic change > I feel, > so I feel like a better solution would be to make "tradition" and "play > custom" EXPLICIT, if we want > to make it matter. Or at least, much more easily accessibl

Re: DIS: "The Ruleset is our Joystick" Proto Proposal / Proto Proposal Competition

2017-08-24 Thread Cuddle Beam
Yes, it's easy to find the archive but it's hellish to use. For example, here: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3289 , there's a reference to R105 and explains some important parts about that version of it. Imagine now that I raise a CFJ that involves R105. How am I going to find

Re: DIS: "The Ruleset is our Joystick" Proto Proposal / Proto Proposal Competition

2017-08-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 24 Aug 2017, Cuddle Beam wrote: > Seeing how obscure basic features of the game can become to be for newcomers > (and current players), > to improve gameplay, I proto-propose the following competition: "The Ruleset > is our Joystick" We used to regularly update a FAQ that did this. F

DIS: "The Ruleset is our Joystick" Proto Proposal / Proto Proposal Competition

2017-08-24 Thread Cuddle Beam
Seeing how obscure basic features of the game can become to be for newcomers (and current players), to improve gameplay, I proto-propose the following competition: "The Ruleset is our Joystick" Our Ruleset is essentially the "joystick" to our game, because it lets you know how you can push and tu