Re: DIS: Re: OFF: becoming a player

[Aris Merchant]

First off, Ouri, welcome to Agora!

On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 10:33 AM, Kenyon Prater  wrote:
> People are generally pretty helpful and forgiving of mistakes (thankfully,
> because I make a lot of them). If you have specific questions, just ask.
>
> A general (bad) summary of the version of the game right now is that it's a
> mix of Go, Catan, and Harvest Moon. There's a 13x13 game board that are
> either white, black, or empty tiles. We can walk around on these tiles and
> create new ones by consuming apples and corn. If a group of tiles is
> encircled by the other color such that there are no blank spaces, the
> encircled tiles get turned blank. Then, you can buy tiles (there's a land
> auction going on right now) and build facilities on them like mines and
> farms that produce or refine resources. You can move around the map and
> pick up resources produced at your facilities, refine them, upgrade your
> facilities, and trade resources to other players and generally try to
> expand your production chain. Of course, if you have ideas to improve this
> game, anything could be changed with a vote.

Well, that's the economy (essentially a mini game that allows you to
pay for things). The game itself is mostly meta stuff, like proposals
to change the rules and CFJs on their interpretation.  We are swinging
to a gameplay focus at the moment, but there's always a ton of
meta-game development. For a more detailed summary of the economy, see
here [1]. For more details about gameplay in general, see the wiki
here [2].


> (Note, these rules aren't in the ruleset online because it hasn't been
> updated recently. Here's my messy version of what the map rules look like
> currently to the best of my understanding:
> https://gist.github.com/KenyonPrater/bb32158fc9cdfacaadc823608b7566ef)
> Obviously there are a ton more rules governing contracts, running for
> office, voting, etc.

We really need to fix the rulesets. It's always a pain to have to
figure out the current state of things in one's head, and it quickly
reaches a point where the game is nearly unplayable. Is anyone up for
taking Rulekeepor (not something that I'd recommend for a new player,
in some ways it's the heaviest workload of all of the offices)?

-Aris

[1]  
https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-discussion/2018-February/050084.html
[2]  https://agoranomic.org/wiki/wiki/How-to-play-Agora.html

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: becoming a player

[Benjamin Schultz]

On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 2:17 PM, Reuben Staley 
wrote:

> Welcome, Ouri!
>
> Benjamin's player name is OscarMeyr. Generally, players will sign their
> messages with their player name, so you can usually tell what they want to
> be called by how they sign their messages.
>
>
Please keep in mind, Ouri, that despite my activity I am not a current
player.

Maybe it's time for me to re-register, hmm?

OscarMeyr

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: becoming a player

[Corona]

I welcome you as well, Ouri. You should check the emails to the Official
maillist, as they describe the current gamestate, and actions which you
can/should take often depend on the reports there (e.g. voting on
"distributed" proposals)

~Corona​

On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 8:17 PM, Reuben Staley 
wrote:

> Welcome, Ouri!
>
> Benjamin's player name is OscarMeyr. Generally, players will sign their
> messages with their player name, so you can usually tell what they want to
> be called by how they sign their messages.
>
> For example, Trigon is my player name while Reuben Staley is my real name.
> To refer to me in Agoran contexts, use Trigon, not Reuben.
>
>
> On 4/3/2018 9:59 AM, אורי פופקו wrote:
>
>> Thank you for dancing the dance of welcoming :>
>> I am very confused here as a new comer.
>> For instance - is your name Benjamin Schultz? Or Oscar Meyr?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, 18:53 Benjamin Schultz, 
>> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 11:14 AM, אורי פופקו 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I intend to become a player at this time


>>> שלום, אורי! אני רוקדת את הריקוד של קבלת הפנים.
>>>
>>> (I did that through Google Translate, as I don't know the proper words
>>> for
>>> the second sentence.)
>>>
>>> OscarMeyr
>>>
>>>
>> ---
>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
>> http://www.avg.com
>>
>>
> --
> Trigon
>



-- 

~Corona

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: becoming a player

[Reuben Staley]

Welcome, Ouri!

Benjamin's player name is OscarMeyr. Generally, players will sign their 
messages with their player name, so you can usually tell what they want 
to be called by how they sign their messages.


For example, Trigon is my player name while Reuben Staley is my real 
name. To refer to me in Agoran contexts, use Trigon, not Reuben.


On 4/3/2018 9:59 AM, אורי פופקו wrote:

Thank you for dancing the dance of welcoming :>
I am very confused here as a new comer.
For instance - is your name Benjamin Schultz? Or Oscar Meyr?


On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, 18:53 Benjamin Schultz, 
wrote:


On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 11:14 AM, אורי פופקו  wrote:


I intend to become a player at this time



שלום, אורי! אני רוקדת את הריקוד של קבלת הפנים.

(I did that through Google Translate, as I don't know the proper words for
the second sentence.)

OscarMeyr



---
This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
http://www.avg.com



--
Trigon

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: becoming a player

[Kenyon Prater]

People are generally pretty helpful and forgiving of mistakes (thankfully,
because I make a lot of them). If you have specific questions, just ask.

A general (bad) summary of the version of the game right now is that it's a
mix of Go, Catan, and Harvest Moon. There's a 13x13 game board that are
either white, black, or empty tiles. We can walk around on these tiles and
create new ones by consuming apples and corn. If a group of tiles is
encircled by the other color such that there are no blank spaces, the
encircled tiles get turned blank. Then, you can buy tiles (there's a land
auction going on right now) and build facilities on them like mines and
farms that produce or refine resources. You can move around the map and
pick up resources produced at your facilities, refine them, upgrade your
facilities, and trade resources to other players and generally try to
expand your production chain. Of course, if you have ideas to improve this
game, anything could be changed with a vote.

(Note, these rules aren't in the ruleset online because it hasn't been
updated recently. Here's my messy version of what the map rules look like
currently to the best of my understanding:
https://gist.github.com/KenyonPrater/bb32158fc9cdfacaadc823608b7566ef)
Obviously there are a ton more rules governing contracts, running for
office, voting, etc.

On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 9:49 AM, אורי פופקו  wrote:

> I read the rules, but it is hard to grab them as they are. Any tutorial
> that can help me ease in?
>
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, 19:10 Gaelan Steele,  wrote:
>
> > Generally we sign messages with our preferred names.
> >
> > Gaelan
> >
> > > On Apr 3, 2018, at 8:59 AM, ⁨אורי פופקו⁩ <⁨ouri.pou...@gmail.com⁩>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you for dancing the dance of welcoming :>
> > > I am very confused here as a new comer.
> > > For instance - is your name Benjamin Schultz? Or Oscar Meyr?
> > >
> >
> >
>

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: becoming a player

[Kerim Aydin]

Welcome Ouri!

You can change your name/nickname any time just by saying so, as Registrar
I'll record your latest preference.  It's generally helpful to sign your
messages with your chosen name if it doesn't match the name in your email
address (though I suspect we'll quickly come to associate those characters
with you!)

-G.

On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, אורי פופקו wrote:
> I prefer it to be Ouri. How do I set it?
> 
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, 18:28 Corona,  wrote:
> 
> > Is  אורי פופקו your player name?
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 5:14 PM, אורי פופקו  wrote:
> >
> > > I intend to become a player at this time
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > ~Corona
> >
>

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: becoming a player

[אורי פופקו]

I read the rules, but it is hard to grab them as they are. Any tutorial
that can help me ease in?

On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, 19:10 Gaelan Steele,  wrote:

> Generally we sign messages with our preferred names.
>
> Gaelan
>
> > On Apr 3, 2018, at 8:59 AM, ⁨אורי פופקו⁩ <⁨ouri.pou...@gmail.com⁩>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you for dancing the dance of welcoming :>
> > I am very confused here as a new comer.
> > For instance - is your name Benjamin Schultz? Or Oscar Meyr?
> >
>
>

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: becoming a player

[Gaelan Steele]

Generally we sign messages with our preferred names. 

Gaelan

> On Apr 3, 2018, at 8:59 AM, ⁨אורי פופקו⁩ <⁨ouri.pou...@gmail.com⁩> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for dancing the dance of welcoming :>
> I am very confused here as a new comer.
> For instance - is your name Benjamin Schultz? Or Oscar Meyr?
> 

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: becoming a player

[Gaelan Steele]

Informally. That will do.

Gaelan

> On Apr 3, 2018, at 8:30 AM, ⁨אורי פופקו⁩ <⁨ouri.pou...@gmail.com⁩> wrote:
> 
> I prefer it to be Ouri. How do I set it?
> 
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, 18:28 Corona,  wrote:
> 
>> Is  אורי פופקו your player name?
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 5:14 PM, אורי פופקו  wrote:
>> 
>>> I intend to become a player at this time
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> ~Corona
>> 

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: becoming a player

[אורי פופקו]

Thank you for dancing the dance of welcoming :>
I am very confused here as a new comer.
For instance - is your name Benjamin Schultz? Or Oscar Meyr?


On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, 18:53 Benjamin Schultz, 
wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 11:14 AM, אורי פופקו  wrote:
>
> > I intend to become a player at this time
> >
>
> שלום, אורי! אני רוקדת את הריקוד של קבלת הפנים.
>
> (I did that through Google Translate, as I don't know the proper words for
> the second sentence.)
>
> OscarMeyr
>

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: becoming a player

[אורי פופקו]

I prefer it to be Ouri. How do I set it?

On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, 18:28 Corona,  wrote:

> Is  אורי פופקו your player name?
>
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 5:14 PM, אורי פופקו  wrote:
>
> > I intend to become a player at this time
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> ~Corona
>