Proposal: Front Page Material
self-killed
Failed by Hix
Adminned at 09 Feb 2007 21:50:53 UTC
Following the list of Gossip Stories in Rule 2.3, the following shall be added:
Any effects incurred by a Gossip Story on an Actor shall be amplified by an Amplification Quotient, when possible. This Quotient shall equal the square root of the Fame of the Actor rounded to the nearest integer, unless the Actor in question’s Fame is equal to zero, in which case the Quotient shall equal 1.
This is to represent the fact that more famous actors are affected more by gossip than less famous actors. The “when possible” in the first sentence is intended to exempt effects that cannot be mathmatically multiplied.
Comments
snowballinhell7001:
Fame-AQ
10-3
9-3
8-3
7-3
6-2
5-2
4-2
3-2
2-1
1-1
0-1
Angry Grasshopper:
Shiny.
Cosmologicon:
Amnistar:
Hix:
Any effects incurred by a Gossip Story, eh? I’m worried that will be too vague. I think that authors of Proposals introducing such effects can decide to what extent Fame matters.
spikebrennan:
like hix
Kevan:
ChinDoGu:
Angry Grasshopper:
Mmm, now that Kevan points it out, ‘amplified’ isn’t really well-defined either. What operation did you mean, Snowballinhell7001?
snowballinhell7001:
Multiplication…
snowballinhell7001:
Multiplication…
alethiophile:
snowballinhell7001:
If I had intended addition I would have said “augmented” instead of “amplified.”
viewtyjoe:
Excalabur:
i agree with the mapping ‘amplified
|-> multiplication’.
Josh:
I think that the use of amplified is clear enough.
Kevan:
It’s a fair enough mapping, but I don’t think it’s obvious enough that every single present and future player will read the same interpretation of it.
ChinDoGu:
I’m sorry, but in my opinion we shouldn’t have to look at something and say does he man x or y. If we have to something is undefined. Amplified could mean to the power of for all I know. If your going to play with numbers you need to define your teams or use terms with commonly accepted definitions.
ChronosPhaenon:
snowballinhell7001:
SK:
I’ll repropose as soon as I am able (i.e. When Gender Un-neutral Gossip can be failed).
spikebrennan:
Also, as you’ve demonstrated in your initial comment above, the list of possible mathematic effects is limited. So I’d suggest simply including the Fame-AQ table as part of the proposed Rule, rather than talk about square roots and rounding.