Proposal: The divide between looks and brains
5-6. Timed Out.—Chronos
Adminned at 13 Feb 2007 18:29:39 UTC
Add a new rule called “The Great Divide”
Each actor has a attribute called “Looks” and an Attribute called “Brains” both a values ranging from -100 to 100 and are tracked in the GNDT.
An Actor man often change either eir looks or eir brains provided:
A) The sum of eir looks and eir brains is less or equal to 100.
B) The absolute value the difference between the square of eir looks and the square of eir brains is less than or equal to 1000.
C) E does not change eir looks or eir brains by any more than 10 at any one time.All new actors start with a Looks and Brains of 10 each.
Create the two columns (Looks and Brains) in the GNDT and set each at 10 looks and 10 brains.
Comments
Doodle:
Kevan:
Elias IX:
alethiophile:
ChinDoGu:
What does this mean?
The absolute value the difference between the square of eir looks and the square of eir brains is less than or equal to 1000.
I’m guessing its missing an of. But squares can never be negative, and differences can never be negative, so why do we need an absolute value at all?
Clucky:
Differences can be negative.
Looks = 0;
Brains = 100;
Dif = 0^2 - 100^2 = -10000.
ChinDoGu:
Hmm. Its been too long since i did any math. That sign is dependant on the order you subtract them, so the result could always be either positive or negative.. I have always assumed difference to be the positive one, but im not sure if that is right formally.. anyone with a maths background?
Clucky:
I think the difference between X and Y is X-Y. I added the abs value to prevent any rules loop holes.
Josh:
This is very cynical.
spikebrennan:
peacefulwarrior:
Clucky:
The 10 points at a time is designed to force an actor to think about what e does. And I like fancy-pants mathematics.
snowballinhell7001:
Promotes stereotypes…
viewtyjoe:
ChronosPhaenon:
Clucky:
5-6 right now (because Kevan is idle)