Wednesday, March 04, 2020

Proposal: [Alpha] And we invented trade

Self-killed. Failed by Brendan.

Adminned at 05 Mar 2020 20:54:28 UTC

Create a new rule called “Economics [Alpha]”:

Scientists in the Alpha Universe can transfer any amount of their Budget to any other Scientist in the Alpha Universe.

Got an idea, giving it a shot. This is pretty obviously a Pooling-favoring mechanic. And deliberately so, it’s an incentive to get players talking/“recruiting” other (sleeping) players into this modest dynasty.

Locked away in Alpha, to hopefully make it more interesting and hard to use (victory is achieved in Prime).

Comments

Brendan: he/him

04-03-2020 19:31:11 UTC

I’m unlikely to vote for any version of this mechanic that doesn’t include some kind of rate-limiting. I’d like to propose one myself as a Discrepant Action, but my queue is full.

Madrid:

04-03-2020 20:27:58 UTC

Sounds alright, post what you’d like here and I’ll edit the Proposal to that or spend a slot for it.

Brendan: he/him

04-03-2020 21:55:41 UTC

Saw this too late for an edit, I’m afraid. I was thinking a Daily Action limit, and making it a Discrepant Action if it’s a transfer of more than about 40% of the Scientist’s Budget.

Tantusar: he/they

05-03-2020 03:05:08 UTC

against needs the suggested limit for me to bite

Darknight: he/him

05-03-2020 13:54:33 UTC

against

Josh: Observer he/they

05-03-2020 14:43:13 UTC

against

Madrid:

05-03-2020 16:30:46 UTC

against