Proposal: Audaces Fortuna Iuvat
Withdrawn. Failed by JonathanDark.
Adminned at 02 Aug 2024 04:17:53 UTC
In the rule “Fish Function”, replace the text “gains 1 Doubloon. If it is not a Fish, they privately inform the Fishing Contestant submitting the virtual action of this fact.” with the following text:
gains Doubloons according to the following criteria:
* If there were 5 or less entries in the Found Fish list when this virtual action was submitted, they gain 3 Doubloons
* If there were 6-10 entries in the Found Fish list when this virtual action was submitted, they gain 2 Doubloons
* If there were more than 10 entries in the Found Fish list when this virtual action was submitted, they gain 1 DoubloonFor each submitted string in a Fish Identification that is not a Fish, the Elder Judge informs the Fishing Contestant submitting that virtual action of this fact.
Right now, a decent strategy is to hoard Catches and wait for other people to get enough correct guesses in the Found Fish list to get a good idea of the Fish Function, then submit a bunch of guesses with a much better chance of getting correct answers. If everyone takes this strategy, no one will make the first move.
This Proposal aims to change that by incentivizing guessing sooner. Since it’s harder to guess when there are less successful guesses to go by, a successful guess should be worth more.
, but I agree that we don’t have much incentive to guess at the moment
Clucky: Puzzle Master he/him
not really a fan of this. think it rewards people like the two of us who can move to G4 in one step and probably get the first 5-10 entries all to ourselves