Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Proposal: Bringing It Back

Self-failed. Failed by smith.

Adminned at 09 Mar 2006 16:00:31 UTC

Create a rule entitled Mood.

  There exists a GNDT field named “Mood”, in which Gostaks’ Moods are tracked.

Every value allowed for the Mood of a Gostak falls on a scale from happiest to unhappiest.  The only values allowed, in order from happiest to unhappiest, are the following: Ecstatic, Happy, Content, Unhappy, and Depressed.

New Gostaks start out Content. A Gostak may change the Mood of one other Gostak often by one value toward Ecstatic or by one value toward Depressed.

Unless any other rule alters this, no Gostak may change eir own Mood.

Create a GNDT field named “Mood”.

Set all Gostaks’ Mood to Content.

Create a rule entitled Movement.

Gostaks may move between floors in a variety of ways. Any method of movement used by Gostaks must be listed in this rule.

*When a Gostak’s Mood is Ecstatic, that Gostak is immediately moved to the floor directly above the one e is currently on, unless e is on the 14th Floor, in which case e is moved to the 12th Floor, or e is on the 1st floor, in which case nothing happens.
*When a Gostak’s Mood is Depressed, that Gostak is immediately moved to the floor directly below the one e is currently on, unless e is on the 12th Floor, in which case e is moved to the 14th Floor, or e is on the 20th floor, in which case nothing happens.
*Any Gostak on the 16th to 19th Floor, inclusive, may move down one floor at any time.

Add the following to the end of the first paragraph of the rule “The Building”:

Floors may be referred to simply by their ordinal floor number followed by the word “Floor” (e.g. 20th Floor).

Comments

Bucky:

08-03-2006 03:09:35 UTC

I’ll pretend I don’t see it.
for 
cheese!

Elias IX:

08-03-2006 03:12:06 UTC

Okay, would anyone like to troubleshoot?

Bucky:

08-03-2006 03:15:26 UTC

Would I get cheese?

Angry Grasshopper:

08-03-2006 03:16:42 UTC

for

Lawyering makes this Gostak unhappy. ;)

Bucky:

08-03-2006 03:18:13 UTC

There sort of *is* a bit of a problem with this proposal.  It doesn’t quite do what you would think if you skimmed it…

90000:

08-03-2006 03:30:46 UTC

against An ecstatic Gostak wins immediately if e chooses.

Bucky:

08-03-2006 03:31:55 UTC

The middle rule might as well read:

If a Gostak is Ecstatic, move em immediately to the 1st floor

If a Gostak is Depressed, move em immediately to the 20th Floor.

plus the elevator clause.

Angry Grasshopper:

08-03-2006 03:35:42 UTC

I don’t see anything so bad about that mechanic, as it stands.

Elias IX:

08-03-2006 03:36:15 UTC

against It’s time for the self-kill/rewrite combo.

Angry Grasshopper:

08-03-2006 03:38:43 UTC

Aww, so dull. =D

JelloGoesWiggle:

08-03-2006 17:07:10 UTC

against
perhaps if gostaks moved only when adjusted up or down when they’re already at the extreme of the range?

otherwise, I like it

JelloGoesWiggle:

08-03-2006 17:08:11 UTC

oh oops, apparently I’m idle?  Although I’m still in the GNDT

Rodney:

08-03-2006 17:57:13 UTC

against

Angry Grasshopper:

08-03-2006 19:07:40 UTC

JelloGoesWiggle, say so and somebody will un-idle you. ;)