Thursday, September 28, 2023

Proposal: Formula 1, Formula 2, etc.

Withdrawn. Failed by JonathanDark.

Adminned at 29 Sep 2023 23:56:04 UTC

In the subrule “Sports Resolution” add the following text:

If the Method of Resolution of a Sport is a Secret Element, the Bookie should secretly create and track one or more mathematical formulas as the Method of Resolution to determine the Outcome of a Sporting Event for that Sport. Each such formula should use at least one of the following as inputs:
* The Public Qualities (if any) of the Participants in the Sporting Event
* The Private Qualities (if any) of the Participants in the Sporting Event
* The Dominance (if it exists) of the Participants in the Sporting Event
* One or more privately-tracked variables, each with a type and valid ranges determined by the Bookie when creating the Method of Resolution for that Sport. The values of these variables are secretly-randomly selected by the Bookie during each resolution of a Sporting Event for that Sport.

If any Sport has an existing Method of Resolution that is a Secret Element but is not a set of formulas as described above, the Bookie should replace that Method of Resolution with said formulas.

In the subrule “Nomich” add the following bullet before the bullet “Secret Element”:

* Public Quality: Scores for Sleight of Hand and Intimidation, each of which must be between 1 and 12.

In the subrule “ClingBoom” add the following bullet before the bullet “Secret Element”:

* Public Quality: Scores for Hit Points and Shields, each of which must be between 1 and 4.

In the subrule “Giolitti” add the following bullet before the bullet “Secret Element”:

* Public Quality: Scores for Popolare, Ingannevole, and Rabbia, each of which must be between 1 and 10.

In the subrule “Boxing” add the following bullet before the bullet “Secret Element”:

* Public Quality: Scores for Strength, Stamina, and Speed, each of which must be between 1 and 6.

In the subrule “Blogbots” replace the bullet beginning with “* Private Quality” with this bullet:

* Private Quality: A Botscript, which is a list of three numbers, each of which must be between 1 and 4, and which may be repeated in the list.

Remove all Track Record values for all Participants of every Sport.

 

I added removing all of the Track Record values because the Participants’ Track Records are going to change significantly if this is enacted, so they should be regenerated.

I also deliberately left Meddling alone for a separate Proposal.

This also includes Josh’s proposed Dominance, with wording that simply allows its use if it exists.

Comments

Bucky:

28-09-2023 14:27:46 UTC

Do we really want to change all the sports’ mechanics yet again?

JonathanDark: he/him

28-09-2023 16:01:17 UTC

I see this as a natural evolution from where we started. The dynasty began with Sports having explicit public steps for the Method of Resolution. It transitioned to making those public steps private, but there was still the notion that each Method of Resolution required a series of steps. This Proposal furthers the evolution by changing the steps into a much simpler formula.

I would argue that the current Sports’ mechanics are unnecessarily complicated given that they are secret, and thus the secret steps being taken to generate the resolution are little more than busy work for the Bookie. It also removes the remaining advantage of anyone that has coded up simulators for any of the Methods of Resolution, assuming that Josh hasn’t changed them.

Your idea to slowly add sentences to the Methods wasn’t a bad one, but again that just adds to the unnecessary complication. If we use this formula idea and start fresh, all Punters start from the same vantage point of trying to figure out the best Betting plays from here on out.

Clucky: he/him

28-09-2023 22:43:12 UTC

for

Kevan: City he/him

29-09-2023 08:32:37 UTC

imperial

Josh: he/they

29-09-2023 09:20:39 UTC

imperial

Josh: he/they

29-09-2023 16:18:10 UTC

CoV against Having just put a load of work into revising (simplifying in some cases) the Methods to incorporate Dominance, I’d like to let those changes bed in before making more big changes

Bucky:

29-09-2023 16:19:36 UTC

against

JonathanDark: he/him

29-09-2023 16:56:24 UTC

against Withdrawn per Josh