Thursday, March 31, 2011

Proposal: Let’s start from home

Self-killed. Failed by Kevan.

Adminned at 31 Mar 2011 03:14:17 UTC

Change the first point in rule “Movement” to:

* If their Piece is Off the Board, they may move their Piece to any Station on the London Overground Line whose name contains at least a wort starting with the same letter as the name of that player. If no Station fulfills this requirements, they shall consider their name as beginning with “S”.

When Enacting this proposal, the Player Adminning it may replace in the quoted rule any occurrence of the verb “start” in any tense with the verb “begin”, and vice versa.
Change every player’s Location to “-”.

Comments

Kevan: City he/him

31-03-2011 09:17:11 UTC

This is inevitably going to give some players an advantage over others, by giving them access to a stronger starting (or, if a future rule removes pieces from the board, returning) move. I think it’s better if all players were on an equal footing.

(And I would note that you are the only player whose name starts with “E”, and that “Euston” is an Overground station directly adjacent to Mornington Crescent…)

against

WildCard:

31-03-2011 09:47:47 UTC

Also, the typo allows for potentially amusing misinterpretations… against

Purplebeard:

31-03-2011 09:49:08 UTC

against

Kevan: City he/him

31-03-2011 09:52:35 UTC

[WildCard] It’d fall under “Admins may correct obvious spelling and typographical mistakes in the Ruleset at any time”. (And anyone claiming to have written it, or voted for it, intending it to mean “wort” could raise a CfJ in response.)

Ely:

31-03-2011 09:54:42 UTC

Sorry I didn’t actually see the Euston thing…
It was just to vary the game a little.
against :)

Kevan: City he/him

31-03-2011 10:03:26 UTC

It would have been an admirable move it it was intentional. You’re definitely right that “start anywhere on the board” is a bit broad and needs restricting, though.

Ely:

31-03-2011 10:10:30 UTC

Anyway, does a word start or begin with a letter?

Kevan: City he/him

31-03-2011 10:14:04 UTC

Either seems fine to me.