BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

I also liked it, but because it added asymmetry to the game (voluntary asymmetry! Which is totally ass crazy when Bampam kind of alludes to that the best strategy is to NOT deviate from the until the endgame, because that makes you an easier Bampam target for everyone else’s Bampam attempts, would there be any.)

deviate from more or less the average of everyone else*

I have no idea what a Bampam might be.

It’s a word only Cuddlebeam uses for proposals that give a majority of people an advantage at the expense of a minority.

Yes and I will repeat it until its etched into everyone’s heads because it’s one of the greatest concepts ever and it needs a name.

It’s “Benefit A Majority (and/or) Punish A Minority.”

A simple example (and where I originally discovered the idea in the first place, it just didn’t have a name yet) is kevan’s message in the Slack loading screen:

This is cool. I like the maximum Supplies cap by using the dog sled.

Cuddlebeam: Ok, noting that down. BAMPAM! :explosion:

My objections to Bampam being etched into my head are (1) it rarely works; I’ll vote against any blatant attempt of it even if I’m in the majority and other Explorers have a track record of also doing so, and (2) I just dislike the name.