Proposal: Side Bets
Withdrawn. Failed by JonathanDark.
Adminned at 18 Dec 2024 19:26:03 UTC
Add a new rule named “Betting” with the following text:
There is a publicly tracked list of Bets where each list entry includes the following:
* Bettor - the name of a non-Slug Snail
* Wager - a positive number and a single type of Medal
* Champion - the name of a SnailAt any time that there is no Ongoing Race, if a Snail is in the Bucket and has not done so since the most recent Award Ceremony, that Snail may Place a Bet by spending a positive amount of a type of Medal that they have and then adding a valid entry to Bets, where the Bettor is that Snail’s name, Wager is the amount and type of Medal that Snail spent in this action, and Champion is any Snail other than that Bettor.
At any time, if there is an Ongoing Race and there is a Bet where the Bettor is not in the Bucket, any Snail or the Jury may remove that Bet from the list.
In the rule “The Award Ceremony”, add the following steps to the end of the Award Ceremony atomic action:
* For each entry in the list of Bets, if the Champion of that Bet finished the Race, add M to that Bettor’s Medals, where M is the integer result of the amount and type of Medal in that Wager multiplied by:
** 2 if that Champion received 1 Gold in this instance of the Award Ceremony
** 1.5 if that Champion received 1 Silver in this instance of the Award Ceremony
** 1 if that Champion received 1 Bronze in this instance of the Award Ceremony
** 0 otherwise
* Remove all entries in the list of Bets
This gives Snails in the Bucket something to do if they miss out on a Race, or an alternative to participating directly in the Race at all.
It’s possible that there could be collaboration and kingmaking, but the Champion would have to really craft their Plays carefully to make it work out.
(NB: I revised this to make Bets on First, Second, and Third place rather than number of Plays. It seemed more fitting.)
on the principle of it, I think you should have to race if you want victory points (or at the very least not be able to take a single game action and straight up win if you’re lucky and close enough)
Habanero:
I dunno about this one. I feel like something needs to be done to speed the game up (it’ll take a long time for anyone to get to 30 at this rate), but at the same time this seems rife for one person with an “instantly win the race” scam to get an accomplice to go all in and double their Track Record.