Friday, October 05, 2012

Proposal: Some Arimaa

Quorums 5-0. — Quirck

Adminned at 07 Oct 2012 14:16:24 UTC

In the rule “The Classroom”, change “If a Student occupies a Desk, that Student may - as a daily action - change their Desk number to that of any unoccupied Desk which is next to their current Desk.” to

If a Student (the “Elephant”) occupies a Desk number X, they may - as a daily action - perform exactly one of the following:
* a step: change their Desk number to that of any unoccupied Desk which is next to their current Desk;
* a pull: choose a Student (the “Rabbit”) occupying a Desk next to the Desk X, perform a step, and then set the Rabbit’s Desk number to X;
* a push: choose a Student (the “Rabbit”) occupying a Desk number Y which is next to the Desk X, change the Rabbit’s Desk number to that of any unoccupied Desk which is next to the Desk Y, and then set the Elephant’s Desk number to Y.
However, a Student may not perform a pull or a push when they are in the PAoI.

If you do not move, others will move you :)
As of now, one may occupy a Desk in the middle and protect himself from being a Victim.

Comments

Bucky:

05-10-2012 23:20:49 UTC

We’re back to playing ClingBoom now?

IceFromHell:

06-10-2012 03:46:26 UTC

against
This makes it easier for bullies, but terrible for someone beeing cornered, because of the PAoI restriction.

Josh: he/they

06-10-2012 07:25:41 UTC

imperial

quirck: he/him

06-10-2012 08:35:20 UTC

If a cornered person is in PAoI, then at least one of the surrounding desks is also in the PAoI, which is good for the cornered person.

Kevan: he/him

06-10-2012 08:49:00 UTC

for

IceFromHell:

06-10-2012 16:57:30 UTC

[quirck] not really, since he probably won’t be able to force his cornered position, since he can’t push/pull while the Professor is around.

quirck: he/him

06-10-2012 17:14:33 UTC

It is possible though hard. Imagine the Professor over the Desk 3, some Students at Desks 2 and 6, and active Victim pulling someone to Desk 5 while going to Desk 1.
For the Victim, pushing/pulling is more of a defense.

IceFromHell:

06-10-2012 18:28:25 UTC

Fair enough, CoV for .

Bucky:

07-10-2012 20:44:51 UTC

for