BlogNomic: The Ninth Dynasty of ais523

Still seems unnecessary to have an abstract currency when we already have other stats waiting to have effects applied to them. (As Devenger said, it would make sense for “Fame” to be spendable on this sort of thing; if you’ve built up a following, you can cash that in for bonus effects.)

The “Welcoming Back” section does nothing, because those who are out cannot have any tokens to spend.

I pointed out in the previous version, you can use actions on other people. Therefore people who are in must use it on people who are out.

It still feels wrong to be able to call back people from the wider world; how would the contestants know that they were even ready to come back (at least, until the first one came back?)

I don’t know about you guys, but I think this is good.  Fame is too randomized right now.

The wording “By spending 5 tokens, a selected contestant” implies that said contestant is the one doing the spending.

  Not completely against a currency, but this doesn’t seem to work quite right.

Qwaz: “a selected contestant” not “the”

Ok, maybe I needed a bigger section of the quote:

“By spending 5 tokens, a selected contestant with a status of out may have his status changed to in.”

In this sentence, gramatically, the only one whose status could possibly be out is “a selected contestant.” Furthermore, “a selected contestant” is the subject of the sentence, so he is the only one whose status may be changed to in. Finally (and here’s the kicker), the clause “By spending 5 tokens” is connected to only one possible subject in the entire sentence: “a selected contestant.”

Thus, “a selected contestant” may spend 5 tokens to change his status from out to in, but it has to be the same Contestant that does the spending and changing (the passive tense of “have . . . changed to” does not alter the meaning). Since a Contestant cannot be out and have tokens at the same time, the subrule has no effect.

@Qwaz. I think it is implied to be that any Contestant may “By spending 5 tokens, a selected contestant ... ” So the selected contestant does not have to be the contestant spending the tokens.

That would also mean that Immunity could be given to someone other than yourself.

see Kevan’s reference to what I said last time.

For now, I am satisfied with Fame as a currency