Sunday, April 08, 2012

Proposal: Too Much Confusion

Reached quorum 7 votes to 1. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 10 Apr 2012 07:40:17 UTC

Reword the effect of the Watchtower from “When a Player (henceforth the Watcher) influences the Watchtower they gain 2 power. During the next cycle they may send The Net a message declaring an Institution or Player to Watch. (If they sent multiple such messages, the most recently sent one is the one The Net should use). Upon resolution of that cycle, if the Watcher picked an Institution to Watch the Net should inform the Watcher by private message a list of all Players who Directed Resources at that Institution and how many of each they directed by each of them. If the Watcher picked a Player to Watch, the Net should inform the Watcher by private a message a list of all Institutions that player Directed Resources to and how many of each were directed to each of them.” to:-

When a Player Influences the Watchtower, they gain 2 Power and the Net must send them a private message listing all Resources that were allocated in Directions during the current Cycle.

Strengthening and simplifying the Watchtower, given that was weakened by the new cycle-results rule.

posted by Kevan at 08 Apr 2012 18:37:16 UTC Comments (11)

Comments

Yonah:

08-04-2012 18:47:03 UTC

for With the cycle-results rule, the watchtower needs something to make it worthwhile.

Murphy:

08-04-2012 19:08:39 UTC

for

Josh: Observer he/they

08-04-2012 19:12:11 UTC

for

Clucky: he/him

08-04-2012 19:39:16 UTC

imperial  I think that makes it too power with the +2 power.

Kevan: he/him

08-04-2012 19:50:35 UTC

[Clucky] If it’s powerful, bid for it. Short of a game-changing “player wins”, powerful institutions are balanced by the amount we’re willing to pay for them. (Although I’d support dropping the +2, I only left it in since at least one person wanted it there in the first place.)

southpointingchariot:

08-04-2012 20:33:29 UTC

imperial Still not sure if I’m supposed to send overruled directions.

Kevan: he/him

08-04-2012 22:04:46 UTC

[South] What do you mean by “overruled”? Directions are directions.

southpointingchariot:

08-04-2012 22:11:11 UTC

@Kevan, I was thinking about “If Players issue multiple Directions during a Cycle, all but the last is ignored.” I suppose “ignored” would apply here - I thought the language reference cycle resolution somewhere. COV for

Cpt_Koen:

08-04-2012 22:26:59 UTC

“the Net must send them a private message listing all Resources that were allocated in Directions during the current Cycle.”

So the Net could send them a private message reading “111 Credits and 3 Marines were allocated in Directions during the current cycle”?

against (though I agree that the current description for the watchtower is too long and too hard to read)

Patrick:

09-04-2012 01:37:01 UTC

for

southpointingchariot:

09-04-2012 05:23:12 UTC

I think Koen is correct.