On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 15:04 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote:
> The unnecessary score reset has been bugging me, especially with a
> second one looming around the corner when comex manages to get rid of
> eir rests. I don't think it merits something as complex as equity,
> though.
>
> Proposal: Mitigate point scams
> {{{
> Amend Rule 2187 (Win by High Score) by replacing this text:
>
> Cleanup procedure: All those players have eir scores set to 0.
> All other players have each of eir coordinates set to
> floor(P*S/10), where P is eir previous coordinate along that
> axis and S is the Score Index.
>
> with this text:
>
> Cleanup procedure: All those players have their scores set to
> 0 + 0i. Within one week afterward, any player CAN declare a
> skunk with Agoran Consent. If no player does so within the
> allowed week, then all players have each of eir coordinates set
> to floor(P*S/10), where P is eir previous coordinate along that
> axis and S is the Score Index.
> }}}
Heh, I have a proposal in the pool to achieve more or less exactly the
same effect, at the moment. Mine tries to fix the immediate aftermath of
the scams win, though (restoring the points of players whose points were
unintentionally reset), in addition to providing for future situations.
--
ais523
