On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 9:56 AM Reuben Staley <reuben.sta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Comments inline > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 18:47 Aris Merchant < > thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Title: Crystals > > Adoption index: 2.0 > > Author: Aris > > Co-author(s): > > > > > > [I'm changing it so that players CAN upgrade facilities they don't own, > > let me know if that's a problem.] > > > > Not necessarily a problem, but I struggle to see an application for such > abilities outside of maybe bribery or something Mostly so people can upgrade contract land units. Amend Rule 2562, Facility Ranks, to read as follows: > > > > Rank is a secured facility switch tracked by the Cartographor > defaulting > > to 1, with possible values of all positive integers. > > > > A player CAN increase the rank of a facility that is at eir location by > > exactly 1 by announcement by paying any upgrade costs of the facility > for > > that specific rank, provided that e has not already done so twice for > > that > > facility in the same Agoran week. A player CAN increase the rank of a > > facility by N by announcement by destroying N crystals in eir > possession. > > > > To clarify, you can increase the rank of any facility anywhere with > crystals, but you can only increase the rank of facilities without crystals > on that LU? That's what it seems like. If this is not the intent, revise > the proposal. If this is the intent, it could be phrased more obviously. Yep, that's what I'm going for. I'll make it more explicit. > > Enact a new rule, entitled "Crystals" (Power = 2.0), with the following > text > > > > Crystals, are a currency, with the Treasuror as their recordkeepor. > > They may be owned by Agora, persons, and contracts. The following units > > are defined: > > > > - Bronze Crystal, 1 crystal > > - Silver Crystal, 2 crystals > > - Gold Crystal, 4 crystals > > - Platinum Crystal, 8 crystals > > > > I'm not sold on these names since they really don't sound very crystalline. > Perhaps types of gems like "quartz, ruby, diamond, tanzanite"? That's just > my opinion though. I thought of that, but those don't form as clear a hierarchy. I'm not set on this though, > > Amend the rule defining welcome packages by adding as a new item, > > appropriately > > numbered, at the end of the list "1 Bronze Crystal". > > > > I'm fine with this as long as those with welcome packages are also given > the same gift. No, that would flood the market. The idea is that people get them one at a time when the register, not all at once right now. > > Amend Rule 2483, Economics, by changing the text "The following currencies > > are > > defined, and are tracked by the Treasuror." to read "The following > > currencies, > > known collectively as economic currencies, are defined, and are tracked > by > > the > > Treasuror." > > Enact a new rule, "Crystal Rewards" (Power = 2.0), with the following > text: > > > > When a person wins the game, if e has not won in the preceding month, 1 > > Bronze > > Crystal is created in eir possession. > > > > I am not sure how much I approve of this. You said you wanted the price of > crystals to be crazy high. I feel like this kinda devalues them. Consider how rarely people actually win. I think the last one was in December? > > A player CAN, by announcement, destroy a crystal in eir possession > > to create 5 economic currencies of specified, possibly varying type. > > > > So you get to choose? I'm actually a fan of that. It's like a last-ditch > effort if you really are scrapped for resources but happen to have a > crystal you haven't used. > Yeah. I might actually go up to 10 in the next version, but it shouldn't be enough that people do it on a regular basis. > > [I expect the above to be expanded in future.] > > > > Enact a new rule, entitled "Crystal Auctions" (Power = 2.0), with the > > following > > text: > > > > At the beginning of each month, the Treasuror CAN and SHALL initiate an > > auction. For this auction, the announcer is the Treasuror, the > > auctioneer is > > Agora, the minimum bid is 1, and there is one lot, chosen as follows: > > > > Interesting idea. I like the idea of having a schedule. The idea is that rarity would drive up bidding even further when something higher than a silver up for auction. -Aris
