2009/8/1 Ed Murphy emurph...@socal.rr.com:
comex wrote:
At the extreme, I remember
watching the creation, under a scamming organization called the
cabal, of a fake sub-cabal as a way to trick other players into
participating in a scam believing they were participating in a
different one.
On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 22:58 -0400, comex wrote:
The amount of planning behind a scam can vary wildly. Even planning
out a relatively minor scam over IRC can be loads of fun,
collaborating to check the ruleset for obscure problems and make up
the exact wording to make it work properly... and
On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 12:52 +0100, Elliott Hird wrote:
2009/8/1 Ed Murphy emurph...@socal.rr.com:
comex wrote:
At the extreme, I remember
watching the creation, under a scamming organization called the
cabal, of a fake sub-cabal as a way to trick other players into
participating in a
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 10:37 AM, ais523callforjudgem...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Heh, it was more complicated than that. The 'subcabal' containing me and
Sgeo was actually legitimate, in that we were planning genuine scams
there (some of which we have to try sometime; I don't think any of them
were
2009/8/1 ais523 callforjudgem...@yahoo.co.uk:
Heh, it was more complicated than that. The 'subcabal' containing me and
Sgeo was actually legitimate, in that we were planning genuine scams
there (some of which we have to try sometime; I don't think any of them
were actually attempted). We
On Sat, 1 Aug 2009, ais523 wrote:
Agreed with this; I've worked with such scams with comex in the past,
and have also done personal scams (without help) which required months
of setup. However, I think my favourite gameplay ever was proposal 5707
and its aftermath;
IIRC, this was similar to
On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 08:29 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote:
Staying on the list once you're on it (by successive wins) has a much
higher premium than it used to. In a rational game, one should be able
to drive a harder bargain with coppro.
I wonder if you're the only nomic player who thinks that
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009, ais523 wrote:
On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 08:29 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote:
Staying on the list once you're on it (by successive wins) has a much
higher premium than it used to. In a rational game, one should be able
to drive a harder bargain with coppro.
I wonder if you're
2009/7/31 ais523 callforjudgem...@yahoo.co.uk:
I wonder if you're the only nomic player who thinks that winning is only
good because of the political benefits you get from it? For me, I'm only
trying to get into positions of political power so that I can
subsequently win from them.
People
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009, Elliott Hird wrote:
2009/7/31 ais523 callforjudgem...@yahoo.co.uk:
I wonder if you're the only nomic player who thinks that winning is only
good because of the political benefits you get from it? For me, I'm only
trying to get into positions of political power so that I
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Kerim Aydinke...@u.washington.edu wrote:
Honestly, I think what makes a good game work is creative tension.
Around here, examples I've been in the thick of/in the race for:
1. A tight race to a win condition;
2. An attempt to reach and/or hold a pinnacle
comex wrote:
At the extreme, I remember
watching the creation, under a scamming organization called the
cabal, of a fake sub-cabal as a way to trick other players into
participating in a scam believing they were participating in a
different one.
Which scam was that?
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009, comex wrote:
On my part, a good, unambiguous, well-prepared scam win
is my favorite goal in Agora.
Heh. Your perfect scam that unambiguously works (i.e. it's clearly
allowed by the rules once revealed) fits the definition of my perfect
power play. So we agree :)
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Geoffrey Spear wrote:
6420 O 0 1.0 G. no, really!
A note on this: beyond the obvious let me win thing. We did this because
of the new speaker succession rules:
1. If 2+ people win before coppro wins, e rotates off the Speaker list.
2. If coppro wins, e
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