Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia

From: desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)

Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 01:38:13 +0000

Scott Turner <srt@sun-dimas.aero.org> writes:
> Obviously you'd want some rules for ignoring allies.

I don't think this is quite so obvious as all that.  As I've said
earlier, I think a problem is that it's too easy for several players to
operate as one big meta-faction.  This promotes an "us against them"
attitude which in turn leads to players without powerful friends being
wiped out.  (Of course, it also allow several weak players to unite
against a strong bully; there are two sides to every coin.)

An example is the TELL command, which I think was a mistake (and I think
Rich now does, also).

My personal inclination would be to make it much more difficult for
units belonging to different factions to cooperate.  So I certainly
wouldn't assume that anything that a player can do for one's own units,
the player should be allowed to do for anyone on a list of allies.

David desJardins
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References

Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Sun, 22 Jan 1995 22:19:57 +0000
Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Fri, 06 Jan 1995 17:06:00 +0000
Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
morrow@gandalf.rutgers.edu (John Morrow)
Fri, 20 Jan 1995 21:47:45 +0000
Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
cedman@princeton.edu (Carl Edman)
Sun, 22 Jan 1995 16:32:39 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Sun, 22 Jan 1995 22:19:57 +0000
Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Fri, 06 Jan 1995 17:06:00 +0000
Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
morrow@gandalf.rutgers.edu (John Morrow)
Fri, 20 Jan 1995 21:47:45 +0000
Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
cedman@princeton.edu (Carl Edman)
Sun, 22 Jan 1995 16:32:39 +0000