Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start

From: gym@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Graham Matthews)

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1993 17:15:25 +0000

Gilette Serge <gilette@obsidian.unice.fr> writes:
> > And he was very nice, but that's not the point, for any programmer
> > with time can put ASL on a computer and make it better, and then you
> > won't need to know anymore that running in the open is -2. You'll have
> > just to use your common sense and to think that if you staying upright
> > you'll be an easier target. Rules are useless if the game is realistic
> > enough.
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins) writes:
> I don't have anything more to say on this subject except to note that
> this supposed program which would be better than ASL, does not in fact
> exist and I guarantee that it will not exist in the foreseeable future.
>
> The people who think it would be so easy to do, and so much better than
> what currently exists, should go away and think about why this might not
> in fact be the case.  Programming the formulas, applying them to all of
> the situations that arise, presenting the information to the players in
> a form that they can use, making the game playable in the face of
> uncertain knowledge, and many other problems which arise in practice,
> are much harder problems than some people apparently think.

This begins to sound like a "well I'll settle for inferior games and the
need to publish formulas to make up for the inferiority of the games
because to make games better is hard" kind of argument. Talk about putting
your head in the sand. Why don't you try to improve the games instead?

graham

References

Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start
gilette@obsidian.unice.fr (Gilette Serge)
Tue, 06 Jul 1993 08:04:56 +0000
Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Tue, 06 Jul 1993 14:15:51 +0000
Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start
gilette@obsidian.unice.fr (Gilette Serge)
Tue, 06 Jul 1993 14:50:41 +0000
Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Tue, 06 Jul 1993 15:08:02 +0000