Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start

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

Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1993 00:31:52 +0000

Luis Miguel Sequeira <bc@lnec.pt> writes:
> Well, I'm lazy. I  HATE to  read  the rules. I  even HATE MORE to read
> COMPLEX rules. So what do you do, if I want to have fun?

> a) I skip 90% of  the rules, and try to live with the rest  (works 90%
> of the time);

> b) I don't  play. This  guarantees that I won't  feel unhappy when I'm
> destroyed, et cetera, et cetera.

To be honest, it seems to me that it should not make the least bit of
difference to you whether the formulas are published or not.  Suppose we
consider the identical game, with the formulas published or not
published.  You aren't going to read and use the formulas even if they
are printed, so it doesn't matter at all.

The game has formulas, whether you see them or not.  Why does it
specifically make you unhappy for them to be printed in the rulebook,
where you can simply ignore them along with "90% of the rules"?  No one
is saying that knowledge and use of the formulas should be _necessary_
to play.  (For example, that you have to fill out your turnsheet
according to complicated mathematical rules, and if you don't satisfy
the formulas then your turn is rejected.)  All anyone has ever said is
to print the very same formulas that exist in the source code, so that
the people who want to know them can do so.

David desJardins

References

Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start
bc@lnec.pt (Luis Miguel Sequeira)
Tue, 06 Jul 1993 17:50:02 +0000