Re: GM Participation

From: Tim Booth <T.Booth@isu.usyd.edu.au>

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000

David desJardins wrote:
>
> Henry Penninkilampi (invalid address) writes:
> > Does this logic extend to Game Designers and Programmers?  It's obvious
> > that they would have an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the
> > game, and thus would have an undeniable advantage over everyone else.
>
> This certainly isn't undeniable.  I've played in a fair number of games
> where (1) the designer and/or programmer could play in the game, and yet
> wouldn't have any advantage because everyone in the game had equal
> access to exactly the same information.  One example is Galaxy, where
> the source code is and was public, so anyone could read it and know
> everything about how the game works.

[... snip ...]
But they have access to the logs... I am aware of one less-than-honest
Galaxy GM who re-ran turns to gain an advantage. The game kinda died
when
4 of the other playrs told him where he could put his game ;-)

That is quite often the rub... if they're running the game, quite
frankly,
they not only have to be completely honest, they have to be *seen* to be
competely honest... and in my (note personal pronoun) honour-code, that
means they don't play.

Cheers

Webko

References

GM Participation (was Re: VOTE: Your primary method of diplomacy)
David J Porter <porterd@netaccess.co.nz>
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: GM Participation (was Re: VOTE: Your primary method of diplomacy)
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: GM Participation
spamfree@metropolis.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: GM Participation
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

GM Participation (was Re: VOTE: Your primary method of diplomacy)
David J Porter <porterd@netaccess.co.nz>
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: GM Participation (was Re: VOTE: Your primary method of diplomacy)
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: GM Participation
spamfree@metropolis.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: GM Participation
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000