Re: Discussion on scoring systems ...

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Sam Tyler <[email protected]> wrote:
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> RE: A.  While people are venomous in face to face play, I don’t find that
in a lot of my on-line play experience.  To be sure, there are exceptions.
The biggest problem I have as a GM and as a player is that people don’t talk
after 1901.  As a GM, I see the number of press go down by much more than
half, even in “super” games with people who are well known.  I wanted
something to promote more communication and this seemed a good way to do
that.

Some people are just more efficient in their communication :)

> I don’t understand “an unlevel playing field” in “E”.  Could you provide
an example?

Game 1: One player is eliminated.  That player gets 0 pts, everyone else
gets 100 pts, for a total of 600 pts.
Game 2: Four people are eliminated.  The first person eliminated gets 0 pts,
the three survivors get 100 pts, and everyone else gets 0 >= X > 100 pts,
for a total of 300 >= N > 600 pts.  N cannot be 600, so survivor pts between
the two boards are unequal.

Personally, I don't really see this as a downside - players *should* get
punished for killing players, since it actually takes them further away from
a solo.  :)
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