Re: [Rails-devel] features: SR autopass, add tile orientation to game report

[brett l. <wak...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Aliza Panitz <ali...@gm...> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:38 PM, John A. Tamplin <ja...@ja...> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:46 PM, brett lentz <wak...@gm...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Doing "pass until something interesting occurs" [...]
>> it gets problematic to try and anticipate all the possible reasons.
>
> I suspect 2 or 3 cases would cover 99% of the conditional passes.
>
> There's also the whole meta-game -- If Jim says "pass unless a share
> is sold" that probably means he's done but is reserving the right to
> change his mind if something unexpected happens, but if he says "pass
> until Aliza finishes floating the Penn" then he probably has something
> more malicious in mind.
>
>  - Aliza
>
>

I'm not sure I want to tread down this path.

The issue of meta-gaming opens a whole can of worms that I really
don't want Rails to touch. If we're going to be an impartial rules
arbiter, I don't think it's right for us to provide information that
can be (ab)used. I think that knowing additional information about
your opponent's stock buying strategy falls into this category.

I think that going beyond a simple all or nothing "Auto-Pass" will add
unnecessary complexity, and the benefits it provides are of dubious
value.

---Brett.