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

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

To some extent I agree.  We do this by email now - Jim says "buy FS until it
floats" and when it is his turn, we just take his action for him.
Similarly, when I say "pass unless sale" when Jon is done with his turn, he
simply clicks "pass" for me.  It's easy, it works and it doesn't require
additional programming or tools.

That said, if there was a "pass unless sale" button I would click it fairly
regularly.

--
Chris

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On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:29 PM, brett lentz <wak...@gm...> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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