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

[Jim B. <jim...@ya...>]

I'm with Brett and Chris on this one- it's not a big deal to me, in practice.

Nonetheless, I did want to thank Brett and Erik for adding the addtl game option in privates-auctions- that, if a player passes during the triggered auction for a specific private, he will drop out of the auction for that private.  That does speed up the initial email flurry when starting a game (at pbem speeds, the ISR/SR1 can be like slow-motion musical chairs).

I'm really enjoying the new rails, and some 1856!

best,
 - jim


On Jan 13, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Chris Shaffer wrote:

> 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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