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Re: New Ideas for Jambalaya - anyone interested?
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Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:33:55 GMT
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My thinking is that the person with the box only has to follow the one rule
they choose. At that point in the receive-trade-send cycle, they are just
dealing with the (potential) mess other people have left. So the current
box-holder shouldn't have to worry about following all the rules.
It's the rule-writing that needs to be well-thought-out.
You can try to establish rules for rule-writing, but you'd be better off
with 'guidelines'--any hard-and-fast meta-rule is going to be violated
sooner or later.
Some guidelines:
1. Don't write rules which are too general: "Trade cypress trees for
anything" would be too general. "Trade cypress trees for anything, using
AucZILLA prices as a guide" would be OK.
2. Don't write rules which are too specific. Any rule explicitly involving
cypress trees is probably too specific, because they are so rare.
3. Write rules that allow the trader to add value to the box, without
requiring huge value-adds.
Steve
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:21:28 GMT, Christopher Weeks <clweeks@eclipse.net>
wrote:
> I suppose that it should be against the rules to make rules that are
> mutually exclusive. So if you wanted to add the tiles -> windows rule,
> you would have to choose the tiles -> to slopes rule to cross out.
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> > Should you only follow one rule in the box for the time you have it? (I would
> > say no)
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> No. My idea was that you would have to adhere to all the rules.
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> > Should you have to follow the rules in numerical order as you trade with the
> > box? (I think yes - no going back and re-thinking)
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> I don't get what you mean. I was thinking of trading a big batch of
> stuff for another from the box, and that you couldn't break any rules in
> so doing. If you are following them in order what does that imply about
> how you trade with the box? Is it like you're making a bunch of smaller
> trades instead of one big one?
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> > I like the idea of personality stuff, but I think it should be limited to
> > pictures (4x6 or smaller)to save on weight.
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> No hair?
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> > You should be able to add back an expired rule if you like it, but not one
> > that you caused to expire.
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> I agree.
>
> > Paul, who sometimes plays by the rules...and sometimes just goes by the book.
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> Chris, who prefers to make up his own rules.
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| (...) Like, if you take tiles, replace with slopes AND if you take tiles replace with windows? I suppose that it should be against the rules to make rules that are mutually exclusive. So if you wanted to add the tiles -> windows rule, you would have (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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