Drying Dung?

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Postby fishfin » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:48 pm

I personally don't have any problem with them not being posted before-hand because posting beforehand would make it really tempting to use outside information with my characters, it's easier if I just don't know.
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Postby marginoferror » Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:22 am

Well, I'm not sure how the capital rule should apply here. On the one hand, it is "outside information". On the other hand, game mechanics are exempt from the capital rule in the sense that anything on the wiki is assumed to be common knowledge. If how machines work is common knowledge, and characters know the new information about a machine when that information changes, then is an upcoming change to how machines work also common knowledge?
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Postby Chris » Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:56 am

The problem with advance notice is that people will game the system. If a change is for the better, people won't start new projects until the change is in place. If the change is a downgrade, people will make 80-day projects before the change.

The solution is to announce in advance that something will change, but not to give the details of the numbers until it happens. The only flaw is that sometimes it will be easy to guess the direction of the change. If the notice is a day or two in advance, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
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Postby Cherize » Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:57 am

Is it just me or did almost all of the fresh dung magically disappear? :evil:
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Postby ceselb » Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:29 am

If you leave it on the ground it will rot rather quickly.
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Postby trexdino » Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:40 am

Well that sounds good. And the thing about setting up the 80 day project, the biggest change probably was the consumption rate, so they would still be stuck in a hole.
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Postby Redbeard » Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:37 pm

fishfin wrote:I personally don't have any problem with them not being posted before-hand because posting beforehand would make it really tempting to use outside information with my characters, it's easier if I just don't know.


I agree completely... keep it as quiet as possible for these kinds of :wink: changes.
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Postby Chris » Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:11 am

Drying dung is still manual on some machines. I am talking about new projects, not ones started before the change. Was this an oversight?
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Postby ceselb » Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:04 pm

Chris wrote:Was this an oversight?

Yes and no.
When RD changes something it only effects things started after that point. Getting past projects changed too would take ProgD intervention and that's currently not a viable option.
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