September 2006

• Amusement park gaming (was: [REPOST] Value) Siege)
• Risk vs Reward [was: Value] Mike Rozak
• • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] Matt Chatterley
  • • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] cruise
    • • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] Sean Howard
      • • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] cruise
        • • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] Mike Rozak
          • • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] Sean Howard
            • • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] cruise
                Thus spake Mike Rozak...
                > In my writeup, I used the term "weak" and "strong" choices to indicate
                > choices that could easily be undone. Walking a short distance is almost
                > always a weak choice because it's easy to walk back to the same place you
                > started. Selecting which university you wish to attend is usually a
                > strong choice because it's not easy to suddenly switch to another
                > university.
                
                I think this is a valid distinction, and an alternative way to classify
                choices. Something can be strong, but meaningless, or weak, but meaningful.
                
                Thus spake Sean Howard...
                > For instance, a weak choice is one where it doesn't matter which way you
                > go as they all lead to the same outcome or is different only comsmetically
                > (what color hair do you want), or where you don't have enough information
                > to make an informed choice so it might as well be random selection (like
                > rock-paper-scisssors).
                >
                > A strong choice is one that is deterministic based on information before
                > the choice, and has some sort of changing effect on the game world and on
                > future choices (ie wearing fire proof armor).
                
                To me, that classification is better served by "meaningful", but each to
                their own :P
                
                > Maybe it's just me, but that's how I'd always heard the terms used...
                > Strangely, your examples of weak and strong choices are equally valid with
                > the usages I'm familiar with as well, so it seems there is some overlap.
                > It just seems like defining choices based on how easy they are to undo
                > seems to be missing the important nature of what choice is.
                
                On the contrary, it's a large part of what makes a choice a choice. If
                it is easy to undo a choice, then really the only choice is which order
                to try the various options.
              • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] Mike Rozak
              • • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] Sean Howard
                • • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] Mike Rozak
      • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] Matt Chatterley
  • Risk vs Reward [was: Value] Michael Hartman
• [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds Nick Koranda
• • [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds ghovs@plex.nl
  • • [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds Lachek Butalek
  • [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds William Leader
  • • [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds Nick Koranda
    • • [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds Johnicholas Hines
      • [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds ghovs@plex.nl
      • • [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds William Leader
        • • [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds Michael Hartman
  • [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds Lachek Butalek
  • [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds Johnicholas Hines
  • [DESIGN] *Starting* Real Currency Based Worlds cruise
• [DESIGN] MMO's are for Newbies Nicholas Koranda
• • [DESIGN] MMO's are for Newbies Nicholas Koranda
  • [DESIGN] MMO's are for Newbies Richard A. Bartle
  • [DESIGN] MMO's are for Newbies John Buehler
  • • [DESIGN] MMO's are for Newbies Richard A. Bartle
    • • [DESIGN] MMO's are for Newbies John Buehler
      • • [DESIGN] MMO's are for Newbies Richard A. Bartle
        • • [DESIGN] MMO's are for Newbies Sean Howard
          • • [DESIGN] MMO's are for Newbies Richard A. Bartle
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