
Originally Posted by
charismatic megafauna
Azad, the most difficult, complex game in the known universe. Developed by millions of players over hundreds of years. A game that takes the best games-player in the Culture more than a year to learn. And you want to make up rules for it using the rather vague descriptions given in PoG. Now that's hubris.
Ah, you see, hubris would be saying that I could definitely do it, single-handedly. I'm asking "is it worth a punt?", to which you have answered "nay!". Also "could we at least make a start?" and "could we even get close", which presumably makes for a Trifecta of Nay.
Iain's a Scot, Scotch is a drink.
Yeah, that was a reach. That said, I looked up why that was the wrong word and found a) something about it meaning "frugal with money", which I've never heard before, and b) a lengthy article about the 3M multinational conglomerate. So now I've learnt a) something about Scottish language/national determination/whatever it is I'm getting at and b) just how quickly the problem with Wikipedia can arise.
Last edited by Chelsea Tractor; 17-12-2010 at 11:56 PM.
"There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this simple fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots."