Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:39 am
Just to clarify the above post:
There's a few points to this. One, if you're not using DSP, I want you to show me rather than tell me what you're doing (the god stuff is trickier, so I suppose I can do my job and handle that as long as you're ok leaving it up to me). If there's no details, no story, it all just becomes a ton of little facts I have to keep in my head. That's not good for you guys or for me.
Two, some of this runs the risk of getting into 24 territory. Sure, it's possible everything you said happens in a month, but probable? The Acropolis hasn't changed much in a couple centuries, so it's not very likely to change that drastically in a couple years (much less months). Not without some divine influence, anyway.
Finally, as some of you may have noticed, it's pretty easy to see what other gods are up to in such a small setting. That means that if another god has any reasonable expectancy of knowing what you're doing, I have to write something about it in their results. The more you say publicly, the less I have to write privately. And if there are a lot of things going on, you guys are going to be able to keep track of it and incorporate it better than I'll be able to by myself.
I was asked about what this means for keeping stuff private. As you may have gathered from what I just said, that's not easy. I mean, if it doesn't take DSP to do it, it certainly shouldn't take DSP for a god to see it. Using DSP to hide actions works pretty much the same here as it does Aesir or Eiran. Other than that, it's best to either keep your actions limited or write a good cover story.
There's a few points to this. One, if you're not using DSP, I want you to show me rather than tell me what you're doing (the god stuff is trickier, so I suppose I can do my job and handle that as long as you're ok leaving it up to me). If there's no details, no story, it all just becomes a ton of little facts I have to keep in my head. That's not good for you guys or for me.
Two, some of this runs the risk of getting into 24 territory. Sure, it's possible everything you said happens in a month, but probable? The Acropolis hasn't changed much in a couple centuries, so it's not very likely to change that drastically in a couple years (much less months). Not without some divine influence, anyway.
Finally, as some of you may have noticed, it's pretty easy to see what other gods are up to in such a small setting. That means that if another god has any reasonable expectancy of knowing what you're doing, I have to write something about it in their results. The more you say publicly, the less I have to write privately. And if there are a lot of things going on, you guys are going to be able to keep track of it and incorporate it better than I'll be able to by myself.
I was asked about what this means for keeping stuff private. As you may have gathered from what I just said, that's not easy. I mean, if it doesn't take DSP to do it, it certainly shouldn't take DSP for a god to see it. Using DSP to hide actions works pretty much the same here as it does Aesir or Eiran. Other than that, it's best to either keep your actions limited or write a good cover story.
I may have spelt Acropolis wrong the first time.