[Cs5500] The kicking-out Issue

[liao yuncheng]

If we give all other players points, is this equal to we not give them
points, and subtract points from the kicked avatar? I guess this might
simplier to be done.

While talking about points, is this the same as reputation? If yes,
then this might break the zero-sum consistency.

I think avatar should have the basic intelligence to avoid time out.
Time out should be part of game rule, like in chess or poker, if you
can not figure out what to do, you simply annoyed everybody in the
game. In the face of a very strong opponent, avatar need choose to
give a solution in a limited time, this need be a basic knowledge for
EVERY avatar, in the face of EVERY opponent.



Best,
Vincent Liao


On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Madhuvanthi Balasubramanian
<balasubramanian.m at husky.neu.edu> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> It is important for all of us to remember this:
> An avatar, when kicked out, is kicked out by the playground (admin) .
> Most times, it gets kicked out for its own faults, independent of the avatar
> it plays against. Some examples are proposing invalid claims, invalid number
> of claims, invalid number of responses etc.
> Still we  award the other avatar points because we want to punish the avatar
> that is kicked out.
> So no avatar can really claim that it is better because it kicked a fellow
> avatar out.
> But since we want all players to play against each other an equal number of
> times, we decided we would give all players equal points when an avatar is
> kicked out.
> This may not be perfect, but this is as fair as we can be.
> Ultimately this is  a design question and the professor has the  final say
> !
> --
>  Thanks
> - Madhu
>
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