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Meapak_Ziphh
United States6786 Posts
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
On July 27 2011 14:06 Probulous wrote: Even if it is not the nearest? Bare in mind, in your example you are not going in a circle. It would be better phrased that you are on a circular freeway and pass the exit. If someone tells you to take the nearest exit, do you follow the road until you come back to original or do you take the next available exit regardless of how far away it is? As you say "so I think we should assume". It is just an assumption, and the 38 space distance is only because you assume that distance has to be measured in the same direction you are heading. What we should do is what we believe they meant when they made the card. In this case we don't have to assume what they meant because we know what they meant. They have released video games and computer games that move the piece for you and they all move your piece to Pennsylvania RR in this instance. It's just a board game so spirit of the law always wins. | ||
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mardi
United States1164 Posts
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Probulous
Australia3894 Posts
It is still an interesting question. If you played the game based solely on the rules given to you, you could play both ways. I wasn't arguing, merely offering the counterpoint. | ||
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moltenlead
Canada866 Posts
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Empyrean
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Z3kk
4099 Posts
I can't seem to find an alternate one, either  | ||
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holy_war
United States3590 Posts
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Quantum314
England217 Posts
On July 27 2011 16:25 Z3kk wrote: Hey, the rendez-vous video is private D: I can't seem to find an alternate one, either Yeah, private video for C'était un rendez-vous. I dont suppose you with your mystical powers could possibly find us another?  Anyway, an absolutely fantastic read, and one of my favourite recurring events of team liquid. Thank you so much! Without you, my friends would never believe i was cultured and intelligent  | ||
JWD
United States12607 Posts
On July 27 2011 16:39 holy_war wrote: Me and my friends play with a hilarious Monopoly house rule that only applies to people who have been knocked out of the game. The eliminated person(s) gets $1 back and if they can somehow make it across the board unscathed and pass Go, the "advance to ... " cards dont count, that person wins. Hilarity always ensues. haha! this is actually a good house rule for Monopoly, because a deficiency of the game (which typical house rules always aggravate, yeah Empyrean) is that it tends to go on too long. On July 27 2011 16:25 Z3kk wrote: Hey, the rendez-vous video is private D: I can't seem to find an alternate one, either fixed the link, sorry. I have absolutely no idea how you could miss it with a search. "cetait un rendezvous" turns up 4 versions on YT | ||
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s.a.y
Croatia3840 Posts
All hail JWD! | ||
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Stijx
United States804 Posts
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SiguR
Canada2039 Posts
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jon arbuckle
Canada443 Posts
I've been playing Monopoly a lot with friends recently, so some thoughts: - We play with the speed dice (q.v.), which is new, but it significantly improves the investment return on the high-rolling greens and PP/BW. Some of my friends have also been able to power their whole game with side 1 and all the Railroads, but they tend to succumb to multiple landings on higher rollers. - "If there are a limited number of houses and hotels available and two or more players wish to buy more than the Bank has, the houses or hotels must be sold at auction to the highest bidder." That sentence has caused some heated arguments, partially because we only allow people to build on their turn to avoid chaos. We also only allow people to build houses/hotels and trade once all the property on the board has been purchased. - The Oranges being the most viable is not surprising at all. Illinois Ave.'s supposed popularity, however, is. Everybody always lets the Utilities go to auction and I never pay more than $75 (and so I never get the Utilities). - All Income Tax, Luxury Tax, Community Chest, and Chance payments go to the centre and are picked up from Free Parking. This may lengthen the games, but it makes games more dramatic. Fuck the law. | ||
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Spekulatius
Germany2413 Posts
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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theBOOCH
United States832 Posts
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Dubzex
United States6994 Posts
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Malyce
Switzerland112 Posts
I would like to offer an alternative interpretation for Monopoly. The card says "advance", however in this circumstance I would like to argue that "advance" is used as a synonym to "move", and I don't believe that there is a rule that states all chance cards require to use the default clockwise direction that is otherwised used in reguler moving. In other words, I would argue that you do indeed advance to Reading but "backwards" without passing "Go". This presumption is reenforced by that fact that I believe most chance cards that require passing Go specify "If you pass Go, collect 200$". In this case there is public transportation on every quartile of the map, meaning that if you apply my reasoning, wherever you are on the map, you would never actually pass Go (the condition here being that public transportation be located in the exact centre of each quartile, which is the case). This approach reconciles the proximity issue with the passing go issue and lack of specification on the card. Any objections? | ||
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shurgen
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