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Bonus of -1
Posted:
Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:23 amby vodean
Concise description: Instead of bonus of -1, say penalty of 1 or -1
Re: Bonus of -1
Posted:
Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:45 amby owenshooter
vodean wrote:Concise description: Instead of bonus of -1, say penalty of 1 or -1
no idea what you are talking about. can you explain this a little better?-0
Re: Bonus of -1
Posted:
Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:13 amby karelpietertje
He reckons a bonus of -1 is not really a bonus.
Re: Bonus of -1
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:58 amby AndyDufresne
It is just the way the game engine is coded when dealing with negative values. The wording doesn't have that much impact on people, but might be cleaned up eventually.
--Andy
Re: Bonus of -1
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Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:10 amby sully800
I think actually that a bonus of -1 is the most clear way to phrase it.
As you said in your first post, you could rewrite it as "a penalty of 1 or -1". Well which is it? The fact that you list both shows that this would be confusing to players. I think "a penalty of 1" would be correct, but there would undoubtedly be people who argue that it should be -1.
A bonus of -1 is clear. Just as some industries like to talk about "benefits and disbenefits" instead of "benefits and costs".