Editing 2587: For the Sake of Simplicity
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | {{incomplete|Created, '''for the sake of complexity''', by a SCHWARZSCHILD CHILD (HIS NAME IS NOT SCHWARZ) - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
+ | [[Cueball]] appears to be explaining a gardening-related board game to [[Ponytail]] and [[White Hat]]. The game mechanics being employed are ridiculously overcomplicated for a game that seems to be about gardening — the cardiovascular health of the gardeners is tracked, for example — but Cueball uses the constant refrain "for the sake of simplicity" to imply they could have been ''even more'' complicated. | ||
− | Features of | + | Features of the game include: |
* Tokens to represent competing gardeners | * Tokens to represent competing gardeners | ||
* Plots for the players to garden, both home plots and secondary garden plots | * Plots for the players to garden, both home plots and secondary garden plots | ||
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* The presence of particular species of flora that can warp {{w|space-time}} | * The presence of particular species of flora that can warp {{w|space-time}} | ||
− | + | The title text mentions that the space is assumed to be {{w|Euclidean_Geometry|Euclidean}}, which is what most people would assume since it corresponds to our normal experience, so this is not something that normally needs to be explained. But then it says that this isn't true in the vicinity of a Schwarzschild Orchid. An {{w|orchid}} is a type of flowering plant, which is relevant to a gardening game, but Schwarzschild refers to {{w|Karl Schwarzschild}}, a physicist who solved equations related to {{w|general relativity}}; the {{w|Schwarzschild radius}} is the boundary of a {{w|black hole}}, and spacetime is severely warped in this vicinity, so Euclidean geometry and {{w|Newton's Laws}} don't describe motion here well. On the whole the title text implies an entire game mechanic for determining movement in non-Euclidian spacetime, though "for the sake of simplicity" players can skip the calculations entirely when there are no gardeners in proximity of Schwarzschild Orchids. | |
− | + | When the comic was first published, the third paragraph said "stamina scores". This was later changed to "cardio scores". | |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
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+ | :[Cueball is standing beside Ponytail and White Hat, who are sitting at a table with a board game.] | ||
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:Cueball: You may assign each gardener's token to a secondary garden plot within a 30-minute walk from their home plot. | :Cueball: You may assign each gardener's token to a secondary garden plot within a 30-minute walk from their home plot. | ||
:Cueball: For the sake of simplicity, each gardener is assumed to have a constant walking speed proportional to their height and cardio score. | :Cueball: For the sake of simplicity, each gardener is assumed to have a constant walking speed proportional to their height and cardio score. | ||
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:If you're worried that you're making something too complicated, just add "for the sake of simplicity" now and then as a reminder that it could always be worse. | :If you're worried that you're making something too complicated, just add "for the sake of simplicity" now and then as a reminder that it could always be worse. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] |