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taryneast comments on Leveling IRL - Less Wrong Discussion

33 Post author: cousin_it 05 August 2011 09:35PM

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Comment author: taryneast 09 August 2011 10:58:00AM 0 points [-]

Ok, that all makes sense then.

So to reiterate your point (and make sure I've got it). Level 1 for any particular skill will likely be unchallenging for anybody that already has skill in that level... but will in fact be challenging (possibly quite challenging) for people that have never attempted it before.

I didn't realise we were working on making the whole set to be indivisible! That actually makes it more interesting! :)

However... optionally taking out the physical I think would be very important.

For instance people that have a herniated disc would never be able to do the weight-lifting training... ever. Similarly with running and people that have destroyed their knees. It'd be a shame if somebody could never get level 1 because of an injury even if they'd be level 5 in all the other skills... Anyways - otherwise I think it's a pretty cool idea.

Comment author: cousin_it 09 August 2011 11:41:40AM 0 points [-]

Yeah that's about it. Guess it's time for me to freeze the thing in its current state and write a post. Thanks a lot!

Comment author: taryneast 09 August 2011 04:24:05PM 1 point [-]

Can I also suggest that those of us working on a level record the time/effort it takes to reach each level (and whether we think we were starting from scratch). That can possibly help us to calibrate the different "areas" a bit better.

Comment author: cousin_it 09 August 2011 04:38:12PM 0 points [-]

Good idea! I'll write about that.