thanks @mikey. this month I'm trying to be honest and just myself and not take on too much responsibility, or worry about complicated power dynamics too much. I was trying to speak as myself, and talk about what I'm excited by. As this thread has proceeded I'm seeing more value as I grok more of your perspective.

Namely, this feels like it could be furthering the ecosystem by not only being a learning opportunity for greg, but also a learning opportunity for people more generally. So if I think of this more like a kata - an excercise which is mainly about the craft and build, and my focus away from asking "do I want to play that game", then I get a much different impression.

We know each other well enough to know we share many values. I think assuming other people are asusming things about you rather than asking a question feels like an ego related thing. It's a really interesting challenge with this whole grant thing. How an we be ok enough to poke at each others ideas in an 'exploring together' way.
I think that's the point of trying to have drafts up for a week before the March 1st deadline. That gives you enough flexibility to do things like realise people really dig the idea of learning and exemplars, and maybe the game itself could be slightly different, or not. Could run multiple proposals to just kick ideas around. Dunno, tension with how much energy making a clear proposal takes as well ...