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A different sort of multi-swap
From: guest (da Doctah) , 120 months, post #1
Woke up this morning with an idea in my head for a new take on the old "everybody swaps bodies" concept. Unlike the daisy-chain swap of Futurama, or the paired swaps of Gilligan's Island, all the swaps happen at the same time. Here are the salient features:

1. There are two chambers, corresponding to the "mind-transfer" helmets or whatnot. Minds in one chamber get swapped with the minds in the other.

2. There must be the same number of people in each chamber or the swap doesn't happen.

3. You end up with your mind in the body of someone who was in the other chamber, but it's completely random. You can't "force" which of the bodies you'll land in by both of you standing at the back, or any dodge like that. (Also, you won't swap with someone who was in the same chamber as you; this keeps you from being able to force only same-gender swaps by putting all the guys in one chamber and all the girls in the other, but you *can* force all the swaps to be cross-gender by the same method.)

4. There's no guarantee that the person whose body you swap into will also swap into yours. (Alternatively, you *are* guaranteed that they'll swap into a different body, which I find a more interesting possibility because you won't just be swapped with your paired counterpart.)

5. Because of the above constraints, the swap doesn't work unless there are at least three people in each chamber. Also because of the constraints, you can't just put everybody back where they belong by re-running the machine. (I haven't worked out the math yet, but it may be possible to do multiple re-swaps to restore the original state; if this is true, add a constraint that the machine has to "rest" for a period of time before it can be re-used.)

If anyone wants to take this idea and run with it, by all means be my guest.

From: cj , 120 months, post #2
Interesting concept. Could create some interesting stories. I'm not sure my mind can generate a story that complex yet.

From: guest (dcao) , 120 months, post #3
One thing for 'swapping back' would be:

If anyone lands back in their body, they step out of the device (if they're the only ones, someone who is in the wrong body also steps out momentarily to make it even).

As people land back in their body, they step out. If there's a 'non-correct' body standing outside to keep things even, they step in to make it even again. Once you're down to 6 (3 each) left, then it's just hit-or-miss. You have a one-in-three shot of entering your body when transferred from the other device. One of your other two transferees, if you found your right body, has a 1-in-2 chance of hitting the correct body. And then, obviously, the third guy is 1-in-1. However, there is no 'random cycle', it would be 'truly random' each time. So, theoretically, you could never make it back into your own body again. Say you always wind up in Jim's body, instead of yours.

Interesting concept.

From: Weirdoid , 120 months, post #4
Sounds interesting if truely random, then couples could swap and not always be an opposite sex pair.

From: Forestier , 120 months, post #5
It appears to me difficult to think of a machine which wouldn't work with less than six persons. It's like a car that wouldn't start with less than four people onboard. But there could be a �rule� not to use the machine with only two people, a rule that people could try and bend.

From: DivineBandit , 120 months, post #6
You could have the floor on either side be a scale, or perhaps have at least six different triggers inside needed to activate the device. If someone were going to build a machine to these specs, I would imagine it's not difficult to add something to force the scenario.

From: cj , 120 months, post #7
"... perhaps have at least six different triggers inside..."

Hmmm... like the old Star Trek Transporter pads area. Weren't there like 6 or 7 pads arranged on the deck / area, or something like that?

From: cj , 120 months, post #8
Apparently, six.


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01729/star_1729224c.jpg

From: guest (brayn) , 120 months, post #9
There's a similar one like that on the BE Addventure, it's called "part scrambler", 3 people enter, it randomly scrambles heads, chests and legs, sequentially (rotates parts clockwise or counter-clockwise). Fun idea, no one ever seems to run with the concept though, I guess it's too intelligent for the average reader to follow, *shrugs*

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