[spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Prop something something something

[athena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 05:57:44PM -0400, Phil Ulrich wrote:
> Supposedly I have bandwidth, so I may as well use it.
> 
> I submit the following proposal.
> 
> {{
> __Devaluing the Economy__
> 
> Replace the second paragraph of r21.A.2. with the following:
> 
> "There exists an entity known as the Basin. The Basin may create or 
> destroy Tildex, but only as specified by the Rules. When the rules 
> dictate that a player shall receive Tildex without specifying a source, 
> the Basin creates them and gives them to the Player. When the rules 
> dictate that a player loses or has Tildex taken from em without a 
> destination, the Basin takes them and destroys them."

You got rid of the Limit on Tildex Creation, which is a Problem because 
rampant Inflation will occur. Why would we want a devalued economy?

You also removed my whimsical name. I thought it was clever.

> 
> Replace the third paragraph of r21.A.2. with the following:
> 
> "10000~ may be referred to as a Myriad. X Myriads may be referred to 
> with the notation of XG or GX, where X is a real number."

You don't like my pair of question marks?? Why do you prefer 'G' ??

> 
> Delete the fourth paragraph of r21.A.2. [[The existence of a public 
> display for Tildex is already implied by r625.D.4.]]
> 
> Add the following to r625:
> "E. Paychecks
> E.1. At the end of an nweek in which a player was Minister of a 
> Ministry for the entire nweek, that player receives ~10.
> E.2. If a player is elected to a ministry, the following rule is 
> immediately created, replacing all instances of $PLAYER with the name 
> of the player:
> 	{{ __$PLAYER on Probation__
> 
> 	  Until this rule is repealed, $PLAYER receives no tildex from 
> occupying a ministry. This rule is automatically repealed on the first 
> day of
> 	  the nweek following the nweek in which it was created. 
> 	  [[Basically, until a player comes off probation, they don't get a paycheck.
> 	  However, we're slightly nicer than the real world ((slightly)) and 
> therefore it only lasts until the beginning of the next nweek. ((This 
> also
> 	  prevents someone from jumping into a ministry, receiving a 
> 	  paycheck, and jumping back out all in one nweek. Now if you occupy it for
> 	  less than a week, no tildex for you.))]]"
> 	}}
> }}

What's wrong with proposal 1885 for this? It has the advantage of not
creating and destroying new rules all the time.

Zarpint
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