Re: [s-d] [s-b] The Responsibility in Government Spending Act

[Tyler <wisety@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm. I like the idea. I got the feeling points were supposed to be what
measured your praiseworthy contributions to the game. But this adds an
additional aspect, that the mack value of the nueces can fluctuate (kinda
gives it a stock market feel, IMHO). Also that fame or fortune thing (which
I don't entirely understand). Did you perhaps forget to specify that a
Player could switch their motivation attribute at will?

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Warrigal
<ihope127+w@xxxxxxxxx<ihope127%2Bw@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:

> I submit the following proposal, titled "The Responsibility in
> Government Spending Act":
>
> {Create the following rule, titled "Nueces":
>
> {There is an attribute "nueces" with a Scope of all COOs, a Range of
> all non-negative integers, and a Default Value of 0. (The singular of
> "nueces" is "nuez".) The exchange rate of nueces is 0. The currency
> symbol for nueces is &. Nueces should only be awarded for doing things
> that actually help the game.
>
> There is an attribute "redemption rate" with a Scope of the singleton
> set {nueces}, a Range of all integers not less than 4, and a Default
> Value of 4. Any COO can exchange one nuez for a number of macks equal
> to the redemption rate; this is called redeeming. At the end of each
> nweek, if the number of nueces redeemed that nweek was greater than
> the number of nueces redeemed the nweek before, the redemption rate of
> nueces goes down by 1; otherwise, it goes up by 1.}
>
> In Rule 4E48, replace "mack" with "nueces", "m1" with "&1", "m20" with
> "&5", and "m100" with "&25".
>
> In Rule 4E73, replace "macks" with "macks or nueces". (I don't know
> who will decide whether the severity of a nuez fine is between two
> numbers measured in macks, but this will work just fine for Crimes
> that define Minimum and Maximum Punishment specially.)
>
> Amend Rule 4E19 to read as follows:
>
> {Motivation is an attribute with a Scope of all Players, a Range of
> {Fame, Fortune}, and a Default Value of Fame.
>
> Whenever a Proposal becomes Historical,
>
> * Each Player whose Final Vote on the Proposal was not ABSTAIN gains 1
> point.
> * If the Proposal Passed, if its Author's Motivation is Fame, its
> Author's points increases by the amount of the Proposal's Strength; if
> it's Author's Motivation is Fortune, its Author's nueces increases by
> the amount of the Proposal's Strength times 5 divided by the
> redemption rate of nueces, rounded to the nearest integer, breaking
> ties toward even integers.
> * If the Proposal Failed and was never Won, its Author loses 3 points.}
>
> }
>
> Rationale: Macks are often awarded for random, non-useful things
> (particularly, the Beast's jackpot), making them less valuable than
> they ought to be. Nueces would be a much more valuable currency, as
> awarding them is restricted to "things that actually help the game".
>
> Also, macks are red and nueces are green.
>
> --Warrigal
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 -Tyler
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