[Spoon-business] Orc starts proposing

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I got 3 proposals to make.  The 4th I haven't disclosed what it'll be about 
yet (but it's not scam or society related, thank goodness), and the 5th I 
can't remember.  If anyone can remember another prop I talked about making, 
please let me know.  If I can't remember it, I got others to go with, 
though.  By the way, Bandwidth contributions to OrcTech would be appreciated 
and most likely rewarded.

Well, here's my props:

I propose the following rule:
{{__Races__
Each Player and Gremlin has an attribute called Race.  The default Race is 
Undefined, except for Gremlins, whose race is Gremlin.  The Yeti has a Race, 
which is Yeti.

Objects that have a Race also have the attributes Strength (STR), Speed 
(SPD), Wits (WIT), and Alcohol Tolerance (TOL).  Following is a list of 
Standard Races, and values for some of the attributes of objects that have 
the races:

Race   STR SPD WIT TOL Gender
Human  10  3   10   5  Male/Female
Orc    16  2    6  10  Male/Female
Dwarf  14  2    9  10  Male/Female
Elf     8  4   15   4  Male/Female
Ogre   20  3    1  15  Male/Female
Fairie  3  3   18   1  Male/Female
Blob    8  2   10  16  Drone
Alien  11  3   12   3  Male/Female/Drone
Insect 13  3    6   6  Male/Female
Droid   6  2    8   0  Drone   [[It sucks, but I'm thinking special Droid 
upgrades]]


The Gender in the above table is the legal Genders for objects that have the 
race, if the object has a gender.  The gender of an object may not be 
changed if that gender is not legal for the race of that object.  If an 
object has a gender that is illegal for its race, its gender is changed to a 
random legal gender for that race.  This paragraph takes precedence over 
Rule 295.

The default values for these attributes are as follows:
STR: 10
SPD: 3
WIT: 10
TOL: 5

Events may give + or - to STR, SPD, WIT, or TOL to an object.  If such 
occurs, then while the event applies, the object's appropriate attribute is 
modified by that amount.  All modifiers stack.

If a carryable object 'gives +/- # ATTR', where # is a number and ATTR is 
STR, SPD, WIT, or TOL, then while that object is in the possession of an 
entity with that attribute, the modifier applies to that entity.
}}

I propose the following:
{{__Lots o' Stuff__

Change the first sentence of section A.2. of Rule 1077 to:
{{
Strip Mining has a Cost of 75 BNS and a Quality Cost of 100 BNS [[lots of 
refining]].
}}

Add the following to the end of Section A.2 of Rule 1077
{{
If the Quality Cost of Strip Mining is paid, a 1d100 is rolled, and the 
Miner gains the following based on the roll:

1-79: Nothing
80: 1 Amethyst
81: 1 Emerald
82: 1 Sapphire
83: 1 Topaz
84: 1 Ruby
85: 1 Diamond
86: 1 Rice Ball
87: 1 Giant Stone Talon
88: 1 4x9x16 Black Slab
89: 1 Bone Xylophone
90: 1 Stone Wheel
91: 1 Doggy Bone
92: 1 Old Coin
93: 1 Rusted-Out DeLorean
94: 1 Fossil [[see below for details]]
95: 1 Life Core (color: Brown
96: 2 Life Cores (color: Brown)
97: 1 Gold Nugget
98: 3 Gold Nuggets
99: 1 Master Sword
100: 1 Amulet of Trebor

If a 99 or 100 are rolled, and one of the object produced by the Mining 
already exists, the die is rerolled.
If any of the items on the above list are otherwise undefined, they are 
carryable passable grid objects.  Life Cores, besides being that, have the 
Property Color.
Fossils have the Properties Race and Type.  When undefined, the Race of a 
Fossil is a random one of Human, Ape, T-Rex, Bronto, T-Rex, 3-Horn, and 
Pteranadon.  [[Short names for brevity]] When undefined, the Type of a 
Fossil is a random one of Skull, Arm, Leg, Leg, or Torso.
}}
}}

Now then, let's patch up the damage that was done with societies just 
recently.  I took out most of the custom definitions, and only have one 
unique definition in the rule:

I propose the following:
{{__Let's get them working right__
Change the entirety of Rule Rule 578, __Societies__ to the following:
{{
A. Definition
In this rule, Players, Societies, and Gremlins are Beings.

In this rule, all Dimensions are Properties, and Points and Entropy, if they 
are not Dimensions, are Properties too.
A Society is a group of zero or more Beings.   Those Beings are Members of 
the Society.
A Corporation is a class (or kind) of Society.

B. Society Charter
A Society must have a Charter, which dictates what actions it takes, under 
what conditions it takes them, and in what ways it takes. A Society takes 
legal actions as dictated by its Charter. If a Society's Charter is not 
defined, it is an empty string, and the Society is dictated no actions by 
its Charter. A Charter may make references to things outside the normal 
scope of this game. If it does, the Charter must either state a method for 
these things to be checked by the game [[ie - make it available to the 
admin]], or state a method for (a) Member(s) of that Society to state the 
relevant attributes or effects of those things, or the effects of these on 
the actions or the Society.

C. Society Actions

Societies may only take actions explictly permitted em in the rules.

C.1 General Actions
A Society may modify its Charter during the first 5 ndays of an nweek, if 
all of it members are Players or Societies whos members are all Players.  
Such changes do not take effect until the end of the nweek.

A Society may Accept any Being that is Requesting Admittance to the Society. 
When a Society Accepts an Being, that Being becomes a Member of that 
Society.

A Society may Oust any of its Members. A Member who is Ousted ceases to be a 
Member of that Society.

Any Being that has Points or BNS may transfer any positive amount of eir 
Points or BNS to any other Being that has Points or BNS, respectively. 
Players may transfer a positive amount of eir Bandwidth to any Society that 
is not a Corporation, provided that the Player's Bandwidth remains 
nonnegative.

A Society may State things.

Accepting an Being, Ousting a Member, changing its Charter, and making 
Statements are Managerial Actions. [[To shorten Charters]]

C.2 Proposals

Beginning in the nweek after the one in which they are created, Societies 
that are not Corporations may submit proposals just as Players can; these 
are referred to as Society Proposals, or Club Props. If the
Charm of a Society would be changed by the rules as a result of voting, and 
the Society does not have that property, all members of that society get 
that change divided by the number of members in that society with that 
property, with the remainder assigned to randomly among those members. If 
the previous sentence would create an infinite loop, in the opinion of the 
administrator, then the change is assigned as the Administrator sees fit, or 
not at all. Submitting a proposal does require the society to have and pay 
bandwidth, just as it does with players.

When a Society submits a Proposal, it must state a Member of the Society who 
can propose (if e were freed of bandwidth restrictions) to be the Presenter 
of the Proposal. If a property is referenced in a rule that the Society does 
not have but the Presenter does, the rule looks to the Presenter's property. 
Such properties may result in restrictions on the proposal, as defined by 
the rules (This is for BAC and such. I'm pretty much making it such that one 
person actually delivers the prop).

A Society may not make proposals if it has less than 3 Members who are not 
On Leave, or the number of its Members is greater than one half the number 
of Off Leave Players in the game.

A Society may also revise or rescind eir current proposals, when it is not a 
voting period.

C.3 Incorporation

Any Society may Incorporate if it has not submitted any proposals duing the 
current nweek. When a Society Incorporates, it becomes a Corporation in 
addition to being a Society. Corporations do not have Bandwidth; any 
Bandwidth the Society had at Incorporation is lost.

C.4 Positions

Any Society may confer Positions onto its Members, and may witdraw positions 
it confers. Such Positions must have the form "X of Y", where X is a string 
and Y is the name of the Society. For brevity, when the Society in question 
has been made clear, just X may be used instead of X of Y; the Society in 
question is usually the Society in a Society's Charter. If any Member of a 
Society stops being a Member of it, e loses all Positions given by that 
Society.

D. Leaving a Society

Membership in Societies is voluntary. Any Member of a Society may at any 
time Leave the Society, ceasing to be a Member of the Society.

If a Society ever has no Members, it ceases to exist, unless another Rule or 
the Society's Charter states otherwise. If a Society has no Members for the 
entirety of an nweek, it ceases to exist unless another rule states 
otherwise. (If it didn't exist for part of the nweek, then it didn't have 
members at that time. Just clarification.)

When a Society ceases to exist (indcluding if it is destroyed), unless its 
Charter, a passed proposal, or a rule state otherwise, any proposals created 
by the society that have not been voted on are rescinded.

If a Member of a Society does not exist in the scope of this game, that 
Member ceases to be a Member of that Society. Being a member of a society is 
not existance, but a quality of existance [[duh]].

F. Resources
All Societies Properties Entropy, Points, and BNS.
All Societies that are not Coroporations have Bandwidth and Charm.
The default values for all of these is 0.
At the beginning of each nweek, the Bandwidth of each Society is set to 0.

If a Society has Entropy greater than or equal to the number of Members it 
has that can have Entropy, one Entropy it has is transferred to each of its 
Members that can have Entropy.

If a Society has Charm greater than or equal to the number of Members it has 
that can have Charm, one Charm it has is transferred to each of its Members 
that can have Charm.

Any Being that has Points may transfer any positive amount of Points to any 
other Being that can have Points.  Eir Points must remain nonnegative.

Any Being that has BNS may transfer any positive amount of BNS to any other 
Being that can have BNS.  Eir BNS must remain nonnegative.

Any Entity that has Bandwidth may transfer any positive amount of it to any 
Society.  Eir Bandwidth must remain nonnegative.

G. Creating a Society

Each Player may, once per nweek, create a Society, at which time e must give 
it a uniquely identifying name.  The given name must not misrepresent the 
gamestate or attempt to do so; if it does, the Administrator may Rectify it 
and all references to it.  If e chooses, the creator of a Society may 
declare emself to be a member upon creation, in which case is is the only 
member upon creation; otherwise, the society has no members upon creation.
}}
}}

Respectfully,
Orc In A Spacesuit

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