[s-b] Proposal Report

Daniel Peter Lepage on Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:28:17 -0500 (CDT)

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[s-b] Proposal Report

To: spoon-business@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [s-b] Proposal Report
From: Daniel Peter Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:28:14 -0400 (EDT)

For reference, here are the texts of this nweek's proposals:

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1891/1: Pick and Choose
Standard Proposal
Proposed by Wonko on nday 6, nweek 67.

Reenact rule 1823 [[ Standard Election Procedure ]] and add the
following subsections to section C (selection methods):
{{
C.2. Approval Voting

Approval Voting is a Selection Method. In an election using Approval
Voting, a legal vote consists of a list of any number of the choices.

The choice selected by the Election is whichever choice appeared on
the greatest number of Eligible voters' votes; in the event of a tie,
the Moderator picks one of the tied choices to be selected.
}}
{{
C.3. Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)

IRV is a Selection Method. In an election using IRV, a legal vote is a
list of all the choices, ranked in an order of the Voter's choosing.

The choices are then eliminated, one by one, by repeatedly eliminating
the choice which ranked highest on the fewest number of votes, and then
removing that choice from each of the votes (so that those who ranked
it highest have their votes transferred to their second choice). If
there are multiple such choices, and removing them would not remove all
remaining choices, then all of them are eliminated simultaneously.

If this results in all but one choice being eliminated, then that
choice is Selected by the election. Otherwise, the Moderator selects
one of the winning choices to be Selected by the election.
}}

Then alter the preface (the bit before section A) as follows:
Amend the first paragraph to read:
" An Election is a type of event used to make a decision. An Election
has five primary attributes: a list of Eligible Voters, a Duration, a
Selection Algorithm, a list of choices, and a Moderator."

Add a new second paragraph:
"The Moderator is an Outsider. E is responsible for counting the votes
and announcing the results of the election."

Add to the end of the last paragraph:
"If an election is called by an Outsider, but no Moderator is
specified, it is assumed that the caller is the Moderator."

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1892/1: Let's do it right
Standard Proposal
Proposed by Wonko on nday 5, nweek 67.

Replace the text of rule 625, section B [[Ministers -> Ministerial
elections]] with:
{{
__Ministerial Elections__

Any player may start an Election for any Open Ministry as a Game
Action, provided that the Ministry has been Open for at least five
ndays and there is not already an Election in progress for that
Ministry; that player may also specify a Selection Method.

Kurt Godel may call such elections regardless of how many ndays have
passed since the Ministry became open

For five ndays following the start of an Election, players may Nominate
other players or themselves to be Candidates in that Election. Players
so Nominated may accept or reject their nominations; those that accept
become candidates in the election. After these five ndays have passed,
the Election enters the Voting phase, and an Election is called. This
Elections has all players as Eligible Voters, four ndays as its
Duration, the candidates as the choices, the Selection Method specified
by the player who called the election as its Selection Method (or Borda
Count if the caller didn't specify), and the player who called the
election as its Moderator.
}}

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1893/0: Fact from Fiction
Standard Proposal
Proposed by Wonko on nday 1, nweek 67.

Amend rule 8 to read:
{{
__Comments__

The strings '[[' and ']]' are Comment Delimiters. In any body of text related to the game, excepting this rule and any documents that explicitly state of themselves that they are exempt, all text between an occurrence of '[[' and the next occurrence of ']]' is considered to be "comment" text. Comment text exists solely for elucidative or demonstrative purposes - it has no bearing on the content of the document, and the document is treated as if the text was not there at all (except for the purposes of copying, etc.).
[[
Doing it this way is necessary, because under the former wording one could claim that two comments implicitly commented the space between them. For example:
[[ Hahahaha! ]]
At the beginning of each nweek, the player known as Wonko is awarded a Win.
[[ Neener!]]

If the above were in a rule and the former version of r8 were in effect, one could make the argument that since the winning clause is between opening brackets and closing brackets, it is comment text, regardless of whether the opening was closed first (it's between the opening of the first comment and the closing of the second).
]]

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1894/0: Legacy Cards -- Looting the Corpse
Standard Proposal
Proposed by Glotmorf on nday 4, nweek 67.

Remove all Looting the Corpse cards from the deck.

Change all Looting the Corpse cards in players' hands into Petty Theft cards.

Destroy any remaining Looting the Corpse cards.

[[ ...Cuz Looting the Corpse deals with players on Forced Leave, and there ain't no more
Forced Leave. ]]

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1895/1: Shenanigans
Standard Proposal
Proposed by Wonko on nday 5, nweek 67.

Move the text of r125 [[Automation]] to the end of r25 [[The Admin]].
[[It makes sense there]]

Amend r125 to read:
{{
__Calling for Inquiry__

If players disagree about the legality of an action, the interpretation
or application of a rule or set of rules, or the current state of the
game, any player may invoke the Second Highly Exalted Network for
Active Nomic Interpration and General Analysis of Nomic States, or
SHENANIGANS. This is done by submitting a Call For Inquiry, or CFI;
this is called Calling Shenanigans.

A CFI is a Game Document consisting of a statement about the game and
(optionally) an argument in favor of that statement.

The entity that submitted a CFI is called its Plaintiff. When Calling
Shenanigans, the Plaintiff may choose to Call Shenanigans on another
player; if e does, the chosen player is the CFI's Defendant.
}}

Amend r126 to read:
{{
__Upper and Lower__

There exists a set of players called the Upper House, one called the
Middle Ground, and another called the Lower Pit. Any player who is in
none of these may declare eir intention to enter the Upper House at any
time; a player who does so becomes a member of the Upper House at the
end of that nweek. Any player who has been in the Lower Pit for two
nweeks or more may remove emself from it at any time. Any player in the
Upper House may leave the Upper House at any time.

If a player is put into any of these three sets, e is removed from any
of the other two that e is in. No player may ever be in more than one
of these sets.

}}

Amend r127 to read:
{{
__Judges__

For each CFI, there is a set of Eligible Judges. All members of the
Upper House are Eligible for a CFI except the Plaintiff and the
Defendant of that CFI. If this means that fewer than two players are
Eligible Judges, then members of the Middle Ground are Eligible Judges
as well, with the exception of the Plaintiff and the Defendant.

When Shenanigans is Called, the Minister of Justice must select an
Eligible Judge for the CFI at random; the chose player becomes that
CFI's Judge and is moved to the Middle Ground.

The Judge of a CFI may issue a Judgment on it. This Judgment must be
one of the following (or an equivalent term that unambiguously
identifies one of the following):
TRUE: The statement of the CFI was true as of the Shenanigans Call
FALSE: The statement of the CFI was false as of the Shenanigans Call
REFUSED: The statement of that CFI is unclear, nonsensical, or
irrelevant to the game, or otherwise should not be judged.

When the Judge judges the CFI, e receives 10 tildex, ceases to be the
Judge of that CFI, and is moved to the Upper House.

If seven or more days have passed since a judge was assigned to a CFI,
any player may Recuse that Judge. When this happens, the CFI is
Remanded to the Upper House, the Recuser gains 5 tildex, and the Judge
ceases to be Judge, loses 20 tildex, and is moved to the Lower Pit.

}}

Amend r128 to read:
{{
__Appeals__

If a player believes that the judge of a CFI has issued a judgment on
misinformation or has overlooked an important rule or fact, that player
may Recall Shenanigans on that CFI (this may only be done after the CFI
has been judged). This causes the CFI to be Remanded to the Upper
House; the Upper House becomes the Judge of that CFI.

For ten ndays after a CFI is Remanded to the Upper House, every player
who was an Eligible Judge for that CFI at the time of Remanding may
submit an Appellate Judgment on that CFI. These players are called the
Appellate Judges. An Appellate judgment may be any of the allowed
Judgments that an ordinary judge may make.

After ten days, or after one of the possible Judgment choices has been
issued by a majority of all Appellate Judges, the Upper House Judges
the CFI. It issues whichever Judgment was issued by the greatest number
of Appellate Judges. In the event of a tie between the Judgment issued
by the original judge and any number of other Judgments, the one issued
by the original judge shall be used; in a tie between other Judgments
only, the Minister of Justice shall decide which Judgment is used.

}}

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1896/0: Python Enterprises
Standard Proposal
Proposed by Zarpint on nday 4, nweek 67.

There exists the Program List. This is a list of descriptions of
programs or scripts that Players have requested. An entry on the
list is called a Coil.

Each Coil has the following attributes:

Description, a precise description of the requested script, including
the language the Patron would like the script in.

Patron, the Player who posted the Coil.

Bonus, the goodies that the first player to Wind the Coil receives.

Any player may post a Coil to the Program List by making a statement to
that effect in a Public Forum, provided that the Description is not
trivial. [[This is a judgement call that may need to be decided by a Call
for Judgement.]] Unless the Patron specifies otherwise, the Bonus is 10
points.

The Patron of a Coil may modify or delete the Coil by posting a
statement to that effect in a Public Forum.

Any player may Wind any Coil on the list by posting a script to a Public
Forum or privately sending a script to the Patron. If, in the sole
judgement of the Patron, the script fits the Description, the Player who
Wound the Coil receives 10 points, and the Coil is removed from the
Program List.

It is the responsibility of the Minister of the Roster to maintain the
Program List.

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1897/0: Technological Go
Standard Proposal
Proposed by Zarpint on nday 4, nweek 67.

Add the following to the end of r1854:

{{
Masonry is a Technology that costs 250 research points. An entity
possessing Masonry may attempt to play one Political Go stone without
Moving each nweek. The attempt succeeds with a probability of 1/4.

Mining is a Technology that costs 500 research points. An entity
possessing Mining may attempt to remove one Political Go stone each nweek.
The attempt succeeds with a probability of 1/4.

Theft is a Technology that costs 1000 research points. An entity
possessing Theft may attempt to steal one Political Go stone each nweek.
The attempt succeeds with a probability of 1/4. If the attempt succeeds,
the stone now belongs to the player who attempted to steal it.

Diplomacy is a Technology that costs 500 research points. An
entity possessing Diplomacy may attempt once each nweek to form or break
an Alliance with another Player without Moving. The attempt succeeds
with probability 1/4.
}}

Give r1854 Chutzpah 2. [[So it takes precedence over the Go rule.]]

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1898/1: Election Duty
Standard Proposal
Proposed by Zarpint on nday 6, nweek 67.

Replace the text of rule 625, section B [[Ministers -> Ministerial
elections]] with:
{{
__Ministerial Elections__

Kurt Godel may call such elections regardless of how many ndays have
passed since the Ministry became open

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--
Wonko

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