[s-b] Refresh Proposal revision

[Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Forwarded from the original Emergency Forum:

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I revise my refresh proposal thusly:

Amend Rule 5E36 (Judgment) by replacing each instance of "ndays (or 
ndelays if the clock is off)" (case-insensitive) with "rdays".

Change the first sentence of Rule 5E35 to "A Player may submit a Tweak, 
which is a Game Document describing changes to be made to the rules 
and/or game state of B Nomic."

Create a new Essential rule titled "Anti-ISIDTID", with the text 
{Changes to the gamestate are generally prohibited unless explicitly 
permitted.  Changes to things other than the gamestate are beyond the 
ability of the rules to regulate effectively. This rule should be 
interpreted according to its spirit, not its letter.}

Replace the text of rule 5e10 with {

A Game Action is an action described as such by the rules. An Outsider 
can perform a Game Action unless the rules prohibit it; if no other 
mechanism is explicitly specified, then he can perform it by posting a 
message to a Public Forum specifying that he performs it. He must also 
specify any targets and/or parameters necessary for that action [[for 
example, you must specify a proposal in order to vote against a 
proposal]]. Unambiguous targets and parameters specified in Game Actions 
are valid regardless of capitalization, punctuation, or exact wording 
unless explicitly required by a Rule.


If a player attempts to take multiple Game Actions in one message, they 
occur in the order they are listed. A player may state that they take a 
Game Action a certain (positive integral) number of times; this is 
equivalent to sending a message repeatedly stating that that Game Action 
is taken, the number of times requested, unless a number of repetitions 
is unreasonably large. The Rules also have the power to cause an 
Outsider to take Game Actions whether they post or not, and actions 
which are Game Actions can of course be performed by other mechanisms if 
a Rule makes that possible.


Game Actions occur upon being transmitted to a reasonably large subset 
of players via the appropriate fora, in the order they arrived, unless a 
rule states otherwise. A Game Action that is caused by a Rule instead of 
by a Forum Post takes place at the time specified by the Rule.

Text to the effect that 'any X may do Y' should be interpreted to imply 
that Y is a Game Action, but that a non-X may not do Y (unless permitted 
by another rule).


Game Actions which involve calculating things that are unreasonable, 
impossible or ambiguous fail and have no effect. Determining what meets 
that criterion is up to Ministries and the Consultation system.
}

Change the text of Rule 0 to the following:
{{

For the purposes of this rule, the term "Potential Emergency 
Participant" or PEP shall mean each
of the current Players of B Nomic as defined by other rules. If, 
however, there are fewer than five
such Players, or who the current Players are is unclear, uncertain, or 
ambiguous, then it shall
instead mean those who were unambiguously players before such 
uncertainty or decrease in Player count.

Each PEP has a Mental State, which is exactly one of Calm, Paranoid, or 
Trusting, and defaults to
Calm. As a game action to the Public Forum or any previously Public 
Forum in the past month, a PEP
may set his Mental State by stating that he does so, and specifying the 
new Mental State. If there
are at least four more PEPs with a Paranoid Mental State than PEPs with 
a Trusting Mental State, or
there are at least five PEPs with a Paranoid Mental State, B Nomic 
enters a State of Emergency.

When this occurs the following Procedure happens:

       1. Game time is halted. Whatever means used in the Game of B 
Nomic to track time are stopped as of the
          beginning of the Emergency. Pending events and deadlines 
relative to game time, excepting those
          specified in this rule, are postponed until game time 
resumes. Pending events and deadlines
          with absolute dates and times do not occur.

       2. The PEP who most recently held the Ministry of Ministries 
becomes the Emergency Coordinator.

       3. The most recent Public Forum becomes the Emergency Forum. If 
for any reason, the most recent Public
          Forum is inaccessible, the Emergency Coordinator shall 
designate a means for PEPs to communicate as
          the Emergency Forum, and make a reasonable effort to notify 
all other PEPs of the Forum's existence
          and how it may be accessed for Emergency communication. If 
for any reason, the most recent Public
          Forum is inaccessible, and the Emergency Coordinator fails to 
either designate an Emergency Forum or
          notify the PEPs within 24 hours of the Game entering a State 
of Emergency, any PEP may designate an
          Emergency Forum if he notifies the other PEPs of its 
existence and how it may be accessed for
          emergency communication.

       4. The Pause is initialized at zero. This Procedure tracks time 
spent using the Pause. Until the
          completion of the Procedure, the Pause is increased by one 
each day at 00:00:00 UTC. Once per day,
          the Emergency Coordinator may announce to the Emergency Forum 
his intention to increment the pause.
          If no PEP voices objection to this action on the Emergency 
Forum within 24 hours, the value of the
          Pause is incremented by one. If, at any time, the Pause has 
not been incremented in the last 48
          hours, it is incremented by one.

       5. At any time before the value of the Pause is 5, each PEP may 
submit a Refresh Proposal, aimed at
          either resuming or ending the Game, and may revise or 
withdraw his own Refresh Proposal, via the
          Emergency Forum. A Refresh Proposal consists of a list of 
changes which may affect any aspect of the
          Game or the state of the Game, including, but not limited to: 
rules, mackerel, player attributes, the
          valid list of Players, current holders of any Ministries, and 
the legitimacy and/or actuality of any
          action taken in the context of the Game.

       6. When the value of the Pause is 5, any PEP can, and the 
Emergency Coordinator shall, gather all
          submitted Refresh Proposals into a Ballot and publish it.

       7. Each PEP may cast a single Ballot by announcing it via the 
Emergency Forum. This Ballot shall rank
          some or all of the Refresh Proposals in order of preference 
with the most-preferred alternative being
          ranked first, and less-prefered alternatives being given 
subsequently higher integers.

       8. When the value of the Pause is 7, any PEP can, and the 
Emergency Coordinator shall, tally the ballots
          using the Ranked Pairs algorithm. The Refresh Proposal chosen 
by the ballots shall be the selected
          refresh proposal.

       9. All changes listed in the selected refresh proposal occur, 
implemented by the Emergency Coordinator
          as needed. All PEPs become Calm. If all current Emergency 
procedures have been running for 14 days
          or more, any PEP can initiate another one, to run 
independently of the current one. This Emergency
          Procedure will start at step 3, and the PEP that initiated it 
will be the Emergency COordinator.
         
If at any point, during the State of Emergency, there are fewer than 
five Paranoid PEPs, or the number
of Paranoid PEPs is fewer than three more than the number of Trusting 
PEPs, all running Emergency
procedures stop and B Nomic exits the State of Emergency and normal game 
time resumes. At the beginning
of Mulberry, nday 3, any PEPs who are Paranoid become Calm iff the value 
of the Threat Flag is Pink Ponies.

}}

Change the second paragraph of 5E57 to { A Player may become a Party to 
a specific Contract by posting to the Public Forum "I become a party to 
<contract name>" if that Contract exists and does not disallow it. No 
Contract may impose any obligation upon a non-Party. }

Cause all PEPs to become players. [[Remove ambiguity.]]

Remove the text "Players may only receive Trophies in accordance with 
this rule." from rule 5e57.


For each of the Players J, ais523, 0x44, Warrigal and Billy Pilgrim, 
award a Big Red Panic Button, which is a Game Object and a Trophy, to him.

Award a Golden Pen of Rules Clarification, which is a Game Object and a 
Trophy, to Murphy.


Re-insert the text "Players may only receive Trophies in accordance with 
this rule." into rule 5e57, at the place where it was removed.

Change the final line of 5E17 to { "The Fifth Era of B Nomic is the time 
starting with nweek 153 (2 Dec 2008) when Make It Better passed. The 
Second Fifth Era of B Nomic (E5B) started nweek 154 (29 Dec 2009) and 
continues to today. }

Create a new Essential rule titled "The Mao Protectorate" with the text 
{ There exists an External Force known as the Secret Ruleset. A Player 
may take any game action authorized by the Secret Ruleset. The External 
Force at email address bitty.babal@xxxxxxxxx is the definitive 
interpreter of the Secret Ruleset, and will reveal whether actions 
claiming the authority of the Secret Ruleset work or not on request. 
This rule takes precedence over all other rules, and may not be modified 
except per the Secret Ruleset. [[The Secret Ruleset is intended to add 
some fun to the game in a way that could only be added by a 
dictatorship; players may be able to deduce some of its contents by 
observing which actions are made under it.]] }

Assign the rule "The Mao Protectorate" the number -1.

Change the name of Rule 5E1 to "The Game of B Nomic."

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