0x44 on Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:14:48 -0700 (MST)


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[s-b] Proposal: Refactoring the Menagerie


I submit the following Proposal entitled "Refactoring the Menagerie":
{
Create a new Public Display called "The Monster" and populate it with the current text of Rule 5e52.

   Repeal rule 5e51.
   Repeal rule 5e52.
   Replace the text of Rule 5e50 with
   {
Creatures are a type of Game Object which may be defined according to this rule. Creatures are Outsiders, Players, and Human External Forces for all intents and purposes. This Rule takes precedence over Rule 5e4.

      Creatures may only take Game Actions in the following ways:
* Any given Player may, once per nweek, with no objection in a jiffy, cause the Creature to take a single Game Action that is not prohibited or regulated by the Rules. * The Beast is also capable of causing certain changes to the state of the Game, which are specified in Tricks. Tricks are randomly performed on a fixed schedule (see below), and no Player may cause the Beast to perform a Trick as a Game Action. * The Monster is also capable of causing certain changes to the ruleset, which are specified in Mad Science. Mad Science is randomly performed on a fixed schedule, and no Player may cause the Monster to perform Mad Science as a Game Action. ===The Beast=== The Operantly Conditioned Beast (aka The Beast or The OCB) is a Creature whose name is Fred.

      ===The Monster===
The Monster (aka It Came From Agora) is a Creature whose name is Dref.

      == Tricks ==
Tricks are a type of Game Object, with a positive integer attribute Response that defaults to 10. Within a Jiffy, a Player may Reinforce or Punish the previous Trick performed to increment or decrement the Response of that Trick by 1. A Player who has Reinforced or Punished a Trick may not perform either of these Game Actions until the OCB next performs a Trick.

All Tricks have a Timing, either Anytime (default) or Voting. At the start of each nday 1, 5, and 9, the OCB performs a single Trick, randomly selected from among existing Tricks. The probability that a specific Trick is selected to be performed is equal to the proportion of the sum total of all Response values represented by the Response value of that Trick. When neither a Voting Period nor a Particular Voting Period are in progress, Tricks with a Timing of "Voting" are not included in the selection process and may not be performed.

With support and without objection, a Player may Teach the OCB a new Trick, defining the changes to the gamestate that its performance enacts and, optionally, its Timing.

      == Mad Science ==
         The Mad Scientist must do the following tasks in order:
# Randomly select exactly one rule. If this rule is randomly selected, the villagers have shown up with torches and pitchforks skip to the final step. # Select one or more contiguous sentences from the selected rule. # Select exactly one noun from the selected text, and replace each instance of that noun with "Monster" (including grammatical variations, e.g. replacing "<noun>'s" with "Monster's"). # Append the modified text to "The Monster's" public display, (or, if the villagers have shown up with torches and pitchforks, the Monster's public display is set to '')

      == The Ranger ==
There exists a Ministry known as the Ministry of Fauna. The Minister of Fauna, also known as the Ranger or Chuck Norris, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of the OCB's Rule-defined attributes and of all Tricks as well as their Attributes.

Whenever the OCB is scheduled to perform a Trick according to the Rules, the Ranger is obliged to randomly select a Trick to be performed, in accordance with the probabilities above and having previously announced the mode and modalities of this selection to the Public Forum. If the Ranger fails to do so within 1 rday, any Player who is the first to do so may carry out this selection, provided he respects all associated requirements.

The Ranger is presumed to have the power to talk to the Operantly Conditioned Beast. Any player obligated to send any communication to the Beast may fulfill this obligation by sending that communication to the Ranger instead.

      == The Mad Scientist ==
There exists a Ministry known as the Ministry of Mad Science. The Minister of Mad Science, also known as Dr. Frankenstein or the Mad Scientist, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of the Monster's Rule-defined attributes and of Mad Science. Once per nweek, the Mad Scientist must perform the procedure defined in Mad Science.

The Mad Scientist is presumed to have the power to talk to the Monster. Any player obligated to send any communication to the Monster may fulfill this obligation by sending that communication to the Mad Scientist instead.
   }
}

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