[s-b] 0x44's RP

[0x44 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I submit the following refresh proposal:
{
   /* Fixes Emergencies, makes Emergencies happen less often.
    * Brings back the temporal prime directive
    * Explicitly fixes tweaks.
    * Leaves the question of ehird's playerhood to the Courts where it 
belongs.
    */

   The numbered proposal entitled "Fix Rule 0" is destroyed, it's 
status is set to Historical.
 
   Replace the text of Rule 0 with:
   {
       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 forum previously Public in the past 
month, a PEP
       may set his Mental State by stating that he does so, and 
specifying the new
       Mental State. If at least 1/3 of PEPs are Paranoid and no more 
than 2 PEPs
       are Trusting, or more than 1/2 of PEPs are Paranoid, 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, except 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 Emergency Forum is inaccessible, or becomes
       inaccessible during the Emergency, the Emergency Coordinator 
shall post to
       all public and discussion forums, or if neither are available, 
email each
       PEP at their last known email address to notify all PEPs of the 
location of
       a forum suitable for Emergency communication, preferably a 
public forum.
       This forum becomes the Emergency Forum. If he does not do so 
within 24
       hours, any PEP may do so, thus becoming the new Emergency 
Coordinator.

       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 of the posted intention, the value of the Pause 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-preferred 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, less than 1/3 of PEPs are Paranoid, or the 
number
       of Trusting PEPs is greater than 2, 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.
       }

       In Rule 5e10 add the following sentence
       {
           No rule, game document, or game action may require or force any
           retroactive changes to the game state.
       }

       Replace the text of Rule 5e35 with:
       {
           As a game action, a Player can submit a Tweak, which is a 
Game Document
           describing changes to be made to the rules and/or game state 
of B Nomic.
           A submitted Tweak cannot be revised after it has been submitted.

           As a game action without objection, a Player can activate a 
Tweak he
           submitted during the current or previous nweek, provided he 
has not
           previously attempted to activate the same tweak. When a 
tweak is
           activated, the changes it describes take effect.
       }
}



       

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