Re: [s-b] 0x44's RP

[0x44 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I revise my refresh proposal to read:
{
  /* 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.
   * Fixes rule 5e9
   * Restores and then fixes rule 5e10
   * Repeals 5e3333
   * Repeals 5e-1
   */

  The numbered proposal entitled "Fix Rule 0" is destroyed, its 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 Active Players of B Nomic 
as defined by
      other rules. If, however, there are fewer than five such Active 
Players, or who the
      current Players are is unclear, uncertain, or ambiguous, then it 
means those
      who were unambiguously Active Players before such uncertainty or 
decrease
      in Active 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 1/3 + the number of Trusting 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 and 
cannot be
      restarted until B Nomic comes out of Emergency by a means 
specified in this
      rule. 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 there 
are fewer
      than 1/3 of PEPs plus 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.
      }

      Add the following paragraph to the end of Rule 5e9:
      {
        A rule "deferring precedence" to another rule is equivalent to 
the deferred claiming
        precedence over the deferrer.
      }

      If Rule -1 exists, it is repealed
      If Rule 3333 exists, it is repealed

      If Rule 5e10 does not exist, create a new Rule numbered 5e10 
consisting of the text
      at http://b.nomic.net/index.php?title=Rule_5E10&oldid=9100

      In Rule 5e10 replace:
      {
          Game Actions occur upon reaching the appropriate fora, in the 
order they arrived,
          unless a rule states otherwise.
      } with {
          Game Actions occur upon reaching the appropriate fora, in the 
order they arrived.
          Other rules may dictate otherwise, and for the purposes of 
determining whether
          a Game Action occurs, this rule defers precedence to all others.
      }

      Add the following paragraph to the end of Rule 5e10:
      {
          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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