spoon-discuss: rule 0 problem

["The Voice" <nomicvoice0@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I forsee a huge problem in the near future.  If this whole DimShip fiasco 
ends in a Rule 0 type emergency, the game as we know it will cease to 
exist...

It says,  'The Emergency Management procedure (hereafter in this rule known 
as "The Procedure") will be followed in the event of an Emergency, as 
recognized by the majority of the most recently formally recognized body of 
players in The Game.'

Step 8 reads as follows: 'First-round votes are counted. When the value of 
the Pause is 7, the Administrator will count all the submitted votes and 
announce to the Forum which Refresh Proposal received the largest number of 
votes. If only one Refresh Proposal received the largest number of votes, it 
is implemented by the Administrator and the Procedure ends; otherwise the 
Procedure continues to Step 9.'

Step 12 reads as follows: 'Selected Refresh Proposal is implemented. The 
Refresh Proposal selected from the second Ballot is implemented by the 
Administrator and the Procedure ends.'

The problem I forsee is-- what happens when the Procedure ends?  The fact 
that it ends gives no indication as to what happens next, and the rule says 
nothing about what happens afterwards.  One could say that the Administrator 
can then turn the Clock back on and the game would resume, but I'm not sure 
if this can happen... does anyone else agree/see the same problem/have a 
solution?  Or am I merely paranoid 'cause I should be in Bed (TM)?

-0- Thus Spake The Voice -0-


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