[spoon-discuss] Sliced Bread looking better

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I can see what Dave has been trying to do with some of his props 
(which will be obvious soon), and I know a lot of the objections to them, so 
here's compromise.

Addendum: I specifically remember Dave saying something about Gold Stars, 
but I can't find it anywhere.  If they are different, I'd like to 
incorporate them too.

I don't propose the following rule, because it's on -discuss:
{{__Gold Coins__
Any player may, once per nweek, pay Five US Dollars to the Administrator in 
exchange for a Gold Coin. The Gold Coin shall be issued to the paying player 
at the beginning of the nweek following receipt of payment. If payment is 
received during the first two days of an nweek, the Administrator may, at 
eir discretion, issue the Gold Coin immediately.

A Player in possession of a Gold Coin may give that Gold Coin to any other 
Player by stating eir intent to do so on a Public Forum.

A Player in possession of a Gold Coin may Donate A Gold Coin To Charity. 
This destroys the Gold Coin, and increases the Bandwidth of that player by 
1d3+2. [[ Good Karma. ]]

The Administrator may, up to 3 times per nweek, at any time and for any (or 
no) reason, give one or more Gold Coins to any Player. [[ More Good Karma ]]
}}

I think we can trust Dave to use this responsibly, and there are limits.  
Plus, this is bandwidth.  Think about it.  The one and only purpose of 
bandwidth is to limit the number proposals people can make per nweek.  One 
reason is to keep a semi-level playing field, another is to maintain sanity 
among those trying to understand them all, and a third is to keep Dave from 
being overloaded.  Currently, people who are making lots of proposals seem 
to be trying to do something useful most of the time, so that almost deals 
with the level playing field and sanity.  Dave controls the Stars completly, 
except for if people pay him, which I think we all agree is something Dave 
deserves.

Basically, what I'm trying to say is that Gold Coins are limited in this 
prop, they don't really unbalance this already screwy game, they can reward 
Dave in the form of Cash Money, and they let Dave reward people who try to 
make this a better game (or preserve his sanity which I think he needs).

Yes, it lets the real world encroach a bit on the game (and I'll probably 
lose on that part, as I don't know where my rent for the last couple of 
months is coming from), but it doesn't give people real unfair advantages.

On another topic, I have a question: what do you guys think about changing 
Internal/Public/Private Rules in Societies to Internal/Public/Private Codes? 
 Just for clarity?

Orc In A Spacesuit
thinks if he works this enough, it may actually pass.

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