Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Proxy Fixes

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > {{A player may not hold more than one other player's proxy during a
> > voting
> > > > period.}}
> > > > }}
> > >
> > > Why?
> >
> > Because otherwise there's the possibility of one person having 
> > control of
> > so many votes that eir votes cancel out all others.  It's about 
> > diversity,
> > my friend.
>
> I don't buy that.  If a bunch of people vote together, it overwhelms 
> everyone anyway.  If a bunch of people arrange to vote together via 
> the actions of a single person, that's not different from everyone 
> voting together.  The giving of proxies has to be done on the public 
> forum, and the possession of proxies is recorded on the roster.  It's 
> not something that's going to accidentally sneak up on people.  If 
> someone has a majority of votes through proxy, it's because a majority 
> of people are willing to vote all the same way.
>
> Hey Wonko, remember the Tyranny of the Majority story?

Almost. I'm not sure I'd use the word 'story', though...

Ah, those were the days. Back when people actually proposed things that 
screwed everything up and gave us something to do.

I know I complained about all the societal crashes, dimships, and 
whatnot, but they actually gave us a reason to examine the rules and 
discuss how things work, which is really the point of the game. We need 
more game breakages.

Anyone got any bright ideas for how to screw over the game in new, 
meaningful ways?

--
Wonko

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