Re: [spoon-discuss] Straw Poll on the Government Turnover

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 28, 2004, at 12.15 AM, Zarpint wrote:

> We really should fix r0 so that refresh props can be modified. And 
> maybe
> add a "None of the Above" option which restarts the whole thing.

Well, there is a new kill switch where if a majority of all players 
declare the emergency over, we throw everything out and pretend it 
never happened.

> > In some sense, these aren't actually conflicting ideas... saying
> > "ministries can be changed quickly and easily" isn't significantly
> > different from "any player can perform any task". It's just an
> > implementation detail - we allow any player to perform any task,
> > provided that somebody else isn't already doing it.
>
> I don't understand how this is just an implementation detail. In 1,
> I can do any of the tasks in any of the Ministries. In 2, I can only
> do the tasks I am responsible for as a Minister. If you're saying I
> can at any point borrow any Ministry, do the task, and return it,
> then we have 1 with a lot of excess stuff.

Well, what do you mean by "I can do any of the tasks in any of the 
Ministries"? If you mean, "I can do any of the tasks even if it was 
supposed to be done yesterday, I only just decided to do it, and 
somebody else has already done it", then you're right, the Ministries 
system is significantly different. And also much better.

What I'm getting at is a system to ensure that we don't have multiple 
people trying to fill a given ministry at random. And yes, that does 
mean that you won't always be allowed to do any task. You can do any 
task *provided that somebody else isn't already doing it*.

The rapid turnovers and small ministries ensure that you'll have plenty 
of opportunities: if you can't fill the job this nweek because somebody 
else has already taken it, maybe you can do it in two more nweeks, when 
their term expires.

Perhaps 'Ministry' isn't a good word for these: they're much less 
permanent that what we call "Ministries" right now. They're more like 
'sign-up sheets'.

> > The Primary Ruleset Officer (AKA the PRO, or Bono):
> > <snip>
>
> Do we then have a "Call for Bono" where a Player requests Bono make a
> decision, which can be appealled to a CFI? Or does Bono have to 
> recognize
> everything the Admin formerly did?

I suppose a "call for bono" would be best. The analogy in the current 
game is simply taking the action, because Dave's required to recognize 
every action. This amounts to calling Bono perpetually.

--
Wonko
Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, 
expressed in M&Ms: 250
     -Harper's Index, October 1989

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