[s-d] Re: [s-b] [auto] Zarpint submits p1963

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 8, 2004, at 4.08 PM, automailer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Zarpint has submitted a new proposal, p1963.
>
> ---------------------------------
> Proposal 1963/0: Aux Technology, Comrades!
> A Standard Proposal by Zarpint
> Last modified on nweek 74, nday 3
>
> [[To encourage more technological research.]]
>
> In subsection C of r1639, remove "4. Mining." and "5. Theft." from the 
> list of Moves.
>
> Change the Chutzpah of r1854 to 4.
>
> In r1854:
>
> Add the following after the first set of bullet points:
> "A Technology may have Levels. If so, having it means that you have it 
> at Level 1. Having a Technology at Level N means that you also have it 
> at any Level < N."
>
> Change "another entity can give the Technology to the entity (this 
> does not cause the giving entity to lose the Technology)" to "another 
> entity can agree to give the Technology to the em in exchange for eir 
> performing an Action. This does not cause the giving entity to lose 
> the Technology, and once such an agreement is made, it must be 
> followed if legal."

This wouldn't be necessary if we still had Contracts. Is there any 
reason not to bring them back completely?

> Add the following "SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED" delimited paragraphs to the 
> end of r1854:
>
> SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED
> Double Voting is a Technology that costs 600*N research points for 
> Level N. A Player who possesses Double Voting at Level N may cast N 
> additional votes.
>
> Extra Bandwidth is a Technology that costs 600*N research points for 
> Level N. A Player who possesses Extra Bandwidth at Level N receives 2N 
> extra BW at the beginning of each week.
>
> Printing Tildex is a Technology that costs 800*N research points for 
> Level N. A Player who possesses Printing Tildex at Level N receives 5N 
> extra ~ at the beginning of each week.
>
> Drawing is a Technology that costs 400*N research points for Level N. 
> A Player who possesses Drawing at Level N may draw N extra cards each 
> week.
> SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED

All of these, especially Double Voting, are far too powerful. Since 
there's no limit to the value of N, any points-gaining scam would now 
translate to complete dominance of the Ballot.

Also, Double Voting is unfair to newer players, since players who have 
been sitting around gaining research for a while will have considerably 
more voting power than the newbies will.

Oh, and this is insanely powerful given that having Tech at level N 
means you also have it levels less than N... so if I get Double Voting 
3, I also have DV2 and DV1, meaning that I get six extra votes. Though 
the rule doesn't say on what or when, so maybe I'd just get 6 votes 
once to be used however I wanted, and I'd never get them again.

--
Wonko

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that 
you end up being governed by your inferiors."
     -Plato

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