[s-d] Re: [s-b] [auto] BvS submits p11

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 21, 2005, at 9.11 PM, automailer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> BvS has submitted a new proposal, p11.
>
> ---------------------------------
> Proposal 11/0: Desecration is Fun!
> A Standard Proposal by BvS
> Last modified on nweek 86, nday 4
>
> Create a new Section to the Ruleset, named "All Things Mystical."
>
> Create a new rule in the All Things Mystical section of the ruleset:
>
> {{
> == Fun With Souls ==
>
> Souls are Game Objects. Upon joining, all Players are given a Soul. A 
> player may only lose possession of eir Soul or gain possession of 
> another Soul in a manner stated in the rules. A Player who possesses a 
> Soul which is not eir own may be referred to as that Soul's Master.

Why not just refer to the possessor of any Soul as its Master? I would 
like to think I'm the Master of my own Soul, thank you very much.

> Players may possess Lost Souls. A Player who does not have the maximum 
> allowed number of Souls in eir possession may take possession of a 
> Lost Soul by declaring in a public forum which Lost Soul e is taking 
> possession of. Lost Souls in the possession of Players are Found 
> Souls. Found Souls are Game Objects.

Since the objects are now just Souls instead of Lost Souls, you might 
just want to say "Players may posses Souls"; as it's worded now, it 
seems to suggest that when a player claims a Lost Soul, the Soul 
becomes both Lost and Found at the same time.

> Found Souls may not take possession of Lost Souls until they have 
> reclaimed possession of their own Soul.

Later on you change it so that Players do not become Lost Souls, it's 
just that their Souls hang around being Lost. So a Soul can't take 
possession of another Soul anyway. Maybe you mean "A player may not 
take possession of a Lost Soul unless e possesses eir own Soul 
already"?

> The maximum number of Souls a Player may possess is 2.

Counting eir own?

> }}
>
> Amend rule 3-2 to read:
>
> {{
> A Player is an Outsider who consents to be governed by the rules, 
> fulfills all requirements for continued playerhood specified by the 
> rules, and has become a player in a manner specified by the rules.
>
> An External Force may become a Player by posting a message to a Public 
> Forum containing a request to become a player and a uniquely 
> identifying name that e wishes to be known by. It may do this if and 
> only if it fulfills the following requirements:
>
>     * It is capable of passing a Turing Test
>     * Its Soul is Lost, Found, or does not exist
>     * It has a working e-mail address
>
> If player whose Soul is a Found Soul rejoins the game, eir Soul does 
> not cease to be Found and remains in the possession of its Master.
>
> A Player may cease to be a player by Forfeiting the game; this must be 
> done in a Public Forum unless there are no working public fora, in 
> which case e may notify all players privately instead.
>
> No restrictions may be placed on when a player may forfeit; any player 
> may forfeit the game at any time (regardless of the clock, the watch, 
> etc.)
>
> When a Player ceases to be a player for any reason, e loses all game 
> defined properties and attributes except for eir Name, and eir Soul 
> becomes a Lost Soul. Lost Souls are game objects. When a Found Soul 
> forfeits, e remains a Found Soul, and their Soul remains in the 
> possession of its Master.

Again you refer to a Found Soul as though it were a player, which I 
don't think it is anymore. Perhaps "When a Player ceases to be a player 
for any reason, every Soul e possessed, including eir own, becomes 
Lost". That covers the Lostness and also accounts for any other Souls e 
may have had.

> }}
>
> Give every current and former Player of B Nomic listed on the Roster a 
> Soul. Make all Souls of former Players Lost.

You might omit "listed on the Roster". Otherwise I could go tweak the 
Roster right before this passes and destroy your soul for free.

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Wonko

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