On Fri, 30 May 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: > From the champion's list on the CotC website: > > 05/27/02 Craig Insane Proposal with no FOR votes > 05/10/02 root Insane Proposal with no FOR votes > > What the heck was this about?
An Insane proposal was a proposal submitted all in caps, which automatically made (1) all voting secret to the assessor and (2) made it illegal to discuss, even privately, your votes with others. And if everyone voted against it, you won. If you wrote a horrible (bad effects) insane proposal, then everyone in their right mind would vote against it. However, if they did so, you would win the game. So someone had to vote FOR it to stop you from winning. But since they couldn't discuss it, what if everyone decided to vote FOR it to stop you from winning and the horrible proposal passed? An Insane proposal that people voted for and passed led directly to (was the keystone of) the Town Fountain. =Goethe
