On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I retract my previous proposal with this title. (I forgot to update > caste initialization to match Ivan Hope's non-linear scale.) > > Proposal: Some players are more equal than others > (AI = 2, II = 2, please) > > OscarMeyr and Ivan Hope are co-authors of this proposal. > > Amend Rule 2156 (Voting on Ordinary Decisions) to read: > > Caste is a player switch, tracked by the Grand Poobah, with the > following values and their numeric equivalents: > > Alpha - 8 > Beta - 5 > Gamma - 3 > Delta - 2 > Epsilon - 1 (default for first-class players and provinces) > Savage - 0 (default for all other players) > > Changes to caste are secured. > > The eligible voters on an ordinary decision are those entities > that were active players at the start of its voting period. The > voting limit of an eligible voter on an ordinary decision is eir > caste at the start of its voting period, or half that (rounded > up) if the voter was in the chokey at that time. > > Upon the adoption of this proposal, each player's caste is set to N/3, > rounded toward the nearest caste value, breaking ties toward the higher > caste, where N is eir VVLOD immediately before the adoption of this > proposal. > > Create a rule titled "Caste Bootstrapping" with Power 2 and this text: > > Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the voting limit of an > eligible voter on an ordinary decision whose voting period > started (time T_s) before castes were defined (time T_c) is > based on T_c rather than T_s. This rule repeals itself once > the voting periods of all such decisions have ended. > > Create a rule titled "The Grand Poobah" with Power 2 and this text: > > The Grand Poobah is an office; its holder is responsible for > keeping track of castes. > > At the beginning of each month, each Alpha's caste is flipped to > eir default value. As soon as possible after the beginning of > each month, the Grand Poobah SHALL do the following, in order, > at each step choosing (if possible) a player who has not yet > been chosen during the current procedure: > > 1) Promotions. At each step, the Grand Poobah SHALL choose a > player whose caste is as high as possible without equalling > or exceeding the new caste: > > a) Flip a player's caste to Alpha > b) Flip a player's caste to Beta > c) Flip a player's caste to Gamma > d) Flip a player's caste to Delta > > 2) Demotions. Each step is repeated as many times as needed. > > b->c) While there are more than two Betas, > flip a Beta's caste to Gamma > c->d) While there are more than three Gammas, > flip a Gamma's caste to Delta > d->e) While there are more than four Deltas, > flip a Delta's caste to Epsilon > > Amend Rule 2126 (Notes) by replacing this text: > > (1) A player CAN spend three Notes forming a major chord to > increase another player's VVLOD by 1. > > (2) A player CAN spend five Notes forming the start of a major > scale to increase eir own VVLOD by 1. > > (3) A player CAN spend three Notes forming a minor chord to > decrease another player's VVLOD by 1. > > with this text: > > (1) A player CAN spend three Notes forming a major chord to > increase another non-Alpha player's caste by 1 level. > > (2) A non-Alpha player CAN spend five Notes forming the start of > a major scale to increase eir own caste by 1 level. > > (3) A player CAN spend three Notes forming a minor chord to > decrease another non-Savage player's caste by 1 level. > > (4) A non-Savage player CAN spend five Notes forming the start of > a minor scale to decrease eir own caste by 1 level. > > and by renumbering the rest of the list of ways to spend Notes by > increasing each number by 1. > > Amend Rule 2134 (Win by Clout) by replacing this text: > > Cleanup procedure: Each player's VVLOD is set to eir BVLOD, and > no player satisfies this Winning Condition again (the remainder > of this rule notwithstanding) until after the next time that > each player's EVLOD is set based on eir VVLOD. > > with this text: > > Cleanup procedure: Each player's caste is set to its default > value, and no player satisfies this Winning Condition again (the > remainder of this rule notwithstanding) during the same month. >
I do like this idea, though I still don't see why someone who is an Alpha gets set to their default caste. . . It seems like they should just be demoted to a Beta rather than demoted to an Epsilon or Savage. Other than that, I rather like this proposal. avpx
