The following mechanic was really useful at setting gameplay balance
rates; e.g. rates of currency distribution, card frequencies, points
per week for contests, etc. The best bit was that it became a
substantial campaign issue for offices but not an "unfair" one (e.g.
the Poobah benefits are raw and possibly arbitrarily-applied power,
while here the winning officer gets the privilege of deciding the
gameplay balance but in a way that's generally fair for all).
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Rule 1957/3 (Power=1)
Budgets
A budget is a document maintained by an office which determines
the values of various properties the office is empowered to
determine. An office has a budget only if the Rules explicitly
indicate that the office has a budget. Each budget shall be
part of the corresponding office's Monthly Report. As soon as
possible after a budget changes, the holder of the corresponding
office (the maintainer) shall publish it.
As soon as possible after a budget is discovered to be invalid,
its maintainer shall create a valid budget as close as possible
to the most recent valid version of the budget. The new budget
shall be effective when the maintainer publishes it.
While holding an office as electee, an officer may Without
Objection amend the budget to adhere to a proto-budget which e
must publish at the time e announces eir intent to amend. The
Rules regarding a particular budget may specify a different
procedure for its amendment.
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Rule 1958/2 (Power=1)
Nominating with Budgets
(a) If an office has a budget, then a nomination in an election
for that office is not valid unless a valid proto-budget is
associated with it.
(b) A proto-budget submitted by a nominee during the nominating
period is associated with that nominee's nomination. A
proto-budget is valid if it would be valid as a budget.
(c) If a nominee for an Office fails to submit a valid
proto-budget during the nominating period, then by default
eir nomination is associated with a proto-budget identical
to the current budget for that Office. If the current
budget is not valid, tough cookies.
(d) As soon as possible after the end of the nominating period,
the vote collector shall announce each candidate's last
valid proto-budget.
(e) When the election ends, the winner's last valid proto-budget
becomes the budget of that office, and the winner shall
announce it as soon as possible. If the election ends
without a winner, then the existing budget remains in
effect.
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[An example budget]
Rule 2055/0 (Power=1)
The Scorkeepor's Budget
The Scorekeepor's Budget shall contain the following:
(a) The Team Points Goal, which is a positive integer;
(b) The PLIMIT and PPP, which are both positive integers; and
(c) Various Scoring Events;
Each Scoring Event must contain the following information:
(1) Whether it is an Award or a Penalty;
(2) The amount of the Award or Penalty, which is a positive
integer;
(3) The conditions required for the Event to occur;
(4) A description of which Player or Team is to receive the
Award or Penalty.
If the conditions for a Scoring Event are met then the given
Player or Team may be Awarded or Penalized an amount of Points
as in that Event's description in the Scorekeepor's Budget.
Scorekeepor's Budget of Points Awards - by OscarMeyr
Created 5 Jun 2003
Last amended 25 Oct 2003
The Team Points Goal is 200.
The PLIMIT is 20, the PPP is 5.
Scoring Events are authorized Points Awards under Rule 2055.
Scoring Events for Players:
P1. If a Player wins a contested Election, e may be Awarded 10 Points.
P2. If a Player Resigns from an Office, e may be Penalized 5 Points.
P3. If a Player is Impeached, e may be Penalized 15 Points.
P4. If a Revolt succeeds, each Rebellious Player may be Awarded 15
Points.
P5. If a Revolt fails, each Rebellious Player may be Penalized 10
Points.
P6. If a Player submits a Disinterested Proposal which is Adopted, e
may be Awarded 1 Point, plus 1 Point for each vote that was cast
AGAINST the Proposal.
P7. If a Player submits an Interested Proposal which is Adopted, e
may be Awarded 4 Points, plus 1 Point for each vote that was cast
AGAINST the Proposal.
P8. If a Player is the only Player to Vote either FOR or AGAINST a
particular Proposal that e did not write or Propose, e may be
Awarded 2 Points.
P9. If a Judgement is Sustained on Appeal, the original Judge may be
Awarded 5 Points
P10. If a Judgement is Overturned on Appeal, the original Judge may be
Penalized 5 Points.
P11. If a Player gains a Historical Patent Title which e has not
held during the 7 days prior to gaining it, e may be Awarded
5 Points.
P12. If a Player gains a Boon which e has not held since the most
recent Turning of a New Parchment, e may be Awarded 2 Points.
P13. If a Player gains a Boon which e has already received since the
most recent Turning of a New Parchment, e may be Awarded 1
Point.
P14. If a Player gains an Albatross which e has not held since the
most recent Turning of a New Parchment, e may be Penalized 2
Points.
P15. If a Player gains an Albatross which e has already received
since the most recent Turning of a New Parchment, e may be
Penalized 1 Point.
P16. If a Player is granted a Degree e has not previously held, e
may be Awarded 10 Points.
Scoring Events for Teams:
T1. If all the Players on a Team Vote on a Democratic Proposal, the
Team may be Awarded 10 Team Points.
T2. If none of the Players on a Team Vote on a Democratic Proposal, the
Team may be Penalised 20 Team Points.
T3. If all the players on a Team vote FOR a Democratic Proposal and
none of them vote AGAINST it, or all the players on a Team vote
AGAINST a Democratic Proposal and none of them vote FOR it, the
Team may be awarded 10 Team points.
T4. If all the Players on a Team Vote in an Election, the Team may be
Awarded 10 Team Points.
T5. If none of the Players on a Team Vote in an Election, the Team may
be Penalised 20 Team Points.
T6. If all the Players on a Team Vote for the same Candidate in an
Election, the Team may be awarded 10 Team Points.
T7. If a Revolt succeeds, and every Player on a Team is Rebellious, the
Team may be Awarded 30 Points.
T8. If a Revolt fails, and every Player on a Team is Rebellious, the
Team may be Penalised 30 Points.
T9. Once in each Agoran week if all the Players on a Team are
Immaculate, the Team may be Awarded 5 Team Points.
