Updated version that allows for multiple words, but at a high (and
quadratic) cost, introduces a hand limit of 10, and tweaks the
numbers:
Proto: Spelling abuse capitalisation VLOP 2.0 (co-author=ais523, Bayes)
Amend Rule 2389 (Ordinary Chamber) to read:
Ordinary is a Voting Chamber.
Lexicographor is an office. Racks are a class of fixed assets
tracked by the Lexicographor and restricted to players. Keyword
is a Rack switch, tracked by the Lexicographor, whose value is a
string of case-sensitive letters, and default is "". If a
first-class player ever has no Racks, one is created in eir
possession with Keyword "E". A player CAN spend N*X Yaks to
create a Rack in eir possession by announcement, where N is the
number of Racks in eir possession and X is the value of the Rack
Fee, a Budget Switch.
A player's VLOP is the sum of the number of letters in eir
Racks' Keywords; the Lexicographor's report includes each
player's VLOP. The voting limit of an eligible voter on an
Ordinary Decision is eir VLOP if e is a payer, or 1 otherwise.
Tiles are a class of assets tracked by the Lexicographor and
restricted to players. Each Tile is labeled with an English
letter from A to Z. When an entity becomes eligible for a
number of Tiles, the Lexicographor CAN once, by announcement,
and SHALL in a timely fashion:
(1) destroy Tiles in eir possession as necessary until e has no
more than 10 (e SHALL pick which Tiles to destroy randomly),
then
(2) award em the number of Tiles e became eligible for,
specifying the new Tiles' letters (e SHALL pick the letters
randomly).
Every week, each first-class player becomes eligible for 2
Tiles. When a first-class person registers, e becomes eligible
for 5 Tiles.
A player CAN spend X Yaks to become eligible for 3 Tiles, where
X is the value of the Tile Fee, a Budget Switch, by
announcement.
A player CAN spend 5 Tiles to become eligible for 3 Tiles by
announcement.
An eligible word is a string of letters found as a word in
either the text of a Rule or the English Open Word List, case
insensitively. The following actions CAN be taken by
announcement, but only if the resulting Keyword is an eligible
word:
- A player CAN spend a Tile to add its letter to a specified
Rack's Keyword in lowercase.
- A player CAN spend a Tile to remove its letter once from a
specified Rack's Keyword in lowercase.
- A player CAN spend 2 Tiles to move an instance of one of the
Tiles' letters in lowercase within a specified Rack's Keyword.
- A player CAN spend any number of Tiles to append their letters
capitalized in any order to one of eir own Racks' Keywords.
- A player CAN spend 3 Tiles to add an arbitrary letter
capitalized to one of eir own Racks' Keywords.
- A player CAN spend 2 Tiles to remove any number of consecutive
letters from one of eir own Racks' Keywords.
Note: The English Open Word List can be found at
http://dreamsteep.com/projects/the-english-open-word-list.html
Set the Tile Fee to 80 and the Rack Fee to 300.
Upon the adoption of this proposal, each player becomes eligible for 5 Tiles.
