I don’t support this. I see little harm in keeping an interesting game mechanic
in the ruleset, especially if we make it clear that it is not necessary for
beginners to understand. If necessary, we could add a rule along the lines of
{{{
There is a report switch called idleness with values Idle and Not Idle, tracked
by the ADoP. If a report remains unchanged for n consecutive reports, the
officer responsible for it may flip it to idle by announcement. As long as a
report is Idle and there have been no changes to its content since the last
time it was published, the responsible officer is not required to publish a
report on a regular basis. When an officer publishes a report that was
previously Idle, it flips to Not Idle.
}}}
This, along with a clear indication of which mechanics were not currently
important, could allow us to keep unused mechanics around at virtually no cost.
Gaelan
> On Sep 1, 2017, at 9:54 PM, Owen Jacobson <o...@grimoire.ca> wrote:
>
> My proposal would have inadvertently allowed non-players to keep eir shiny
> balances, which I did not intend. I withdraw the proposal “Organization
> Repeal” and submit the following proposal in its place:
>
> Title: Organization Repeal
> Author: o
> AI: 3.0
>
> {{{
> Destroy each Organization.
>
> Repeal rule 2459 ("Organizations").
>
> Repeal rule 2461 ("Death and Birth of Organizations").
>
> Repeal rule 2460 ("Organizational Restructuring").
>
> Repeal rule 2457 ("Lockout").
>
> Repeal rule 2458 ("Invoking Lockout").
>
> Repeal rule 2462 ("Bankruptcy").
>
> Amend rule 2456 ("The Secretary") by
>
> * Changing its title to "The Treasuror", then by
> * Replacing its text, entirely, with:
>
> {{{
> The Treasuror is an office, and the recordkeepor of Shinies.
>
> The Treasuror's weekly report also includes:
>
> 1. the current Floating Value, and all derived values
> defined by the Rules.
> }}}
>
> Make o the Treasuror.
>
> Amend rule 2166 ("Assets") by:
>
> * Replacing the paragraph:
>
> {{{
> Unless modified by an asset's backing document, ownership
> of an asset is restricted to Agora, persons, and
> organizations.
> }}}
>
> with:
>
> {{{
> Unless modified by an asset's backing document, ownership
> of an asset is restricted to Agora and persons.
> }}}
>
> then by
>
> * Removing the paragraph:
>
> {{{
> An organization's charter CAN specify whether or not that
> organization is willing receive assets or a class of
> assets. Generally, an organization CANNOT be given assets
> its charter states that it is unwilling to receive. The
> previous provisions of this paragraph do not apply to an
> asset if the organization is required to provide that asset
> in order to continue existing.
> }}}
>
> Amend rule 2489 ("Estates") by replacing the first sentence with:
>
> {{{
> An Estate is a type of indestructible liquid asset, which
> may be owned by players or Agora.
> }}}
>
> Amend rule 2491 ("Estate Auctions") by replacing its text,
> entirely, with:
>
> {{{
> At the start of each month, if Agora owns at least one
> Estate, the Surveyor shall put one Estate which is owned by
> Agora up for auction, by announcement. Each auction ends
> seven days after it begins.
>
> During an auction, any player may bid a number of Shinies
> by announcement, provided that the bid is higher than any
> previously-placed bid in the same auction.
>
> If, at the end of the auction, there is a single highest
> bid, then the player who placed that bid wins the auction.
> The player who placed the winning bid CAN cause Agora to
> transfer the auctioned Estate to the winner by
> announcement, if e pays Agora the amount of the bid. E
> SHALL do so in a timely fashion.
> }}}
>
> Amend rule 2483 ("Economics") by replacing its text, entirely, with:
>
> {{{
> Shinies (singular "shiny", abbreviated "sh.") are an
> indestructible liquid currency, and the official currency
> of Agora. Shinies may be owned by players, or by Agora. The
> Treasuror is the recordkeepor for shinies.
>
> The Treasuror CAN cause Agora to pay any player or
> organization by announcement if doing so is specified by a
> rule.
> }}}
>
> Repeal rule 2485 ("You can't take it with you").
>
> Amend the following rules, in order, by replacing the word
> "Secretary" with the word "Treasuror" wherever it appears:
>
> * Rule 2487 ("Shiny Supply Level")
> * Rule 2498 ("Economic Wins")
> * Rule 2497 ("Floating Value")
> }}}
>
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