Would you object if I pended this for you? -Aris
On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > I submit the following Proposal, AI-1, "Such is Karma", co-author 天火狐: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Create the following Rule, 'Such is Karma', Power-1: > > Karma is a person switch tracked by the Herald in eir Weekly > Report. Karma is an Integer switch. The Community Chest also > has an instance of the Karma switch. > > A player CAN publish a Notice of Honour. For a Notice of Honour > to be valid, it must: > 1. Be clear that it is a Notice of Honour, and be the > first valid Notice of Honour that player has published > in the current week; > 2. Specify any other player to gain karma, and provide a > reason for specifying that player; and > 3. Specify any player to lose karma, and provide a reason > for specifying that player. > When a valid Notice of Honour is published, the player specified > to gain karma has eir karma increased by one, and the player > specified to lose karma has eir karma decreased by one. Raising > one entity's karma while lowering another's in this manner is > considered to be a "transfer" of karma. > > A player's positions in Court are defined as follows: > - Any player with a karma of 7 or greater is a Samurai. > - Any player with a karma of -7 or less is an Eta. > - The player with the highest karma (if any) is the Shogun. > - The player with the lowest karma (if any) is the > Honourless Worm. > Each player's positions in Court are part of of the Herald's > Weekly Report. > > > Create the following Rule, 'Karmic Balance', power-1: > > In a timely fashion after the beginning of each Quarter, the > Herald CAN and SHALL by announcement, perform the following > tasks in order: > 1. Halve (rounding towards 0) the karma of every non- > player. > 2. Set the Karma of the Community Chest such that the sum > of all Karma switch instance values in the game is > equal to 0. > > While the Karma of the Community Chest is not equal to 0, the > Herald CAN and SHALL publish a Notice of Honour specifying the > Community Chest as a gainer or loser in place of a player; to > be valid, it must be specified such that the result would move > the Karma of the Community Chest closer to 0. For selection > players in such transactions, the Herald SHOULD use standards > of behavior and game balance befitting the spirit of the game. > > > [Note: since only one Notice of Honour per player per week, the > Herald's requirement to tap the Community Chest takes place of eir > voluntary Notice of Honour - the Herald doesn't get to do both in > a week]. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >