I call an AP CFJ w/ the statement: "Alexis's proposal 'Backed Out the Door'
is a 'truly hideous pun' under rule 1650."
Pretty self-explanatory. I think it does include puns, but that doesn't
mean it IS a pun.
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Alexis Hunt <aler...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Silly Proposal: Backed Out the Door (AI=2, coauthors=Telnaior, ais523,
> Aris,
> G.)
> {{{
> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Political Parties", reading as
> follows:
>
> There are 5 Parties, in order:
>
> - Platonic Isolationists
> - New Punchbowl Reformers
> - Costume Conservatives
> - Substance Use Liberals
> - Official Raving Monster Looney Party
>
> Politicians are entities; each Politician has a name and an
> associated Party. Politicians exist only as specified by the
> rules. Creating, altering, or destroying Politicians is secured.
>
> If there are ever fewer than 20 Politicians, then the Clork CAN
> and SHALL, by announcement, create a new Politician, specifying
> eir Party and name. The Party must be selected at random from:
>
> - If any Party has fewer than 3 Politicans, the Party or Parties
> with the fewest.
> - Otherwise, the Parties with fewer than 5 Politicians.
>
> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Clork", reading as follows:
>
> The Clork (pronounced "clark") is an office. The Clork's weekly
> report includes:
> - a list of all Politicans with their names and Parties.
> - the assignment of Policies to Parties.
>
> The portion of a document purporting to be a Clork's report
> containing the above information is self-ratifying.
>
> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Echelon Forms", reading as follows:
>
> A Post is a position which can be held by at most one Politician.
> Each Politican can hold at most one Post at a time. Each Post is
> in an Echelon, which has an associated Rank. The Echelons, and
> their Posts and Ranks, are as follows:
>
> Chamber of Power (Rank 5):
> - Host
> Upper Echelon (Rank 3):
> - Planner
> - Enforcer
> - Organizer
> - Creep
> Row Echelon (Rank 1):
> - Schmoozer
> - Decorator
> - Loner
> - Drunk
> - Mystery
> - Wild One
> - Hat Rack
>
> Each Politician who holds a Post is in the Echelon of that post;
> other Politicians are in the Row-Reduced Echelon, which has Rank
> 0. Likewise, the Rank of a Post or Politician is the Rank of their
> Echelon.
>
> If a rule provides that a Post can take an action, then the
> Advisor of the holder of that Post CAN take that action. If there
> is no such player, and the Post is required to take that action,
> then the Clork CAN do it prior to any deadline for its
> performance. After a deadline for a Post to perform an action, any
> player CAN take it.
> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Taken Under Advisement", reading as
> follows:
>
> Advisor is a Politician switch, tracked by the Clork, with
> possible values all players and none (default). For each
> Politician, Influence over <Politician> is a natural player
> switch, tracked by the Clork.
>
> A player CAN, by announcement, spend Favours in a Party to gain
> Influence over that Politican, depending on the Politician's
> Echelon:
> - Chamber of Power: 3 Favours for 2 Influence
> - Upper Echelon: 1 Favour for 1 Influence
> - Row Echelon: 2 Favours for 3 Influence
> - Row-Reduced Echelon: 1 Favour for 2 Influence
>
> If a player has more Influence over a given Politician than any
> other player, e can Advise that Politican by announcement. When e
> does so, if no other player Advises the same Politician later in
> the same Agoran week, then at the start of the next Agoran week,
> that player becomes that Politician's Advisor.
>
> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Balloons", reading as follows:
>
> Balloons are a fixed currency, tracked by the Clork, with
> ownership restricted to players. Creation or destruction of
> balloons is secured.
>
> At the start of each Agoran week, after Advisors are flipped:
> - For each player, if e owns more Balloons than e was awarded by
> this procedure at the start of the previous week, any excess
> Balloons are destroyed.
> - Each player is awarded Balloons equal to the sum of the Ranks of
> the Politicians for which e is Advisor.
> - The Decorator's Advisor, if any is awarded one additional
> Balloon.
>
> A player CAN, by announcement, spend a Balloon e owns to increase
> eir voting strength on a specified Agoran Decision, other than one
> with an adoption index of 3 or higher, by 1.
>
> A player CAN, by announcement, spend Balloons equal to the sum of
> the Ranks of all Posts in order to win the game. Upon doing so,
> all eir Influence switches are set to 0.
>
> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Party Favours", reading as follows:
>
> For each Party, there is a currency called Favours in that Party.
> Ownership of Favours is tracked by the Clork. Ownership of Favours
> is restricted to players.
>
> A player CAN, by announcement, spend 3 Favours in a single Party
> to award another player 2 Favours in that Party.
>
> A player CAN, by announcement, spend 3 Favours in a single Party
> to gain a Favour in another specified Party.
>
> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Retirement", reading as follows:
>
> Stress Level is a natural Politician switch, tracked by the Clork.
> At the start of each Agoran week, each Politician's Stress Level
> is increased by eir Rank. If, after this procedure, a Politician's
> Stress Level is 20 or greater, the Politician announces retirement
> and is destroyed at the beginning of the following Agoran week.
> The Clork SHALL announce this fact in a timely fashion.
>
> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Political Elections", reading as
> follows:
>
> For each Post, Vote for <Post> is a secured Politician switch
> tracked by the Clork, with possible values all Politicians and
> undecided (default).
>
> The voting strength of a Politician for a Post is defined as
> follows:
> - For an election for Host, Politicians have strength equal to
> their Rank.
> - For an election for an Upper Echelon Post, the Host has strength
> 4, and Upper Echelon Politicians have strength 2.
> - For an election for a Row Echelon Post, the Host has strength 3,
> Upper Echelon Politicians have strength 2, and Row Echelon
> politicians have strength 1.
> - The Organizer has voting strength 1 greater than e would have
> based on the above.
>
> The eligible Politicians in an election for a Post are all
> Politicians in the highest non-empty Echelon below that of the
> Post up for election. The number of votes cast for an eligible
> Politician in an election is the sum of voting strengths for that
> Post of all Politician voting for em; the number of votes cast for
> an ineligible Politician is 0.
>
> An election for a Post is resolvable if that Post is vacant, there
> is a single Politician with the most votes in that election, and
> either at least four days have passed since either the vacancy or
> since its previous occupant Announced Retirement, whichever was
> first, or if the leader has more votes than the Policitian with
> the second-most, plus the total voting strength of all undecided
> Politicians in that election. When an election for a Post is
> resolvable, any player CAN, by announcement, end the election and
> install the winning Politician (which must be specified or else
> the announcement is INEFFECTIVE) into the Post.
>
> If a Post is vacant and either has been so for seven days or more
> than eleven days have passed since its previous holder Announced
> Retirement, then the Host CAN and SHALL, in a timely fashion, by
> announcement end the election and install one of the Politicians
> with the most votes into the Post.
>
> When an election for a Post ends, all Vote switches for that Post
> are set to undecided.
>
> Enact a new power-1 rule entitled "Party Policy", reading as follows:
>
> There are 5 Policies, in order:
>
> - Justice: interested in seeing justice served
> - Efficiency: interested in seeing official duties performed
> - Legislation: interested in seeing proposals passed
> - Participation: interested in seeing votes cast
> - Economy: interested in economic activity
>
> At any time, each Policy is held by exactly one Party. The
> assignments must be in cyclic order of their definitions, wrapping
> from bottom to top. For example, if the Platonic Isolationists
> hold Participation as their Policy, then the New Punchbowl Reformers
> hold Economy, the Costume Conservatives hold Justice, and so on.
>
> At the start of each Agoran month, the Planner CAN and SHALL, in a
> timely fashion, by announcement, select a new assignment of
> Policies to Parties (specifying the Policy of one Party is
> sufficient, since it implies the remainder). E CANNOT specify
> either of the assignments used in the previous two months.
>
> Enact a new power-1 rule entitled "Favour Awards":
>
> The following officers CAN by announcement award Favours in the
> listed Parties, but SHALL NOT do so except as required by rule.
>
> - Arbitor and Referee: the Party holding Justice.
> - ADoP: the Party holding Efficiency.
> - Assessor: the Parties holding Legislation and Participation.
> - Clork: all Parties.
>
> When a player judges a CFJ, the Arbitor SHALL, in a timely
> fashion, award that player 3 Favours in the Party holding Justice.
> When a player's Finger-Pointing leads to a Card award, or when the
> Referee issues Summary Judgement, the Referee shall award a Favour
> in the Party holding Justice to the responsible player.
>
> Complexity is an office switch, tracked by the ADoP, with values 1
> (default), 2, and 3. The ADoP CAN, without 2 Objections, set the
> Complexity of an office. As part of eir weekly duties, the ADoP
> SHALL award to each officeholder a number of Favours in the Party
> holding Efficiency equal to the Complexity of that Office.
>
> Whenever the Assessor resolves an Agoran decision:
> - If the decision was to adopt a proposal, and it was ADOPTED, e
> SHALL immediately award the proposal's author a number of
> Favours in the Party holding Legislation equal to the proposal's
> AI, rounded up.
> - For each voter who has not voted on an Agoran decision resolved
> earlier in the same Agoran week, e SHALL award that player 2
> Favours in the Party holding Participaiton.
>
> Any player CAN spend shinies equal to the Favour Value to gain a
> Favour in the Party holding Economy.
>
> As part of eir weekly duties, the Clork SHALL award, to the
> Advisor of a Politician holding one of the below offices, 3
> Favours in the corresponding Party:
> - Loner: Platonic Isolationists
> - Drunk: New Punchbowl Reformers
> - Mystery: Costume Conservatives
> - Wild One: Substance Use Liberals
> - Hat Rack: Official Raving Monster Looney Party
>
> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Post Powers":
>
> The Creep CAN by announcement, but no more than once per Agoran
> week, increase eir own Stress Level by 1 in order to increase the
> Stress Level of another specified Politician by 2.
>
> The Schmoozer CAN by announcement, but no more than once per
> Agoran week, change the Party of a specified other Politician to
> the next Party in order, wrapping around.
>
> The Enforcer CAN, no more than once per week, with Support from at
> least one other Politician not in the Row-Reduced Echelon, remove
> a specified Row Echelon Politician from eir Post. E must specify
> the supporting Politician when doing so, or it is INEFFECTIVE.
> Upon doing so, both the Enforcer and supporting Politician's
> Stress Levels are increased by 1.
>
> Set the Complexities of the offices as follows:
> - ADoP: 2
> - Agronomist: 1
> - Arbitor: 2
> - Assessor: 3
> - Clork: 2
> - Fearmongor: 1
> - Herald: 1
> - Notary: 2
> - Prime Minister: 1
> - Promotor: 2
> - Referee: 2
> - Registrar: 2
> - Regkeepor: 1
> - Reportor: 1
> - Rulekeepor: 3
> - Speaker: 1
> - Surveyor: 1
> - Tailor: 1
> - Treasuror: 3
>
> Amend rule 2497, Floating Value, by appending "- Favour Value: 1/10th of
> the Floating Value, rounded up." to the list of Derived Floating Values.
>
> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Get This Party Started", reading as
> follows:
> The Clork CAN, by announcement, and SHALL, in a timely fashion
> after this rule is enacted:
> - Create 20 Politicians, 4 in each Party, specifying their names;
> - Increase each Politician's Stress Level by twice eir Rank;
> - Assign one Politician to each Post, chosen at random;
> - Randomly assign Policies to Parties (obeying the cyclic order
> restriction); then
> - Cause this rule to repeal itself.
>
> Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, while this rule is in
> effect, it provides the only mechanism by which Politicians can be
> created, Posts or Policies assigned, Stress Levels changed.
> Moreover, rules to the contrary notwithstanding, Favour cannot be
> created.
>
> Install Telnaior as Clork.
> }}}
>
> I made a few small revisions, but left bigger things for later work/when
> this gets proposed when the rest of the economy settles down.
>
--
>From V.J. Rada
