Yeah, but that's disputed and has been CFJed. This way I can't get in
trouble for distributing a non-pending proposal.
-Aris
On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 3:09 PM Madeline <j...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> It is - Silly Proposals are Official Proposals, which are automatically
> pending.
>
>
> On 2017-11-13 10:05, Aris Merchant wrote:
> > If "Backed Out the Door" is not pending, I pend it for 1 AP.
> >
> > -Aris
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 2:52 PM, VJ Rada <vijar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> TTTTPF
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 9:52 AM, VJ Rada <vijar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> From V.J. Rada
>
>
>
