On Fri, 12 Jan 2018, Alex Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2018-01-12 at 12:58 -0500, Benjamin Schultz wrote: > > I'm curious about that next-to-last paragraph: "anyone can deputise > > to bootstrap an office (or even the game if there are ever no > > players)." Even me? > > > > Still lacking the time to play, but often available to kibitz, > > If there are no active players and a lot of late reports, a nonplayer > could register and immediately start deputising. That's one way for the > game to be revived if it ever becomes moribund due to lack of interest.
Yeah, that's what I meant - you have to register first, but then you can do everything. Under the old system you couldn't get someone into office without an existing officer to resolve the election. There's an interesting outcome if there are 0 players, and the potential player registers by messaging "all players" instead of using a forum. You could get several persons individually registering (by messaging nobody) and get a bunch of splinter-agoras.
