Suggestion:

The Reportor (alt: Herald) CAN award Bard w/2 support to someone who publishes
certain quantities of poems.

to

The Reportor (alt: Herald) CAN award Bard w/2 support to any Player who has
performed a great feat of literature.

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 7:53 PM, Gaelan Steele <g...@canishe.com> wrote:

> Your phrasing sounds like an obligation to give the title to all deserving
> players. Maybe something like this?
>
> The following titles CAN be awarded to any player by the holders of the
> listed offices with 2 Support. They SHOULD only be given to players that
> meet the qualifications listed.
>
> - Scamster (Referee): any Player who has shown great enthusiasm,
> persistence, or skill in the perpetrating of scams.
>
> > On Mar 1, 2018, at 10:39 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Good thinking.  Definitely will add SHOULDS to the standards for each,
> > but probably good to say additionally in the rule that whether a player
> > meets those standards is a political question not a judicial one (i.e.
> > if it gets the right support/consent, it qualifies).
> >
> > Here's the old standard for scamster as an example:
> >       (a)  Scamster, which may be awarded to any Player who has shown
> >            great enthusiasm, persistence, or skill in the perpetrating
> >            of scams.
> > I'd change "may be" to SHOULD here and add the "CAN with support level."
> >
> >> On Thu, 1 Mar 2018, Gaelan Steele wrote:
> >> Probably want the criteria for each to be SHOULDs so that we don't have
> CFJs
> >> about just how brilliant a judgement was. I like the idea.
> >>
> >> Gaelan
> >>
> >>> On Mar 1, 2018, at 10:01 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> We used to have more Patent Titles named in the rules, and different
> >>> officers were allowed to award them under certain conditions.  We
> >>> dropped that on the grounds that the Herald could generically award
> >>> any of them when it seemed appropriate, but it meant the reasons for
> >>> some of the awards (e.g. Long Service) got lost from memory.
> >>>
> >>> Should we re-implement?  E.g.
> >>>
> >>>   The ADoP CAN award X months long service for X=3,6,9,12 when a
> >>>   person without that title has served in a single office continuously
> >>>   for that length of time.
> >>>
> >>>   The Reportor (alt: Herald) CAN award Bard w/2 support to someone who
> >>>   publishes certain quantities of poems.
> >>>
> >>>   The Referee CAN award Scamster w/2 support to someone who performs
> >>>   a major scam.
> >>>
> >>>   The Arbitor CAN award the title Sage w/2 support to someone who
> >>>   delivers a particularly brilliant judgement.
> >>>
> >>>  Etc.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>

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