Great work G.! As usual, way cleaner than my version. :) A few comments are inline.
On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 12:26 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > Proto: Zombie Overhaul v0.9, coauthor Aris: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [TODO: Check proposals adopted since the last SLR for conflicts] > > > Create the following Rule, Zombie Life Cycle, power=3: > > Any player CAN, with Notice, flip the master switch of an active > player who has not made a public announcement in the past 60 days > to Agora. > > Resale is a secured natural switch for zombies, tracked by the > Registrar, with a default value of 2. Whenever a zombie's master > switch is flipped to a player other than emself, eir resale value > is decreased by 1. > > A zombie with a resale value of 0 CANNOT have eir master switch > flipped to a player other than emself, rules to the contrary > notwithstanding. > > Any player CAN, with Notice: > - If a zombie has been a zombie for the past 90 days and not had > Agora for a master during any of that time, flip the zombie's > master switch to Agora; > - If a player is master to more than one zombie, flip the master > switch of one of that master's zombies to Agora; > - Deregister a zombie whose master is Agora and who has a Resale > value of 0. > > The Registrar SHALL track the date that each zombie last belonged > to Agora in eir weekly report. The Registrar SHALL perform all > POSSIBLE actions in the preceding paragraph in a timely fashion > after first reporting their possibility via the facts in eir > weekly report. > > > Amend Rule 2532 (Zombies) to read in full: > > Master is a secured player switch with possible values of any > player, and Agora. Every player's default master is emself; rules > to the contrary notwithstanding, a player CAN always flip eir own > master to emself by announcement. > > A player whose master is not emself is a Zombie (syn. Inactive); > all other players are Active. A zombie's master, if another > player, is allowed to act on behalf of the zombie (i.e. as the > zombie's agent), except a master CANNOT act on behalf of a zombie > to: Please decapitalize Active and Inactive. Possibly also Zombie, for consistency across all occurrences, but at least that's a noun. > - initiate, support, object to, or perform a dependent action; > - act on behalf of that zombie's zombies; > - bid in a zombie auction; > - enter a contract, pledge, or other type of agreement; > - deregister. > > A zombie's master CAN flip that zombie's master switch to Agora by > announcement. > > If a master causes a zombie to perform an ILLEGAL action, the > master commits the Class 4+N Crime of Masterminding (where N is > the class of the illegal action). Getting rid of the "Masterminding X" provision was a reasonable simplification, but I hope the Referee still notates it that way. > If a active player who was a zombie has not received a Welcome > Package since e most recently ceased being a zombie, and if eir > resale value was less than 2 at any point during eir most recent > time as a zombie, then any player CAN cause em to receive a > Welcome Package by announcement. > > [Note the above welcome package things allows e.g. PSS to receive one > after this is adopted] > > > Amend Rule 2531 (Referee Accountability) by replacing the . in the > first paragraph with: > , or if it attempts to levy a fine on a zombie for an action > that its master performed on its behalf. I'd prefer a more general statement that included all actions on behalf for which the principal is not culpable, if it can be done without overcomplicating the rule. I have a rewrite of this rule in general in development, so it can wait till then if you can't think of a clean way to do it. > > Amend Rule 1885 (Zombie Auctions) by replacing: > (2) an auction for it is not underway, and (3) > with: > (2) is not a lot in an ongoing auction, (3) has a resale value > greater than 0, and (4) > > and by replacing: > The Registrar is the announcer, and the minimum bid is 1. > with: > The Registrar is the announcer, and the minimum bid is 1. Rules > to the contrary notwithstanding, the master of a zombie CANNOT > bid in a zombie auction, and if e comes to be a zombie's master, > all eir bids in zombie auctions that have not ended are withdrawn. The e is a bit weird here, given that it would imply that the person must already be a master for the provision to apply. You may want to rephrase that to make it less ambiguous. > > Amend Rule 869 (How to Join and Leave Agora) by removing: > If a player has not sent a message to a public forum in the last > month, then any player CAN deregister em with 3 Agoran Consent. > > > Repeal Rule 2554 (Zombiception). > > > omd's master switch is hereby set to omd. > > > Create the following Rule, The Distributor, power=3: > > The Distributor is an imposed office whose holder is generally > responsible for the management of the primary Agoran fora. > The holder CANNOT be changed except Without Objection or by > proposal. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the > Distributor's master switch CANNOT be flipped to be other than > emself, and e CANNOT be deregistered without eir explicit and > direct consent. > I'd strongly prefer "CANNOT be deregistered" full stop. The Distributor must find a replacement before deregistering, as a matter of meta-game courtesy and this formalization should not call that into question. Formalizing the idea that there must always be a Distributor solves that problem, which can be done by making it imposed without allowing the holder to deregister. Thanks again for the excellent work, -Aris
