DIS: Re: BUS: back to basics - this time with zombies

[Publius Scribonius Scholasticus]

Could the points also be given to coauthors, in addition to authors?
On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 10:33 AM Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
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> Proto-proposal for a simple game to replace land (perhaps temporarily)
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> Oldschool Ordinals (Points!) with Zombies (OOPZ) v0.1
> (or, an "economy" in 2 rules).
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> // Comment lines are marked like this.
> // Points come and go - they've been gone for quite a while this
> // time around. Seems like a nice place to go (if land is to be
> // replaced, better to repeal and start fresh and do something simple
> // in the mean time so there's no time pressure for drafting).
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> // The object of the game
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> Amend Rule 2483 (Economics) to read in full:
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>       Points are the defined, official currency of Agora.  Points can
>       only be owned by Players and Agora.  Points are tracked by the
>       Treasuror.
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>       A player CAN win the game for a fee of 1,000 points.
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> // The buy-in
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> For each player, a number of Points are created in eir possession equal
> to either (A) the number of coins e had immediately before this proposal
> took effect, or (B) 1,200, whichever is less.
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> // The buy-in retroactively provides an finite endpoint for the current
> // PAotM: get all the coins you can (up to 1,200).  Will someone start
> // this game with enough points to win and get partway to the next win?
> // Quite likely. But that's a deserved buyout for playing PAotM.
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> // The method
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> // Back to basics:  Proposal = points.  Since proposals are free to
> // propose, that's your seed income - encourages proposal-based
> // participation and no minimum income needed.
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> Create the following Rule, Earning Points, AI-1.5:
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>       For a player 'earn' a point is for it to be created in eir
>       possession.  For a player to 'lose' a point is for it to be
>       destroyed (if e has one).  Earning and losing points is secured.
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>       When a decision to adopt a proposal is resolved:
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>       - If the outcome was ADOPTED, its author earns a number of points
>         equal to (the total strength of all valid ballots cast FOR the
>         decision - the total strength of all valid ballots cast AGAINST)
>         times the adoption index of the decision (final result rounded
>         up).
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>       - If the outcome was REJECTED, its author loses a number of points
>         equal to (the total strength of all valid ballots cast AGAINST
>         the decision - the total strength of all valid ballots cast FOR).
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>       - If the outcome was FAILED QUORUM, every active player who didn't
>         cast a ballot loses 1 point.
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>       At the start of each month, for each office, if a single player
>       held that office for 16 or more days in the previous month and no
>       unforgivable fines were levied on em for eir conduct in that
>       office during that time, that player earns 10 points.
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>       When a player registers who has not been a player at any time in
>       the past 30 days, e earns 25 points.
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>       When a zombie becomes active, e earns 25 points.
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> // Keep Zombies because individual votes are now worth something
> // (can generate small amounts of points with their vote).
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> // TODO
> // Repeal Land.  But this is COMPLETELY compatible with land - someone
> // can re-enact Land wholesale when a draft is written and points won't
> // get in the way.
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> // TODO
> // Make sure Pending is free, and blots are expungable by time.
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