I'm strongly FOR this. We don't do Patent Titles often enough anymore. I'd love to see it distributed soon.
I'd suggest "Tycoon, awardable by the Treasuror to any player who executes a novel economic or contractual enterprise that has a significant impact on the game, especially if the enterprise is unusually subtle, devious, or clever" You could also consider tossing HAN over to the PM. We haven't awarded it in ages. On the other hand, that might make it a bit too easy to award, so it's a mixed bag. -Aris On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 11:42 AM Kerim Aydin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Proto-proposal: Patent Diversity > > > // MAIN IDEA: Let different officers award specifically-relevant titles. > // Having specific goals may better promote their use than an > // open-ended "the Herald can award anything" (which e still > // would be able to do). > // > // Also, turn the Silver Quill concept into a broader set of > // annual awards. > > // Ideas for awards very welcome! Especially for not-currently included > // offices (Treasuror, Cartographer, PM, Distributor). But also, if > // some of these titles seem like trivial clutter, please critique. > // Titles themselves are a mix of some old, some new. > > > Create the following Rule, Official Patent Titles, power=1: > > The following Patent Titles CAN be awarded by the indicated > Officers with 2 Agoran Consent. In order to balance the history, > dignity, spontaneity, and serendipity of the awards, the Herald, > Speaker, and Prime Minister are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to provide > their support or objections, and reasons for doing so, reasonably > quickly after any such intents are announced. > > - Tapecutter, awardable by the Rulekeepor to the author of an > adopted proposal that significantly reduces, streamlines, or > simplifies the ruleset. > > - Scamster, awardable by the Referee to any player who has shown > great enthusiasm, persistence, or skill in the perpetrating of > scams without breaking any Rules. > > - Hard Labor, awardable by the ADoP to any player who holds 2+ > offices for 3+ continous months while performing eir official > duties in a timely and conscientious manner that promotes the > gameplay of the office. > > - MacGyver, awardable by the Assessor to the author of an adopted > proposal that fixes serious bugs in the ruleset, especially if > the fix uses existing rules text in novel and unexpected ways, > or to a judge for similarly using rules text to resolve an > apparent bug without the need for legislative action. > > - Bard, by Speaker the award should given be, to persons who > publish repeated creative wit or poetry. > > - Necromancer, awardable by the Registrar to any player who makes > such sufficient persistent legal use of zombies that rules need > to be amended to prevent such practices. > > - Helping Hand, awardable by any Officer to any person not holding > that office who puts substantial labor into aiding in the duties > of that office, without consideration of any other reward they > might receive. > > The Herald is also ENCOURAGED to proactively recommend or, as > otherwise permitted, award these titles when appropriate, > especially if the potential awardee is the officer emself. > > > Create the following Rule, Annual Awards, power=1: > > April is hereby designated Awards Month. > > The following Patent Titles CAN be awarded by the indicated > Officers with 2 Agoran Consent, provided the intent to make > the awards is announced during awards month, and the award is > made to commemorate acts performed in the previous Agoran year. > The full name of each awarded Patent Title is [Title Below] NNNN, > where NNNN is the year each act was performed. > > Each indicated Officer SHOULD award these titles to 1-2 persons > each year, and SHOULD solicit an open call for nominations and > discussion before making these awards. The Herald SHALL note any > additional information indicated below as part of eir report of > Patent Titles. > > - Silver Quill, awardable by the Promotor to the author of a > proposal of outstanding merit and influence on the game > (additional information: ID Number of the proposal). > > - Wooden Gavel, awardable by the Arbitor to the judge of a CFJ > or series of CFJs with a strong and foundational impact on the > judicial precedents of Agora (additional information: ID Numbers > of the judgements). > > - Golden Glove, awardable by the Tailor to the player who made the > most interesting, successful, and/or competitive series of moves > while attempting to win or get substantially ahead in the game. > > - Employee of the Year, awardable by the ADoP to the persons > who put the most persistent hard labor into keeping the game > going through the performance of Officers' duties (additional > information: offices held by the awardee during that year). > [Alternate in-theme title: Diamond Wristwatch?] > > Repeal Rule 2444 (Silver Quill). > > >
