Now that auction reform has passed, I plan to propose this soon so that
it can be tried in the July zombie auction:
Title: Talismans
Adoption index: 3.0
Coauthors: nch, Falsifian
{
For the purposes of this proposal, a player's prior master is eir master
before this proposal applies any effects.
Amend Rule 2532 to read, in whole:
{
A talisman is an indestructible asset, tracked by the Registrar, and
with ownership wholly restricted to players and Agora. There exists
exactly one talisman for each player, and no other talismans; if one
does not exist for a certain player, it is created in eir posession.
Talismans CAN only be transferred as explicitly specified by the rules.
The creation, destruction, and transfer of talismans is secured.
Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a player CAN, by announcement,
transfer the talisman for em to emself. The master of a player is the
entity that possesses the talisman for em. A player who is eir own
master is active; any other player is a zombie (syn. inactive).
The master of a player CAN act on behalf of em to perform any action
except the following:
- 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;
- initiate a Call for Judgement;
- create blots;
- deregister.
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).
If an 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.
}
Amend Rule 2574 to read, in whole:
{
Any player CAN, with notice, transfer the talisman for an active player
who has not made a public announcement in the past 60 days to Agora.
Resale value is a secured natural switch for zombies, tracked by the
Registrar, with a default value of 2. Whenever the talisman for a zombie
is transferred to a player, that zombie's resale value is decreased by
1. At the end of a zombie auction, the resale value of every zombie that
is an excess lot in that auction decreases by 1.
The talisman of a zombie with zero resale value CANNOT be transferred to
any player other than that zombie.
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, transfer the talisman for em
to Agora;
- If a player possesses more than one talisman, specify and transfer
one of those talismans to Agora;
- Deregister a zombie whose resale value is zero and whose master is
Agora.
The Registrar SHALL track the date for each zombie on which Agora was
most recently eir master. 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 1885 to read, in whole:
{
Whenever a zombie has Agora for a master and has a resale value greater
than 0, and when eir talisman is not currently a lot in an auction and
has not been won as an auction lot in the past 14 days, then the
Registrar CAN put that zombie (along with any other zombies that fulfill
the same conditions) up for auction.
In a timely fashion after the beginning of each month, the Registrar
SHALL either initiate such an auction or, if no zombies meeting these
conditions existed at the beginning of the month, announce that no such
auction is necessary.
For such an auction, each lot consists of the talisman for one zombie,
ordered at the discretion of the Registrar. The Registrar is the
announcer, and the minimum bid is 1. The method to be used for this
auction is the zombie auction method if such a method exists, or
otherwise the default auction method.
}
Amend Rule 2575 by replacing the final sentence with
"Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the talisman for the Distributor
is possessed by emself, and e CANNOT deregister or be deregistered."
For each player who is not eir own prior master, transfer the talisman
for em to eir prior master.
}
--
Jason Cobb
