On 6/16/20 6:45 PM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote:
> Alright, final chance for comments. I plan to pend this in about a day.
>
> I submit (but do not pend) the following proposal:
>
> Title: Talismans
> Adoption index: 3.0
> Coauthors: nch, Falsifian, G.
>
> {
>
> 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.
Secured at what power?
>
> Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a player CAN, by announcement,
> transfer the talisman for em to emself.
Could we make this "acting as emself"? Without that, people could
transfer eir zombies back to themselves in order to reset resale value.
> 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 zombie CAN act on behalf of em, except a master CANNOT
> act on behalf of a zombie to:
> - 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).
Let's add N=2 when the class isn't specified, just to be extra safe.
>
> 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
Should we specify "a player other than emself"?
> 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 for 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's talisman (along with any other talismans
> 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 talismans 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
> auctioneer, 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 is transferred to em if it ever is not), 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.
This should probably specify "master prior to this proposal".
>
> }
>
Could we let zombies be transferred from person to person?
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