Here's a proto for a type of honor that would replace infractions. Honor
can be given or taken only for limited reasons. High honor (+3 in the
proposal) grants you a blot-b-gone, and low honor (-3 in the proposal)
grants you a blot. The valid reasons include the existing infractions as
well as violating shoulds.
This probably needs a lot of balancing consideration, but it essentially
entirely democratizes the level of punishment for an infraction while
still leaving clear definitions for what is and isn't punishable.
Including the SHOULDs also opens this up to not just be a system that
punishes players, but potentially everyone.
Note that you can increase a player's honor when someone else has
reduced it. This essentially allows counter-acting seemingly unjust
honor reductions.
Specific issues I currently see:
* SHOULD and SHOULD not are used for all sorts of things, and some of
those probably shouldn't (heh) be included here. Hopefully the ability
to counteract minuses alleviates that some.
* It might be a little too easy to farm blot-b-gones with a partner, as
most people probably are following SHOULDs most weeks.
* It doesn't really distinguish severity, except insofar as more people
might minus a more severe thing.
* Once a week might be problematic if there's multiple issues that
happen in the same week from different people (such as multiple late
reports).
PROTO:
{
[Honor and blot-b-gones replace infractions.]
Re-Enact honor? Enact new rule?
Honor is an integer player switch with default 0 tracked by the
Honorkeeper.
An honorable act is one that Agorans should strive to do when
possible. A dishonorable act is one that Agorans should avoid doing
when possible.
Once a week, players CAN reduce the honor of a specified player by
1 by announcement, specifying a valid reason.
Once a week, players CAN increase the honor of a specified player
by 1 by announcement, specifying a valid reason.
The following are the valid reasons for reducing a player's honor:
* That player has done a dishonorable act.
* The player did not do something the rules specify e SHOULD
do, or did do something the rules specify e SHOULD NOT do
The following are the valid reasons for increasing a player's honor:
* That player has done something the rules specify e SHOULD do.
* Another player has reduced that player's honor.
Reasons are only valid for 7 days after they happen.
If a player's honor is 3, e is granted a blot-b-gone and eir honor
is set to 0. If a player's honor is -3, e is granted a blot and eir
honor is set to 0.
Re-enact blot-b-gones:
A blot-b-gone is an asset. A player CAN pay a fee of 1 blot-b-gone
to remove 1 blot from a specified player with at least 1 blot.
Repeal R2676 and R2478.
[Existing infractions are replaced with dishonorable acts.]
Amend R2555 by removing:
Any player who has not expunged a blot by this method this week
CAN expunge 1 blot from a specified player who has not gained a
blot this or the previous week, by announcement.
Amend Rule 2220 by replacing:
Such ratification or announcement of intent to ratify is the Class
8 infraction of Endorsing Forgery.
with:
Doing so is the dishonorable act of Endorsing Forgery.
Amend R2143 by replacing:
Failure of a person to perform any weekly duty required of em
within the allotted time is the Class 1+N infraction of Weekly
Tardiness, where N is the number of times e has previously
committed the infraction in the last month.
with:
Failure of a person to perform any weekly duty required of em
within the allotted time is the dishonorable act of Weekly
Tardiness.
and replacing:
Failure of a person to perform any monthly duty required of em
within the allotted time is the dishonorable act of Monthly
Tardiness.
and replacing:
Publishing a report that deviates from these restrictions is the
Class 2 infraction of Making My Eyes Bleed.
with:
Publishing a report that deviates from these restrictions is the
dishonorable act of Making My Eyes Bleed.
Amend R2450 by replacing:
doing so is the Class N infraction of Oathbreaking, where N is the
value explicitly stated by the pledge, or 2 if the pledge does not
explicitly state a value.
with:
doing so is the dishonorable act of Oathbreaking.
}
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nix
Prime Minister, Herald, Collector
