Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
Sigh, this started when I was looking for a specific Japanese term for peasant, and it's not like peasants had it any easier in the old days, if that's something to be offended by. I'd very much prefer a fix that fits the theme. Or go with Gamma, which would be a typical Agoran sort of joke.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
For the record, in advising me, 天火狐 said that it's possible the term could be offensive to some, and if so we could pretend Eta was good Agoran Greek. (And I liked the double meaning, we could go all brave new world and have an orthogonal Greek letter system that intersects at eta). But I'm cool

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-25 Thread Owen Jacobson
> On Sep 25, 2017, at 10:37 PM, Josh T wrote: > > @o: Where were you when G. asked about terminology? Busy with non-Agora things. The lateness of the hour is why I’m still voting FOR the proposal, even though I find that element objectionable: I’d rather not drag things out simply because I’m

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-25 Thread Josh T
@o: Where were you when G. asked about terminology? 天火狐 On 25 September 2017 at 22:18, Owen Jacobson wrote: > On Sep 24, 2017, at 4:12 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >- Any player with a karma of 7 or greater is a Samurai. >- Any player with a karma of -7 or less is an Eta. >

DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-25 Thread Owen Jacobson
On Sep 24, 2017, at 4:12 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >- Any player with a karma of 7 or greater is a Samurai. >- Any player with a karma of -7 or less is an Eta. I am _deeply_ uncomfortable with this terminology. As recently as the mid-19th century, Japanese magistrates consi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-25 Thread ATMunn .
Same. On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 11:07 PM, VJ Rada wrote: > Uh... I got your previous email, trigon, but not that one. Sorry. > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Ørjan Johansen > wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2017, Reuben Staley wrote: > > > >> If the majority of players are convinced to attack some

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-24 Thread Cuddle Beam
I'm not getting Reuben's messages On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:09 AM, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > On Sun, 24 Sep 2017, Reuben Staley wrote: > > If the majority of players are convinced to attack someone then there will >> not be enough people to punish the full attacking group. >> > > But if they're a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-24 Thread VJ Rada
Uh... I got your previous email, trigon, but not that one. Sorry. On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > On Sun, 24 Sep 2017, Reuben Staley wrote: > >> If the majority of players are convinced to attack someone then there will >> not be enough people to punish the full attackin

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-24 Thread Ørjan Johansen
On Sun, 24 Sep 2017, Reuben Staley wrote: If the majority of players are convinced to attack someone then there will not be enough people to punish the full attacking group. But if they're a majority, then they can just pass a proposal anyhow. Greetings, Ørjan.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 25 Sep 2017, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > On Sun, 24 Sep 2017, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > >While the Karma of the Community Chest is not equal to 0, the > >Herald CAN and SHALL publish a Notice of Honour specifying the > >Community Chest as a gainer or loser in place of a

DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-24 Thread Ørjan Johansen
On Sun, 24 Sep 2017, Kerim Aydin wrote: While the Karma of the Community Chest is not equal to 0, the Herald CAN and SHALL publish a Notice of Honour specifying the Community Chest as a gainer or loser in place of a player; to be valid, it must be specified such that

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-24 Thread Aris Merchant
On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2017, Reuben Staley wrote: >> So, basically, karma is a kind of informal punishment/reward system based on >> transfers that >> anybody can access and change without objection? Depending on how much this >> is used for >> i

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 24 Sep 2017, Reuben Staley wrote: > So, basically, karma is a kind of informal punishment/reward system based on > transfers that > anybody can access and change without objection? Depending on how much this > is used for > in the future, I can see way too many instances where this is

DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-24 Thread Reuben Staley
So, basically, karma is a kind of informal punishment/reward system based on transfers that anybody can access and change without objection? Depending on how much this is used for in the future, I can see way too many instances where this is exploited purely to attack one or more people. You cou

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 24 Sep 2017, Aris Merchant wrote: > Would you object if I pended this for you? > > -Aris I noticed a tiny bug, give me a few min. Then, don't mind, much appreciated!

DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-24 Thread Aris Merchant
Would you object if I pended this for you? -Aris On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > I submit the following Proposal, AI-1, "Such is Karma", co-author 天火狐: > > -- > > Create the following Rule, 'Such is Kar