If "Backed Out the Door" is not pending, I pend it for 1 AP.
-Aris
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 2:52 PM, VJ Rada <vijar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> TTTTPF
>
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 9:52 AM, VJ Rada <vijar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I call an AP CFJ w/ the statement: "Alexis's proposal 'Backed Out the
>> Door' is a 'truly hideous pun' under rule 1650."
>>
>> Pretty self-explanatory. I think it does include puns, but that doesn't
>> mean it IS a pun.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Alexis Hunt <aler...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Silly Proposal: Backed Out the Door (AI=2, coauthors=Telnaior, ais523,
>>> Aris,
>>> G.)
>>> {{{
>>> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Political Parties", reading as
>>> follows:
>>>
>>> There are 5 Parties, in order:
>>>
>>> - Platonic Isolationists
>>> - New Punchbowl Reformers
>>> - Costume Conservatives
>>> - Substance Use Liberals
>>> - Official Raving Monster Looney Party
>>>
>>> Politicians are entities; each Politician has a name and an
>>> associated Party. Politicians exist only as specified by the
>>> rules. Creating, altering, or destroying Politicians is secured.
>>>
>>> If there are ever fewer than 20 Politicians, then the Clork CAN
>>> and SHALL, by announcement, create a new Politician, specifying
>>> eir Party and name. The Party must be selected at random from:
>>>
>>> - If any Party has fewer than 3 Politicans, the Party or Parties
>>> with the fewest.
>>> - Otherwise, the Parties with fewer than 5 Politicians.
>>>
>>> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Clork", reading as follows:
>>>
>>> The Clork (pronounced "clark") is an office. The Clork's weekly
>>> report includes:
>>> - a list of all Politicans with their names and Parties.
>>> - the assignment of Policies to Parties.
>>>
>>> The portion of a document purporting to be a Clork's report
>>> containing the above information is self-ratifying.
>>>
>>> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Echelon Forms", reading as follows:
>>>
>>> A Post is a position which can be held by at most one Politician.
>>> Each Politican can hold at most one Post at a time. Each Post is
>>> in an Echelon, which has an associated Rank. The Echelons, and
>>> their Posts and Ranks, are as follows:
>>>
>>> Chamber of Power (Rank 5):
>>> - Host
>>> Upper Echelon (Rank 3):
>>> - Planner
>>> - Enforcer
>>> - Organizer
>>> - Creep
>>> Row Echelon (Rank 1):
>>> - Schmoozer
>>> - Decorator
>>> - Loner
>>> - Drunk
>>> - Mystery
>>> - Wild One
>>> - Hat Rack
>>>
>>> Each Politician who holds a Post is in the Echelon of that post;
>>> other Politicians are in the Row-Reduced Echelon, which has Rank
>>> 0. Likewise, the Rank of a Post or Politician is the Rank of their
>>> Echelon.
>>>
>>> If a rule provides that a Post can take an action, then the
>>> Advisor of the holder of that Post CAN take that action. If there
>>> is no such player, and the Post is required to take that action,
>>> then the Clork CAN do it prior to any deadline for its
>>> performance. After a deadline for a Post to perform an action, any
>>> player CAN take it.
>>> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Taken Under Advisement", reading as
>>> follows:
>>>
>>> Advisor is a Politician switch, tracked by the Clork, with
>>> possible values all players and none (default). For each
>>> Politician, Influence over <Politician> is a natural player
>>> switch, tracked by the Clork.
>>>
>>> A player CAN, by announcement, spend Favours in a Party to gain
>>> Influence over that Politican, depending on the Politician's
>>> Echelon:
>>> - Chamber of Power: 3 Favours for 2 Influence
>>> - Upper Echelon: 1 Favour for 1 Influence
>>> - Row Echelon: 2 Favours for 3 Influence
>>> - Row-Reduced Echelon: 1 Favour for 2 Influence
>>>
>>> If a player has more Influence over a given Politician than any
>>> other player, e can Advise that Politican by announcement. When e
>>> does so, if no other player Advises the same Politician later in
>>> the same Agoran week, then at the start of the next Agoran week,
>>> that player becomes that Politician's Advisor.
>>>
>>> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Balloons", reading as follows:
>>>
>>> Balloons are a fixed currency, tracked by the Clork, with
>>> ownership restricted to players. Creation or destruction of
>>> balloons is secured.
>>>
>>> At the start of each Agoran week, after Advisors are flipped:
>>> - For each player, if e owns more Balloons than e was awarded by
>>> this procedure at the start of the previous week, any excess
>>> Balloons are destroyed.
>>> - Each player is awarded Balloons equal to the sum of the Ranks of
>>> the Politicians for which e is Advisor.
>>> - The Decorator's Advisor, if any is awarded one additional
>>> Balloon.
>>>
>>> A player CAN, by announcement, spend a Balloon e owns to increase
>>> eir voting strength on a specified Agoran Decision, other than one
>>> with an adoption index of 3 or higher, by 1.
>>>
>>> A player CAN, by announcement, spend Balloons equal to the sum of
>>> the Ranks of all Posts in order to win the game. Upon doing so,
>>> all eir Influence switches are set to 0.
>>>
>>> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Party Favours", reading as follows:
>>>
>>> For each Party, there is a currency called Favours in that Party.
>>> Ownership of Favours is tracked by the Clork. Ownership of Favours
>>> is restricted to players.
>>>
>>> A player CAN, by announcement, spend 3 Favours in a single Party
>>> to award another player 2 Favours in that Party.
>>>
>>> A player CAN, by announcement, spend 3 Favours in a single Party
>>> to gain a Favour in another specified Party.
>>>
>>> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Retirement", reading as follows:
>>>
>>> Stress Level is a natural Politician switch, tracked by the Clork.
>>> At the start of each Agoran week, each Politician's Stress Level
>>> is increased by eir Rank. If, after this procedure, a Politician's
>>> Stress Level is 20 or greater, the Politician announces retirement
>>> and is destroyed at the beginning of the following Agoran week.
>>> The Clork SHALL announce this fact in a timely fashion.
>>>
>>> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Political Elections", reading as
>>> follows:
>>>
>>> For each Post, Vote for <Post> is a secured Politician switch
>>> tracked by the Clork, with possible values all Politicians and
>>> undecided (default).
>>>
>>> The voting strength of a Politician for a Post is defined as
>>> follows:
>>> - For an election for Host, Politicians have strength equal to
>>> their Rank.
>>> - For an election for an Upper Echelon Post, the Host has strength
>>> 4, and Upper Echelon Politicians have strength 2.
>>> - For an election for a Row Echelon Post, the Host has strength 3,
>>> Upper Echelon Politicians have strength 2, and Row Echelon
>>> politicians have strength 1.
>>> - The Organizer has voting strength 1 greater than e would have
>>> based on the above.
>>>
>>> The eligible Politicians in an election for a Post are all
>>> Politicians in the highest non-empty Echelon below that of the
>>> Post up for election. The number of votes cast for an eligible
>>> Politician in an election is the sum of voting strengths for that
>>> Post of all Politician voting for em; the number of votes cast for
>>> an ineligible Politician is 0.
>>>
>>> An election for a Post is resolvable if that Post is vacant, there
>>> is a single Politician with the most votes in that election, and
>>> either at least four days have passed since either the vacancy or
>>> since its previous occupant Announced Retirement, whichever was
>>> first, or if the leader has more votes than the Policitian with
>>> the second-most, plus the total voting strength of all undecided
>>> Politicians in that election. When an election for a Post is
>>> resolvable, any player CAN, by announcement, end the election and
>>> install the winning Politician (which must be specified or else
>>> the announcement is INEFFECTIVE) into the Post.
>>>
>>> If a Post is vacant and either has been so for seven days or more
>>> than eleven days have passed since its previous holder Announced
>>> Retirement, then the Host CAN and SHALL, in a timely fashion, by
>>> announcement end the election and install one of the Politicians
>>> with the most votes into the Post.
>>>
>>> When an election for a Post ends, all Vote switches for that Post
>>> are set to undecided.
>>>
>>> Enact a new power-1 rule entitled "Party Policy", reading as follows:
>>>
>>> There are 5 Policies, in order:
>>>
>>> - Justice: interested in seeing justice served
>>> - Efficiency: interested in seeing official duties performed
>>> - Legislation: interested in seeing proposals passed
>>> - Participation: interested in seeing votes cast
>>> - Economy: interested in economic activity
>>>
>>> At any time, each Policy is held by exactly one Party. The
>>> assignments must be in cyclic order of their definitions, wrapping
>>> from bottom to top. For example, if the Platonic Isolationists
>>> hold Participation as their Policy, then the New Punchbowl
>>> Reformers
>>> hold Economy, the Costume Conservatives hold Justice, and so on.
>>>
>>> At the start of each Agoran month, the Planner CAN and SHALL, in a
>>> timely fashion, by announcement, select a new assignment of
>>> Policies to Parties (specifying the Policy of one Party is
>>> sufficient, since it implies the remainder). E CANNOT specify
>>> either of the assignments used in the previous two months.
>>>
>>> Enact a new power-1 rule entitled "Favour Awards":
>>>
>>> The following officers CAN by announcement award Favours in the
>>> listed Parties, but SHALL NOT do so except as required by rule.
>>>
>>> - Arbitor and Referee: the Party holding Justice.
>>> - ADoP: the Party holding Efficiency.
>>> - Assessor: the Parties holding Legislation and Participation.
>>> - Clork: all Parties.
>>>
>>> When a player judges a CFJ, the Arbitor SHALL, in a timely
>>> fashion, award that player 3 Favours in the Party holding Justice.
>>> When a player's Finger-Pointing leads to a Card award, or when the
>>> Referee issues Summary Judgement, the Referee shall award a Favour
>>> in the Party holding Justice to the responsible player.
>>>
>>> Complexity is an office switch, tracked by the ADoP, with values 1
>>> (default), 2, and 3. The ADoP CAN, without 2 Objections, set the
>>> Complexity of an office. As part of eir weekly duties, the ADoP
>>> SHALL award to each officeholder a number of Favours in the Party
>>> holding Efficiency equal to the Complexity of that Office.
>>>
>>> Whenever the Assessor resolves an Agoran decision:
>>> - If the decision was to adopt a proposal, and it was ADOPTED, e
>>> SHALL immediately award the proposal's author a number of
>>> Favours in the Party holding Legislation equal to the proposal's
>>> AI, rounded up.
>>> - For each voter who has not voted on an Agoran decision resolved
>>> earlier in the same Agoran week, e SHALL award that player 2
>>> Favours in the Party holding Participaiton.
>>>
>>> Any player CAN spend shinies equal to the Favour Value to gain a
>>> Favour in the Party holding Economy.
>>>
>>> As part of eir weekly duties, the Clork SHALL award, to the
>>> Advisor of a Politician holding one of the below offices, 3
>>> Favours in the corresponding Party:
>>> - Loner: Platonic Isolationists
>>> - Drunk: New Punchbowl Reformers
>>> - Mystery: Costume Conservatives
>>> - Wild One: Substance Use Liberals
>>> - Hat Rack: Official Raving Monster Looney Party
>>>
>>> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Post Powers":
>>>
>>> The Creep CAN by announcement, but no more than once per Agoran
>>> week, increase eir own Stress Level by 1 in order to increase the
>>> Stress Level of another specified Politician by 2.
>>>
>>> The Schmoozer CAN by announcement, but no more than once per
>>> Agoran week, change the Party of a specified other Politician to
>>> the next Party in order, wrapping around.
>>>
>>> The Enforcer CAN, no more than once per week, with Support from at
>>> least one other Politician not in the Row-Reduced Echelon, remove
>>> a specified Row Echelon Politician from eir Post. E must specify
>>> the supporting Politician when doing so, or it is INEFFECTIVE.
>>> Upon doing so, both the Enforcer and supporting Politician's
>>> Stress Levels are increased by 1.
>>>
>>> Set the Complexities of the offices as follows:
>>> - ADoP: 2
>>> - Agronomist: 1
>>> - Arbitor: 2
>>> - Assessor: 3
>>> - Clork: 2
>>> - Fearmongor: 1
>>> - Herald: 1
>>> - Notary: 2
>>> - Prime Minister: 1
>>> - Promotor: 2
>>> - Referee: 2
>>> - Registrar: 2
>>> - Regkeepor: 1
>>> - Reportor: 1
>>> - Rulekeepor: 3
>>> - Speaker: 1
>>> - Surveyor: 1
>>> - Tailor: 1
>>> - Treasuror: 3
>>>
>>> Amend rule 2497, Floating Value, by appending "- Favour Value: 1/10th of
>>> the Floating Value, rounded up." to the list of Derived Floating Values.
>>>
>>> Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Get This Party Started", reading as
>>> follows:
>>> The Clork CAN, by announcement, and SHALL, in a timely fashion
>>> after this rule is enacted:
>>> - Create 20 Politicians, 4 in each Party, specifying their names;
>>> - Increase each Politician's Stress Level by twice eir Rank;
>>> - Assign one Politician to each Post, chosen at random;
>>> - Randomly assign Policies to Parties (obeying the cyclic order
>>> restriction); then
>>> - Cause this rule to repeal itself.
>>>
>>> Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, while this rule is in
>>> effect, it provides the only mechanism by which Politicians can be
>>> created, Posts or Policies assigned, Stress Levels changed.
>>> Moreover, rules to the contrary notwithstanding, Favour cannot be
>>> created.
>>>
>>> Install Telnaior as Clork.
>>> }}}
>>>
>>> I made a few small revisions, but left bigger things for later work/when
>>> this gets proposed when the rest of the economy settles down.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> From V.J. Rada
>
>
>
>
> --
> From V.J. Rada
