avpx wrote: > I do like this idea, though I still don't see why someone who is an > Alpha gets set to their default caste. . . It seems like they should > just be demoted to a Beta rather than demoted to an Epsilon or Savage.
To create tension between keeping your caste fairly high (more votes now) and keeping it too high (very few votes next month). This is why you can decrease your own caste (but someone else can increase it again and push you back into the danger zone). Quazie wrote: >> 1) Promotions. At each step, the Grand Poobah SHALL choose a >> player whose caste is as high as possible without equalling >> or exceeding the new caste: >> >> a) Flip a player's caste to Alpha >> b) Flip a player's caste to Beta >> c) Flip a player's caste to Gamma >> d) Flip a player's caste to Delta >> > > I'm not sure what this is saying. I think it means make sure we > always have at least one Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta, but I'm not > sure how they are supposed to be chosen. If caste is a switch, aren't > all Gammas as close to Beta as any other Gamma? If there are any Gammas, then yes; the choice between them is at the Grand Poobah's discretion. If there are no Gammas, but there are some Deltas, then e promotes a Delta to Beta at b), then (if there were two or more Deltas) promotes another Delta to Gamma at c). > Ah-ha, also, should this be random? If not the Grand Poobah has LOTS > of power, and can propmite only those E thinks deserves it. If this > is the intention, then I'm not sure if I support it. Players can still spend Notes to tweak eir own caste, but yes, the Grand Poobah is intended to be bribable (as BobTHJ so succinctly puts it).
