On Tue, 11 Aug 2015, omd wrote:
> The eligible judges for an RFC are all players who voted on the
> most recent decision to adopt a proposal to be resolved,
When using this method as Arbitor, I found that strict "most recent decision"
or even "most recent distribution" criteria left several CFJs during my tenure
with only 1-2 judge choices. I think eligibility needs more smoothing.
Overall, the "judges with Power" mechanic is a good one - we've had two
iterations that I know of, Orders and Equity Courts. About time to try
it again.
The old Orders system is relevant to this. A Judge could issue an Order
along with eir ruling; this could include an Order that a Recordkeepor note
a change in eir Record (effecting a gamestate change). There were Rules
for Staying, Vacating, and Conflicting Orders, or declaring Orders Improper.
Yes it could get quite complicated - there's a set of CFJs around two
people issuing orders to each other, including orders to stop issuing
orders.
(Not sure there's any lessons to be learned there, just reminiscing).
I think using Ephemeral power levels is a nice touch (the Orders system
relied on the precedence of the Order-permitting Rule stating that the
change was POSSIBLE, which was an extra layer of mess IIRC).
-G.
