If only there was a currently pended proposal disincentivising stockpiling shinies.
Gaelan > On Sep 13, 2017, at 11:30 AM, Cuddle Beam <cuddleb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I enjoy the basic idea but Im very much against removing Action Points > because of how it guarantees gameplay - you've got two CFJs/Proposals per > week, and if you dont spend those during the week, you lose them forever, so > it's better to use them. That results in people being inclined to use them > each week, resulting in more activity which is good - although capped because > AP is limited, which is also good. > > A basic shiny income is nice but I fear it will incentive just stockpiling > shinies for contingency instead of being used as liberally as we use AP > (which I believe is a healthy thing to keep things moving). > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Nic Evans <nich...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Here's my take on a basic income. Note that it's a form of guaranteed, >> rather than universal, income in the sense that it only brings you up >> to an appropriate level. >> >> I submit the following proposal: >> >> title: Basic Income >> ai: 2 >> author: nichdel >> co-authors: >> >> Repeal R2500 "Action Points" >> >> Amend R2445 "How to Pend a Proposal" to read in full: >> >> Imminence is a switch, tracked by the Promotor, possessed by >> proposals in the Proposal Pool, whose value is either "pending" or >> "not pending" (default). >> >> Any player CAN flip a specified proposal's imminence to "pending" by >> announcement by spending the current Pend Cost in shinies. >> >> Amend R991 "Calls for Judgement" by removing point "a)" in the first >> list and changing points "b)" and "c)" to "a)" and "b)" respectively. >> >> Amend R2497 "Floating Value" by adding to the end of the list of >> Floating Derived Values: >> >> * Income Floor: 1/10th the Floating Value, rounded up. >> >> Amend R2499 "Welcome Packages" to read in full: >> >> Within an Agoran Week after a person registers, any player CAN and >> MAY cause Agora to pay the new player the Income Floor in shinies by >> announcement. >> >> Create a new Power 1 rule titled "Basic Income" with the following text: >> >> Within an Agoran Week after the first Secretary Weekly Report is >> published in an Agoran Month, any player CAN and MAY cause Agora, >> by announcement to pay em the Income Floor minus eir Balance at time >> of the Weekly Report's publication if e has less than the Income >> Floor in shinies and has 0 stamps. >> >> >
