The general idea of a sandbox isn't a bad one. But I don't think
"making and destroying a copy of Agora" is straightforward if you
intent that the copy starts with the same players/gamestate.
The first red flag to me is that this drafts current players into a
sandbox Agora (i.e. a new agreement) without their consent, which
would need to override R869 (power-3).
It would also draft the Officers without consent (I assume you'd
expect Officers to do double-duty?), contrary to R1006.
It's also pretty clear that you can't override the PF, at least not
at power-1. Whether or not a message is "assumed to be intended"
for the sandbox, if you post a move to a PF, there's no way of
stopping it from being a message to the original Agora without
overriding R478 (also power-3).
Finally, if a copy of Agora is created, it comes with a copy of
Rule 1698 (Agora Is A Nomic, power=4) which would prevent it from
ceasing to exist at the end of the week (or ever).
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018, Gaelan Steele wrote:
> Title: Break the Rules Week
> Power: 1
>
> The _th week of _ is known as Break the Rules Week.
>
> At the beginning of Break the Rules Week, a copy of Agora, known as the
> Sandbox, is created; the copy does not include this rule. Within this rule,
> Agora refers only to the original copy, and not to the Sandbox.
>
> This rule governs the Sandbox, and no rules or other legal instruments in the
> Sandbox can override this rule. Actions taken in the Sandbox CANNOT affect
> Agora in any way, except for as specified by this rule or other rules in
> Agora.
>
> If a forum is public in both Agora and the Sandbox, messages to the forum are
> assumed to be intended for the Sandbox unless specified otherwise. [Can we do
> this at Power 1?] Players SHOULD NOT send messages to Agora during Break the
> Rules Week.
>
> At the end of Break the Rules Week, the Sandbox ceases to exist.
>
> [Rough idea: a time to have fun with scams that would make such a big mess
> that we wouldn’t want to try them in the “real” Agora. TODO: A way to speed
> up proposals so that we can create and pass them within the week.]
>
> Gaelan
