On 6/29/20 9:52 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > > On 6/29/2020 10:22 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: >> I intend, Without 3 Objections, to enact the following — modified from >> previous Birthday regulations and a variety of rulesets for Diplomacy, >> primarily those of EPCC [0] and the official rules [1] and corrected >> according to feedback — as the regulations for this year's Birthday >> Tournament. > > I support! > > > Finally got to read this, some small comments: > >> If fewer than seven persons have become Contestants, >> the Gamemaster CAN replace the text of these regulations with >> appropriate regulations for a Nomic-inspired game, such as FRC, an >> experimental Nomic, or a sub-Nomic. > > I love the fact that this could morph into any game.
Hopefully, we won't need this, but it's good to have. > >> The judge SHOULD award a badge to all participants in >> the Tournament, broadly construed, after the conclusion of the >> Tournament unless it has not been completed in a satisfactory manner. > > Traditionally, for badges we've also included non-members who watch and > actively comment. That's my intent is "broadly construed". > >> were made with arbitrary or capricious disregard for the terms of these > > Yay, administrative law! > >> 7. Contestants may seek the assistance of non-Contestants. > > (e.g. such helpers should get the badge too) See above. > >> When a Proposal has received a number of >> non-withdrawn votes in favor greater than half the number of >> Contestants, the Judge SHALL, in a timely fashion, and CAN enact the >> proposal by publishing the new text of the regulations and the number of >> votes in favor and against. The Judge SHALL NOT reveal the votes of >> specific Contestants. > > Since this isn't synced to moves, it would be great if the judge would > make a policy of being clear about the timing of this ahead of time, the > judge could have a huge impact just by deciding to enact a proposal before > versus after movement. You did that a little bit on the section about > orders timing, but that still leaves the judge a lot of leeway. I've intentionally left it open, but my plan is to enact any proposal that is passed before the close of orders before processing orders. -- ---- Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, Herald, Referee, Tailor, Pirate Champion, Badge of the Great Agoran Revival, Badge of the Salted Earth
