Can't we just call them sins? Penances? On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > Yeah, Blots were the hardest for me, too, even after spending a couple hours > with a thesaurus and googling different religious words for sin. If no one > comes up with something better then, blots it is. > > On Thu, 1 Mar 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: >> Blots I don't know. Calling them Blots sounds the best, but that's been >> used. Stains would work (they're stains on your soul), but it doesn't have >> the same ring as Blots or Rests. Temples we should just call temples or >> shrines, because those are generic terms at this point (unlike churches, >> mosques, synagogues, etc.). I like calling the status of having the penalty >> impure and pure, like you did. (If anyone doesn't like the connotations, >> they can say so, but although they've been used to refer to certain >> minorities in the past, there's no specific group that they refer to.) I >> think we should call the process of removing them absolution. Maybe the >> methods could be prayer and sacrifice? >> >> -Aris >> >> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 12:07 PM Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > Ok folks, what's a set of religious terms for Blots, punishment, temples, >> > and >> > penance that won't be too culturally loaded for anyone? Keeping to the >> > Agoran >> > theme, something ancient Greece and pleasing the gods? Or something else >> > (a >> > little leery after the Karma/Eta thing annoyed some people). >> > >> > On Tue, 27 Feb 2018, Reuben Staley wrote: >> > > Can I just say that I still really like the idea of this proposal? I >> > don't >> > > really want to attempt judicial reform, however, since I just got done >> > with >> > > a different game(chang|break)ing proposal. >> > > >> > > El 27 feb. 2018 17:10, "Aris Merchant" < >> > thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> >> > > escribió: >> > > >> > > > Forwarding a message from back when I was working on a judicial system >> > > > proposal. I dropped it, after realizing that that 1) this kind of >> > system >> > > > needs to be written modularly, or it turns into a tightly bound mess >> > and 2) >> > > > I can't write modularly. However, this could perhaps be used as theme >> > for >> > > > G.'s proposal (G., I don't know how set you are on Wevils?), and it >> > comes >> > > > with the resources built in. >> > > > >> > > > -Aris >> > > > >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> > > > From: Aris Merchant <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> >> > > > Date: Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 11:37 PM >> > > > Subject: Re: About that secret project... >> > > > To: Reuben Staley <reuben.sta...@gmail.com> >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > (An introduction has been removed) >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > My proposal requires two currencies, one to begin cases with and one >> > > > to pay off blots. There were two previous blot-like system I've seen, >> > > > and each had a coherent theme. One was rests, which were the opposite >> > > > of notes in a musically themed system. The other one was blots, which >> > > > were tracked by the Herald back when we considered crime a "blot" on >> > > > the honor of the guilty. I still want to call them blots, but under my >> > > > proposal they would symbolize the displeasure of the Spirit of the >> > > > Game upon those who break eir rules. You would expunge blots with >> > > > incense, which would be sacrificed to the Spirit of the Game. This >> > > > might eventually be used to receive other benefits from the Spirit >> > > > (maybe eventually have a full religion subsystem?), like teleports or >> > > > protection from attack. >> > > > >> > > > To initiate court cases (and file NoVs), you would use bottles of ink, >> > > > because it makes conceptual sense. The production path for these >> > > > resources would consist of three new buildings. The first one, the >> > > > trading post, would import dyes and spices (probably for free, >> > > > although we might require a token payment or allow people to sell >> > > > resources there later). Dyes would be refined in an extractor (I chose >> > > > a name sufficiently general that we can add resources later, in order >> > > > to simplify production lines and simultaneously make them more >> > > > interesting). Spices could be converted to incense in a temple. I was >> > > > thinking that perhaps visiting a temple that you didn't own would >> > > > allow you to get rid of one free blot per week with the owner's >> > > > consent, to encourage cooperation. Dyes and spices are both begging to >> > > > be expanded upon: dyes might someday be combined with fabric to >> > > > produce clothing, while spices could become a part of a future >> > > > cooking/crafting subsystem. >> > > > >> > > > (Conclusion also removed) >> > > > >> > > >> > >>
-- >From V.J. Rada
