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On Sun, 18 Mar 2018, Aris Merchant wrote:
> Looks good. Want to pend it?
>
> -Aris
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 3:28 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Proposal, 'Blots v1.0', AI-3, co-author = Aris:
> >
> >
> > ========================================================================
> > [I'm keeping this MODDULAR. Meaning I'm changing Cards to blots. I'm
> > NOT plugging into land/currencies. Instead I'm making a simple time-
> > based expunging system ('Removing Blots') that is a stub for adding
> > Temples or whatnot once this all works and once we've thoroughly
> > debugged land.]
> >
> >
> > Create the following Rule, Blots, power-2:
> >
> > Blots are an indestructible fixed currency with ownership
> > restricted to persons. A person with 1 or more blots is Impure, a
> > person with 0 blots is Pure. An impure unregistered person is a
> > Fugitive.
> >
> > To Levy a Fine of N on a person, where N is a positive integer,
> > is to create N blots in eir possession by announcement. To Expunge
> > a blot is to destroy it by announcement. If expunging blots would
> > reduce a person's blots to less than 0, their blots are instead
> > reduced to 0 but the cost of expunging, if any, is not reduced.
> >
> > Levying fines and destroying blots are each secured with a power
> > threshold of 1.7.
> >
> > The Referee is an office, and the recordkeepor for blots.
> >
> >
> > Create the following Rule, Penalties, power-3:
> >
> > Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, an impure person CANNOT win
> > the game.
> >
> > The voting strength of a player on an Agoran Decision is reduced
> > by 1 for every 3 blots in eir possession.
> >
> >
> > Create the following Rule, Removing Blots, power-1.7:
> >
> > If a player has neither gained blots nor expunged any blots from
> > emself in the current Agoran week, e CAN expunge 1 blot from
> > emself by announcement.
> >
> > At the beginning of each quarter, half (rounded down) of each
> > fugitive's blots are destroyed.
> >
> >
> >
> > Amend Rule 2478 (Vigilante Justice) to read:
> >
> > A player CAN by announcement, but subject to the provisions of
> > this rule, Point eir Finger at a person (the perp) who plays the
> > game, citing an alleged violation of the rules by that person.
> >
> > When a player Points a Finger, the investigator SHALL investigate
> > the allegation and, in a timely fashion, SHALL conclude the
> > investigation by:
> >
> > - Imposing the Cold Hand of Justice on the perp, as described
> > elsewhere; or
> >
> > - if e believes that no rules violation occurred or that it would
> > be ILLEGAL to levy a fine for it, announcing the Finger Pointing
> > to be Shenanigans.
> >
> > The Referee is by default the investigator for all Finger
> > Pointing. When a Finger, other than the Arbitor's, is Pointed over
> > an allegation related to the official duties or powers of the
> > Referee, then the Arbitor CAN, by announcement, take over the
> > investigation and thereby become the investigator.
> >
> > The Referee CANNOT Point eir Finger. The Arbitor CANNOT Point eir
> > Finger at the Referee.
> >
> >
> > Create the following Rule, Sentencing Guidelines, power 1.7:
> >
> > When the rules authorize an investigator to impose the Cold Hand
> > of Justice for a violation, e CAN do so by levying a fine on the
> > perp with a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2x the base value of the
> > violation, within the following guidelines:
> >
> > - If the violation is described by the rules as a Class N crime,
> > then N is the base value; otherwise the base value is 2.
> >
> > - The fine SHOULD be reduced to the degree that the violation is a
> > minor, accidental, and/or inconsequential infraction.
> >
> > - The fine SHOULD be increased to the degree that the violation is
> > willful, profitable, egregious, or an abuse of an official
> > position.
> >
> > Optionally, in the same message in which e imposes justice, the
> > investigator CAN specify that the violation is forgivable,
> > specifying up to 10 words to be included in an apology. If the
> > investigator does so, the perp CAN, in a timely fashion, expunge P
> > blots from emself, where P is the minimum of the value of the fine
> > and 3, by publishing a formal apology of at least 200 words and
> > including all the specified words, explaining eir error, shame,
> > remorse, and ardent desire for self-improvement.
> >
> >
> > Amend Rule 2479 (Official Justice) to read:
> >
> > The Referee CAN, subject to the provisions of this rule, impose
> > Summary Judgment on a person who plays the game by levying a
> > fine of up to 2 blots on em. Summary Judgement is imposed on the
> > Referee's own initiative, and not in response to any official
> > proceeding.
> >
> > The Referee CANNOT impose Summary Judgement more than three times
> > a week.
> >
> >
> > Amend Rule 2531 (Referee Accountability) to read:
> >
> > Any attempt to levy a fine is INEFFECTIVE if it does not include
> > (1) value of the fine in blots, (2) the name of the person being
> > fined (the perp), and (3) the specific reason for the fine, or if
> > it attempts to levy a fine on a person for an action or inaction
> > which e (more likely than not) did not commit, or if it attempts
> > to levy a fine for an action or inaction which is not prohibited
> > by law, or if it attempts to levy a fine with a value which is
> > blatantly and obviously unsuited to the conduct which constitutes
> > the reason for its levy or to the person to which it is being
> > levied, or if it is made more than 14 days after the conduct
> > constituting the reason for the fine, or if it attempts to levy a
> > fine to a player who has already been levied a fine for the
> > conduct constituting the reason for the levy.
> >
> > If the Referee attempts to levy three or more INEFFECTIVE fines in
> > a week, any player CAN, with two support, issue a writ of
> > Impartial Arbitration Restoration, immediately making the position
> > of Referee vacant. When a writ of Impartial Arbitration
> > Restoration is issued, the ADoP SHALL initiate an election for the
> > Referee within a timely fashion.
> >
> >
> > Increase the power of Rule 2531 (Referee Accountability) to 2.
> >
> >
> > Amend Rule 2529 (Medals of Honour) by replacing:
> > not had a Card issued to em.
> > with:
> > not had a fine levied on em.
> >
> >
> > Amend Rule 2451 (Executive Orders) by replacing:
> > - Dive (Referee): The Prime Minister issues a specified Card to a
> > specified player. Notwithstanding rule 2426, the reason for the card
> > MAY be any grievance held by the Prime Minister, not necessarily a
> > violation of the rules, against the person to whom the Card is
> > issued.
> > with:
> > - Dive (Referee): The Prime Minister levies a 2 Blot fine on a
> > specified player. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the
> > reason for the fine MAY be any grievance held by the Prime
> > Minister, not necessarily a violation of the rules, against the
> > person to whom the fine is levied.
> >
> >
> > Amend Rule 2523 (Contracts as Agreements) by replacing its entire second
> > paragraph with:
> > As an exception to the provisions of the previous paragraph and
> > the circumstances in which fines would ordinarily be appropriate,
> > a person levying a fine under this rule MAY and CAN validly
> > consider the equitable interests of justice and interests of the
> > game, including the importance of the observation of contracts, as
> > a mitigating or aggravating circumstances when levying a fine.
> > Such a person MAY, CAN validly, and SHOULD also consider the
> > instructions of the contract or contracts in question when levying
> > a fine.
> >
> >
> > Amend the Rule entitled "Paydays" by replacing the text:
> > e was not issued any Cards
> > other than Green for eir conduct in that office
> > with:
> > no unforgivable fines were levied on em for eir conduct in that
> > office
> >
> >
> > Repeal Rule 2426 (Cards)
> > Repeal Rule 2477 (The Referee)
> > Repeal Rule 2474 (Green Cards)
> > Repeal Rule 2506 (Blue Cards)
> > Repeal Rule 2427 (Yellow Cards)
> > Repeal Rule 2475 (Red Cards)
> > Repeal Rule 2476 (Pink Slips)
> >
> > ========================================================================
> >
> >
>
