We could just win it in the normal way next time and declare an Agora theme...
On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 at 01:32, Ørjan Johansen <oer...@nvg.ntnu.no> wrote: > My reading justifies the Agoran invasion better. > > Greetings, > Ørjan. > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2019, Aris Merchant wrote: > > > I rather hoped the “mutatis mutandis” was implied. > > > > -Aris > > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 4:27 PM Ørjan Johansen <oer...@nvg.ntnu.no> > wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 15 Feb 2019, Aris Merchant wrote: > >> > >>> BlogNomic almost actually passed something like that once. We sent > >> someone > >>> over to caution them that such an unfortunate plan would result in an > >>> Agoran invasion (okay, ais actually did it sua sponte, but my version > >>> sounds better). > >> > >> Wait, BlogNomic legislated that Agora would be destroyed? I don't think > >> that works. > >> > >> Greetings, > >> Ørjan. > >> > >>> -Aris > >>> > >>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:56 PM Madeline <j...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Obviously, I'm just talking in hypotheticals. > >>>> > >>>> On 2019-02-16 09:55, Aris Merchant wrote: > >>>>> No one is doing anything that has any meaningful chance of destroying > >>>>> Agora. If there’s a bug in your mechanism, the stakes go from it > being > >>>>> broken to the game dying permanently. > >>>>> > >>>>> -Aris > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:52 PM Madeline <j...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> "If this Rule's power exceeds 4.0, then all other rules > >> notwithstanding, > >>>>>> Agora is destroyed." > >>>>>> (Would any other rule need to actually change for such a clause to > >> work > >>>>>> if an outside Power 3 rule is adjusting its power?) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 2019-02-16 09:47, D. Margaux wrote: > >>>>>>> Love it. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> You could have a separate power 3 rule that (1) changes the power > of > >>>> the > >>>>>> Ritual rule and (2) causes itself to be repealed when the Ritual > rule > >> is > >>>>>> repealed. > >>>>>>> And I’d love to see the power of the Ritual rule increase, too, if > >> the > >>>>>> Rule is left unappeased... and maybe increase at a higher rate than > it > >>>> can > >>>>>> be decreased? > >>>>>>>> On Feb 15, 2019, at 5:12 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@uw.edu> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Actually I've been pondering something even fancier, like every > time > >>>>>>>> it's appeased it decreases in Power and the Power is linked to the > >>>>>>>> Consent required. Or something. (of course you can't increase > >> power > >>>>>>>> in the same way). > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:08 PM D. Margaux < > dmargaux...@gmail.com> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> Any chance we can have it repeal with Agoran Consent or something > >>>> more > >>>>>> than notice? Or is that excessive? :-) > >>>>>>>>>> On Feb 15, 2019, at 3:41 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@uw.edu> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Actually, one more time. Empty sacrifices are meaningless. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> I withdraw my proposal, The Ritual. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> I submit the following proposal, Ritual Sacrifice, AI-1: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>>>>> Create a Rule entitled "The Ritual", Power-0.5, with the > following > >>>>>>>>>> text: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Any player CAN perform The Ritual by paying a fee of 7 > >> Coins, > >>>>>>>>>> thus appeasing > >>>>>>>>>> this Rule for a single instant. This Rule MUST be > appeased > >>>> at > >>>>>> least once > >>>>>>>>>> in every Agoran week. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> If this rule has been appeased by The Ritual in 5 > >> successive > >>>>>>>>>> Agoran weeks, then any player CAN banish this rule (cause > >> it > >>>> to > >>>>>>>>>> repeal itself) with Notice. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 12:12 PM Kerim Aydin <ke...@uw.edu> > >> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> I withdraw the proposal I recently submitted, quoted below. > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> I submit the following Proposal, The Ritual, AI-1: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>>>>>> Create a Rule entitled "The Ritual", Power-0.5, with the > >> following > >>>>>>>>>>> text: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Any player CAN perform The Ritual by announcement, thus > >>>>>> appeasing > >>>>>>>>>>> this Rule for a single instant. This Rule MUST be > >> appeased > >>>> at > >>>>>> least once > >>>>>>>>>>> in every Agoran week. > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> If this rule has been appeased by The Ritual in 5 > >> successive > >>>>>>>>>>> Agoran weeks, then any player CAN banish this rule > (cause > >>>> it to > >>>>>>>>>>> repeal itself) with Notice. > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 7:44 AM Kerim Aydin <ke...@uw.edu> > >> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> I submit the following Proposal, The Ritual, AI-1: > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>>>>>>> Create a Rule entitled "The Ritual", Power-0.5, with the > >> following > >>>>>>>>>>>> text: > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Any player CAN perform The Ritual by announcement. In > >>>> order > >>>>>> to > >>>>>>>>>>>> appease this Rule, at least one player MUST perform The > >>>>>> Ritual in > >>>>>>>>>>>> every Agoran week. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> If this rule has been appeased by The Ritual in 5 > >>>> successive > >>>>>>>>>>>> Agoran weeks, then any player CAN banish this rule > (cause > >>>> it > >>>>>> to > >>>>>>>>>>>> repeal itself) with Notice. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > >