On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 12:25 PM nch via agora-discussion
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> On 6/9/20 11:05 AM, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote:
> >
> > I submit the following proposal, "Barrel Rolling", AI-1:
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> >
> > Create a power-1 rule, "The General Store", with the following text:
> >
> >        Barrels are a currency tracked by the Coopor (an office) in eir
> >        monthly report. A player CAN win the game, but it will cost em 100
> >        barrels.
>
>
> Does this construction work like this? Shouldn't it be "A player CAN win
> the game by paying 100 barrels"?
>
>
> >
> >        A bargain is a specification consisting of a title, a payout (a
> >        number of barrels between 1 and 10), and a tender (a list of 6 or
> >        more rules-defined card types; a type may be repeated, with each
> >        repeat being a separate element on the list).
> >
> >        A player CAN cash out a specified bargain that's "on the barrel",
> >        by announcement, provided that, in the same message, e paid cards
> >        (possibly spread over multiple sets) to successfully earn rules-
> >        defined products, and those cards match all of the cards types in
> >        that bargain's tender.  The payment of a particular card instance
> >        can only match a single tender element for the single cashing out
> >        of a bargain.
> >
> >        When a player cashes out a bargain on the barrel, e earns the
> >        payout for that bargain.
>
>
> Do you want the bargains to be gone once someone cashes them out? The
> term "cash out" makes me think they're meant to be one time usage, but
> they don't seem to be the way the rule is written.
>
>
> >
> >        The Coopor CANNOT cash out a specific bargain in the 14 days
> >        after putting that bargain on the barrel.
> >
> >
> > Create a power-1 rule, "Bargains on the Barrel", with the
> > following text:
> >
> >        If there are fewer than four bargains on the barrel, the Coopor
> >        CAN put a bargain on the barrel with notice.  If there are fewer
> >        than eight bargains on the barrel, the Coopor CAN put a bargain on
> >        the barrel with 3 support.
>
>
> The ability of the Coopor to specify every element of the bargain seems
> really abusable for a 2 person scam. Though the threshold of victory
> through this is high enough that it'd probably get prevented well ahead
> of time.

Given that it's with notice, the Cooper could probably be removed
prior to execution.

>
>
> >
> >        The Coopor CAN take a bargain off the barrel without N objections,
> >        where N is the number of months, rounded up, since that bargain
> >        was last placed on the barrel.  Within 14 days after winning an
> >        election for Coopor, the Coopor CAN take any bargain off the
> >        barrel with notice.
> >
> >        The Coopor's monthly report includes a list of all bargains on the
> >        barrel.  E SHOULD publish such a list whenever e adds or removes a
> >        bargain from the barrel.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
>

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