Re: DIS: proto: patent award codification

Suggestion: The Reportor (alt: Herald) CAN award Bard w/2 support to someone who publishes certain quantities of poems. to The Reportor (alt: Herald) CAN award Bard w/2 support to any Player who has performed a great feat of literature. On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 7:53 PM, Gaelan Steele

Re: DIS: proto: patent award codification

Your phrasing sounds like an obligation to give the title to all deserving players. Maybe something like this? The following titles CAN be awarded to any player by the holders of the listed offices with 2 Support. They SHOULD only be given to players that meet the qualifications listed. -

Re: DIS: proto: patent award codification

Good thinking. Definitely will add SHOULDS to the standards for each, but probably good to say additionally in the rule that whether a player meets those standards is a political question not a judicial one (i.e. if it gets the right support/consent, it qualifies). Here's the old standard for

Re: DIS: proto: patent award codification

Probably want the criteria for each to be SHOULDs so that we don't have CFJs about just how brilliant a judgement was. I like the idea. Gaelan > On Mar 1, 2018, at 10:01 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > We used to have more Patent Titles named in the rules, and

DIS: proto: patent award codification

We used to have more Patent Titles named in the rules, and different officers were allowed to award them under certain conditions. We dropped that on the grounds that the Herald could generically award any of them when it seemed appropriate, but it meant the reasons for some of the awards