Anyone for a game of Nomic?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I can see a need for eliminating old proposals and Achernar and others seem to feel even more strongly on the issue. So I’ll add another section to my suggested Proposition 305:

305.11a - Any proposal which has not received a change in vote status for a period of seven days is eliminated.
305.11b - Any proposal which has not received a change in vote status by more than one player for a period of fourteen days is eliminated.

Basically, old proposals will die off after a week of lack of interest. The second section will keep one person from being able to continue to beat a dead horse.

On the issue of limiting multiple proposals, how about this:

304.9 - No player may make a proposal if the current amount of active proposals he or she has is greater then the number of players.

One possible danger is that if we don’t create a procedure for eliminating old proposals some players might get into a situation where they cannot enter new ones.

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Why was 301 defeated? I thought the majority were in agreement that my no vote hadn’t counted and my actual vote was in favor of 301. Didn’t everyone else vote in favor?

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It was sort of a mix-up, but the Judge for that turn decided that your no vote did in fact count.

264

Your no vote retraction didn’t occur until after voting had closed on 301, as I explained above.

Zev Steinhardt

265

So this means we still need to make 205 mutable, correct?

266

I consent.

267
  1. We still need to make 105 mutable.
268

Nope. We need to make 105 mutable. All 200 series rules are Mutable.

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Proposed Proposal 303 (on the subject of making Rule 105 mutable):

“Rule 105 is hereby changed from immutable to mutable.”

Suggestions? Comments?

270

See, I’ve lost track of numbers. . .

271

I’ve got a suggestion. Say “transmuted” instead of “changed”. It sounds sexier.

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Proposed Proposal 303, Now with Sexier Language:

::reads in an extra slutty, breathy voice:: Those of you who remember Stifler’s Mom from American Pie 1 and 2, just imagine it’s her reading it.

Rule 105 … oh, it’s so big, isn’t it? So thick and hard and … oh yes, we want it. And do you know what we’re going to do to it? Yes, we’re going to change it … but it’s not just any change, no. It’s a … transmution! Oh, yes, a transmution! Say it and feel the letters slip off your tongue like a lover’s kiss. We’re transmuting RUle 105! Oh, yes, you can feel it inside you! It’s throbbing and—

I should stop? OK.

“Rule 105 is hereby transmuted from immutable to mutable.”

273

I got an email from Spurious George to consent to continue as well. By my reckoning, that gives us 6 out of 14 (not counting iampunha and PoignantSod.

Zev Steinhardt

274

Er, why am I not counted?

275

“When Judgment has been invoked, the next player may not begin his or her turn without the consent of a majority of the other players.”

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davidm OK’d continuance. That’s 7 of 14. Get that proposal ready iampunha…

Zev Steinhardt

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Proposal 303:

“Rule 105 is hereby transmuted from immutable to mutable.”

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I just read over some of the old posts. I have to say that I would definitely vote against any proposal that eliminates the concept of turns. And I would very likely also vote against anything that allows more than one proposal to be on the table at a time. At this point we need to be thinking about introducing order into the game rather than chaos.

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By my count, we already have eight, but I’m not going back to list them. I also consent to continue.

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TJdude825 also consented. We can move on.

iampunha is your final posted version of 303 the one you wish to put out there (or would you rather put the sexier version? :smiley: )

Zev Steinhardt