Thursday, January 29, 2015

Proposal: But Verify

Only five players not voting against, less than quorum of 7. Failed by Kevan.

Adminned at 30 Jan 2015 18:16:10 UTC

Add a rule to the Ruleset called “Trust”, as follows:

Each Crewmember other than the Ship’s Computer has a level of Trust. This is represented as an integer, tracked with a field called Trust in the GNDT. If a Crewmember has never had their Trust level set, it defaults to 5.

When a Crewmember is part of the Responder Team for a Mission that succeeds, their Trust increases by 2. When a Crewmember is part of the Responder Team for a Mission that fails, their Trust decreases by 3.

If at least two Crewmembers are Disabled, and all Androids are Disabled, the Human with the lowest Trust may claim victory for this Dynasty. If at least two Crewmembers are Disabled, and all Humans are Disabled, the Android with the highest Trust may claim victory for this Dynasty. If more than one Crewmember meets these conditions, none of them may claim victory. The Ship’s Computer may veto such Declarations of Victory if it sees that they are illegal based on private information.

Add the following to the rule called “Trials”:

Should a Trial succeed, the Crewmember accused within it has their trust set to 0.

Set the Trust of all active Crewmembers to 5.

My problem with Werewolf games has always been that there aren’t enough numbers.

Comments

Bucky:

30-01-2015 00:55:18 UTC

imperial
Note that “Claim Victory” isn’t “achieves victory”.

Sphinx:

30-01-2015 01:32:15 UTC

imperial
Is it possible for the Computer to veto a DoV? I like the idea but I’m not sure if it’s wording works.

Darknight: he/him

30-01-2015 01:44:27 UTC

imperial @Sphinx: Its not something I’ve seen ever done over my time playing here but never know, might work.

Bucky:

30-01-2015 01:49:53 UTC

The Computer can veto a DoV if a dynastic rule allows it, but a veto won’t stop a DoV from passing.

_Fox_:

30-01-2015 04:43:02 UTC

imperial

Darknight: he/him

30-01-2015 04:47:38 UTC

btw, bit off topic, did something happen with the notify button? havent been getting the normal emails when new comments come up.

Bucky:

30-01-2015 06:10:11 UTC

CoV against , as this concentrates an undue amount of power over who can win in the hands of the Pilot (coincidentally the proposer).

Josh: Observer he/they

30-01-2015 08:17:19 UTC

imperial Needs a big nerf on the Pilot’s role if this passes.

RaichuKFM: she/her

30-01-2015 08:58:04 UTC

against

Kevan: he/him

30-01-2015 09:28:27 UTC

Is “Human with the lowest Trust may claim victory” a typo for “highest”, or deliberately the least trustworthy player (either the laziest or most recent trial prisoner) seizing power Baltar-style?

Vetoing a DoV wouldn’t work because the word simply can’t be applied to DoVs anywhere in the ruleset, but I assume players would vote such a declaration down once the Computer had spoken.

against

[Darknight] Hmm, it might have stopped working during any of the server and EE upgrades made last year. The server can still send emails by itself, as we’ve been able to create wiki accounts for people, so it must be an EE thing. I can’t see anything obvious in the admin settings.

RaichuKFM: she/her

30-01-2015 09:59:27 UTC

I just got an e-mail notification for the comment you just made, for what it’s worth.