Friday, March 27, 2009

Proposal: I will be back… ing off now.

Reached quorum, 11 votes to 1. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 30 Mar 2009 10:16:47 UTC

Create a new rule called “Punchlines”:

A Scripter may add a Punchline to a Scene by adding the text “[PUNCHLINE]” within the Script of that Scene. Then, the Scripter shall add a section called Punchline where they will write down the full text of the punchline. A Punchline can only be added to a Scene if the Body Count of that Scene is 1.

In rule “Best in Show Votes”, add the following item to the list of award categories:

* Best Original Punchline (+0.5 Popularity)
* Worst Original Punchline (-0.5 Popularity)

 

Come with me if you catch my drift.

Comments

Qwazukee:

27-03-2009 20:17:50 UTC

imperial Would be better if the punchline didn’t count against your 50 word limit.

Influenza:

27-03-2009 20:29:47 UTC

for 50 words is a fair amount to be able to fit a punchline in. hopefully a very bad ‘PUN’chline…

Kevan: he/him

27-03-2009 21:23:12 UTC

for I assume the [PUNCHLINE] formatting is intentionally to stop it from counting towards the 50-word limit of the “Script” field.

Qwazukee:

27-03-2009 21:28:04 UTC

But the punchline is within the script, so I assume it still counts towards the limit.

Kevan: he/him

27-03-2009 22:03:06 UTC

The Script is “a text summary of the scene which cannot exceed 50 words”; I assume that the newly introduced “section called Punchline” is not part of the Script.

Kevan: he/him

27-03-2009 22:03:53 UTC

By which I mean that it’s a section of the scene, not a section of the script.

Qwazukee:

27-03-2009 22:15:41 UTC

So, it’s just the word “[Punchline]” that is counted in the 50? The wording does not seem to make clear whether the actual Punchline section is in the Script or separate from it.

We can assume it’s separate, and confirm that via CfJ, if necessary.

CoV for

Devenger:

27-03-2009 22:59:56 UTC

for I read it as separate, and therefore an amusing way for people to bypass the word limit and be more dramatic.

allispaul:

28-03-2009 02:09:53 UTC

If it’s separate then sure for

arthexis: he/him

28-03-2009 02:20:33 UTC

Yes, it is a separate section where the punch line is contained (I didn’t want to consume words from the scene with this one)

Darknight: he/him

28-03-2009 03:29:09 UTC

for

Josh: Observer he/they

28-03-2009 07:23:25 UTC

for

Psychotipath:

28-03-2009 12:51:28 UTC

imperial

Jeid:

28-03-2009 19:25:36 UTC

against

Klisz:

30-03-2009 01:31:53 UTC

for

Jeid:

30-03-2009 01:41:22 UTC

imperial