Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Proposal: Night Watchman Fix

Passed, finally, 8-2.  Brendan

Adminned at 19 Oct 2007 09:58:15 UTC

If the proposal “Quis Custodiet Lycanthropus?” fails, this proposal does nothing.

Replace the text of the subrule “The Night Watchman” with:

Whenever a Villager is killed by Werewolves as a result of Rule 2.2, the Mayor will email the Night Watchman (if there is one, and if they are still alive) with an alphabetised list of Villagers who the Watchman has seen on the streets that night. This list shall consist of a random living werewolf, plus a N other randomly selected villagers where N is half(rounded up) of all living Villagers, excluding the previously selected werewolf.

A Villager may only become the Night Watchman as a result of a Town Meeting.

The night watchman in its current form is too powerful, not because it is easy for him to find a werewolf, but because if he does that automatically clears everyone else on the list. It would be better to put a werewolf in there, and then randomly select the rest.

posted by Clucky at 17 Oct 2007 19:41:01 UTC Comments (18)

Comments

spikebrennan:

17-10-2007 20:17:03 UTC

for

Hix:

17-10-2007 20:20:22 UTC

for

aaronwinborn:

17-10-2007 20:31:57 UTC

for

Brendan: he/him

17-10-2007 20:58:56 UTC

for

spikebrennan:

17-10-2007 21:04:30 UTC

against COV.

Shadowclaw:

17-10-2007 22:13:37 UTC

against

Amnistar: he/him

18-10-2007 00:56:00 UTC

why the cov spike?

aaronwinborn:

18-10-2007 01:07:46 UTC

i was wondering the same thing, but then realized the conflict of interest i have myself—if i vote yes, it’s out of fairness to the nomic, but if i were voting as a villager, i’d want to vote no, because it makes things better for villagers (assuming the night watchman lasts a night and isn’t a werewolf). on the other hand, a werewolf would want to vote yes, unless doing so would cast suspicion on himself.

oh, so confusing…

aaronwinborn:

18-10-2007 01:13:09 UTC

imperial cov—i have to let the mayor help with this little quagmire. for the record, my preference is yes, but the night watchman is currently an uncoveted position anyway that will ensure a short lifespan for its holder, so not sure this really changes anything with the current ruleset.

Clucky: he/him

18-10-2007 01:35:45 UTC

Actually, this is a classic example where a werewolf would vote against to try and make it look like they are good so that later they can see “Why would I, a werewolf, have voted against this proposal”. Meanwhile, someone with nothing to hide is going to realize that this proposal really is fair and regardless of the fact that it helps the werewolves, it should be passed and thus they will vote FOR it.

Brendan: he/him

18-10-2007 01:37:00 UTC

Clucky’s a werewolf.

Amnistar: he/him

18-10-2007 02:11:55 UTC

lol

Clucky: he/him

18-10-2007 02:55:22 UTC

oh noes I has been teh discovered! lolz.

Brendan: he/him

18-10-2007 02:58:49 UTC

Even worse, he’s a lolcanthrope.

Clucky: he/him

18-10-2007 03:39:44 UTC

I can haz werecheezburger?

Kevan: he/him

18-10-2007 08:50:12 UTC

for

Amnistar: he/him

18-10-2007 13:52:27 UTC

for

Zaratustra:

19-10-2007 16:36:34 UTC

for