Times out and passes, 2-1. Enacted by Brendan.
Adminned at 01 Nov 2016 20:48:32 UTC
Replace the phrase “aggrieved vectorine” in the Ruleset with “achieved victory.”
The tentative victory condition passed with no Against votes and few people interested in riders; seems sensible to wire it up.
Timed out / quorumed 3 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan with no EVC riders getting two approvals.
Adminned at 29 Oct 2016 21:17:13 UTC
Replace the final paragraph of “Government” with:-
As a daily communal action which is also an Atomic Action, and which may only be taken on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, a Councillor may call an Election by:
- If a single Party is supported by more Constituencies than every other Party, then updating the Government to be that Party.
- Increasing the Will of all Councillors who are part of the Government Party by 1.
- Posting a blog entry announcing which Party each Constituency Supports, which Party is now in Government, and which Councillors gained Will from this Election.
If, at the time of an Election, a Councillor has fulfilled the following conditions:
- the Councillor is part of the Government Party
- the Councillor has more Will than any other Councillor
then they have aggrieved vectorine.
If more than half of the EVCs on this Proposal contain the word “POPULAR” then add the following to the second bulleted list above:
- the Councillor is Popular
If more than half of the EVCs on this Proposal contain the word “TRANSITION” then add the following to the second bulleted list above:
- the Councillor has at least 4 Ready Staff
If more than half of the EVCs on this Proposal contain the word “DEMOGRAPHIC” then add the following to the second bulleted list above:
- the Councillor represents a Constituency which has fewer than 10 Blocks
If more than half of the EVCs on this Proposal contain the word “GRASSROOTS” then add the following to the second bulleted list above:
- the Councillor is part of the Party with Grassroots Support
If more than half of the EVCs on this Proposal contain the word “UNWILLING” then remove the item “the Councillor has more Will than any other Councillor” from the second bulleted list above.
If you have suggestions for tweaking this, please add note commentary so I can consider it. If you don’t like this general framework for a victory condition, please, please propose your own.
Times out 2-0 and has no effect. Enacted by Brendan.
Adminned at 28 Oct 2016 20:30:11 UTC
If “Double-Crossing the Floor” enacted, this proposal has no effect.
If Matt included the word “Charm” or “Down” (but not both) in their comments on this proposal, then set Matt’s Party to that included word.
If Viv included the word “Charm” or “Down” (but not both) in their comments on this proposal, then set Viv’s Party to that included word.
Trying that again.
Self-killed. Failed by Brendan.
Adminned at 28 Oct 2016 20:07:06 UTC
If “Double-Crossing the Floor” failed, this proposal has no effect.
If Matt included the word “Charm” or “Down” (but not both) in their comments on this proposal, then set Matt’s Party to that included word.
If Viv included the word “Charm” or “Down” (but not both) in their comments on this proposal, then set Viv’s Party to that included word.
Simple party-switching proposal that only affects the two players in minority parties.
Times out 2-1. Enacted by Brendan.
Adminned at 28 Oct 2016 20:06:21 UTC
Add to the rule “Party Lines” the following:
If a Councillor’s Constituency is Unified, and that Constituency Supports a Party the Councillor is not part of, that Councillor may change their Party to the one their Constituency Supports by updating the GNDT to this effect.
Self-killed. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 26 Oct 2016 13:39:16 UTC
To “Party Lines”, add:-
If they have not done so already during the dynasty, a Councillor may change their Party to the Party supported by more Blocks than any other in the Constituency they represent.
Can’t enact with fewer than a quorum not voting against. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 24 Oct 2016 22:32:12 UTC
Replace the final paragraph of “Government” with:-
As a daily communal action which is also an Atomic Action, and which may only be taken on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, a Councillor may call an Election by:
- If a single Party is supported by more Constituencies than every other Party, then updating the Government to be that Party.
- Increasing the Will of all Councillors who are part of the Government Party by 1.
- Posting a blog entry announcing which Party each Constituency Supports, which Party is now in Government, and which Councillors gained Will from this Election.
If a Councillor has 6 or more Will, and more Will than every other Councillor, and is part of the Government Party, then they have achieved victory.
Streamlined and reproposed. Since the last version timed out.
Reached quorum 3 votes to 1. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 24 Oct 2016 09:16:42 UTC
In the rule “Staff”, after “A Councillor may not take a Staff Action if they have fewer than 1 Ready Staff.” add:-
A Councillor may not take a Staff Action if they are not part of a Party.
Straight reproposal of Party Invite since it timed out.
Results are in:
Grapnel West: 12 Charm
Grapnel East: 8 Charm, 3 Down
Northill: 5 Down, 4 Up
Brucetown: 9 Down, 1 Up
Anchorage: 3 Down, 2 Up, 2 Strange, 1 Charm
Fluke Hill: 5 Charm, 3 Down
Herreshoff: 4 Down, 3 Up, 1 Charm
The Bowery: 11 Charm, 1 Strange
Killick: 7 Charm, 2 Down
Danforth: 3 Down, 3 Strange, 1 Up
With more constituencies supporting the Charm Party than any other, there is now a Charm Government.
Timed out 1 vote to 2. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 23 Oct 2016 17:06:14 UTC
Add a Nature Reserve to every block in Anchorage.
The results are in:-
With more constituencies supporting the Down Party than any other, the Down Government remains in power.
Adminned at 23 Oct 2016 16:05:33 UTC
Add a Nature Reserve to every block in Grapnel East.
Times out 2-2. Failed by Brendan.
Times out 2-2. Failed by Brendan.
Adminned at 23 Oct 2016 05:10:24 UTC
In the rule “Staff”, after “A Councillor may not take a Staff Action if they have fewer than 1 Ready Staff.” add:-
A Councillor may not take a Staff Action if they are not part of a Party.
Who are Councillor Brendan’s mysterious volunteers?
Aname idles out after more than a week without a proposal or comment. Quorum drops to 3.
Reached quorum 3 votes to 1. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 21 Oct 2016 14:40:58 UTC
Append to the rule “Campaign” the following:
In either case, if the chosen Block currently supports no Party, instead, only one adjacent Block must be of the new Party.
Timed out 1 vote to 2. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 21 Oct 2016 14:39:52 UTC
In the rule Campaign after
When a Councillor Campaigns, they choose one block of Auld Anchorage and change its Party to any other Party as long as at least two adjacent blocks are of the new Party.
add:
If the block being Campaigned is with the Councillor’s Constituency, the Party may be changed without the requirement of two adjacent blocks.
It seems only fitting that one should be able to change the Party in their own Constituency.
Timed out 1 vote to 2. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 21 Oct 2016 14:39:44 UTC
In the main body of the rule Auld Anchorage after the sentence, “Two blocks are adjacent if they share a border on the grid.”, add:
Two blocks are Regional if the difference between their respective row and their respective column values in Auld Anchorage are both one or less.
Adjacency is very limiting.
The ballots are counted:-
With more constituencies supporting the Down Party than any other, there is now a Down Government.
Append to the rule “Campaign” the following:
In either case, if the chosen Block currently supports no Party, instead, only one adjacent Block must be of the new Party.
Results are in:
Grapnel West: 10 Charm
Grapnel East: 7 Charm, 3 Down
Northill: 5 Down, 4 Up
Brucetown: 8 Down, 1 Up
Anchorage: 3 Down, 2 Up, 2 Charm, 2 Strange
Fluke Hill: 4 Up, 2 Down, 1 Charm
Herreshoff: 5 Up, 1 Down, 1 Charm
The Bowery: 4 Charm, 3 Strange, 2 Up, 2 Down
Killick: 4 Charm, 1 Down
Danforth: 4 Down, 4 Strange, 1 Up
With more constituencies supporting the Charm Party than any other, there is now a Charm Government.
Timed out 2 votes to 2. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 20 Oct 2016 10:40:19 UTC
Replace the final paragraph of “Government” with:-
As a daily communal action which is also an Atomic Action, and which may only be taken on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, a Councillor may call an Election by:
- If a single Party is supported by more Constituencies than every other Party, then updating the Government to be that Party.
- Increasing the Power of all Senior Councillors of the Government Party by 1.
- Posting a blog entry announcing which Party each Constituency Supports, which Party is now in Government, and which Councillors gained Power from this Election.
If a Councillor has 5 or more Power, and more Power than every other Councillor, then they have achieved victory.
Rename “Will and Momentum” to “Will, Power and Momentum”, and add to the first paragraph:-
Each Councillor has an amount of Power, a number tracked in the GNDT which defaults to zero.
To “Party Lines”, add:-
If a Councillor has the highest or joint-highest Will in their Party, that Councillor is Senior; otherwise they are Junior.
Trying a more gradated victory condition.
Reached quorum 4 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 19 Oct 2016 10:34:48 UTC
In “Zoning Targets”, replace “Marking the corresponding block on the map of Auld Anchorage as a Zoning Target” with:-
Optionally marking the corresponding block on the map of Auld Anchorage as a Zoning Target
May as well make the “roll a target but decide not to use it and wait an hour” thing a regular, immediate mechanic.
Timed out 2 votes to 1. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 17 Oct 2016 08:46:20 UTC
In “Campaign”, change both instances of “at least one adjacent block is” to:-
at least two adjacent blocks are
It feels wrong that in a gerrymandering dynasty it’s often more efficient to use a Campaign to wrangle the constituencies into line.
Results are in:-
With more constituencies supporting the Down Party than any other, there is now a Down Government.
Timed out 2 votes to 1. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 16 Oct 2016 16:47:50 UTC
Add a new rule, “The Mayor”:-
If the Mayor has achieved victory, he may call a Town Meeting by posting a blog post to this effect. Councillors may respond in its comments with ideas for the future of the island.
If a Town Meeting has been called and is more than 12 hours old, the Mayor may nominate any Councillor to become the Deputy Mayor: upon doing so, the Deputy Mayor achieves victory.
If a Town Meeting has been called, a Councillor may only declare victory if they are the Deputy Mayor.
May as well give myself some skin in the game. (Per core rules the Mayor can’t declare victory in his own dynasty, but adding a reason to win gives me a reason to play properly.)
Timed out 1 vote to 2. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 15 Oct 2016 19:10:00 UTC
Add to the end of the rule “Government” the following:
In addition, if upon completion of an Election, a single Councillor fulfills all the following criteria:
- They are part of the Party that is In Power
- They are part of the Party that has Grassroots Support
- They are Popular
- They have more Will than any other Councillor
then that Councillor has achieved victory.
Results are in:
With more constituencies supporting the Charm Party than any other, there is now a Charm Government.
Timed out 3 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 14 Oct 2016 11:40:45 UTC
In “Gerrymander”, replace “If the Constituency being changed from is represented by a Councillor other than the Councillor taking the action, then the block now supports no Party.” with:
If the Constituency being changed to is represented by the Councillor taking the action, then the block now supports no Party.
Looks like the Party-blanking penalty may be deterring good old-fashioned election-rigging gerrymandering of distant boroughs. Changing it from “blanked if you take it from someone else” to “blanked if you give it to yourself”.
Times out and passes 3-0. Enacted by Brendan.
Adminned at 13 Oct 2016 17:42:38 UTC
Change the first two bullets in the rule “Gerrymander” to:
- A Constituency may not have fewer than 8 blocks.
- A Constituency may not have more than 12 blocks.
Because of the way this is phrased, I keep getting it wrong, and I’m not the only one.
Timed out 1 vote to 2. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 13 Oct 2016 17:15:09 UTC
Rewrite the second paragraph of the rule “Buildings” to read
As a Staff Action, a Councillor who is part of a Party which is in Power may remove a Zoning Target from the map and replace it with a Building. As a Staff Action which has an additional cost of 1 Will, any Councillor may remove a Zoning Target from the map and replace it with a Building. Valid Buildings are:
Reached quorum 4 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 12 Oct 2016 11:59:12 UTC
Append to “Buildings”:
Coffee Shop (@) For each Block with a Coffee Shop in a Councillor’s Constituency, that Councillor has an Office Efficiency one higher than it would otherwise be.
Newspaper (◊) For each Block with a Newspaper in a Councillor’s Constituency, that Councillor, when identifying a Zoning Target (following rolling the dice but prior to marking the map), may make a comment in the GNDT that they will reroll a die (whether the former or latter is to be rerolled must be specified). If they do so, they must then roll DICE10 and replace the previously specified die roll with the new one.
I still do want those buildings in.
Times out at quorum and passes, 4-1. Enacted by Brendan.
Adminned at 11 Oct 2016 17:10:41 UTC
In the rule “Campaign”, replace “As a Staff Action” with “As a Staff Action which is also an Atomic Action”, and add the sentence:-
If the new Party has Grassroots Support, the Councillor may then choose another block of Auld Anchorage and change its Party to the Party with Grassroots Support, as long as at least one adjacent block is of that Party.
Replace “If a single Party has more Momentum than any other Party, that Party is said to be In Power.” with:-
If a single Party has more Momentum than any other Party, that Party is said to have Grassroots Support.
Suggesting a clearer metaphor for Momentum, as I don’t understand the current one - this makes it how much momentum-towards-power a Party has, and allows its Campaigns to spread twice as fast.
Times out at quorum and passes, 4-0. Enacted by Brendan.
Adminned at 11 Oct 2016 17:08:16 UTC
Add a subrule to “Auld Anchorage”, called “Government”:-
The Government of Anchorage may be any one of the Parties, or None. This is tracked on the Auld Anchorage wiki page, and defaults to None.
As a daily communal action, a Councillor may call an Election by posting a blog entry to this effect. Upon doing so, if a single Party is supported by more Constituencies than every other Party, then that Party becomes the Government.
Replace “If a single Party is supported by more Constituencies than every other Party, then that Party is said to be In Power.” with:-
A Party which is the Government is said to be In Power.
Would be easier to have “Party with most constituency” as a lagging game variable which we occasionally update loudly and manually, rather than an awkward-to-calculate one that changes silently and automatically (and which we have to recheck every time we want to use it).
Qwertyu63, Josh and RaichuKFM all idle out after 8, 9 and 10 days of inactivity respectively. Quorum drops to 4.
Timed out 3 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 08 Oct 2016 18:26:26 UTC
In “Staff”, replace “As a Daily Communal Action, any Councillor may increase every Councillor’s Ready Staff by that Councillor’s Office Efficiency.” with:
As a Daily Communal Action, any Councillor may Brief every Councillor. Briefing a Councillor means increasing their Ready Staff by their Office Efficiency.
It was noted at the time of proposal that this wording was ambiguous - I’m not sure if Matt giving me 2 Ready Staff from my 3 Staff just now was a mistake or an intentional reading as “increase Kevan’s Ready Staff by Matt’s Office Efficiency”.
Timed out 3 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 08 Oct 2016 10:13:02 UTC
In “Party Lines”, replace “Each Councillor is part of one of the four Parties, and this is tracked in the GNDT.” with:
Each Councillor may be part of one of the four Parties, and this is tracked in the GNDT.
Then set every Councillor’s Party to nothing. Then set Josh and Kevan’s Party to “Down”, Matt’s Party to “Strange” and Viv’s Party to “Up”. Consider all game actions taken so far based on Councillors’ Party values to have been taken as if every Councillor had always been able to be part of no Party.
The phrasing “Each Councillor is part of one of the four Parties” means that every Councillor has to belong to one of the four Parties at all times, and that “no party” isn’t a legal Party status.
The glossary says that “If a game variable has no defined starting value, then that starting value is [...] the alphabetically earliest legal text string it may take”, so we are all (and always have been) part of the Charm Party.
Timed out 2 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 08 Oct 2016 10:17:29 UTC
If the either of the phrases “a Councillor who supports a Party” and “a Councillor whose Constituency supports a Party” exists in the ruleset, replace it with:
a Councillor who is part of a Party
Counterpoint to the previous proposal. It’s being “part of” the ruling party that lets you build anywhere in Auld Anchorage. The people of Northill supporting Strange under a Charm Councillor shouldn’t allow that Councillor to build in Herreshoff, under a Strange Government.
Timed out 1 vote to 2. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 08 Oct 2016 08:10:08 UTC
In the Rule, “Buildings”, change:
a Councillor who supports a Party
to
a Councillor whose Constituency supports a Party
The Ruleset does not currently say that a Councillor “supports” a party but rather has “joined” or “is a member of”. Constituencies support parties; blocks support parties; councillors do not. This rule will fix this inconsistency. Replacing Zoning Targets with Buildings requires SUPPORT, which does not exist for Councillors.
Times out 2-1. Enacted by Brendan.
Adminned at 07 Oct 2016 17:25:13 UTC
Rewrite the paragraph that begins “If a single Party is supported by more Blocks in a Constituency” in the rule “Auld Anchorage” to read
If a single Party is supported by more Blocks in a Constituency than every other Party in that Constituency, then that Constituency is said to support that Party.
If a single Party is supported by more Constituencies than every other Party, then that Party is said to be In Power. If a single Party has more Momentum than any other Party, that Party is said to be In Power.
Times out 3 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 06 Oct 2016 16:33:04 UTC
Add to the end of the rule Staff:
Councillors that perform Staff Actions that are ruled illegal do not regain Ready staff per the reverting procedure in the rule Atomic Actions.
This is to prevent councilors from performing illegal actions like rolling for new zoning targets without ramifications. “Legality” per the current dynasty does not look to be defined in Fair Play.
Timed out 2 votes to 2. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 06 Oct 2016 08:44:47 UTC
In “Buildings”, delete the phrase “who supports a Party which is in Power”.
Append to “Buildings”:
Coffee Shop (@) For each Block with a Coffee Shop in a Councillor’s Constituency, that Councillor has an Office Efficiency one higher than it would otherwise be.
Newspaper (◊) For each Block with a Newspaper in a Councillor’s Constituency, that Councillor, when identifying a Zoning Target (following rolling the dice but prior to marking the map), may make a comment in the GNDT that they will reroll a die (whether the former or latter is to be rerolled must be specified). If they do so, they must then roll DICE10 and replace the previously specified die roll with the new one.
Times out and passes 4-0. Enacted by Brendan.
Adminned at 06 Oct 2016 06:05:39 UTC
To “Council Duties”, add:-
If two or more Councillors represent the same Constituency, then for the purposes of all other rules the Councillor among them who was most recently the sole representative of that Constituency is the only Councillor who represents it.
Any Councillor with at least 1 Ready Staff may cease to represent their Constituency at any time by setting their Ready Staff to zero.
Covering the case where an old player unidles into a Constituency which has since been taken over by somebody else (as may happen with ShareDVI and Herreshoff). And a mechanic for abandoning an unwanted Constituency is probably useful anyway.
ShareDVI idles out after eight days of inactivity. Quorum drops to 5, and Herreshoff is back up for grabs.
Timed out 4 votes to 2. Enacted by Kevan.
Adminned at 03 Oct 2016 19:02:53 UTC
Add a subrule to “Zoning Targets”, called “Buildings”:-
Each Block may contain one or more Buildings, tracked in the Auld Anchorage wiki page as symbols (listed in brackets below) in their block’s square.
As a Staff Action, a Councillor who supports a Party which is in Power may remove a Zoning Target from the map and replace it with a Building. Valid Buildings are:-
- Church (†) A block with a Church may not be gerrymandered.
- Nature Reserve (^) A block with a Nature Reserve ceases to support any Party and cannot be made to support a Party.
- Housing (×) For each Housing Building in a block, that block counts as one extra block (identical to itself but lacking all Housing) for the purpose of the “Surveys” rule.
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