Reaches quorum at 11-0.
-Purplebeard
Adminned at 15 Jun 2006 02:20:20 UTC
In 1.7, ‘Gamestate Tracking’, replace the line:
If no other Monk has commented on it, an official post may be altered or removed; otherwise this can only be done as allowed by the Ruleset.
with
If no Monk has commented on it, an official post may be altered or removed; otherwise this can only be done as allowed by the Ruleset.
Tightining up some language, closing a purported loophole.
I would give AG Blessings for this but since he said it was a “purported loophole” it sounds like somebody else pointed it out so no Blessings this time.
If the person who spotted it would like to own up, I’ll propose Blessings for them.
Of course, Thelonious’ version of the scam wouldn’t work because you can’t change a Self-Kill vote.
Good point Bucky - although if the vote was considered to be an “offical post” then you’d be allowed to change that too under the same rule.
There must be other fairly similar ruses too.
If we are going to try and fix every possible loophole this dynasty, why not replace the monestary with a legal firm, and have the laywer dynasty.
Perhaps if victory is acheived through a loophole, the victor will choose your lawyer theme for the next dynasty.
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Thelonious:
Cunning indeed.
Currently, a monk could…
1. Make a proposal that was likely to time out or wait for somebody else to make a proposal that was likely to time out. This is the BLOCKER.
2. Make an innocous looking proposal but with a deliberate mis-wording. This is the CON.
3. Vote against the CON, marking it as S-K’d and pointing out the bad wording.
4. Re-propose (just to make the story look real). This is the DUMMY.
5. In all likelihood, nobody would bother to comment on the original.
6. Wait until the BLOCKER and the CON has timed out but hasn’t been admin’d yet.
7. Modify the CON (allowed because no OTHER monk has commented on it yet) to give emself victory.
8. Admin the BLOCKER and the CON and make a DoV.
Of course, this is only really open to admins because otherwise the person who came to admin the CON would probably vote against it first and it would fail 1-1.
All the same, I wish I’d spotted it myself!