Proposal: Activation by omission [Special Case]
Self-killed. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 28 May 2020 16:03:18 UTC
1. Amend rule 3 (“Special Case”) as follows:
‘’‘Special Case Rules’‘’ can be Active or Inactive. The text of a Special Case Rule that is Inactive is flavour text.
Special Case Rules have a ‘’‘Default Status’‘’, which can be Active or Inactive. If the title of a Special Case Rule includes an asterisk (“*”), its Default Status is Inactive; otherwise, its Default Status is Active.
If the title of a Special Case Rule includes “[X]”, where X is either “Active” or “Inactive”, then its status is X; otherwise, its status is its Default Status.
When a new Dynasty is started, the Ascension Address may list any number of existing Special Case Rules to be set to a status other than their respective Default Status. All other Special Case Rules are set to their respective Default Status.
2. Omit “[Active]” from the title of each of the subrules of rule 3 (“Special Case”).
Some tidying up. 1. No changes of substance; just a restructuring that might benefit people unfamiliar with the rule. 2. The recent changes to the rule make the “[Active]”/”[Inactive]” tags redundant most of the time, so why not get rid of them? This way any deviation from the default will pop more.
I think the explicit “[Active]” versus “[Inactive]” is more helpful for new players, and that experienced players won’t have issues tracking the rules in any case.
Kevan: he/him
Showing the “[Active]” tags also emphasises to the reader that each one is a rule which is currently Active and may become otherwise, though.