Sunday, January 18, 2015

Proposal: Crew Amendable

Reached quorum 3 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 19 Jan 2015 08:50:28 UTC

Enact a new rule, “The Ship’s Computer”:-

The ISV Jenny Haniver is operated by the Ship’s Computer. It may be referred to as simply “the Computer”. For the purposes of all dynastic rules, the Ship’s Computer is not considered to be a Crewmember.

If an enacted Votable Matter would require the Ship’s Computer to reveal or change information that it is tracking privately, and if the Computer did not vote FOR that Votable Matter, then it may choose not to reveal or change that information.

Enact a new rule, “Androids”:-

Each Crewmember may either be a Human or an Android (defaulting to Human) and this is tracked privately by the Ship’s Computer. If there are fewer than two Androids, the Computer may convert a randomly-selected Human to an Android and privately inform that Crewmember that their sense of humanity had been simulated up to this point.

No Humans may be converted to Androids before the 26th of January 2015. The Ship’s Computer may repeal this paragraph on or after that date.

Add a subrule to “Androids” called “Sabotage”:-

An Android may Sabotage a Proposal by sending a Private Message to the Ship’s Computer informing it of this intention. A proposal can only become Sabotaged if it is pending, or if it enacted less than 24 hours previously. If a pending Proposal is Sabotaged, the Computer should veto it, stating that it has been Sabotaged. If an enacted Proposal is Sabotaged, the Computer should undo the effects of its enactment as it sees fit, and post a blog entry announcing this.

I’m still interested in how Werewolf can operate as a full-blown Nomic, and wondering how it would pan out to allow the minority group to (anonymously) veto proposals. No elimination or lynching yet, and a grace period to gather a few players before we start picking Androids.

posted by Kevan at 18 Jan 2015 20:35:00 UTC Comments (3)

Comments

Josh: Observer he/they

18-01-2015 21:04:43 UTC

for I am unidle; quorum rises to 4.

Bucky:

18-01-2015 23:28:03 UTC

“If an enacted Votable Matter would require the Ship’s Computer to reveal or change information that it is tracking privately, and if the Computer did not vote FOR that Votable Matter, then it may choose not to reveal or change that information.”

I am quite nervous about this; it’s easily circumvented by the votable matter in question but means that proposal-writers can’t be sure that proposals in the queue do what they look like they do.

Sylphrena:

19-01-2015 04:59:01 UTC

for Bucky: I think it would be fine as long as the Computer alerts us whenever it comes up. (I would like some kind of mandatory “not going to change the information” alert though.)