Friday, August 28, 2009

Proposal: Edie

Passes 12-0. - Qwazukee

Adminned at 31 Aug 2009 11:10:24 UTC

The Doomsday Cult is a shadowy cabal whose membership and aims remain inscrutable.

Enact a new dynastic rule, called “Doomsday Cult”, as follows:

Following the enactment of this Proposal, the Leader shall select two random Survivors (excluding himself) to become members of the Doomsday Cult (each of whom may be referred to as a Cultist), without regard to whether such Survivors are Infected.

When a new Survivor joins the game, or when an idle Survivor who has not previously participated in this Dynasty reactivates, the Leader may (within 48 hours) determine randomly whether this Survivor is a Cultist.  The chance of a Survivor becoming a Cultist by operation of the previous sentence is x/y where x is the number of Cultists and y is the total number of Survivors.  Should idling ever cause the active Survivor list to lack any Cultists at all, the Leader may randomly select z new Cultists, where z is the number of Survivors divided by 5 and rounded down (but not to less than one).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, no Survivor who is Fallen or Infected may become a Cultist (but a Survivor may, after having become a Cultist, become Fallen or Infected by operation of the Ruleset or Gamestate).

Whenever the Leader determines that a Survivor is a Cultist, the Leader shall alert the Cultist via PM but shall not alert that Cultist of the identity of any other Cultist. 

The first time that the Leader determines that certain Survivors are Cultists, the Leader shall, following the PM alerts to the relevant Cultists, post a Story Post to the Blog indicating that the Cult is now active.

Notwithstanding any other dynastic rule or subrule, an Infected Survivor who is a Cultist shall not be prohibited from achieving victory by reason of being Infected.

Why did you kiss the world good-bye?
Ciao, baby
Don’t you know paradise takes time?
Ciao, baby

Comments

Klisz:

28-08-2009 22:21:42 UTC

for

Qwazukee:

28-08-2009 22:34:59 UTC

for

Rodlen:

28-08-2009 23:47:39 UTC

for Were-cultists.  Nice.

Excalabur:

29-08-2009 01:29:05 UTC

for

redtara: they/them

29-08-2009 02:07:15 UTC

imperial

Darknight: he/him

29-08-2009 02:33:59 UTC

for Hmmm… by any chance is the title of this proposal related to edie from the rocky horror picture show?

spikebrennan:

29-08-2009 03:51:39 UTC

The band “The Cult” did a 1989 song called “Edie (Ciao Baby)”.  About Edie Sedgwick.

Really, people… you’re making me feel old.

Qwazukee:

29-08-2009 04:43:37 UTC

As it should be. I was not alive when that song came out.

arthexis: he/him

29-08-2009 06:01:40 UTC

for

spikebrennan:

29-08-2009 13:56:45 UTC

Amazing.  I was 16 in 1989.

“Back in the day (he said as he rocked in his rocking chair and sucked on his toothless gums), we didn’t have the fancy internets to play the nomics.  We did it the way _men_ did it, by writing rules in cuneiform by pressing our styluses into clay tablets.  And we didn’t have this “veto” concept: instead, every once in a while, a sabre-toothed tiger would come along and eat someone.  Good times, good times.”

dogfish:

29-08-2009 22:33:59 UTC

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, I vote this for.

Apathetic Lizardman:

30-08-2009 00:58:49 UTC

imperial

Wakukee:

30-08-2009 22:18:26 UTC

I’m not crazy about the sabre teeth… but otherwise I am for.  for

ais523:

31-08-2009 12:06:52 UTC

imperial Incidentally, what happens if the selected Survivors are already Infected, to start off with?