Friday, May 08, 2020

Proposal: Face Cards Redux [Appendix]

Reached quorum 8 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 10 May 2020 10:19:42 UTC

The Amnesiac named Kevan is identified as an Amnesiac with server-side access to the BlogNomic site who is able to perform the changes outlined in this Proposal.

Add to the list of commands in “Random Generators”:

The CARD command will return a card with a suit (either Hearts, Diamonds, Spades or Clubs) and a value (either Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King). A card with a value that is either Jack, Queen or King is a face card.

Update the Dice Roller to reflect the above change.

Replace:

Any changes to the potential outcomes of the Dice Roller’s random result commands must be made by Proposal; and any Proposal that seeks to nominate a change to this rule must first identify an Amnesiac with server-level access to the BlogNomic site who is able to perform the changes, and must also update this rule to reflect the new potential outcomes.

With:

Any changes to the potential outcomes of the Dice Roller’s random result commands must be made by Proposal.

If a Proposal proposes a change to this rule that would require server-level access to the BlogNomic site to fully enact its effects, that Proposal must name an Amnesiac with such access. Only an Amnesiac with such access may Enact that Proposal. If that Proposal does not name an Amnesiac with such access, that Proposal is Illegal.

Full credit to Derrick for the concept, unfortunate that it couldn’t pass rules muster.

Also, tidying up.

Comments

Lulu: she/her

08-05-2020 17:44:09 UTC

for

derrick: he/him

08-05-2020 18:10:57 UTC

for

naught:

08-05-2020 18:19:20 UTC

for

Kevan: he/him

08-05-2020 18:35:00 UTC

for Looks good, and seconded that aces shouldn’t be face cards. Although this does lack the explicit word “random” that all other die definitions include.

ayesdeeef:

08-05-2020 20:39:20 UTC

for

Darknight: he/him

08-05-2020 20:48:16 UTC

for

Josh: Observer he/they

08-05-2020 22:16:08 UTC

for

Clucky: he/him

09-05-2020 00:42:39 UTC

I am a bit concerned by the
“Only an Amnesiac with such access may Enact that Proposal.” bit. Granted, the other version of the rule has similar issues. But the idea of who has server side access is rather fuzzy as far as rules go, and its not hard to imagine a scenario where a proposal cannot be enacted because there isn’t an admin with server side access to be found. I guess we would just have to hope that in such a scenario, people switch their votes to against so the game doesn’t lock up for seven days?

Kevan: he/him

10-05-2020 10:18:59 UTC

The simplest way (and the one that’s currently happening) seems to be that someone implements the die in advance, and a proposal later enshrines it.