Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Call for Judgment: Instant Slugs - Just Add Boosts!

Cannot be enacted, with one vote FOR and 5 AGAINST. Josh

Adminned at 18 Dec 2024 08:57:31 UTC

Revert any gamestate changes made after December 17, 2024‎ 19:21 and before this was enacted.

Set the Positions of these Snails as follows:
* CyberStella: 2 cm
* GetPunnedOn: 2 cm
* Habanero: 18 cm
* Josh: 18 cm
* Raven1207: 2 cm
* Friendly Fiona: 18 cm
* Slingshot Sam: 2 cm
* The Iron Slug: 18 cm

For each of the following Snails, roll a DICE2. On a 1, reduce that Snail’s Position by 20. On a 2, increase that Snail’s Position by 20.
* CyberStella
* GetPunnedOn
* Raven1207

Apply the Extra Effects of The Iron Slug to each Snail except the Slug of Death, treating the “after a Play” condition as if it has been met and using that Snail’s current Position at this step for the remainder of that Extra Effects when determining the result for that Snail.

The basis of this CfJ is that, when “A Boost for All Snails” was enacted, it set the Position of all Snails, without any Slug exclusion, in the Bucket to DICE10 + 5cm. The Extra Effects of these Slugs state “if after a Play a Snail’s Position is changed”, but “after” doesn’t indicate a time span, and the definition of “after” just means “some time later” without any restrictions. The intended meaning of the phrase was likely “if a Play directly caused a change in a Snail’s Position”, but that’s not the text of the rule.

This CfJ’s contents follows the rule for applying Slugs’ Extra Effects in order alphabetically: Broom Barry, then Slingshot Sam, then The Iron Slug. Since Slingshot Sam’s Extra Effects have a random component, there’s a little work to do if this is enacted.

Comments

Josh: he/they

17-12-2024 19:59:46 UTC

This is going to override the impact of any moves made from now until it’s resolved?

JonathanDark: he/him

17-12-2024 20:02:18 UTC

Yeah, I think it has to. I just added text to revert any gamestate changes in case moves are made between now and enactment.

GetPunnedOn:

17-12-2024 21:56:48 UTC

wow yeah ABAS did nothing for me

GetPunnedOn:

17-12-2024 21:57:07 UTC

for

Josh: he/they

17-12-2024 22:00:58 UTC

Ah, GetPunnedOn - by convention it’s best to avoid voting on anything in its first four hours up. This is because a matter can only be bedited in those four hours, and only if no votes have been cast; voting on it early means no editing if there’s an issue that sinks the thing.

Such as, in this case, the first clause reverting all gamestate changes… Sadly, voting, enacting proposals, and updating the ruleset are all gamestate changes, as proposals, EVCs, and the Ruleset are themselves gamestate, so this now would undo the enactment of quite a few proposals and the casting of quite a few votes.  against

CyberStella:

17-12-2024 22:14:37 UTC

against for the same reason as Josh

JonathanDark: he/him

17-12-2024 22:28:00 UTC

Oof… ok

against

I can’t withdraw a CfJ, but I can at least help sink a flawed one.

I’ll post a new one with hopefully more precise dynastic move prohibitions.

Habanero:

18-12-2024 06:09:29 UTC

against

Desertfrog: Jury

18-12-2024 08:12:04 UTC

against