Thursday, January 14, 2010

Proposal: It’s All About The Blood

Reached quorum with 19 votes FOR. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 15 Jan 2010 02:52:40 UTC

Enact a new Rule, “Bloodline”:-

Each Guest has a degree of relation to Lord Cartlesham, represented as a number between 1 and 1000 and tracked privately by the Executor. The Guest with the lowest degree of relation is Lord Cartlesham’s next of kin.

If a Guest has no degree of relation defined, the Executor may privately assign a randomly-selected degree to that Guest. If two Guests should ever have the same degree, the Executor should choose one of those Guests at random and raise or lower their degree by 1.

posted by Kevan at 14 Jan 2010 15:41:38 UTC Comments (27)

Comments

spikebrennan:

14-01-2010 15:48:30 UTC

Is relation tracked in the GNDT, or kept secret?

Kevan: he/him

14-01-2010 15:57:40 UTC

It is “tracked privately by the Executor”, at least for now.

spikebrennan:

14-01-2010 16:07:33 UTC

for
I missed that

Hix:

14-01-2010 16:10:03 UTC

Semantically weird.  A high degree of relation is the least related? for

The Detective maybe should have eir degree of relation altered, though.

Oze:

14-01-2010 16:11:22 UTC

for

Hix:

14-01-2010 16:11:30 UTC

(Oh, and the next of kin should be the _Living_ Guest with the lowest degree of relation, no?)

Kevan: he/him

14-01-2010 16:16:41 UTC

(Oh, yes, good point, I was writing these two proposals simultaneously. It’s all about stemming the bloodline.)

Kevan: he/him

14-01-2010 16:20:35 UTC

The number was intended roughly as a degrees-of-separation, with all the missing numbers being dead or insane or in the colonies or something (I made it a big number so we could drop new players in and out painlessly); only those who were valid inheritors have been invited to the Manor.

TrumanCapote:

14-01-2010 16:44:22 UTC

Something about this doesn’t sit well with me… not that a nebulous issue like that is worth much.

imperial

digibomber:

14-01-2010 17:07:17 UTC

for

ais523:

14-01-2010 17:08:12 UTC

imperial

tecslicer:

14-01-2010 17:20:46 UTC

for

NoOneImportant:

14-01-2010 18:04:58 UTC

for

Apathetic Lizardman:

14-01-2010 18:47:00 UTC

for

Purplebeard:

14-01-2010 18:50:19 UTC

for I have to note that ‘take a random number between 998 and 999’ would still constitute a randomly selected degree between 1 and 1000, so this rule could be easily abused by the Executor (not that I don’t trust you in this matter, which is why I’m voting FOR).

Darknight: he/him

14-01-2010 19:18:10 UTC

for

Josh: Observer he/they

14-01-2010 20:07:59 UTC

for

Bucky:

14-01-2010 20:21:20 UTC

for

yabbaguy:

14-01-2010 20:29:55 UTC

for

Roujo: he/him

14-01-2010 20:34:25 UTC

for

redtara: they/them

14-01-2010 21:14:51 UTC

for

Kevan: he/him

14-01-2010 21:31:51 UTC

Note to admins: Remember that proposals have to be open for 12 full hours before they can be enacted, even if they hit quorum. (Alethiophile’s already processed one illegally, but we can live without undoing it.)

Qwazukee:

14-01-2010 21:32:04 UTC

for

Anonyman:

14-01-2010 21:32:21 UTC

Hmm… I’ll vote for.
Now, how long will it take for someone to turn this into a victory condition?

Excalabur:

15-01-2010 01:03:03 UTC

for  Usually it takes a while, people are scared of that.

‘uniformly’ at random would make me happier, kevan.

Klisz:

15-01-2010 01:05:26 UTC

Anonyman, please make a post announcing your arrival per Rule 1.2.

Ornithopter:

15-01-2010 02:30:27 UTC

for