Proposal: Making Changes to [Evil] Poetry
timed out, final vote 3-7—Yoda
Yoda gets +1 to GL.
Adminned at 24 Apr 2008 19:33:32 UTC
Rewrite the rule “Evil Poetry” as follows:
Revisions in bold.
As a Weekly action, any Henchman whose Location is Oceania, Asia, North America or Europe may post an Evil Poem. If the Overlord deems the Evil Poem to satisfy the requirements of that Location’s Poetic Convention, then the Overlord shall grant to the Henchman who posted it an award (which award shall be determined in the Overlord’s sole discretion and may include, for example, changes in that Henchman’s GNDT statistics, inventory changes, or other gamestate changes).
The Poetic Conventions are as follows:
*All locations: Subject matter of Evil Poem must reference some aspect of Blognomic (such as the current Dynasty or any past Dynasty) and the applicable one of the following:
*Europe: Evil Poem must be in English Sonnet form (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet#The_English_sonnet)
*Oceania: Evil Poem must be in Sea Shanty form (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_shanty)
*Asia: Evil Poem must be in Haiku form (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku#Contemporary_English-language_haiku)
*North America: Evil Poem must be in Limerick form (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_%28poetry%29)If a Henchman posts an Evil Poem that the Overlord deems to be particularly bad, or to not be in compliance with the applicable Poetic Convention, the Overlord may in his discretion penalize the applicable Henchman (which penalty shall be determined in the Overlord’s sole discretion and may include, for example, changes in that Henchman’s GNDT statistics, inventory changes, or other gamestate changes). Yoda achieves victory in the current dynasty. In judging an Evil Poem, the Overlord is encouraged to consider the difficulty of the form, the level of elegance of the Evil Poem, and the content of the Evil Poem itself (that is to say, an Evil Poem may contain, within the structure of the Evil Poem itself, a request for a particular award).
Yoda:
I heard others say that the blues form was not adequately defined, but I couldn’t find any uniquely African style of poetry. So instead, I replaced African blues with the sea shanty. Also, the English sonnet just seemed more proper for Europe, but it could just be me.