Tuesday, September 08, 2020

Proposal: Merely Players [Core] [Special Case] [Appendix]

Self-killed. Failed by Kevan.

Adminned at 09 Sep 2020 21:07:57 UTC

Rename the rule “Pathfinders” to “Players”.

Add to the start of that rule:-

Players of the game are currently known as Pathfinders.

Rename the rule “Idle Pathfinders” to “Idling”.

In that rule, replace the quoted word “Pathfinders” with “Players”.

In “Seasonal Downtime”, replace “Pathfinders” with “Players”.

In “Spelling”, replace “The terms “Pathfinder” and “Player” are synonyms.” with:-

Outside of rule names, the terms “Pathfinder” and “Player” are synonyms.

It’s bothered me a few times in the past that we have a Core rule with a dynastic name, and that - as mentioned in the previous proposal’s comments - we have to be a little careful (and often fail) to avoid having a dynastic rule with the exact same name as it. It’d also make the ruleset more legible to outsiders if we actually explain early on that “Pathfinder” is only a temporary term for the players of BlogNomic.

Comments

Josh: Observer he/they

08-09-2020 10:36:36 UTC

I’d be interested in going further, and mandating the use of ‘player’ in core, appendix and special case rules while keeping ‘pathfinder’ only for dynastic use.

Kevan: he/him

08-09-2020 10:50:50 UTC

Not a bad idea. I guess we’d just keep the “Player and Pathfinder are synonyms” rule, and alter Ascension so that that’s the only line that needs to change?

Should we do the same for Computer/Emperor, or does that risk becoming confusing? (It’s obvious that everyone playing the game is a player, it’s less obvious that the person that people and some dynastic rules are calling “The Computer” is the same person as “The Emperor”.)

Josh: Observer he/they

08-09-2020 10:53:44 UTC

Yeah, I think it makes sense to be consistent.

Josh: Observer he/they

08-09-2020 12:59:38 UTC

Tepid imperial as I think the further step would be more interesting; I might throw that up with my next proposal slot.

Tantusar: he/they

08-09-2020 13:42:28 UTC

for

Raven1207: he/they

09-09-2020 01:26:46 UTC

for

pokes:

09-09-2020 11:46:16 UTC

for

Vovix: he/him

09-09-2020 16:50:45 UTC

for  That was initially confusing as a new reader.

Lulu: she/her

09-09-2020 17:35:44 UTC

for Unidling.

pokes:

09-09-2020 20:11:25 UTC

wb, quorum is 6.

Kevan: he/him

09-09-2020 21:07:22 UTC

against Self-kill because this would have no effect now that “Pathfinder” has become “Island”.