Proposal: My Soul for a Dividend
Timed out 4 votes to 7. Failed by Kevan.
Adminned at 20 Dec 2012 10:35:27 UTC
Create a new rule “Enlightenment”, reading:
As a weekly action, the leader of a Cult may attempt an Enlightenment by Command which:
* Begins with the text “My brood is most well!”; and
* Names a cult they lead and the number of Believers that belong to it.Upon processing such Command, the Auspex should deem it successful if:
* There is a cult with fewer members than the sender’s cult; and
* The sender’s cult contains less Believers than Quorum.
Otherwise, the Auspex may deem the Enlightenment unsuccessful.If the Auspex deems an Enlightenment successful, he should:
* Reply to the Enlightenment with a confirmation of its success; and
* Increase the Blessings of its sender by twice the number of members in their cult.When the Auspex deems an Enlightenment unsuccessful, he should make a blog post exposing the Enlightenment which:
* Names the sender, but not the name or size of their cult; and
* Chastises the sender for their hubris.
Create a new rule “Sacrifice”, reading:
At any time, any Believer may transfer any number of Blessings less than or equal to the number of Blessings they possess to any other Believer.
Create a new rule “Repentance”, reading:
At any time, any Believer may cease to be a member of any cult by making a post to the Blog beginning with the text “I repent”
Here are the problems I hope to address here:
* There is currently no incentive to being in a cult.
* Most methods would encourage either giant or tiny cults.
* Our ruleset is already expanding, and we need a dynamic and fluid system that involves a small number of concepts and mechanics.
This proposal aims to:
* Encourage medium size cults.
* Create a market between leaders and believers modeled on dividend stock market investing.
* Continue the emphasis on trust, deception, secrecy, and betrayal.
I understand this concept may be suspicious to many, who believe that it will only benefit a cult’s leader. Allow me to show why this is not true.
The leader will not be able to keep all the blessings he gets. They will likely only be able to keep a few. A leader will obligated by his members to sacrifice most of these blessings to them. If a leader becomes rich and does not pay their members, the members now have to options of leaving and joining or creating another cult. Creating your own tiny cult won’t work, because you cannot earn blessings if your cult is the smallest.
You might ask, “why not just have the mechanism pay the members directly?” In this case, doing so would expose the members of a cult. The leader will have to sacrifice blessings in a strategic way, sacrifing them gradually, and perhaps sacrificing some to unaffiliated members to avoid exposure. To stay competitive, the leader might even sacrifice blessings earned through say, separate inquisitions they participated in.
Both sides will have to trust each other in an imperfect market. Both sides will betray each other. Let the games begin.
Of course, vote how you like; but if you vote against, please tell me why, and keep an open mind until your sure you’re opposed. Thanks for hearing me out!
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