Proposal: No Self-Laddering
Popular, 7-0. Enacted by JonathanDark.
Adminned at 31 Mar 2025 22:38:51 UTC
In the rule Ladder Combo, reword the second paragraph to:
As a daily action, a Nomicer may claim a Ladder Combo by spending a Disc and then (within an hour) posting a Proposal, here referred to as a Claim Proposal, that contains a Ladder Word. In the comments to that proposal they should highlight the specific word that they are claiming as the target of their Ladder Combo. They then gain the value of the claimed Ladder Word as Equity and make the claimed Ladder Word a Sin. A Claim Proposal cannot be posted by a Nomicer if the proposal immediately prior to it is also authored by that Nomicer.
I know that Josh has said he’ll trash any proposal that’s blatantly attempting to score ladder combos, but this adds some extra insurance to it.
EDIT: Typo fix as discussed in the comments. If anyone objects, let me know and I’ll re-propose.
Josh: he/they
I think it’s okay to try to score ladder proposals, just not to have that be the only and overt purpose of a proposal with no other virtues.