Thursday, January 21, 2016

Proposal: On the Naughty List

Times out 1+1 to 3+1. Failed by Kevan.

Adminned at 23 Jan 2016 16:30:31 UTC

Add a subrule to “Imaginary Friends” called “Father Winter” with this text:

Father Winter (he) may only vote on something when the Child with the current lowest Trouble (called the Nice Kid) and/or the Child with the current highest Trouble (called the Naughty Kid) have/has already voted on the matter.

If the Nice Kid has voted, and the Naughty Kid has either not voted, or casts a different vote than the Nice Kid, or if the Naughty Kid has voted and the Nice Kid has not, Father Christmas votes the same as the Nice Kid and/or the opposite of the Naughty Kid. (If the opposite of the vote cannot be determined, he may not vote at that time on that matter.)

If the Nice Kid and Naughty Kid have cast the same vote, he may not vote on that matter.

If multiple Children qualify for the position of Nice Kid or Naughty Kid due to a tie, they all share the respective title, and he considers a majority rule to determine their votes, and follows his previously outlined behaviors. If majority is not reached from the Nice Kids or the Naughty Kids, he considers it a lack of a vote by their respective titles.

He cannot be Best Friends with the Naughty Kid. If his Best Friend becomes the Naughty Kid, the Nice Kid is now his Best Friend (if there are multiple Nice Kids, one is chosen at random).

If all Children have the same Trouble count, none of them are the Nice Kid or the Naughty Kid.

Father Winter’s votes count as as many votes as there are Nice Kids and Naughty Kids combined.

We’ve all heard the stories of the fat man who comes down the chimney and puts rocks in our candy. What a huge bummer this guy is! It’s like he was designed by our parents to make us pretend to be good. Well, at least being on the Nice List comes with benefits…

Comments

quirck: he/him

21-01-2016 21:08:53 UTC

Miss Laziness certainly votes AGAINST

quirck: he/him

21-01-2016 21:11:47 UTC

against I don’t like votes that may have weight greater than one. I didn’t quite understand what happens if the Nice Kid voted, then while the Naughty Kid had not voted the Father Winter appeared with his vote, and then the Naughty Kid voted same as the Nice Kid

Casper:

21-01-2016 21:42:09 UTC

Fair enough, I appreciate the insight. The idea was that if someone jumps in with Father Winter early enough, they could ignore subsequent votes for the purpose of his behavior. I think I’ll propose something less powerful next time. I guess I just got excited hehe.

moonroof:

21-01-2016 21:51:32 UTC

Sparkles the Cat votes FOR.

moonroof:

21-01-2016 21:51:48 UTC

against

Kevan: City he/him

22-01-2016 09:54:20 UTC

against I’m with Miss Laziness on this one. Complex rules can be a great way to win Nomic, by sneaking in some odd combination of effects which nobody else notices, but that’s also a reason for other players to vote against them.

Casper:

22-01-2016 21:22:05 UTC

I intended to make him much less complex, but I got carried away trying to clarify something that I should have been paring down. As always I appreciate the pointers. Thank you! If anyone else wants to make a trouble-conscious Imaginary Friend, I think it would be fun.