Thursday, November 01, 2007

Proposal: Rolling News

Reached quorum, 12 votes to 1. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 03 Nov 2007 04:46:38 UTC

[ A mechanic to let people know if the Mayor has checked his email for possible werewolf attacks, and found none. ]

To Rule 2.5 (Daytime and Nighttime), add:-

In the silence of the night, the Villagers may hear sounds in the village. During the Nighttime, if there is a living Night Watchman, if nobody has yet been killed by werewolves that night, and if a check of werewolf targets would not result in a murder, then the Mayor may make a story post announcing that it is “X O’Clock and All’s Well” (where X is the current hour).

posted by Kevan at 01 Nov 2007 11:21:01 UTC Comments (16)

Comments

Brendan: he/him

01-11-2007 13:54:11 UTC

for

spikebrennan:

01-11-2007 14:15:15 UTC

for

Chivalrybean:

01-11-2007 14:15:51 UTC

for

Chivalrybean:

01-11-2007 14:16:29 UTC

(even though it helps the werewolves, it’ll make the game more interesting.)

Brendan: he/him

01-11-2007 15:17:31 UTC

How does it help the Werewolves?  This gives US more information.

Amnistar: he/him

01-11-2007 15:41:34 UTC

for

Tiberias:

01-11-2007 16:05:03 UTC

for

Oracular rufio:

01-11-2007 17:21:03 UTC

for

Hix:

01-11-2007 17:34:48 UTC

I can see how this would help werewolves; it lets them know that one of them ought to change targets.

Anyway, the proposed rule text doesn’t really do anything.  Nothing is currently stopping the Mayor from making such a post, and even the proposed text doesn’t stop him from lying.  What would be useful is a rule saying that the Mayor may make such a post _only_ when the conditions are right. against

Bucky:

01-11-2007 17:58:53 UTC

imperial

Hockeyruler:

01-11-2007 19:07:25 UTC

for

Chivalrybean:

01-11-2007 19:14:50 UTC

hrm… (Hix’s comments make me wonder…)

Darknight: he/him

01-11-2007 21:23:58 UTC

for why would kev lie? he said it himself that he wasn’t going to do anything that was in favor of one group or the other.

Kevan: he/him

01-11-2007 21:52:38 UTC

I’d have said that having a rule that defines how such posts can be made makes the set of those posts into gamestate, meaning that they can’t be changed except by the rules.

Rodlen:

02-11-2007 00:34:38 UTC

for

Shadowclaw:

02-11-2007 19:47:59 UTC

imperial