BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

I think technically the title of the rule is still “No Collaboration” but the intent here is clear enough its probably not a problem.

Will definitely be voting for this. Playing in a game where I can’t privately chat with people seems a fun change of pace. Playing in a game where we can’t talk about the dynasty on the slack at all feels very dry and I would just choose to not play any such dynasty.

. If that proposal passes, the will of the people is to mandate discussion on the blog during no collaboration. I see no reason to deny that option to a future dynasty.

if that proposal passes, it means No Collaboration is broken such that it can only be fixed by putting a stranglehold on player communication entirely! my understanding is that ais’ problem isn’t with the existence of the slack or the discord, it’s w/ the way that No Collaboration funnels info to them when its active

I sympathize with your concern, but if a quorum wants No Collaboration to work that way, then it should work that way.

@Jason but if quorum would rather just be like “lets just remove the rule” why not remove the rule? hence the point of the second proposal.

From my perspective, not being able to use the slack or the discord while its up would make a dynasty no fun at all to play or run. I don’t think there would’ve been nearly as much fun memes and discussion from my dynasty had people not been allowed to chat about it in the slack (as forcing the discussions into thread slows stuff down and spreads them out)

If the case actually is that no collabs in its current form would cause many people not to want to play (which it seems like it would), and in its proposed form would also cause many people not to play (which it 100% would), its best to just remove it.

Sure, you may see it that way (and I agree that it would have negative effects on the game compared to the status quo), but this proposal is just a referendum on “Do we regret the decision that we just made?” (at the time the queue reaches this), and I don’t support that on principle. If the proposal was just to unconditionally repeal No Collaboration, I would vote on the merits.

No. its not. Its simply going “the change you’re proposing would make this rule no fun at all to play with, so if people really don’t like the current form lets instead just remove the rule”

which, given the proposed change would make the rule no fun at all to play with; lets just instead remove the rule

people take pending proposals and expand upon their themes all the time, I really don’t see how this is any different

> No. its not. Its simply going “the change you’re proposing would make this rule no fun at all to play with, so if people really don’t like the current form lets instead just remove the rule”

That’s not how I view it, but at this point it’s clear neither of us is going to change their mind.

I mean I can’t speak for Lemon as to why she proposed it. But I would’ve made a very similar proposal if she hadn’t beaten me to it for the exact reasons I posted.

No Collaboration is a fun mechanic, occasionally. Completely divorced from the issue of slack I’m opposed to this; factoring in the slack angle I’m more sympathetic. I think I’d have to default to keeping it as is and encouraging emperors to really only use No Collabs when it’s justified by the theme and mechanics they want to use.

It’s academic, as the relevant proposal has not been enacted.

s/k, tho i think any admin could fail it regardless, unless it still counts as “specifying” a change to the ruleset even when that change can’t be applied :0

oh, that’s cfj-specific! u learn something new every day :u

Spending a slot to take another vote on something is fine, if you think people might have missed an angle on it the first time around.

Looks like there are three angles on the current No Collaboration rule allowing chat in #general and #currentdynasty:

* Players who don’t use real-time chat at all won’t get to hear it.
* Players who don’t use real-time chat much will have to comb through 24 hours of conversations on #general to see whether two players briefly declared an alliance at any point.
* Players who use real-time chat want to be able to talk freely about the game and its proposals.

There are some obvious corners to cut off there: removing #general would make sense, and we could restrict the discussion ban to the actual kinds of things that would normally be raised privately (where players make a deal that they don’t want others to know about).