Friday, January 01, 2010

Proposal: Standing Room Only

Timed out 5 votes FOR to 8 AGAINST. Failed by Kevan.

Adminned at 03 Jan 2010 04:00:21 UTC

If “Just in case, location fix” failed, replace “of no more than one thousand square miles” in Rule 2.6 (Universe) with:-

between one square foot and one thousand square miles

And add “the Prime Meridian” as an example between “Heaven” and “Asia” in the same rule.

If any Adventurers are in Locations less than one square foot in area, return them to their previous Location (if they had a previous Location).

A different attempt at ruling out zero-size locations.

posted by Kevan at 01 Jan 2010 11:10:20 UTC Comments (20)

Comments

Uvthenfuv:

01-01-2010 12:47:31 UTC

for

Klisz:

01-01-2010 15:19:24 UTC

against  I don’t mind zero-size locations at all.

There:

01-01-2010 15:57:26 UTC

against What about points such as the south pole? Still opposed to the idea in general as well.

Kevan: Concierge he/him

01-01-2010 16:16:38 UTC

The south pole does seem a little shaky (and equally so under the current rules, which require locations to “have a size or area”), although Wikipedia does at least give us the plinth and flags of the Ceremonial South Pole, which would be big enough to support twenty-five shivering adventurers.

Why are you opposed to the idea? The theme feels a bit strained if we need to buy a car to get 200km to enter a cathedral, but we can also (without making a single wish) somehow coexist at every point along a 20,000km line.

spikebrennan:

01-01-2010 16:17:59 UTC

imperial

Bucky:

01-01-2010 17:20:45 UTC

against .  We should be able to occupy a point.  We should not be able to occupy a line.

Kevan: Concierge he/him

01-01-2010 18:01:55 UTC

Are there any points on the Earth’s surface that have their own Wikipedia articles, other than the various poles? Couldn’t we just use “Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station” and “North Pole-37” instead, for the sake of a simpler rule?

Apathetic Lizardman:

01-01-2010 18:17:55 UTC

Sigh. The south pole is acceptable because it is a fixed point. When you say you are on the Prim Meridian, which isn’t even real in the first place, you can have an infinite amount of locations. Which is scammable.

redtara: they/them

01-01-2010 18:45:13 UTC

against I prefer the other one.

alethiophile:

01-01-2010 19:07:59 UTC

against
I like two-move teleportation.

Nausved:

01-01-2010 21:44:09 UTC

Challenger Deep (my previous location) is another example of a single point on Earth that has a Wikipedia page.

tecslicer:

01-01-2010 21:48:16 UTC

against

SanguineTeddy:

02-01-2010 01:19:19 UTC

against

redtara: they/them

02-01-2010 03:25:30 UTC

Challenger Deep’s a region, not a point. It has an area.

90000:

02-01-2010 20:33:23 UTC

against

Ornithopter:

02-01-2010 21:07:48 UTC

for

Aquafraternally Yours:

03-01-2010 00:23:23 UTC

imperial

Aquafraternally Yours:

03-01-2010 03:52:23 UTC

for CoV

NoOneImportant:

03-01-2010 10:57:56 UTC

imperial

arthexis: he/him

03-01-2010 11:57:03 UTC

for