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: Idle

01-01-2010 12:47:31 UTC

for

Klisz: Idle

01-01-2010 15:19:24 UTC

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

There: Idle

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: 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: Idle

01-01-2010 16:17:59 UTC

imperial

Bucky: Idle

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: 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: Idle

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/themIdle

01-01-2010 18:45:13 UTC

against I prefer the other one.

alethiophile: Idle

01-01-2010 19:07:59 UTC

against
I like two-move teleportation.

Nausved: Idle

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: Idle

01-01-2010 21:48:16 UTC

against

SanguineTeddy: Idle

02-01-2010 01:19:19 UTC

against

redtara: they/themIdle

02-01-2010 03:25:30 UTC

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

90000: Idle

02-01-2010 20:33:23 UTC

against

Ornithopter: Idle

02-01-2010 21:07:48 UTC

for

Aquafraternally Yours: Idle

03-01-2010 00:23:23 UTC

imperial

Aquafraternally Yours: Idle

03-01-2010 03:52:23 UTC

for CoV

NoOneImportant: Idle

03-01-2010 10:57:56 UTC

imperial

arthexis: he/himIdle

03-01-2010 11:57:03 UTC

for