Proposal: Step Into The Limelight
Timed out and enacted, 3-0. Josh
Adminned at 14 Dec 2024 20:08:23 UTC
In the rule “The Award Ceremony”, replace “If there is a single Snail on the Track with the most Fame” with “Among the Snails on the Track, if there is a single Snail with the most Fame”.
In the same rule, replace “The Snails who have a quorum of Snails with more Fame” with “Among the Snails on the Track, the Snails who have a quorum of Snails with more Fame”.
In the same rule, just before the text “The Award Ceremony is the following atomic action”, add the following as a separate paragraph:
A Snail whose Position is after the Finish Line is said to have finished the Race.
Clarifying the Fame comparisons to be only among the Snails on the Track when the Award Ceremony is performed. I think it’s more fair to the Snails who are participating in the Race not to be affected by the Fame of Snails in the Bucket. This also incentivizes Snails to stay out of the Bucket if they want to make a difference.
Also clarifying what “finished the Race” means, for the rule text describing Snails that “failed to finish the Race”.
I don’t see the necessity of the second change, but the first one is good and you do raise a valid concern about finishing the race
Habanero:
I don’t like clauses that define the obvious and override our intuitions. At least to me (correct me if I’m wrong here), it’s already obvious as written that ‘finishing the race’ is when you’re after the Finish Line and ‘failing to finish the race’ is when you started the race but did not finish.
This is only a minor pet peeve of mine so you most likely have my vote regardless. Just my un-asked-for two cents :D