Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Proposal: The Party of the First Part

Reached quorum and enacted, 6-1. Josh

Adminned at 25 Feb 2021 08:54:56 UTC

If “Long Divisions” enacted, replace the text of “The Masquerade” with:-

As a weekly action, the Doge should stage a Masquerade by posting a blog entry which contains a Guest List, and a list of the names of any Electors who have accrued (or lost) Mistrust since the last Masquerade (including the net change in value for each of those Electors). It must also include the name of a randomly chosen Elector who will become the Winnower for that Masquerade, and the two Electors chosen to gain or lose Power by the previous Winnower.

The Guest List is a list of Electors, which contains only the following identifying information about them:

* Their Secret Faction (if they have one)
* Their Political Power

Having posted such a blog entry, the Doge must then enact changes to Mistrust in the gamestate.

If the proposal “Difese, Denigrazioni e Dogi” enacted, replace “Mistrust” with “Unsavoriness” in “The Masquerade” and “Winnowing”.

Per early comments on Long Divisions; may be more interesting if we can get a sense for how Factions and Power are connected.

posted by Kevan at 23 Feb 2021 12:10:00 UTC Comments (7)

Comments

Josh: he/they

23-02-2021 12:21:34 UTC

for

Raven1207: he/they

23-02-2021 12:36:47 UTC

for

pokes:

23-02-2021 12:43:09 UTC

for

Darknight: he/him

23-02-2021 13:53:18 UTC

for

Brendan: he/him

23-02-2021 15:43:53 UTC

for

Clucky: he/him

23-02-2021 17:04:01 UTC

against

I like the disconnect between power and factions. This also tells you how big a faction is.

Clucky: he/him

23-02-2021 17:07:45 UTC

Right now, the optimal move for a cabal is to all pick the same private faction, and switch it up each week so that no one can copy you. So say you have a cabal of three, all decide to join the Eggplant faction.

Under Josh’s rules. You see Eggplant on the list. And while you might get some hints at betrayal (if your faction teammate becomes Winnower and you don’t get a boost. Or if someone else becomes Winnower and you get a boost) it isn’t guaranteed. Whereas here, if you see 2 or 4 people in Eggplant you can easily tell you’ve been betrayed.