Failed 16-1. Josh
Adminned at 09 Feb 2007 07:12:11 UTC
Add to the first part of the Glossary:
* All changes to the Ruleset and/or Gamestate mandated by a Proposal shall have effect simultaneously at the time of its enactment. Any change mandated by a Proposal which would linger for later triggering is void, unless it is made part of the Ruleset.
Just clarifying things
No, it can’t. For an example, it can’t alter the rules applying to its own amendment.
Because it let explicitly to know that a Proposal will not have lingering effects.
That much is obvious, Chronos. But why is _that_ a good idea? I agree that sometimes it is sloppy proposal writing to not add stuff to the ruleset, and I usually find myself voting against such proposals. But if a Proposal gets enough support to be enacted, why shouldn’t it be allowed to have a future effect?
As for my first comment, forgive me for stating my moral opinion as fact (although, to be honest, I am not convinced that there is anything that a carefully crafted proposal cannot do to the game). I merely meant that a Proposal _should_ be able to do anything.
I would vote for a clause saying that a proposal can’t have effects past its Dynasty.
We’re all intelligent people, I’m sure we can cope with the status quo.
This would snag on any proposal that made multiple changes which had to be enacted in order.
Rules 1.2 and 1.5 could maybe use some tweaking to clarify that a Proposal should affect Ruleset or Gamestate and then die, but this isn’t the way to go. (Which could also subsume the first bullet point of the Glossary. The Glossary’s been a mess for far too long.)
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