[Bnomic-private] Fwd: Refreshments

[Daniel Lepage]

Odd... I sent this to bnomic-public, and did not receive it back. If 
the backup mailing lists fail, we might have to simply wait for 
nomic.net to come back up...

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> From: Daniel Lepage <dpl33@cornell.edu>
> Date: Tue Dec 16, 2003  8:08:51 PM America/New_York
> To: bnomic-public@ysolde.ucam.org
> Subject: Refreshments
>
> I issue a Refresh Prop:
> {{
> __Cleaning Up__
>
> Amend r1282 to read:
> {{
> __Seniority__
> Once a player has been a player for at least as long as six complete 
> consecutive months, that player recieves one point of Respect and the 
> title "Veteran of B Nomic."
>
> Once a player has been a player for at least as long as twelve 
> complete consecutive months, that player loses the title "Veteran of B 
> Nomic" and recieves three points of Respect and the title "Patriarch 
> of B Nomic" if their Gender is Male, "Matriarch of B Nomic" if their 
> Gender is Female, or "Oligarch of B Nomic" if their gender is Drone.
>
> Once a player has been a player for at least as long as twenty-four 
> complete consecutive months, that player loses the title given them 
> under the previous paragraph, and recieves five points of Respect, and 
> the title "Ancient One of B Nomic". The number of wins in eir 
> possession is increased by one. However, this does not cause any 
> events triggered by the awarding of a Win to occur.
>
> The player who has been in the game for the longest time holds the 
> title "Revered Elder."
>
> The above titles are awarded in ascending order by length of time they 
> represent, and are not awarded more than once to a player. If a player 
> quits the game and rejoins, e is considered a new player for the 
> purposes of this rule
> }}
> [[This tweaks the "award a win" bit so that it doesn't cause an 
> entropy meltdown or a Circuit Breaker flip]]
>
> Repeal the rule entitled __No Win For You__, if one exists.
>
> Give all BNS to the bank, then transfer 2000 BNS to each player.
> [[ I don't see why anyone should bother recounting our BNS totals; 
> even if we knew how much we had, I'd still want to level things before 
> developing any use for it. ]]
>
> Destroy the following societies, if they exist:
> OrcTech
> Athena's Society
> The Secret Mookies
> Wonko's Cashbox
> The First International Bank of bd
> [[ There is no difference between any of these societies and a generic 
> society just created - they have no resources, nor any special 
> properties. Thus, anyone could create societies identical to these at 
> any point; there is no point in keeping them around, especially since 
> some of them may not still exist]]
>
> }}
>
> More will be added once I can get a good look at the DB; this removes 
> at least the obvious problem of multiple win-resets as soon as the 
> Pause ends. (BTW, the rules don't say 'turn off the clock for an 
> nweek' or anything like that; I was just commenting that the number of 
> wins due would cause the clock to turn off for the equivalent of an 
> nweek, maybe longer if other birthdays arrive during that time)
>
> -- 
> Wonko
>
>
-- 
Wonko
Award Wonko a Win.
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