This is a discussion topic for my proposal. Please offer feedback, objections, etc. This proposal is all about transparency and making me feel good. (My mother may have died earlier this month.)
Text of proposal follows after the jump.
317. All text posted by 1's team (the non-secret members) shall be displayed as bolded and blinking, and rendered in the font commonly known as "Comic Sans."
Teammates of 1 shall be defined as all users declared by 1 to be his or her teammates who, after being so named, do not object. No preemptive rejections shall be entertained, as they would be very rude, not to mention presumptuous.
Any disputes under this rule shall be adjudicated by a special "1's Teammate Judge" who shall be appointed by whoever's turn is scheduled to occur three turns after the turn of the aggrieved party. All players are eligible for such appointment with the sole exception of player doing the appointing. This judge's rulings shall only apply for the current turn. Questions concerning the purview of the awkwardly-named "1's Teammate Judge" shall be decided following whatever rules concerning (non-teammate) judging exist at the time.
Why don't you just go ahead and put this to vote?
I'M IN!
Why don't you just go ahead and put this to vote?
What is that supposed to mean exactly? I think the SOP is we debate and discuss first.
That was the debate.
Seems like an awfully truncated debate.
Doesn't this violate the terms of AAA's side deal?
I'm not sure, but i feel like AAA probably would be (sure).
I'm trying to fix a broken submarine, so I'll be checking sporadically at best for a while (not a "long" while) (exactly how long is secret).
Unless I say otherwise or retract this statement:
I vote yes to this proposal since it is awesome, unless it "materially changes", then I vote no.
I vote no on every other proposal.
I vote yes on every attempt to overrule, unless it is a judgment on what I mean by "materially changes", in which case I vote no.
I abstain from every survey of consent to move on.
I respond to every insult with something very witty that makes everyone go "oooh!".
If it becomes my turn, MeFi mail me. I'll have a proposal ready by then.
I prefer not to be removed from the player list, but if that's what you want, then ok.
I do not think modoification to the text display of 1's team constitutes "adornment of player name", as per my side agreement, so I will not argue and am 100% behind this excellent proposal.
So long as ctmf would not consider this to "materially change" the proposal, I would like to see the blink bit removed... perhaps bold harvest gold would be more soothing, and less problematic for any epileptics who may be playing?
My concern is also that with blinking text we might not be taken seriously.
It occurs to me that "team" is not the word I was looking for, as I do not intend for us to be particularly organized. The final proposal will replace the word "team" and its variants with "guild" and ITS variants. I think that will be both more accurate and also much more embarrassing to all involved.
AAA, I will give your suggestion some thought. I must confess, though, that part of my plan behind this maneuver was to eliminate my epileptic competition.
Please continue with the feedback, friends. Is there anyone planning to vote against this? If so, why?
But what about the harvest gold, bold? Even if you insist on blinking, I think the bold harvest gold would lend a certain gravitas that our actual text might not be able to provide on its own.
Truly beautiful, friend. Perhaps I may find a place for you in my guild, yet. I am going to name my guild "the House of Success."
Nothing says success like the lustrous bounty of harvest gold.
So your special teammate judge only decides who falls in the category of "1's teammate"?
Only if there's a dispute. But I think the rules on it are pretty clear so I don't see why there ever would be. Anyway, it's hardly MY special teammate judge, as the rules of appointment are such that it's basically random.
And please, not "teammate." "Guildie."
I'm going to vote "no" on this, and I urge other people to do the same. My objection is to this language:
Teammates of 1 shall be defined as all users declared by 1 to be his or her teammates who, after being so named, do not object. No preemptive rejections shall be entertained, as they would be very rude, not to mention presumptuous.
I want to opt out of being 1's teammate permanently.
I'll promise now to vote yes if this language is changed to allow preemptive rejections or if a special gerryblog exemption is written into the law.
I also think the team/teammate language should be kept over guild/guildie, as the former is already defined and the latter is not.
For our purposes I also feel confident in saying that ctmf would not view this as a material change.
gerryblog, please check mefi mail.
I will most definitely be voting "YES TOTALLY" on this, and I urge all right thinking players to get on the Path to Success. I also want to preemptively declare my desire to be in 1's totally cool guild - I have a feeling all the coolest people will be joining.
Sadly I am allergic to comic sans and therefore must vote no.
Also I think the last paragraph is messy and a bit confusing. For example:
Any disputes under this rule
What does this mean? Physically underneath the rule on the page? Disputes about this one rule? Disputes about something else? All disputes in general?
All players are eligible for such appointment with the sole exception of player doing the appointing.
What does it mean by 'the player doing the appointing'? Judges are appointed by the rules not chosen by other players. And what if the 'appointing' person happen to be the one three turns on, who is the judge then? If one person is ineligible there needs to be a backup.
shelleycat: how do you feel about Palatino Linotype? Corsiva? Give us something to work with here.
In the cool light of morning, I withdraw my objections. I reject, renounce, repudiate, and nuke it from space just to be sure everything I wrote last night at 00:19.
Gerry, I'm so glad to hear that.
As far as objections go, I will add some language limiting the power of the special judges significantly and make it clearer that no one can be sucked into the guild against his or her will, so no one will have to worry about being saddled with comic sans against his or her wishes.
I'll leave discussion up for one more of your American days, and then post the poll pending more feed back when I wake up, or sometime in your American evening. Possibly not until after my breakie, though.