[Nomic02] proposal

[Dylan O'Donnell]

Admiral Jota wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Adam Biltcliffe wrote:
> 
> > Things Can Only Get Better [jwalrus] (rule proposal)
> >
> > A player's brownie points tally may never be negative. If the rules dictate
> > that a player should lose more brownie points than the current value of
> > their brownie points tally, the value of the tally shall instead become 0.
> 
> Hmm, interesting. Ps was also considering a proposal on that subject. I'll
> wait until both have been made before choosing one to support.

Now that tallies are a rule, that alternative rule proposal:

If You Have To Ask, You Can't Afford It [Psmith]:

  Any tally may be either positive, negative, or zero. A player may
  not take an action by posting individual intent if as a possible
  immediate consequence it could cause:
  i)  a currently non-negative tally associated with that player to become
      negative, or
  ii) a currently negative tally associated with that player to decrease
      further.
  Non-individual actions (for example, those requiring unanimous or
  sectional consent), or penalties for non-action, may cause tallies to
  go negative without restriction.


(So, jwalrus' proposal would allow paupers to ride the Magic Omnibus
for free; mine would make them walk. Is Nomic02 a welfare state? :-)

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