Call For Judgement
Cayvie recently put forth (and acted on) the opinion that the movement rule doesn't actually restrict a Horde from moving if the location they are moving to is already over the size limit. I disagree, and that while both viewpoints are arguably interpretations of the rule, the one that I suggest, that "you can't move if, after moving, the total zombie population in the location would be over the size limit, regardless of whether or not it was before you moved," is the one that we have all been playing under, and equally importantly, the one under which the rule actually models what it claims to model.
Vote FOR if you agree with me, and AGAINST if you agree with Cayvie. I don't propose to undo Cayvie's actions, because that would be a hassle, and very soon it'll probably be mandatory to move all 0-horde zombies to the graveyard anyway. This is purely to establish precedent over how we're interpreting the movement rule.
As an aside, so only vote based on above stuff although I would like to hear a few opinions, I'd like to say that the joys of playing Nomic, for me at least, come from trying to win within a set of rules, even as those rules change about you. However, it's becoming more and more clear that a large number of players, possibly even a majority, consider the main highlight of the game not to be trying to model zombies rampaging through a city or warlords battling for reputation or whatnot, but instead poring over large blocks of text looking for a pretext to break the rules, and then arguing about how their interpretation is correct and the rule doesn't actually restrict play in any meaningful way. I even concede that, while not my ideal game, this is fun on a few levels, but I'd like to know if that's really what most of the players consider Blognomic to be "about", as opposed to a small but vocal minority.
6-4. Call for Judgement Passes. Enacted by Smith, 31st of Dec.
Vote FOR if you agree with me, and AGAINST if you agree with Cayvie. I don't propose to undo Cayvie's actions, because that would be a hassle, and very soon it'll probably be mandatory to move all 0-horde zombies to the graveyard anyway. This is purely to establish precedent over how we're interpreting the movement rule.
As an aside, so only vote based on above stuff although I would like to hear a few opinions, I'd like to say that the joys of playing Nomic, for me at least, come from trying to win within a set of rules, even as those rules change about you. However, it's becoming more and more clear that a large number of players, possibly even a majority, consider the main highlight of the game not to be trying to model zombies rampaging through a city or warlords battling for reputation or whatnot, but instead poring over large blocks of text looking for a pretext to break the rules, and then arguing about how their interpretation is correct and the rule doesn't actually restrict play in any meaningful way. I even concede that, while not my ideal game, this is fun on a few levels, but I'd like to know if that's really what most of the players consider Blognomic to be "about", as opposed to a small but vocal minority.
6-4. Call for Judgement Passes. Enacted by Smith, 31st of Dec.
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