A Semantic Game

[Barbanaira]

Monarchist forces are on the rise, and us democrats can not allow that.

[Old_but_gold]

Program of the OGS Kingdom:

• Every turn there is a King, who decides one rule to that turn

• The first King is democratically elected

• All rules promulgated by the Kings (the possibility of a Constitution will be taken into consideration) can be later nullified, amended and corrected, but not broken as long as they are effective

• The rule becomes immediately effective

• However, the plebs have the right to rebel to the rule and to the King who created it. The first to claim this right will be the Leader of the riot.

• A poll will follow. If the majority of the plebs vote against the rule, the King is dismissed and the Leader becomes King. However, the previous King’s rule stays effective and another turn is necessary to annul it. This can only be done with another rule.

• If the plebs don’t support the Leader, the riot fails and the King decides a punishment for the Leader. The King then rules for another turn.

As you can see, rules this way are given faster and we don’t have to always hope for a democratic agreement to have fun creating them. For at least one turn, even the stupidest rule is effective.
But! democratic claims are also satisfied in the form of the riot, which is obtained by popular consensus.

Now, do you really want to replicate the same boring democracy that most of us already experience in real life? Support the Monarchy!

[Vsotvep]

Is this the new party program of the PIG-NLP, or should I rename it to OGS Kingdom? Also, @Haze_with_a_Z might want to reconsider if they still endorse the party program, as it has changed significantly.

[Old_but_gold]

It’s the OGS Kingdom. PIG-NLP doesn’t exist anymore, so @Haze_with_a_Z doesn’t need to reconsider his participation to the previous program.

[Old_but_gold]

Now that I think of it, a poll might be useful.

Do you endorse the Monarchy?

• Yes
• No

[Samraku]

<TexanAccent>No, where I'm from we fought a war to get rid of monarchs.</TexanAccent>

[Barbanaira]

Okay, that looks like my manifesto without extra steps. And actually, it sounds fun.

[Old_but_gold]

Thanks Sanonius. If you have any suggestions and decide to support the Monarchy feel free to expose your ideas. Same for @yebellz, who has joined our side, and for everyone who decides to do the same.
As for you, when you’ve finally reached a final decision I’d ask you to make that official by voting in the poll.

[Haze_with_a_Z]

Ok I support piggy and am no longer claiming that they aren’t great. Cause yeah their plan sounds interesting.

[Leira]

There is a risk in not specifying the method by which y’all want to achieve these goals.

The NLP proposes one turn, one rule, no tricks. Rule #0 shall be enacted and read as follows:

“That Thing You Never Read But Click Accept” is binding and precedes all rules

This comes attached with the following document:

I'll call it the fuggedaboutit Constitution

That Thing You Never Read But Click Accept

Definitions:

• a Comment: Text within The Document enclosed by the symbols <>. It has no legal purpose other than explanatory.

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• The Game: “A Semantic Game”.
• The Main Thread: the forum thread hosting The Game.
• The Post: the first post on The Main Thread. < It is a Wiki>
• a Player: You and anyone else participating in The Game.
• The Document: “That Thing You Never Read But Click Accept”.

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• an Article: each item in The Document.
• a Rule: a numbered legal fragment referred to as a Rule.
• a Clause: a Rule, an Article, or any other legal fragment that is binding.

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• to tamper with: to modify, amend, delete, make void, or to change in any way (including the numbering).

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• a Pinky-Promise: a lock on a Clause or a group of Clauses that prevents them from being tampered with (by means not stated within the Clauses themselves) until the Pinky-Promise is lifted.
• an unliftable Pinky-Pinky-Promise: a Pinky promise that cannot be lifted.
• a sui-generis Pinky-Promise: a Pinky-Promise that has to be lifted individually.

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• an Election: a method of choosing one alternative over another.
• a Referee: a Player responsible for deciding the proper interpretation of a Clause.
• a Mini-game: any game other than The Game.

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• frolicking: winning an iteration of the game.
• weeping: losing an iteration of the game.
• conforming: tying an iteration of the game.
• being present: a Player is present if they participate (likes, poll votes, and posts) on The Main Thread.

The Terms and Conditions:

0. Pinky-Promises cannot be tampered with except by lifting. Once lifted, the Pinky-Promise is deleted.
   0a. Unliftable Pinky-Promises cannot be lifted or made liftable by any means.
   0b. No procedure may lift a Pinky-Promise and tamper with its protected Clause at the same time.

1. The Game is governed by Rules
   < This is referred to as the Law of Rule>
   1a. The numbering of each Rule must be different.

2. The name of The Game is stated in the definition of The Game.
   2a. Any change in the name of The Main Thread must be reflected accordingly in the definition of The Game.
   2b. Any change in any Clause must be unambiguously reflected in The Post.

3. All rules that contradict The Document are void and immediately deleted without consequence.

4. There is an unliftable Pinky-Promise on Articles 0, 0a, 0b, 1, 1a, 2, 2a, 2b, 3, 4 and on all of the Definitions.
   <This Pinky-Promise locks itself, good luck finding a loophole>

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5. Rule 0 cannot be tampered with by any means.
   5b. There is a sui-generis Pinky-Promise on Article 5.

6. Election is done via polling (voters not shown, results shown after closing).
   6a. Only one Election can be held at any given time.
   6b. Everyone is allowed to vote on Elections at most once (though an Election may allow multiple choices).
   6c. Elections must be held publicly on the Main Thread.
   6d. An Election can be started by any Player

7. In order to enact or tamper with a Rule (other than Rule 0), an Election must be held.
   7a. Such Election must state which Rule it aims to enact or tamper with
   7b. There must always be 3 choices: Aye, Nay, Null.
   7c. Such Election is not valid if fewer than 4 Players are present during voting.
   7d. Such Election is not valid if is not voted on by at least half of the present Players during the last 12 hours.
   7e. A new Rule may not contradict a previous Rule unless explicitly stated which Rules it aims to tamper with.
   7e. The Rule is enacted or tampered with if and only if the Ayes are greater than the Nays, and conditions 7c, 7d and 7e are met.
   7f. If an enacted Rule is found to contradict another, the newest Rule that causes the contradiction is deleted without consequence.

8. A Pinky-Promise can only be lifted by tampering with the context where it belongs.

9. In order to enact or tamper with an Article an Election must be held.
   9a. Such Election must state which Article it aims to enact or tamper with
   9b. There must always be 3 choices: Aye, Nay, Null.
   9c. Such Election is not valid if fewer than 6 Players are present during voting.
   9d. Such Election is not valid if is not voted on by at least half of the present Players during the last 12 hours.
   9e. A new Article may not contradict a previous Article.
   9f. The Rule is enacted or tampered with if and only if the Ayes at least 2/3 of the total votes and conditions 9c, 9d and 9e are met.

10. A Player may not frolic if they weep.
    10a. Several Players may frolic, weep or conform at the same time.

11. All Players are equal under the Rules.
    < a Rule that applies to a Player must equally apply to every other Player>
    11a. A Rule may not mention or imply the identity of any particular Player.
    11b. Rules that create unequal positions within the Players must specify a valid method of Election for such positions.
    11c. Frolicking, weeping or conforming are not positions but a states of being.

12. Mini-games within The Game are allowed.
    12a. Mini-games may have whatever rules differing from The Rules.
    12b. Mini-games cannot consequentially tamper with The Rules in a manner that contradicts The Rules.
    12c. Players may frolic, weep or conform by means of a Mini-game.
    12d. Players may frolic, weep or conform by means other than a Mini-game.

13. The Game may end.
    13a. The Game may only end via Rule. Such Rule must specify the consequences of ending The Game.
    13b. However, The Game cannot currently end.
    13c. There is a sui-generis Pinky-Promise on Article 13b.
    13d. Individual iterations within The Game may end without causing The Game to end.

14. Any contradiction within The Document has to be addressed individually by election of a Referee.
    14a. The discovery of a contradiction within The Document may not invalidate the rest of The Document.
    14b. The Principle of Explosion may not apply.
    14c. Referees are elected by simple majority from a pool of no less than 4 Players.

[Leira]

[yebellz]

Wow, now that’s commitment

[Barbanaira]

“No loophole; yay, good Document.
Go is king over the world (?), therefore 1 player wins [scales] ten players kowtow
there is a king, therefore infinite war (?)”

[Leira]

[Barbanaira]

is “either/or”?

[Leira]

[Barbanaira]

is it important if it’s black-white or white-black?

Is it related to Go?

[Leira]

[Barbanaira]

I’m stupid, I thought your emoji-comment was a reaction to the Document, but you made the Document yourself.

No Loop-hole Party! Now I get it. The other thing is OGS-Kingdom.

[yebellz]

Somehow by the end of this, I expect that we’ll have reached a compromise, with a “democratic monarchy” enshrined in a constitution written entirely in emoji.