Just like any other revolution
Jan. 22nd, 2004 11:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sniffnoy"Don't be fooled by the Establishment propaganda," they said. "Obviously, the Coup can only pass if a majority of players vote for it, and thus are in it. Therefore the Coup will not hand over power to a minority of players."
Very true, as the only people not in it are Day and I.
But *this* was something that none of us foresaw.
Jef, pitboss, Catesby and JediSquid have banded together to form the Tetrarchy. The Tetrarchy is being implemented by a Coup Rule Change, made by all 4 Tetrarchs.
That doesn't leave enough Coup members to veto it.
The Tetrarchy will be much more powerful than the Coup. Their Edicts will not be subject to all the restrictions of Coup Rule Changes, and the Tetrarchy rule will be Rule 8. (Note that it is also much easier for them to veto each other, though. :P )
But with a few vetos already having been made (before it was realized that it was futile to do so), interestingly enough, this probably won't leave enough vetos to prevent the Coup Rule Changes that would destroy the Coup itself from passing, and only the Tetrarchs will have this sort of power at all.[0]
Just like any other revolution, no?
(Thankfully The Rules has submitted an RFJ that Rule 560 (The Coup) is entirely void, due to everybody's favorite Rule 109. Looney is the judge. We'll see what happens.)
-Sniffnoy
[0]My mistake, actually. Due to timing issues, none of these vetoes were actually submitted. Furthermore, there is actually only 1 Coup Rule Change eliminating the Coup.
--
"Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined."
-Samuel Goldwyn
Very true, as the only people not in it are Day and I.
But *this* was something that none of us foresaw.
Jef, pitboss, Catesby and JediSquid have banded together to form the Tetrarchy. The Tetrarchy is being implemented by a Coup Rule Change, made by all 4 Tetrarchs.
That doesn't leave enough Coup members to veto it.
The Tetrarchy will be much more powerful than the Coup. Their Edicts will not be subject to all the restrictions of Coup Rule Changes, and the Tetrarchy rule will be Rule 8. (Note that it is also much easier for them to veto each other, though. :P )
But with a few vetos already having been made (before it was realized that it was futile to do so), interestingly enough, this probably won't leave enough vetos to prevent the Coup Rule Changes that would destroy the Coup itself from passing, and only the Tetrarchs will have this sort of power at all.[0]
Just like any other revolution, no?
(Thankfully The Rules has submitted an RFJ that Rule 560 (The Coup) is entirely void, due to everybody's favorite Rule 109. Looney is the judge. We'll see what happens.)
-Sniffnoy
[0]My mistake, actually. Due to timing issues, none of these vetoes were actually submitted. Furthermore, there is actually only 1 Coup Rule Change eliminating the Coup.
--
"Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined."
-Samuel Goldwyn
