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The Playing the Save Act of 4000 BC amendment initiative has died prematurely in my opinion. It never got polled either. With the current heated discussion in the Revised Gameplay Session Initiative I decided to the most evil thing. I hijack v3 of the Playing the Save Act of 4000 BC to propose a competing and hopefully more sensible alternative for the Revised Gameplay Session Initiative ánd the Playing the Save Act of 4000 BC amendment.
Citizen's Initiative - The Turnchat Session Act of 1585 AD
Section I - Turnchat session announcement
Turnchat sessions must be announced in the Civ4 - Democracy Game II forum section by the active Designated Player (known as DP hereafter). The announcement must be made at least 24 hours before the active DP plans to commence the turnchat and must contain the following information:
Section II - Turnchat session instructions
Sub a: Instructions must be posted in the relevant turnchat session announcement thread. Only Officials elected for the current term are allowed to post instructions. Instructions must be posted at least 1 hour before the turnchat session is planned. Changes to instructions are allowed up to 1 hour before the turnchat is planned too as long as they are marked red and bold.
Sub b: Officials that do not post turnchat session instructions or post their turnchat session instructions too late give the DP complete control over their area for the turnchat session, even if they attend the turnchat session (only relevant for online sessions).
Section III - Playing the savegame
Sub a: For all types of turnchat sessions the DP must maintain a log of their actions in sufficient detail that another Offical or citizen may generally recreate their actions.
Sub b: A turnchat session may last for as long as there are relevant instructions, until a posted instruction says to halt the session or when the DP decides to end the session. Once a turnchat session is over, the DP must post a summary of that session, a detailed log of their actions and the final savegame of the turnchat session in the announcement thread within 24 hours after ending the turnchat session. For online sessions, special or normal, a chat log of the IRC channel must be provided too, although not necessarily by the DP.
Sub c: Citizens attending an online turnchat session are encouraged to comment and offer advice to the DP. The DP may also seek comments from citizens. The DP is not required to do so however and is not required in any way to follow any such advice either.
Section IV: Obstruction of a turnchat session
Sub a: If the turnchat session instructions are being investigated by the Yasutan Supreme Court, the turnchat session is ajourned until the Yasutan Supreme Court has ruled. The active DP is free to commence the turnchat session at any time given after the ruling provided no single instruction was declared illegal. If one or more instructions were declared illegal by the Yasutan Supreme Court the turnchat may not be continued until new instructions have been given. Exceptions are when the responsible Official has been removed from Office or when the responsible Official indicates that no new instructions will be given for the turnchat session.
Sub b: If the active DP for an online turnchat session does not show up within 1 hour after the planned turnchat session, or is unable to continue, a substitute DP can be chosen from the Officials present at the online Turnchat session. The substitute DP must follow the instructions given for the turnchat.
Section V: Applicable laws
Citizen's Initiative - The Turnchat Session Act of 1585 AD
Section I - Turnchat session announcement
Turnchat sessions must be announced in the Civ4 - Democracy Game II forum section by the active Designated Player (known as DP hereafter). The announcement must be made at least 24 hours before the active DP plans to commence the turnchat and must contain the following information:
- Date and time of the planned turnchat in the subject as well as in the announcement
- format of turnchat announcement's subject: TCIT - <starting save date> <turnchat session date + time> <timezone difference from GMT>
- A link to the previous turnchat session
- Type of the turnchat session (online, offline or special)
- A link to the savegame that will be used as starting save
- Links to finished and legal polls and their outcome
- An instruction checklist*
- Chieftain: No instructions posted/Instructions posted
- Warlord: No instructions posted/Instructions posted
- Head Scientist: No instructions posted/Instructions posted
- Governors: No instructions posted/Instructions posted
There is no need for the turnchat session announcement to mention the DP's name since only the active DP may post such announcement.
Section II - Turnchat session instructions
Sub a: Instructions must be posted in the relevant turnchat session announcement thread. Only Officials elected for the current term are allowed to post instructions. Instructions must be posted at least 1 hour before the turnchat session is planned. Changes to instructions are allowed up to 1 hour before the turnchat is planned too as long as they are marked red and bold.
Sub b: Officials that do not post turnchat session instructions or post their turnchat session instructions too late give the DP complete control over their area for the turnchat session, even if they attend the turnchat session (only relevant for online sessions).
Section III - Playing the savegame
Sub a: For all types of turnchat sessions the DP must maintain a log of their actions in sufficient detail that another Offical or citizen may generally recreate their actions.
Sub b: A turnchat session may last for as long as there are relevant instructions, until a posted instruction says to halt the session or when the DP decides to end the session. Once a turnchat session is over, the DP must post a summary of that session, a detailed log of their actions and the final savegame of the turnchat session in the announcement thread within 24 hours after ending the turnchat session. For online sessions, special or normal, a chat log of the IRC channel must be provided too, although not necessarily by the DP.
Sub c: Citizens attending an online turnchat session are encouraged to comment and offer advice to the DP. The DP may also seek comments from citizens. The DP is not required to do so however and is not required in any way to follow any such advice either.
Section IV: Obstruction of a turnchat session
Sub a: If the turnchat session instructions are being investigated by the Yasutan Supreme Court, the turnchat session is ajourned until the Yasutan Supreme Court has ruled. The active DP is free to commence the turnchat session at any time given after the ruling provided no single instruction was declared illegal. If one or more instructions were declared illegal by the Yasutan Supreme Court the turnchat may not be continued until new instructions have been given. Exceptions are when the responsible Official has been removed from Office or when the responsible Official indicates that no new instructions will be given for the turnchat session.
Sub b: If the active DP for an online turnchat session does not show up within 1 hour after the planned turnchat session, or is unable to continue, a substitute DP can be chosen from the Officials present at the online Turnchat session. The substitute DP must follow the instructions given for the turnchat.
Section V: Applicable laws
Constitution Article E - Playing the Save
- No person may play the save other than a Designated Player specifically tasked to do so, or an official who is required to attempt certain actions to get information about what is possible in the game.
- If any action must be performed outside a scheduled play session, to obtain information about possible options, the game must then be immediately closed without saving, and without performing further actions.
- Obtaining information which would not be visible to someone playing the game, at the current point in time reflected by the current saved game or a previous saved game, by any mechanism, is prohibited. As noted in Section 1.a of this Article, actions performed by an official, where performing the action is the only way to determine options, are permitted as long as the game is immediately closed following such investigation.
- Inadvertent discovery of information shall not result in any penalty, provided no attempt is made to further disseminate the information or use it to advantage within the game.
- Use of any exploits is prohibited. No person may manipulate the game in any way other than by normal play mechanisms, unless expressly permitted by law.
- Lower forms of law are free to (and expected to) further define what actions are allowed and disallowed by this rule.