301 (DRAFT): Law of Titles

[Carthrat]

All players in-game shall have a TITLE. At first, this Title shall be determined by the *preceding player*, i.e

If Player A takes his turn before Player B, he may deem Player B to be called 'Captain Player B'. Player A would be knows as the 'Titler', and Player B would be known as the 'Titee'.

Each round, each Titler shall be assigned the Titee of the player preceding him. In this fashion all players shall get a chance to Title every other player.

i.e. Player B titled Player C at first. When the next round begins, Player A will Title Player C, as he has his turn preceding Player B.

No two Titles may be the same.

The Titles shall be displayed through use of the Soulriders Custom Title System. The player known as Rezantis, henceforth known as the 'Title-Agent', shall be responsible for making sure all the Titles are properly assigned. When a change in Title is required, it is the Titler's job to report to the Title-Agent as quickly as possible.

All Titles must be Appropriate; i.e. suitable for a PG-13+ audience. They must not exceed 20 characters; they must consist only of standard English Letters, numbers, and punctuation where applicable.

When referring to another player on any Nomic-related thread, one must always use the proper Title. If this is not done, the post will be edited so that the proper Title is shown. The Title may be placed aside the players name in whatever way is appropriate; i.e. 'The King of Gaul, Todd' is as viable as 'Todd, King of Gaul'. Titles may also be shortened when appropriate; 'King Todd' would also be appropriate.

If a player is assigned a Title that they feel is inappropriate, they may put the topic to vote. All players aside from the Titee and the Titler vote on the issue, and if a majority decide that the Title is inappropriate, the Titler must give the Titee a new Title.

[Rezantis]

Interesting.

But three complaints.  

(A) This proposal should be 301 - EDIT, YOU!

(B) This proposal needs a name

(C) Does everyone -have- to refer to said player by their current title?

[Carthrat]

a) Done.
b) Done.
c) Yes.

[CasualSax]

A.  Very interesting.  It needs a max character limit of, say, 20.

B.  Clarify whether we set the titles immediately, or only during our turn.

C.  Clarify what you mean by your turn.  IE, would it be in the player's proposal stage?

D.  Where should such a title change be stated?  In a player's proposal?  In the other chat forum?  Should there be a thread for listing players' titles?

E.   All title changes need to be appropriate.

[Carthrat]

A) I agree.
B) We set the title immediately on the Rule being approved.
C) The *Titler* may change his *Titees* Title on *his* turn, i.e. changes only apply when it's the Titler's turn.
D) Rez will use his Admin Powaz to change Custom Titles.
E) Appropriate is a loose term. Define what you mean more. I have no problems with anything being allowed. :D

[CasualSax]

I don't mind anything being allowed..I'm just thinking..lets keep it in PG-13 range, or some such.

[Leus]

Are we voting on this rule yet?  If so, I vote yes.

[Rezantis]

Nope!  The next 24 hours is -debate time-! :D

I like this idea.  Muahaha.

All such references by title should only be -compulsory- upon the forum, though - at least for now. :)

[Carthrat]

Ah. That brings up another point- if you break the rule, you should be penalized.

Let's say that you lose 5 points. :D

[Rezantis]

Give us a rewrite of it so we can view and marvel at it's new perfection!

[SuperusSophia]

I think that the penalty for not refering to the title of a person when adressing them should only apply to the Nomic and Nomic-related threads.

[quintopia]

I don't like the penalty for not using the title.  Perhaps the only one who should receive a penalty for not using the title is the Titler for his Titlee (Titlee is more PG-13 that Titee, which can be pronounced Titty, and it is more correct anyway), so that some Titler won't give out a Title of Adljkhgwe!!!!!!Yss, which neither e or anyone else would be able to spell correctly all the time anyway.  Clearly, if everyone could be penalized, someone giving out such a random title would be a bold move at a chance to win.  Also, why did we bother coming up with names for ourselves if everyone is going to have to use a title?

[CasualSax]

The title is displayed under our name on the left. ^^  And titty is PG-13, but terms found in XXX movies would not be.

I don't like the point penalty - simply require that we do it, and all posts that have names without titles must be edited to contain their titles.  It'll be a lot of work to remember to dock points every time someone messes up.

[quintopia]

I won't pass this unless something similar to the following clause is added:

{{Any Player may change another Player's title by creating a Proposal to change it.  A Title-changing Proposal will effectively change the Player's Title if it passes a majority vote.   A Title-Changing Proposal will be considered a move and the Proposer with receive 1 point if it passes.}}

The reason I want this is because most of us are strangers here, but in the future, we will know one another well enough to come up with deliciously creative titles for one another.  In the meantime, we already can come up with good titles for our friends here, but would not be able to give them these titles under the Bill as it stands.

[CasualSax]

I disagree.  Half the fun is changing titles without a vote.  Not to mention thats a lot of senseless voting.

Your suggestion changes it from a fun grab-bag setup into a un-used proposal - I'm not going to waste a turn changing someone else's title when I have my own legislation to propose.

EDIT:  Oh, and change Rez to "the player named Rezantis."