Admin Thread - Werewolf LIII: The Republic

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Monday. If I hold off longer I'll be fettered by travel, term papers, and holidays. I'd very much like you to play, though.

Hmmmm. I'll think about it. Several papers on deck and a scene to direct, so I'll let you know hopefully sometime tomorrow.

[satansaloser2005]

I'm in.

[Brinniel]

Originally Posted by Fea

I think the only practical way to manage it would be if the player in question declared their filibuster and then was forced to post continuously, at least once per minute or two, about the specific topic in question (which would need to be declared at the onset). If the player lapsed, the filibuster would end. Until the filibuster ceased, votes could not be cast.

Hmm...I think that could be a way to do it. I don't know how else...it becomes a bit difficult when everything must be written out.

Can the topic be about anything? A teacher once told my class about how someone simply read out of a phone book for hours...

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Brinniel

Hmm...I think that could be a way to do it. I don't know how else...it becomes a bit difficult when everything must be written out.

Can the topic be about anything? A teacher once told my class about how someone simply read out of a phone book for hours...

Hmmmm. I'm almost tempted to say that happened in Nebraska. Because I know a certain man who would do something like that.



Alternatively, that happens in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" if I'm not mistaken.

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Originally Posted by Brinniel

Hmm...I think that could be a way to do it. I don't know how else...it becomes a bit difficult when everything must be written out.

Can the topic be about anything? A teacher once told my class about how someone simply read out of a phone book for hours...

Strom Thurmond read out of a dictionary.

[the phantom]

I'm torn on this.

Filibustering seems like a hilarious idea that would be true to the spirit of this village, but all it would take would be one occurance- some devious manipulative jerk (aka Phantom) would come along and actually do it for a solid two hours before the deadline and negate people's votes, and then everyone would be ticked off and wish we had never adopted the filibuster rule.

Because I know a certain man who would do something like that.

Good old Ernie.

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Originally Posted by the phantom

I'm torn on this.

Filibustering seems like a hilarious idea that would be true to the spirit of this village, but all it would take would be one occurance- some devious manipulative jerk (aka Phantom) would come along and actually do it for a solid two hours before the deadline and negate people's votes, and then everyone would be ticked off and wish we had never adopted the filibuster rule.

Good old Ernie.

If we have a filibuster rule, we need a cloture rule as well. Perhaps if a majority of the people alive PM the mod, the filibuster is stopped?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by the phantom

some devious manipulative jerk (aka Phantom) would come along and actually do it for a solid two hours before the deadline and negate people's votes

Its precise purpose, of course...

I'd have to make it so that any votes cast before the beginning of the filibuster were counted.

and then everyone would be ticked off and wish we had never adopted the filibuster rule.

I could make it so that you could either have or not have a filibuster depending on how the voting goes each day...

Yes, oh I'm aware- this game contains like twenty times more voting opportunities than any other.

[Nogrod]

How about just deciding that if someone decides to go for the filibuster s/he could announce it prior the deadline (like if someone is thinking that the vote is going the wrong way) and s/he could then fill the time for as long as s/he can over the deadline - within certain limits (like the "a post per two minutes" or something) - to convince the others the vote is going the wrong way. And after that those who had already voted would have a short time-span to re-vote if they thought the filibusterer was right?

Or should the filibuster-thing be more like just trying to fill the talking space so that no one else can say or do anything - thus effectively denying others a possibility to cast their votes or share their points? Like if you say you're filibustering then no one else has a right to post on the thread and the clock ticks towards the deadline all the time? That would be insane indeed... I mean looking at the people joining this game!