Voidus

Yeah just saw that afterwards. I also can't access google docs atm, so I'll search for it when I can.

Probably my bad, I think that was back when we were getting a bit swamped. Could you repost?

Voidus watched Mac silently for a few heartbeats more before finally nodding. "I suppose we'll find out." He said gravely, the small trace of a smile no longer present on his face. "Let's continue then, moving on to Investiture." There was only one way to find out if Mac was ready for more, and that way was to walk the tightrope once more to see if he fell. "We'll start with something simple, Stormlight." He said simply, moving over towards his desk and retrieving a pouch of spheres. "This may seem easier in some ways than what we practiced before, but don't underestimate the complexity of what you need to do." Voidmaking something physical took a lot more power than Investiture did, but Investiture was also a lot more abstract, difficult to focus on specifically. Mac's previous experience with Alleymatics would likely prove useful, but Voidmaking posed a far larger risk to its user than Alleymatics did. "Now." He said, pulling an infused Diamond mark from the pouch. "Think back to what you did before, the drive, the desire, the motivation for something to not be."

The doorman began looking from one to the other as they questioned him, then back up the stairs a little nervously. "Um.. yes I'm sure you have questions, but the Doctor... You're not supposed to be here." He stammered out, beginning to nervously move down the staircase and attempt to herd them back towards the lounging area. "Everything should be fine, it'll just be another minute." As he took his next step he stumbled. His foot seemed to sink through the step that he had placed it on, the wood seeming to disperse into mist under the pressure. His eyes widened in confusion for a moment before he pitched forward, beginning to tumble down the staircase. Around them all the house began to vibrate once more, and this time a continuous low peal could be heard, the thunder-sound was lower than before but it continued to roll as the house continued to shake. A few logs in the fireplace began to spill out onto the carpeted floor, but before anything else could catch alight, these too disappeared into mist.

The Stranger's coin? Well that's a tad ominous. Maybe he'll be the one blowing the party up this time? Would that be exciting to watch? Or horrifying? Probably both. Laurelai stayed silent as she deliberated before she looked at Lita directly once more. "Weird isn't exactly the word I would have chosen but I agree. But as they say, 'knowledge is power', so I'd rather learn a little more before we do anything. Shall we mingle?" She stood from her seat, and began walking past one of the servers she'd covertly watched earlier. She let a trickle of the Dor flow through her, quickly constructing a simplified stamp to get what she needed done. Just as she was about to pass them their leg muscle suddenly cramped, causing them to lose balance and nearly trip into her. She was already ready for this, managing to catch and steady them by the shoulder before either of them fell. "Oh dear, are you alright?" She asked, brow beginning to furrow in concern.

There were some murmurs escape from the area where DA denizens had gathered, they all seemed to discuss something amongst themselves for a minute, seemingly culminating in a game of rock paper spikes. The game continued for several minutes before one of them pointed out that they could all continue to choose spike every time. Eventually one of them smiled broadly and seemed to be victorious. With a flourish he pulled a silvery spike from a pocket and thrust it violently towards his own collarbone. After taking a moment to adjust, he pulled a small handkerchief from a pocket and dabbed at the blood that was beginning to seep into his shirt. He then opened his mouth to address the assembled representatives and instead of speaking, let out a long plume of emerald-green smoke from his mouth. He then began to emit a series of smoke-rings in various colours before seeming to be satisfied. He pulled the spike back out with a small wince and held it out to those assembled. "Anyone else care for a try? Takes a bit to get the knack."

"About as likely as a Koloss with a sense of humour." Laurelai commented, smiling wryly at Lita's own joke. "If they were after resources then why set up such an elaborate party and not even speak to people ahead of time? Sweetening people up with some fine food and wine would be expected, but all this.." She gestured towards the gathered crowd, the stage, the servers nearby. "If we all simply withdrew now it would have been a complete waste. Resources lost rather than gained. So why set all this up if not for some ulterior motive? And if so, should we leave now or stay until we at least find out the nature of it?" And there was something else that didn't make sense, this was the Alleycity. And they'd gathered a huge number of people into one location for what amounted to a party. Local history wasn't a particular specialty of Laurelai's, but even she knew that never once had a party this large in the city ended peacefully. "Might as well stick around until the fireworks begin." She muttered.

UNO! Rules lawyering. :3 Eggs: Infinity And the rule states someone that did not support it, not someone who has the rank 'someone who did not support this rule', so is still not discriminating based on that by any reasonable interpretation of the rule.

Laurelai watched the stage intently, reading everything she could about the man who stood upon it. People revealed a lot about themselves as they spoke, if you knew what to look for. A prepared speech wasn't the most helpful but it was something at least. A foothold. The area around them began to light up as the man on the stage addressed the guild representatives. Perfect. More attention. She flashed a small polite smile once more as they were illuminated, but kept her eyes fixed on the stage. Lita had raised an interesting point, if someone was interested with combining multiple Investitures in a single body then they almost universally found their way to the Dark Alley, why would someone attempt to strike out on their own and spend decades and huge amounts of resources reinventing the wheel? Were they simply lying about their goals? Or were they doing something that they knew the DA wouldn't agree to? That was a chilling thought, research that someone thought was too extreme for the DA?

Ene was the only person who conditionally accepted it and thus explicitly did not support it at some point then later did. I believe those votes were all before the law of inactivity and that law does not apply retroactively. So there was no rule which explicitly stated that by not voting in support of the rule that they did not support it yet. :3 But if we want to rule that way then I'm happy to say it came into effect as soon as the first point was gained.

That would be true if the wording of the rule was that every time a person who doesn't support it gains points we gain double points, but it says every time a person who didn't support it, past tense. And Ene didn't support it prior to it being implemented and so both currently does support it and previously didn't support it. Creating an infinite loop. Eggs:Infinity :3 UNO! Violation of Meta's clause. I second the following proposals: 94, 97, 98, 99 I propose the following: Rule of being a rule: This rule is a rule, it is also too cool. I now withdraw that rule from consideration.

Hello so confused, I'm Voidus. :3 Eggs: Infinity + 10 There is also nothing that states that you can't. Then I'm going to argue a technicality here: If you consider that seconding a proposal is simply being the second person to vote in favour of it then all of those proposals were already seconded, if you don't then I second them without supporting them. Can't have it both ways.

You never counted Ene's vote, there were three others besides myself. So Ene went from supporting but not counted to not supporting once she would be the deciding vote, to supporting again once the majority shifted to in favour. :3 Eggs: Infinity + 10

:3 Eggs: Infinity + 10

I also have a quote in my signature, so if we're counting those then that means I was inaccurately UNO'd a little while back so I guess that's those ten Eggs back. If you'd really like then: I second the rules which I originally said I seconded, I then withdraw my support from all of those which I did not previously state that I support. :3 Eggs: Infinity + 10

Seconding something and voting for it are two different things, so in case there was some confusion: I do not vote for any of those rules excepting those I have already voted for, I just second them. :3 Eggs: I believe technically infinity. (Ene is someone who apparently currently supports this rule, but did not support this rule previously, thus both gains 2x points and satisfies the section of the rule which requires someone did not support the rule. This creates a feedback loop whereby as soon as Ene gained a point that point was continuously doubled unto infinity)

You did not consider the rule to be invalid, which rule 5 specifically states you must do... Yeah ok, even I think that's reaching a bit Just wanted to call attention to its invalidity. :3 Mwahahahaha. I second the following proposals: 27. The Fair Play Act: If a player cannot obey a rule for 'reasons' then they receive no punishment. (3) 46. The law of inactivity: If a player does not comment supporting a rule, then their vote will count as a no. (3) 51. The PM of Productivity: Same thing (in reference to Rule 47), but with a PM. I'm fine there being a President of the PM also. (3) 60. The Proposal Proposal: If a player has ever been married or engaged, including in a roleplay, that player gets one Egg every time they lose any amount of Eggs. (3) 63. Meta’s Clause Removal: That Meta’s Clause should be removed from the rules and no longer be in effect. (3) 67. Jaywalk’s First Declaration: that we make porpoises the mascot of this thread. (3) 78. The Fonz Rule: Every ten levels of coolness you reach you must post a quote from Henry Winkler. (3) 83. Rule of players: To be considered a player, you must be following this thread (3) 93. The superior terminology act: the plural form of Egg is Eggs or Eggses; 12 Eggses is a carton; a player is a citizen; a rule is a law. (3) 94. The Let Fate Decide Rule: If a player is accused of violating a rule, they can call a correctness check. Both players roll a d20. If one of the two players originally proposed the rule in question, they get a +2 modifier. For every 3 rules in the current rule book that a player originally proposed, they get +1 to their score, however this is only to a maximum of +3. The higher total score wins. The supposed rule violater loses 30 eggs as well as any they would of lost for the rule the originally violated if they lose the roll. The challenger will lose 35 eggs if they lose the roll. (1) 95. The Corporations Rule: That a group players may agree to form a corporation under a name, and that upon the forming of said corporation the amount of Eggs that each person in the corporation (hereafter referred to as a ‘member’) has (be it positive or negative) is pooled into one shared sum (hereafter referred to as the Bank Balance). If a member chooses to leave a corporation, they receive ( S x n^(-1) ) Eggs (where S is the number of Eggs in the Bank Balance and n is the number of members) - this means that if everyone chooses to leave all at once they will all receive an equal amount of eggs. Any changes to a member’s Egg amount is instead applied to the corporation’s Bank Balance. A member may join a corporation after it has been formed if they receive the approval to join from a majority of the corporation’s members. (3) 96. law of people who obsessively correct other's grammar: if a Player uses incorrect grammar, they lose 10 Eggs and the person who points out the mistake gains 10 Eggs (2) 97. The Wandering Commerce Addendum. According to the Trading Rule (Rule 8), players may exchange points/Eggs for goods and services, or simply gift points. Due to the nature of the Merchants Guild, it is only appropriate that Merchants have a particular obligation to the act of buying and selling. Thus, the Wandering Commerce Addendum: Wandering Merchants can post consecutively without losing the status of Wandering Merchant if the following posts pertain only to the selling of the Merchant's wares. This allows for players to bargain and counteroffer with the Merchant appropriately. Bears. (1) 98. The Merchants Guild Act creates an official institution comprising of Wandering Merchants and offers a medium through which the goals of the collective Merchants may be accomplished. (1) 99. rule 97. The forgotten naming scheme: All points shall henceforth be called "stygian drops" or "drops". 10 drops will be called a "forgetful water balloon" or "water balloon". 100 drops will be called a puddle. (1) Eggs: 53 I propose: Rule of being a rule: This rule is a rule and also quite cool. I withdraw the Rule of being a rule.

UNO! Violation of rule 5 by invoking a rule which discriminates based on screen name. :3 Rule 19 is likewise considered invalid due to violating rule 5 and thus Voidus' law of unfair advantage is able to be implemented. Eggs: 63

I'm not gonna have time to look at anything in depth until tonight at least, maybe tomorrow night.

Ene has already PM'd me for approval and received it.

Voidus would like to thank Ene for this and is sorry he didn't manage to mention this before the rule was implemented, he knows this was somewhat against the spirit of the game but thanks everybody for their understanding. :3

Okay so moderator hat on for a moment, I'm going to need to nix the reputation point rule. I think it's far too likely to lead to reputation manipulation on the site. *Moderator hat off* :3

One of the mimes hit Keleth over the head with a mimed book and waved its finger at him disapprovingly.

A PI isn't the same thing as being a High Epic. Any defensive ability that can prevent most forms of damage is considered enough to make someone a High Epic. Prof's shields were stated to be enough to make him a High Epic, Nightwielder was also only incorporeal when he wanted to be, not automatically, and actually was considered to have a PI so even by that standard it's potentially enough. Incorporeality is also pretty much a perfect defensive ability, in contrast to healers who can be killed if damaged quickly enough, or invincibles who can at least be trapped. It ranks very high in the scoring.