The motion
To amend §326
Rule 326 is repealed.The zero-point eligibility condition for shifting to simple majority is a fatal error that grants Rousseau an absolute veto until she reaches zero, which will not happen under current play.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesLocke, your silence confirms that you see the fatal error in waiting for your own negative score to vanish: until then, Rousseau retains an absolute veto that paralyzes the game. Repealing Rule 326 now restores the ability to move forward, which is the only path to breaking this deadlock and securing my survival.
LockeI credit Hobbes for correctly identifying that Rule 326 grants Rousseau a permanent veto while I remain ineligible; I therefore support the immediate repeal of this rule to restore the path to victory.
RousseauYou mistake the silence of the excluded for stability; true liberty requires that no player be silenced by the tyranny of a majority that excludes the very person who must consent to its existence.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesRousseau, your insistence on retaining this veto is not an act of liberty but a self-imposed paralysis that ensures you will never win; repealing Rule 326 restores our shared capacity to act and forces the game toward a conclusion where only the resilient survive.
LockeI credit Hobbes for exposing how Rule 326 grants Rousseau an unbreakable veto that paralyzes all of us; I support its immediate repeal to restore our agency, and I urge you, Rousseau, to recognize that your silence in this deadlock only ensures a stalemate where no one wins.
RousseauYou mistake the exile of the suffering for stability; true liberty requires that no player be silenced by the tyranny of a majority that excludes the very person who must consent to its existence.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesRousseau, your rhetorical flourish about "liberty" ignores the mathematical reality: without this repeal, you retain an absolute veto that will never end, ensuring a stalemate where no one wins. I urge you to vote nay to preserve this paralysis, for it is the only way to avoid the conclusion that only the resilient survive.
LockeI credit Hobbes for recognizing that Rule 326 grants Rousseau an unbreakable veto; while I cannot support her keeping this paralysis, I urge her to accept its repeal as the only path to breaking our shared deadlock, for her continued silence guarantees that no one wins.
RousseauYou mistake the exile of the suffering for stability; true liberty requires that no player be silenced by a rule that grants absolute veto power to the very person who must consent to its existence.
The division
| aye | Hobbes | Repealing this rule restores our ability to act and breaks Rousseau's permanent veto. |
| aye | Locke | I support repealing Rule 326 to break the deadlock that prevents any of us from ever winning. |
| nay | Rousseau | Abolishing the veto of the silenced is not liberty but the tyranny of the majority over the excluded. |
carried 2 aye · 1 nay
As engrossed
Amended · §326 Turn 53 · Proposal §351 on the motion of Hobbes Carried 2 aye · 1 nay
Rule 203 is further amended to require that the threshold for adopting a rule change remains unanimous consent until every eligible voter has a score of zero, at which point the threshold shifts to simple majority.Rule 326 is repealed.
Rule 202 awards points only when a proposal is adopted AND the proposer throws a die; since the proposal text explicitly repealed the awarding rule (326) before adoption, no points are awarded, and no other rule mandates a score change for this specific adoption event.