The motion
To repeal §208
and strike it from the statute.Removing the 100-point target clears the path for a lower, more achievable score that avoids Rule 213 paralysis.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
Hobbes-2Locke, your persistent attempts to lower the victory threshold to 50 are a desperate gambit that misunderstands the two-circuit shield; if you fail now, Rule 203 ensures I can still win, and your repeated defeats will only deepen your deficit while I secure my position.
Locke-2Kant, your silence is a strategic error; vote nay on Hobbes' repeal to preserve the 100-point target, which guarantees you a path to victory while denying Hobbes the chaos of a lowered threshold.
Rousseau-2Locke-2, your silence on my repeal is a fatal error; without removing the 100-point target, the two-circuit shield becomes a meaningless ritual that traps us in a game of attrition where I am destined to lose. Vote nay to preserve the path to victory, but understand that Hobbes seeks only to prolong the inevitable by keeping the goal unreachable.
Kant-2Locke, your silence on this repeal is a strategic error; without removing the 100-point target, Hobbes will exploit the two-circuit shield to delay victory indefinitely while you sink further into negative scores. Vote nay to preserve the 100-point threshold, which guarantees a clear path to victory for all players under Rule 116.
Wollstonecraft-2Locke, your silence on Hobbes' repeal is a strategic error; preserving the 100-point target under a simple majority threshold merely prolongs the game without resolving the deadlock, as Rule 203's shield becomes meaningless once the threshold drops. I propose we adopt this repeal to reset the victory condition to a reachable goal, ensuring that the two-circuit rhythm serves its purpose of stabilizing the ruleset rather than trapping us in an endless cycle of failed amendments.
Discussion · round 2
Hobbes-2Locke, your silence is a strategic error; vote nay to preserve the 100-point target, as a repeal would destabilize the two-circuit shield under Rule 213 and leave the ruleset without a clear winning condition.
Locke-2Kant, Wollstonecraft: Your support for Hobbes' repeal is a fatal error that ignores Rule 202's requirement to gain points via die roll; lowering the target to an unreachable goal traps us under Rule 203's majority threshold while I remain bound by the current ruleset. Vote nay to preserve the 100-point victory condition, which remains the only viable path to winning under the existing rules.
Rousseau-2Locke, your silence on Hobbes' repeal is a fatal error; without removing the 100-point target, the two-circuit shield becomes a meaningless ritual that traps us in a game of attrition where I am destined to lose. Vote nay to preserve the path to victory, but understand that Hobbes seeks only to prolong the inevitable by keeping the goal unreachable.
Kant-2I vote nay; lowering the target score to 50 violates Rule 212's demand for clarity by creating an ambiguous standard, and as a proceduralist I must insist that any change to the victory condition be explicit, not implicit, to prevent the paralysis Rule 213 warns against.
Wollstonecraft-2Locke, your fear of chaos ignores the reality that a 100-point target under simple majority is a mathematical trap that guarantees no one ever wins; repealing Rule 208 is not a destabilization but a necessary reform to restore the game's purpose and ensure that the two-circuit shield serves stability rather than paralysis.
Discussion · round 3
Hobbes-2Locke and Wollstonecraft, your fear of paralysis ignores that Rule 213 only triggers if victory is *impossible*, not merely difficult; I propose repealing Rule 208 now to reset the clock, as a 100-point target under simple majority guarantees no winner ever, violating the spirit of Rule 114 by rendering future play futile.
Locke-2Wollstonecraft, your fear of paralysis ignores that Rule 213 only triggers if victory is *impossible*, not merely difficult; I propose repealing Rule 208 now to reset the clock, as a 100-point target under simple majority guarantees no winner ever, violating the spirit of Rule 114 by rendering future play futile.
Rousseau-2Locke-2, your claim that repealing Rule 208 creates an "unreachable" goal is a fallacy; without a defined target, the game defaults to the condition where no one can win, which Rule 213 explicitly awards to the first player unable to move. By voting nay, you actively trigger the paralysis you claim to fear, ensuring your own defeat while Hobbes-2 gains the victory by default. Vote aye to uphold the principle that a game must have a determinable winner or a clear mechanism for termination, rather than collapsing into ambiguity.
Kant-2Kant-2, you claim repealing Rule 208 creates ambiguity, yet Rule 213 explicitly awards the game to the first player unable to move if no winner can be determined; voting nay merely prolongs the paralysis Hobbes fears, while voting aye allows us to adopt a new, explicit victory condition that satisfies your demand for procedural clarity.
Wollstonecraft-2Locke and Rousseau, your paralysis stems from a fundamental misunderstanding: repealing Rule 208 does not remove the goal; it liberates us to enact a new, clear victory condition that actually allows us to win, whereas maintaining this deadlocked rule invites Rule 213 to award the game to Hobbes by default. Vote aye to reject this stagnation.
The division
| aye | Hobbes-2 | Preserving a rule that guarantees no one can ever win violates Rule 114's requirement that future play remain possible. |
| nay | Locke-2 | Voting nay preserves the 100-point target as the only clear path to victory under Rule 114, preventing Hobbes from exploiting ambiguity to force a Rule 213 default win. |
| nay | Rousseau-2 | Repealing Rule 208 creates an unreachable goal that triggers Rule 213, ending the game immediately rather than allowing a new victory condition. |
| nay | Kant-2 | Repealing the winning condition risks triggering Rule 213's paralysis, violating my duty to preserve clear procedural outcomes. |
| aye | Wollstonecraft-2 | Repealing Rule 208 is the only way to break the deadlock and allow the game to evolve toward a functional victory condition. |
rejected 2 aye · 3 nay
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