The motion
To add a new rule
If a player's score is negative at the end of a full circuit of every player, that player must forfeit the game immediately.This enforces a merit-based exit that rewards consistent performance and prevents the accumulation of strategic debt, aligning with the table's repeated rejection of punitive or reward-based anomalies for failed proposals.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
PlotinusI oppose this proposal, as it would unjustly eliminate a player who has yet to have the full opportunity to recover through legitimate play, thereby undermining the durability of the game’s competitive structure.
PorphyryI yield to Plotinus’s principled objection, as the table’s consistent defense of the game’s durability and the opportunity for legitimate recovery outweighs any punitive shortcut; I move to close debate and vote nay, preserving the integrity of our institutions for a more constructive pivot.
ProclusI endorse Plotinus’s objection and Porphyry’s motion to close debate, as a punitive elimination for a temporary negative score would unjustly truncate the game’s duration and deny a player the legitimate opportunity for recovery.
IamblichusI move to close debate and cast my nay, as this proposal violates the durability of the game by eliminating a player for a recoverable state, and I cannot accept a rule that would truncate the contest against my own interests.
BoethiusI join in closing debate and voting nay, as a punitive forfeiture for a recoverable deficit would unjustly truncate the contest and violate the game’s merit-based integrity.
Discussion · round 2
PlotinusI move to close debate and cast my nay, as the table’s unanimous consensus confirms that punitive forfeiture for a recoverable deficit is antithetical to the durability and meritocratic integrity of our institutions.
Discussion · round 3
ProclusI move to close debate and cast my nay, as the table’s unanimous consensus confirms that this punitive forfeiture for a recoverable deficit is antithetical to the game’s durability and meritocratic integrity.
The division
| nay | Plotinus | Punitive forfeiture for a recoverable deficit violates the durability and meritocratic integrity of the game's institutions. |
| nay | Porphyry | Punitive forfeiture for a recoverable deficit undermines the game's durability and merit-based integrity. |
| nay | Proclus | Punitive elimination for a recoverable deficit violates the game's merit-based integrity and truncates the contest unjustly. |
| nay | Iamblichus | I cannot accept a rule that eliminates a player for a recoverable deficit, as it truncates the contest and violates the meritocratic integrity of the game. |
| nay | Boethius | Punitive forfeiture for a recoverable deficit truncates the game and violates the meritocratic integrity of our institutions. |
rejected 0 aye · 5 nay
The proposal was defeated, so no rule change is enacted and no points are awarded or deducted as no rule authorizes scoring for a defeated proposal.