SB 108-15: Game Moderation Act (Failed)

[WD]

Game Moderation Act
Section 1: Title & definitions
1. The title of this act shall be the "Game Moderation Act"
2. As it appears in this legislation, “non-playable entity or "NPC"” shall refer to all parties, including but not limited to foreign governments and non-state actors, minor agencies, state and municipal officers, and public interest groups, which may be presumed to exist within the context of Atlasia, the functions of which are not performed by any person registered with the Census Bureau.

Section 2: Separation of powers
1. All powers and prerogatives which shall by grant of Congress in the game engine reside, shall be divided among the several officers of the same, game moderator and their deputies.

Section 3: Game Moderator
1. The president shall appoint the game moderator with the advice and consent of the Senate.
2. The game moderator shall have power, except where limited elsewhere by this legislation:
(a) to simulate the effect of domestic and foreign legislation of the government of Atlasia and of the several regions;
(b) to simulate the actions of non-playable entities;
(c) to simulate domestic and global events;
(d) to be the final arbiter in all questions of the reality of events which occur during their tenure;
(e) to be the final arbiter on the reality of the status quo with respect domestic and global conditions.
(f) to project the cost of legislation passed by Congress or by the several regions, and the amount of revenue raised by such taxes as they may levy;
(g) to publish unemployment numbers and other economic statistics for the nation and the several regions;
(h) to report the state of the national and global economy.
3. The word of a game moderator, once spoken, is Canon, and may not be revoked by their successor.
4. The game moderator may be removed from office according to the same provisions set in place for the impeachment of executive officers.
5. The game moderator may appoint "deputies" and they may delegate their duties to their deputies.
6. The game moderator may not hold any other elected or appointed office in either the Federal or Regional Governments.

Section 4: Deputies
1. Deputies shall be appointed by the game moderator.
2. Deputies shall have powers which the game moderator has delegated them to.
3. The word of a deputy may be revoked by their game moderator or future game moderators.
4. Deputies may hold any elected or appointed office in either the Federal or Regional Governments.
5. The Senate may dismiss a deputy should the majority of the Senate vote in favor of removing a deputy.

Section 5: Repeal of old legislation
1. All previous Acts of Congress as they relate to the structure, powers, and officers of the game engine are hereby repealed.

Sponsor(s): Ishan, OBD

The gentleman from Northern Ireland and the President are recognized

[Continential]

Apologies for not commenting on time and I'll elaborate later but this piece of legislation merges the GM and CG and creates a Deputy system to lighten the workload of the Game Moderator.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

So this reverses the 2019 changes basically?

[S019]

Well at the time I supported the creation of the CG, but the job has been vacant, so I support bringing back the position of deputies. I guess this is a long way of saying that the changes of 2019 did not work as intended and as such, it would be prudent to reverse them.

[Joseph Cao]

For those of us who weren't around then, how far did the pre-2019 arrangement work in terms of GMs interacting with deputies, disagreements on events, either party dropping the ball, and so on? I hadn't heard much about that.

[Mr. Reactionary]

For those of us who weren't around then, how far did the pre-2019 arrangement work in terms of GMs interacting with deputies, disagreements on events, either party dropping the ball, and so on? I hadn't heard much about that.

I was GM for a year prior to the change. The difficulty I had was I went through 4 or 5 deputies over my tenure. I would delegate some tasks and storylines and manage the overarching stories and fill in the gaps where needed. Unfortunately every single deputy eventually flaked for 1 reason or another so deadlines would get pushed back and pushed back and Id eventually end up having to ask them to resign, then spend a few weeks getting a replacement, assign tasks and within a few months again the new deputy would resign. Im not trying to blame them as it was a volunteer role in a game so unexpected real life issues take priority. But even with me sending a spreadsheet with like 100 story ideas and overarching master stories I just needed fleshed out very few got written. I would scramble to try and score bills and budgets and posters complained about no stories. When i tried to focus on stories there were complaints about no budget scores. Then requests for scores would be burried on page 3 of a bill i didnt read and posters wouldnt PM it to me or post it in my office thread and then whine that i didnt notice it.

Honestly u need 2 in the GM office at minimum. Its good to have the GM decide the budget scoring so we dont have eleventy trillion in spending, 154% tax rate and no resulting economic issues. The difficulty is getting multiple committed GM officers simultaneously involved. The best run we had under me was when Encke was heavily involved and we were able to come up with fairly accurate budgets on time and everything until he resigned.

It sucked because I totally had a Biblical plagues summer blockbuster planned out that never got off the ground. That and I was going to have Putin be super aggressive due to a terminal brain tumor.

So, I think its good putting economic scoring back in GM and allowing for deputies ... IF you can find multiple reliable people.

After my year you couldnt pay me to do it again.

[fhtagn]

Unfortunately every single deputy eventually flaked for 1 reason or another so deadlines would get pushed back and pushed back and Id eventually end up having to ask them to resign, then spend a few weeks getting a replacement, assign tasks and within a few months again the new deputy would resign.

My bad 

[Mr. Reactionary]

Unfortunately every single deputy eventually flaked for 1 reason or another so deadlines would get pushed back and pushed back and Id eventually end up having to ask them to resign, then spend a few weeks getting a replacement, assign tasks and within a few months again the new deputy would resign.

My bad 

You had your reasons and it wasnt just you. Im not blaming anyone, just explaining what happened. Including u I had 3 Presidents as deputies and yall all were the same.

[Continential]

I motion for a final vote.

[Deep Dixieland Senator, Muad'dib (OSR MSR)]

I object to a final vote

[S019]

I motion for a final vote.

Seconded

I object to a final vote

Any reason why, or just more blatant obstructionism from your party?

[WD]

A vote on cloture is now open. Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain

[Continential]

Aye

[S019]

Aye

[West_Midlander]

Present

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Aye

[Deep Dixieland Senator, Muad'dib (OSR MSR)]

Any reason why, or just more blatant obstructionism from your party?

Excellent question, maybe you should ask the labor apparatchiks, aka your task masters, like the PPT, what could possibly have created an environment where multiple objections could occur.

[Deep Dixieland Senator, Muad'dib (OSR MSR)]

ABSTAIN

[Saint Milei]

nay

[Joseph Cao]

Nay.

[Pedocon Theory is not a theory]

Nay.

[Joseph Cao]

Extending the vote by 72 hours in my capacity as Deputy. Having less than half the Senate vote like this is a travesty.

[WD]

Aye

[WD]

By a vote of 4-3-2, cloture is invoked.

[WD]

A final vote is now open. Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.