[DRAFT] Commend Racoda

[The Unified Missourtama States]

Most large card farmers use many of Racoda's tools in their farming everyday, they are undoubtedly the most influential technical innovator in the large and growing genre of cards. I use the term 'card farming' in a very literal IC way that I hope can almost maintain some true application to a world where cards are just like apples.

Recognizing the agriculture industry of the world to be of great importance,

Seeing that among the many fruits of the agriculture industries of the world there is one that can be grown in all places and used for all purposes, the fruit of the card,

Observing that in the past the cultivation and harvesting of cards was very inefficient and dangerous,

Realizing that recent advances in farming technology have made card production and harvesting much safer and more efficient, and attributing much of this progress in efficiency and safety to the development of many new technologies developed by the nation of Racoda, and packaged for public release to people in all nations of the world through the RCES system, which includes technologies that:

• Reduce the resources and time needed to grow card pods by regulating the timing of additions of resources,
• Plans for a cheap and personal mechanical apparatus that enables a single worker to harvest up to 4 times as many card pods in a minute, while also reducing joint strain,
• Simplified farm yield calculators to help farmers understand their production rates and plan better for future seasons,

Observing the creation of card-based meat substitutes by Racoda,

Appreciating the many studies from the nation of Racoda that have contributed to our understanding of commodity auction theory, and the exploration into the newly discovered TCALS effect and its causes and effect on the open market,

Extremely impressed by the national Charon Azarel Seed Vault project, which keeps and preserves seeds of rare and extinct card types for future generations,

Further recognizing Racoda as assisting in the creation and management of multiple industry trade associations, including The North Pacific Cards Guild, The Card Gardening Society, TEAPOT, and XKI Cards Co-op,

Applauding the spirits of innovation and international goodwill fostered in this nation,

Hereby commends Racoda for advancing the agricultural sciences of the world.

Recognizing the agriculture industry of the world to be very large and very important,

Seeing that among the many fruits of the agriculture industries of the world there is one that can be grown in all places and used for all purposes, the fruit of the card,

Observing that the cultivation of cards was in the past very difficult and the harvesting methods dangerous for the long term health of the workers, with many workers developing carpal tunnel syndrome in their long days of opening and sorting card pods,

Realizing that recent advances in farming technology have made card production and harvesting much safer,

Attributing much of this progress in harvesting efficiency and safety to the development and public release of many harvesting technologies by the nation of Racoda, such as:

• The RCES harvesting system which enables a single worker to harvest up to 4 times as many cards per minute, while also reducing wrist strain,
• Creating and hosting a central list of farm owners to ease the finding of buyers and sellers in the trade of cards,
• Tools to calculate the yield of cards from a farm,

Further recognizing Racoda as assisting in the creation and management of multiple industry trade associations, including the TNPCG, TCGS, TEAPOT, and XKICO,

Hereby commends Racoda for advancing the agricultural sciences of the world.

[Praeceps]

Racoda is quite deserving of recognition—their tools are widely used and extremely impactful. I like how you themed everything. You could probably specify what the trade associations are. My main criticism for this proposal is that it feels lacking in depth.

[Sedgistan]

The "cards as fruit" approach is unconventional, but we've discussed it and don't consider that concept to be a rule violation.

[HumanSanity]

"XKICO" is not an established abbreviation for the XKI Cards Co-op, no one calls it that.

Racoda certainly deserves recognition for the pretty fundamental role they played in card farming.

Does Racoda want this?

[The Unified Missourtama States]

Racoda is quite deserving of recognition—their tools are widely used and extremely impactful. I like how you themed everything. You could probably specify what the trade associations are. My main criticism for this proposal is that it feels lacking in depth.

Thanks, Praeceps, I'm glad you like the idea. It is rather shallow currently as it is a first draft, just getting it from my mind to the paper, definitely I need some more research, and there is a lot of elaboration that can be done on what is already there as well. Containerise would be a cool one to fit in... but for now much work is ahead.

The "cards as fruit" approach is unconventional, but we've discussed it and don't consider that concept to be a rule violation.

Thank you for your consideration, I'm glad to hear it.

"XKICO" is not an established abbreviation for the XKI Cards Co-op, no one calls it that.

I do call it that but okay that will be noted, I'm afraid to put region names in such things, but I'll decompress all abbreviations that I'm allowed and able to.

Racoda certainly deserves recognition for the pretty fundamental role they played in card farming.

We should write them a commendation then!

Does Racoda want this?

I have contacted Racoda with a link to this draft and such question, I have not gotten a response yet.

[Giovanniland]

Racoda may be commendable, but I am against this proposal in its current state because a) it indeed lacks in depth like Praeceps said, and b) I'm not sure how I feel about this proposal's style of treating cards as an agricultural product.

There are probably more scripts authored by Racoda whose importance and effects on the cards community you could research and add to the proposal. The CTE card collection in the Charon Azrael puppet could also be mentioned as an additional point similarly to how the commendations of 9003 and DGES talked about the importance of their common and ex-nation collections respectively, but I'm not sure if it's really commendable.

[HumanSanity]

I have contacted Racoda with a link to this draft and such question, I have not gotten a response yet.

Probably should get consent before posting.

I considered writing this about a month and a half ago and asked, Racoda's response was pretty apathetic to borderline negative, so I decided not to. 'tis why I asked specifically.

[Makdon]

I like to fruit idea, I always love creativity and unique ways of framing things. Like others have said, this draft is very thin. I don't use scripts or really involve myself with the cards community, but as others have said, there's more to add, and you could expand some on your points. There's a line between adding more to points for better writing and just adding fluff, but I feel that there's room here to add, particularly when talking about what the tools do. Also, checking the rules, it doesn't seem you're required to include "the security council" or the likes to clarify perspective, but I'd prefer some form of that at the beginning of the proposal. Though I guess that's just personal preference. If you get racoda's permission, I'm excited to see this continue.

[Noahs Second Country]

This can and should be much longer than it is. While I support the concept, I do not support this draft currently.

[Bhang Bhang Duc]

Really do like the concept described here - as far as I’m concerned C&Cs for the card farming community have become a bit same-ish so a bit of originality is welcome.

Does need more work though as other posters have noted. This is a good framework, but the bones need more meat on them.

[Honeydewistania]

Bormiar's gonna explode when he sees this lol

[Fauxia]

Bormiar's gonna explode when he sees this lol

Exactly what I was thinking.

But I agree with everyone else on the thread. Racoda is probably commendable but this is really bare bones right now. I also don't see why you shouldn't conform to the standard of cards as art collections.

[Comfed]

Interesting angle.

[The Unified Missourtama States]

The CTE card collection in the Charon Azrael puppet could also be mentioned as an additional point similarly to how the commendations of 9003 and DGES talked about the importance of their common and ex-nation collections respectively, but I'm not sure if it's really commendable.

Not a main point, but definitely an important collection, I have added it.

I have contacted Racoda with a link to this draft and such question, I have not gotten a response yet.

Probably should get consent before posting.

I considered writing this about a month and a half ago and asked, Racoda's response was pretty apathetic to borderline negative, so I decided not to. 'tis why I asked specifically.

In my talking with Racoda, I got an unconfident response, not apathetic, I have his permission to draft this, however we will be conferencing again before submission, so I'm not saying this is definitely being submitted, however I believe Racoda is a good inspiration to the community, and deserving of such, although I am leaving the final go to him.

[The Unified Missourtama States]

New Draft up, it is much better!

And before anyone asks

Observing the creation of card-based meat substitutes by Racoda,

https://github.com/dithpri/RCES/blob/ma ... es.user.js
It's great, try it out.

[Refuge Isle]

New Draft up, it is much better!

And before anyone asks

Observing the creation of card-based meat substitutes by Racoda,

https://github.com/dithpri/RCES/blob/ma ... es.user.js
It's great, try it out.

Well now I've seen everything.

[Honeydewistania]

What is so special about these meat substitutes that we must observe it? Elaborate please.

[WayNeacTia]

I have contacted Racoda with a link to this draft and such question, I have not gotten a response yet.

Probably should get consent before posting.

When exactly did that become a thing?

[Noahs Second Country]

New Draft up, it is much better!

And before anyone asks

Observing the creation of card-based meat substitutes by Racoda,

https://github.com/dithpri/RCES/blob/ma ... es.user.js
It's great, try it out.

Surely if this is worth a line, the Da ba dee da ba daa script deserves a mention?

[The Unified Missourtama States]

Probably should get consent before posting.

When exactly did that become a thing?

Doesn't matter, he knows and is ok with this drafting.

New Draft up, it is much better!

And before anyone asks

https://github.com/dithpri/RCES/blob/ma ... es.user.js
It's great, try it out.

Surely if this is worth a line, the Da ba dee da ba daa script deserves a mention?

... I am aware of that, but we are trying to commend Racoda, I think it'll be a lot harder after everyone loses their eyes to his Intruders theme

~

If anyone has feedback about the actual content of the current draft that would be much appreciated, I'm leaving some cookies for whoever leaves me some markups or tips.
*sets cookies on the table*
Better get the chocolate chips before they're all gone!

[Honeydewistania]

When exactly did that become a thing?

Doesn't matter, he knows and is ok with this drafting.

Surely if this is worth a line, the Da ba dee da ba daa script deserves a mention?

... I am aware of that, but we are trying to commend Racoda, I think it'll be a lot harder after everyone loses their eyes to his Intruders theme

~

If anyone has feedback about the actual content of the current draft that would be much appreciated, I'm leaving some cookies for whoever leaves me some markups or tips.
*sets cookies on the table*

What is so special about these meat substitutes that we must observe it? Elaborate please.

Do I get more cookies for doing it before there was a reward?

[LollerLand]

New Draft up, it is much better!

And before anyone asks

https://github.com/dithpri/RCES/blob/ma ... es.user.js
It's great, try it out.

Surely if this is worth a line, the Da ba dee da ba daa script deserves a mention?

My eyes are hurting after looking at that and I saw enough before I closed the tab to turn this into a condemnation instead. /s

[Bormiar]

Bormiar's gonna explode when he sees this lol

Exactly what I was thinking.

Only because of he wants to make cards into a fruit of all things.

Seriously? A card fruit? Did you not consider that art is mass produced too? Or that certain tools are used to facilitate the creation of original artwork? "International Artwork" is versatile enough as is because it shares virtually all the important properties with cards; we don't need to create a new term every time we run into some creativity problems.

Creativity is working with the constraints that you have as best you can— one of those constraints being that it consists with previous resolutions. What you're doing — making a new term where one isn't needed — is just throwing paint on a canvass hoping that it'll make a Jackson Pollock.

And why food, of all things? Food's not even collectible (at least I don't know anyone who would collect it). Nor does its price fluctuate arbitrarily. Nor is it a gratuitous commodity. Nor is it very difficult to produce. It's nothing like cards. If we did go with food instead of international artwork, I suspect Racoda's work would be mostly inconsequential, seeing as we already grow more than enough food to feed everyone in the real world. I suspect the real problem is getting the food to people, seeing how many things could disrupt that (poverty, war, transportation expenses, etc). So even if you did want to make a new term, food doesn't make any sense.

[Fauxia]

Yeah, well, I agree with you on the fruit terminology. Cards are art collections.

[Pluvie]

I uh am going to have to agree on the fruit thing. It makes for a very confusing proposal and uh hmm how to put it... it feels a bit cheesy? Probably not the right word but it feels like you're trying too hard to make a cards commendation that doesn't have an art theme and it feels very forced because of that. I think a cards commendation that did not have the art theme could be done, but I feel like this is not the path that makes a lotta sense. The content and target are very commendable tho ^-^