Courtly Love

If Judgement must be made

We need to specify

What guides the Judge's hand -

That is, the reasons why

The Judge says yes or no

(Or simply can't decide).

And so deced proposed,

"Let these four be your guide:

What Judges said before.

What's been done in the Game.

What's PTomically right.

(Those two aren't quite the same.)

And, finally, if you

Can't choose with just those three

To help, then rely on

Logic, my dear Zoe."

The local genius

Asked why her score had dropped.

The Rani took the blame

And very nearly stopped

Consuming chocolate

To atone for her sins.

Lucy_who split the thread:

"And so PTart 5 begins!"

The old thread lacked a link

That pointed to the new.

Deced said, "Now we need

A mod. Elden will do."

The Rani made wild claims

Re Elden's viciousness.

Deced dropped a big hint.

SP made a right Guess.

With not much time to go

Till Lucy ceases to

Be considered a Play'r

Sec said, "What should we do

If Player-mods edit

But don't actually post

Close to the deadline for

Their score's becoming toast?

(Or rather, marmalade.)

Should that stop the countdown?

If I said no to that

Would any Players frown?"

But there was no dissent.

SP proposed a Rule

To make that definite.

"Please withhold in the Pool."

Roddy and deced helped

To make it watertight.

Soon all agreed that the

Proposal was all right.

Deced floated ideas

That blog updates should be

Made by whoever made

The change necessary.

Coxy posted a verse,

And then for half a day

It seemed that no Players

Had anything to say.

The Proposal was passed,

And now I should mention,

The Rani was the first

To make an abstention.