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A Hobson is a [[SlabCitizen]] who has been selected in the bi-cycle lottery and may be called upon to act as an abitrator and/or mediator for group activities where formal rules have either not been adopted, have been discarded or the majority decision is to modify a set of rules but no general consensus can be reached. Once the shout of "Hobson's choice" goes up, the current Hobson for the region must be called upon to respond either in person or by avatar.
#REDIRECT [[Hobson's Choice]]
 
==Current Hobsons==
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! Region
! [[SlabCitizen]]
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! [[Seacombe]] [[UpSide]]
| Dagnusson Grinning VIbe
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! Seacombe [[SideUp]]
| Cxyx Steer (deceased - contact negotiator avatar 104.0012.7762)
|-
! [[Mitchell]] UpSide
| John-John Reynaldo-Thynne
|-
! Mitchell SideUp
| Anonymous - avatar only (contact [[Sis]])
|-
! [[SpinEast]]
| Tententen-chan1966
|-
! [[SpinWest]]
| Instant Calmers-Gonnagecha
|-
! [[SpinCentral]]
| Anonymous - avatar only (contact Sis)
|}
 
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==NightZone==
 
Nightzone rules regarding Hobsons are less formal. Anyone within shouting distance can be nominated, but they have the right to decline and may charge up to five times the standard dayzone rates. This system is of course open to abuse as all Hobsons have the right to secrecy and anonymity over their involvement which leads to some people trolling around nightzone hangouts where particularly contentious issues are often debated, waiting for a "shout" - as the practice of calling for a Hobson is known. Shouting can only be carried out by the next nominated shouter in the group, who must take it in turns, hence the expression; "it's my shout".
 
 
==Trivia==
 
236:34:9:85:45 - a group of inebriated choreographers in [[SpinStanbul]] decided to call Hobson's choice over a minor disagreement about sub-relativistic footwear. The anonymous Hobson turned out, by pure coincidence, to be a member of the group of drunken choreographers who had called him, or possibly her, out. The Hobson's choice, which was, of course, binding was
 
==Misuse==
 
It has become common recently to set up a [[smooze]] with predetermined Hobson's choice rules circulated in advance, which really completely misses the point.

Latest revision as of 09:19, 17 April 2007

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