(i) Fraud:
a) Whenever a Player is unable to satisfy the conditions of an Enforcable Contract(s) because of a logically contradictory obligation under an Enforcable Contract(s), that Player is said to be guilty of Fraud.
b) Any Player guilty of Fraud shall be penalized in the following manner:
1) A reduction in points of 10 from the Player's current total, or to 200 points, whichever is less.
2) The suspension of the Player's right to vote for a period of three days.
3) The suspension of the Player's right to agree to involvement in Contracts for a period of one week.
4) All Contracts that the Player is involved in are made public and then deemed non-Enforcable.
5) Automatic removal from the Office of File Clerk, should the offending Player hold such Office.
(ii) Noncompliance:
a) Whenever a Player is under obligation to vote a certain way by an Enforcable Contract(s), and fails to comply with this obligation, the Player is guilty of Noncompliance.
b) Any Player guilty of Noncompliance shall be penalized in the following manner:
1) A reduction in points of 10 from the Player's current total, or to 200 points, whichever is less.
2) The destruction of 2 units of currency from the Player's holdings.
c) If the result of a vote is to be altered as a consequence of the enforcement of an Enforcable Contract(s), action to affect this change must be initiated within 48 hours of the vote or else the ability to affect the change is void. This action must be accompanied by a valid request for the pertinent Contract(s) to be made public.
Proposal 552 - Sat Mar 30 6:30am CST 1996
Fix the posts
SnafuMoose (Stephen F. Roberts)
Decision: Retracted By Author Using Rule 423
...Snafu hereby proposes that rule 464 be ammended to read:"General discussions and other topics that do not all into any of the above categories, but are still relevant to Ackanomic should have the following subject line:
"Ackanomic : [insert text here]
"Where the player is free to insert text in place of [insert text here] apropriate to the topic of the message."
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[Basicacally append "Ackanomic :" to your message subject...][[Snafu for senate]]
Proposal 553 - Sat Mar 30 6:30am CST 1996
Overturning CFJ 126
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Retracted By Author Using Rule 423
I propose to overturn CFJ 126.R416 does not in any way prohibit Proposal A from being the same as proposal B. By R115, "Whatever is not explicitly prohibited or regulated by a rule is permitted and unregulated", Therefore Proposal A can be the same as Proposal B and be regulated by R416. [Whether that is desirable or not is another matter].
Furthermore, the last phrase of CFJ 126 : "The phrase "each depend upon the other's rejection" is, therefore, meaningless", is false, if A is allowed to equal B and self-reference is permitted, as it is by R113.
Proposal 554 - Sat Mar 30 6:45am CST 1996
Tammany
pTang1001001sos (Mark Nau)
Decision: Accepted
(i) This Rule creates an Ackanomic entity known as Tammany,
that cannot be owned nor controlled except as specified
below.
(ii) Tammany may cast one vote on every Proposal. This
takes precedence over any Rule that would deny Tammany
the right to vote.
(iii) Unless the Rules specify otherwise, Tammany will
abstain from voting on any given Proposal.
(iv) A Bribe is a message sent to the Tabulator that meets the
following criteria:
a) It follows the form "Ackanomic: Bribe" in the subject line.
b) It contains, in the subject line, a text string that is
a capital letter "P" immediately followed by the ordinal
number of a Proposal that has not yet come to resolution.
[e.g.: "Ackanomic: Bribe P537"]
c) In the text of the message, it designates an amount of
currency from 0 to 5 units.
d) In the text of the message, it designates a Desired Vote
of either YES, NO, or SILENT.
(v) Each Player may submit a maximum of one valid Bribe per
Proposal. Should more than one Bribe be submitted by a Player
for a given Proposal, the Bribe recieved most recently by the
Tabulator shall be deemed the sole valid Bribe by the Player
for that Proposal, with all others being disregarded.
(vi) Just before the voting results for a given Proposal are
announced, the Tabulator shall examine the text of all
Bribes that pertain to that Proposal and come to a
determination as to whether and how Tammany will vote on
this Proposal, based upon those Bribes and the specifications
in sections (ix) and (x) of this Rule. Tammany's vote and all
Bribes pertaining to a Proposal shall be reported along with
the voting results for the Proposal.
(vii) Each Player who submitted a Bribe for a Proposal that is
about to be resolved shall have the designated amount of
currency deducted from his account. In the case that this
would result in a negative currency balance for a Player, his
entire Bribe is disregarded.
(viii)The Tabulator shall not examine the text of any Bribe unless
instructed to by section (vi) of this Rule. If he should
inadvertantly do so, he should, as a matter of ethics, avoid
allowing this foreknowledge to influence his actions in any
way.
(ix) Tammany shall vote FOR a Proposition iff the total amount of
currency associated with Bribes that had a Desired Vote of
YES is greater than the total amount of currency associated
with Bribes that had a Desired Vote of NO plus twice the total
amount of currency associated with Bribes that had a Desired
Vote of SILENT.
(x) Tammany shall vote AGAINST a Proposition iff the total amount
of currency associated with Bribes that had a Desired Vote of
NO is greater than the total amount of currency associated with
Bribes that had a Desired Vote of YES plus twice the total
amount of currency associated with Bribes that had a Desired
Vote of SILENT.
(xi) The use of subject lines that follow the form "Ackanomic: Bribe"
shall be allowed without penalty. This section has precedence
over any all mutable Rules.
Proposal 555 - Sat Mar 30 6:45am CST 1996
Welcomer, Creation of
pTang1001001sos (Mark Nau)
Decision: Accepted
(i) The Functional Office of Welcomer is hereby created.
(ii) There shall be one Seat for this Office.
(iii) The Duties are:
a) To contact new Players and impart to them the following:
1) How to connect with the Ackanomic Web page.
2) A quick overview of the basics of the game.
3) The fact that the Welcomer is available to answer questions from new Players.
3) Any other information that seems helpful.
b) To make oneself available for questions from new Players. (iv) The Privileges are:
a) The usual salary for a Functional Officer.
b) A bonus of .10 units of currency each time the "Gee, Wally" condition is met according to section (v) of this Rule. (v) The "Gee, Wally" condition is met whenever all of the following apply:
a) A Player sends a message to ONLY the Financier that contains the phrase: "Gee, Wally, this sure is a neat game."
b) The Player sending the message mentioned in section (i) does so during a time period running from 28 to 42 days after the Player first became a Player.
c) The Player sending the message mentioned in section (i) has never before sent a message that triggered a "Gee, Wally" condition.
d) The message is received on a Tuesday or a Friday, and no "Gee, Wally" condition has been triggered yet that day.
e) The Officer holding the Welcomer Office has made no reference to the Player of the "Gee, Wally" condition other than the following sentences: "There is a way you can give me bonus currency if you think I've done a good job as Welcomer. I'm not allowed to tell you anything more about this." (vi) Whenever currency is to be awarded as a consequence of the "Gee, Wally" condition, the Financier should report the change as a result of "mysterious conditions." (vii) Any Player who makes any mention of the "Gee, Wally" condition except as allowed by this Rule shall be penalized .10 units of currency. This change shall be reported as resulting from "bad Juju." (viii)Whenever this Office is vacant, the Registrar shall be the Acting Welcomer.
Proposal 556 - Sat Mar 30 6:45am CST 1996
So, you say you want a Revolution?
pTang1001001sos (Mark Nau)
Decision: Accepted
(i) Any three Players may issue a Call for Revolution
by so indicating in a public message, provided that
a Call for Revolution is not already in effect.
(ii) At the instant of the issuance of a Call for
Revolution, the following occurs:
a) The Revolutionary Furor rating is set to zero.
b) The Revolution Goal is set to the number of
Players in the game.
c) Anyone who is currently a Player is an Involved
Player. No-one who becomes a Player during a Call
for Revolution is Involved.
(iii) A Call for Revolution lasts for 4 days. During this
time:
a) For each Involved Player who sends a message to
the Tabulator supporting the Call for Revolution,
the Revolutionary Furor increases by one, unless
the Player is a Political Officer, in which case
it is increased by 3 instead.
b) For each Involved Player who sends a message to the
Tabulator indicating a willingness to give 5 units
of currency to the cause, the Revolutionary Furor
is increased by one. The currency is then deducted
from the Player's account in the proper manner. If
the Player has insufficient currency, his message is
to be entirely disregarded.
c) For each Political Officer who sends a message to
the Tabulator indicating a willingness to be a
scapegoat, the Revolutionary Furor is decreased
by 5.
d) The Tabulator will periodically inform all Players
of all actions that resulted in an adjustment to
the Revolutionary Furor, as well as the current
Revolutionary Furor.
e) If the Revolutionary Furor ever exceeds or equals
the Revolution Goal, a Revolution is deemed to have
occured, and the Call for Revolution ends.
(iv) If a Revolution occurs, all Players holding a Political
Office are removed from such Offices, leaving all Seats
for Political Office vacant.
(v) At the end of a Call for Revolution that does not end in
a Revolution, the following occurs:
a) Any Political Officer who indicated a willingess to
be a scapegoat is removed from all Political Offices,
and is not an eligible to hold any Political Office
for a period of one week.
b) A Call for Revolution may not be issued for a period
of one week.
c) The three Players who issued the Call for Revolution
become members of the Insurgency Party, and must
remain in this Party for at least one week. These
Players may not belong to any other Party during this
period.
d) Any Political Officer who supported the Call for
Revolution becomes a member of the Insurgency Party,
and must remain in this Party for at least one week.
He may not belong to any other Party during this
period.
(vi) Insurgency Party:
a) If, on the vote for a given Proposal, the number of
members of the Insurgency Party who vote for the
Proposal is greater than the number of members who
vote against the Proposal, there shall be an extra
vote cast AGAINST the Proposal.
b) If, on the vote for a given Proposal, the number of
members of the Insurgency Party who vote against the
Proposal is greater than the number of members who
vote for the Proposal, there shall be an extra vote
cast FOR the Proposal.
c) The Insurgency Party accepts all Players, and shall
have no Charter, and no internal rules nor guidelines.
d) This section (vi) takes precedence over all mutable
Rules.
Proposal 557 - Sat Mar 30 7:00am CST 1996
Activation of the Terminator Unit
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Rejected
The ProConsul is thereby granted the power to edit the rule set under the following powers and restrictions, and only those.1/ Can go through the rule set to cut out - into new rule(s) - portions that are identical in at least two current rules, to be replaced by the following, or equivalent:
"This rules also uses and incorporates Rxxx."
Where xxx is the number of the new rule, given as if it had been a new proposal that had passed, but not for points, simply for its number.2/ Can update office names if the task is assigned to another entity, or if the entity is renamed. Also update numbers of rules referred to that have since changed number, and any other updating that is relevent or required.
3/ Can correct spelling errors.
4/ Can harmonize the rules by editing them in order to better make use of the first power.
[This is far ranging: the price of beauty is eternal vigilance]The ProConsul must publish a list of all proposed changes as Calls for Harmony (CfHs), which will describe them and give some reasoning. It is possible to use more than one power (and each more than once) in the same CfH.
Once the ProConsul's message is made public, the Supreme Court has the power to nullify that CfH by a two thirds majority at least. The Supreme Court has four days to reject the CfH.
Once the four days are over, any player can make CFJ on the CfH for a period not to exceed three days. The judge cannot be the Proconsul, nor a Justice.
If no CFJ is called after three days or the CFJ is unsuccessful in turning down the CfH, the CfH becomes effective and the rule set is updated. Otherwise, the CfH is rendered null.
Proposal 558 - Sat Mar 30 7:00am CST 1996
Definition of Dormant
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Accepted
As a special power, entities can be granted the power to make proposals, rules and CFJs dormant. When dormant, these cannot be voted on, acted upon or passed judgement on. But rules and proposals can be revoked or amended as permitted by other rules. Dormant entities have no effect.Any rule, proposal, CFJ that is not dormant is said to be awake.
It is possible for the players to vote to make a dormant entity awake again, requiring over 50% in favor. This is in addition to any other method another rule may specify under it's conditions, unless the voting itself is prohibited. Any entity that was dormant but made awake has the full legal time associated to it restored.
No rule, proposal or CFJ can be immune to being made dormant.
Proposal 559 - Sat Mar 30 7:00am CST 1996
The Senate is the First Line of Defence
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Rejected
If at any time there are more than 5 proposals by the same player under consideration, two Senators may make any of them dormant anytime before the result is announced. A proposal will stay dormant until 75% of the Senate votes to make it awake or after one week has passed since it became dormant.
Proposal 560 - Sat Mar 30 7:00am CST 1996
Article 42.3.8, Section 2b, Paragraph 101z
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Rejected
A crisis will be defined as the following events.
(1) If a win by paradox is officially granted.
(2) If 12 proposals in a row are rejected.
(3) If the same CFJ is ruled undecided three times in a row.
(4) If the Senate unanimously calls this rule for execution, under request of at least one Justice.In both cases, effective as soon as the President sends a message beginning by
"Under the powers granted to me by Article 42.3.8, Section 2b, Paragraph 101z, I thereby declare a state of martial law."
he will become Tyrant for a week (called a Black Week). The Tyrant has the power to dissolve the Senate (except under 4). Justices will now also be called Political Officers. The Tyrant cannot be impeached but requires approval when modifying the rules set (as outlined below). All votes and CFJs are suspended. No voting is allowed or valid. All transactions and assets are frozen.
The person in charge of the financial market(s) will be arrested and restricted to one message a day. This also applies to any player holding a job defined in the rules except for the Tyrant or the Political Officers. Players holding any job will lose 4 points each day they stay in office during Black Week. All political parties will become illegal and its members will be called "underground freedom fighters" (UFFs). UFFs will lose 7 points per day of Black Week they remain affiliated with their party.
The Tyrant can change the text of any rule, even those that are immutable, provided his action is approved unanimously by the Political Officers. He may also change the text of any pending CFJ and proposals without requiring any authorizations, but may not make new proposals or CFJs.
The Tyrant will also have the power to make any 3 mutable rules dormant.
In case 1 the official broadcast of the win by paradox is said to be intercepted by pro-Tyrant forces and retracted. Should the paradox still exist (in effect) when political activity is normalized after Black Week, UFFs and/or unaligned players are said to have deposed the Tyrant and this rule cannot be called again against that paradox.
Once Black Week is over, the Senate must be reelected (except under 4) and all votes are restarted with their full time, except dormant ones.
Proposal 561 - Sat Mar 30 7:00am CST 1996
Justices Must Be Vigilant
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Rejected
If there exists proposals that explicitely depend on each other, then any Justice(s) may make up to all of them but one dormant for one week.If two or more proposals depend on each other such that no logical ordering can be found for them to pass meaningfully, then a Justice(s) may request the Senate to call up a crisis - but it is not binding. Also, Justices may make all such proposals dormant.
If a proposal depends on events, objects, actions which are either illegal or cannot be determined, then any justice can make that proposal dormant for one week. The Supreme court must then ask the players to vote on whether or not they want to destroy that proposal. If over 50% of the players that voted are in favor within the week, then it is destroyed (called by Speaker as soon as it is legal). Else it stays dormant.
If the players awaken a proposal, then Justices cannot make it dormant again.
Proposal 562 - Sat Mar 30 7:00am CST 1996
Justices Are The Guardians
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Rejected
Two days after proposal has been made, if no CFJ has been called on it and that proposal is in conflict with an existing rule, then the Justices can make it Disgraced on Apparition (DoA) by publishing a statement entitled DoA about that particular proposal, outlining their reasons.A proposal that is DoA is made dormant. If the proposal has been dormant for at least a week, then it is destroyed (called by the Speaker as soon as it is legal).
Proposal 563 - Sat Mar 30 7:00am CST 1996
Title: Justices Are Keeper Of The Sacred Laws
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Accepted
Before the result of a CFJ is made public, all Justices can add their own reasoning to the official publication of the result by sending the text to the person in charge of CFJs. This reasoning can be made public by the Justices, but no one else, until the judge has decided on the verdict. At that time, and before public publication, the person in charge of CFJs will also add each Justice's message at the end of the official publication of the CFJ with the judge's decision.
Proposal 564 - Sat Mar 30 7:00am CST 1996
Amending Rule 415
NumberSix (Ben Gold)
Decision: Retracted By Author Using Rule 423
The proposal would change rule #415 to read:
"The proper way to make a proposal is covered in rule #396."
Proposal 565 - Sat Mar 30 7:15am CST 1996
Tools III (b)
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Accepted
At the end of every two weeks, the PFs will yield a dividend to the player owning them at that instant in time, and do so every two weeks for as long as the FM is operating. The dividend of a single PF will be calculated from the change in the score of the player the bond was initially issued to. The dividend will be 1% of the change in the issued player's score over that two weeks if his/her score went up. Otherwise, it will yield an effective debt of -0.5% of the change in score per PF. This yield will be credited or deducted from the PF owner's account.
Proposal 566 - Sat Mar 30 7:15am CST 1996
Title: Tools IV (b)
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Accepted
At any time, and for a vote on any proposal, a Player may spend A$100 to be granted one single, extra vote. The Player must have at least that amount in cash at the time. The A$100 will be removed from existence and not atributed to anyone. Only one vote can be bought per proposal per player.
Proposal 567 - Sat Mar 30 7:15am CST 1996
Tools V
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Accepted
PF Bonds can be sold, bought or exchanged, so long as all parties to the transaction agree on the details of that transaction. PF bonds may be given only if the would-be-recipient agrees to take them.
Proposal 568 - Sat Mar 30 7:30am CST 1996
Forming various types of organizations and associations
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Rejected
1. Players or existing organizations may band together to form new organization of various type
2. An organization of any type may be formed iff there exist a rule, or a set rules dictating the following:
a. The name of the type of organization.
b. Forming an organization of that type.
c. Dissolving an organization of that type.
d. Eligibility for membership - i.e. whether members can be players, organizations, officers, etc. or any combination thereof
3. This rule has no effect on rule 351(forming political parties), other than recognition that a political party is a type of organization as described in this rule. This rule being - Forming various types of organizations and associations.
4. Rules governing organizations of one type have no effect on organizations not specifically mentioned in that rule. Specifically rules 391,457 that mention political parties, have no effect on other types of organizations, unless ammended to include other organizations.
5. Any player/organization, may not be a member of more than one organization of the same type.
6. At any during the game where there is more than one type of organization, any player/organization may be a member of different organization of different types as long the number of organizations a player/organization is a member of, is smaller than the number of types of organizations, and does not exceed three.
7. At no time in the game can a player be forced to become a member of any type of organization involuntarily, either by the rules then in effect, or by action taken within the game. This clause supercedes any other rule dictating organization and membership in organizations.
8. No secret organizations are allowed., neither are rules which allow the formnation of secret organizations
Proposal 569 - Sat Mar 30 7:45am CST 1996
Amending Rule 492
SnafuMoose (Stephen F Roberts)
Decision: Accepted
..Propose that rule 492 be ammended to read:"After any Judgement is returned, a player may pay a penalty of 5 points and apeal the case to the Supreme Court for consideration. [[to cut down on frivilous lawsuits]] The time period for apeal shall be one week from the posting of the Judgement.
"The player may include with his apeal any such material he deems relevant to the case. The Court is under no obligation to consider such material, and should use normal procedures to determine a verdict.
"The Supreme Court must then decide the case and return its verdict within one week. With the verdict of a majority of the Justices being the verdict of the Court. In the event that the judges have not returned a verdict within one week, the judges shall be fined 2 points each, for each additional day beyond one week until a verdict is given. [in the event that a majority of the justices are vacationing, the one week timer shall start as soon as a majority of justices have returned.
"If the Court agrees with the original verdict, then the player who lodged the apeal shall be fined 20 points for frivously bothering the Judges. However, if the Court finds the case differently than the original CFJ, then the original CFJ shall be overturned, and the judge from the original CFJ shall be fined an amount from 1 to 10 points to be decided by the Justices of the Court.
"In the event that a player opposes the apeal, they may apeal again to the Supreme Court by paying the penalty."
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[[Comments: ...This would bring Ackanomic's legal system somewhat inline with the Real World (tm) and also prevent the abuse of someone continually apealing rulings.
Proposal 570 - Sat Mar 30 8:00am CST 1996
Amending Rule 383
CarsesraC (Jeroen M.W. van Dijk)
Decision: Accepted
This proposal will amend R383 to change the following lines:From:
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Player NamesEach player will have an Official Ackanomic Name. The Name must consist of at least four, and no more than twenty alphanumeric characters. All nomic business must use the Name when refering to a specific player.
Players must choose a Name when they register. No player may choose a Name that is already in use. Players without a Name must choose a Name within one week.
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Player NamesEach player will have an Official Ackanomic Name. The Name must consist of at least four, and no more than twenty alphanumerical characters. All nomic business must use the Name when refering to a specific player.
Players must choose a Name when they register. No player may choose a Name that is already in use. Players without a Name must choose a Name within one week.
Alphanumerical characters are defined for this rule to include alphanumeric characters and (! @ # $ % ^ & * ' " , . ^ ! : ; / \ | - _ = + space). Excluded are the characters < > ( ) { } [ ].
[This rules justifies the common practice that some players have name like Calvin N Hobbes, Robert Sevin and allow names like /dev/joe and De'ghew. Yes, the ' ' or space is not an aphanumberic character :)]
Proposal 571 - Sat Mar 30 8:00am CST 1996
Changing Player Names
CarsesraC (Jeroen M.W. van Dijk)
Decision: Accepted
A player may change it's Official Ackanomic Name if
a) The player anounces the new Name publicly with a short explanation to all the players.
b) The player sents the old name, the new name and the real name of the player to the Registrar.
Proposal 572 - Tue Apr 2 12:39:15 EST 1996
Repeal rule 415
SnafuMoose (Stephen F Roberts)
Decision: Accepted
Repeal Rule 415Comments:
Rule 415 is entirely replaced by rule 396.
Proposal 573 - Tue Apr 2 12:41:22 EST 1996
Replace Rule 403
SnafuMoose (Stephen F Roberts)
Decision: Retracted By Author Using Rule 423
"Whereas rule 403 is effectively out of date, seeing as there is no rule 212. And whereas I have alterations to make to rule 403. Be it here known that 403 shall be changed from:
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"Impartialism, or the Special Case of Rule 212."Any call for judgement that is required on a rule or propostion that involves a member of a political party, cannot have as its judge a member of that political party. Furthermore, neither can the judge be a member of any other political party.
"In the event a judge cannot be found, then the standard rule (212) is then used, disregarding this special case. Any judge, however selected, will act in accordance with the rules governing a judge's behavior, most notably rules 213, 214, 215, 216, 217.
"This rule only takes precendence over rule 212 as outlined above.
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"To the following:
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"Impartialism in the Choosing of Judges"The following rules shall apply when the CotC is selecting a Judge for a CFJ:
"a) The player making the CFJ may designate up to n people who then cannot be selected for judgeship. The list of n people shall remain confidential to the CotC who cannot disclose them.
"a-prime) The value of n shall be 3. [[this is separate to allow easier changes]]
"b) Any call for judgement that is required on a rule or propostion that involves a member of a political party, cannot have as its judge a member of that political party.
"c) Any call for judgement that is required on a rule or propostion that involves a member of a political party cannot have a member of another political party as its judge.
"d) Players on vacation may be given judgeships all of the above requirements eliminate all other candidates. In the event that a vacationing player is given a judgeship, any applicable time requirements for that player start when the player returns from vacation.
"The CotC must consider the above requirements in order given when determining valid candidates for a Judgeship [ie. if the player making the call uses part (a) to eliminate all other candidates who would be the only candidates if part (b) were considered, then part (b) is ignored and the player may be a member of the party.]
"If there are less than 5 players in the game, then this entire rule is void until there are more than 5 players.
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Comments:
This is intended to fill out the Impartialism rule, as well as allow some additional flexability for the player making the initial call.
Proposal 574 - Tue Apr 2 12:43:05 EST 1996
Order out of Chaos
SnafuMoose (Stephen F Roberts)
Decision: Rejected
"Let an entity be created called the Logical Rule Order (LRO). The LRO shall be composed of all current rules reorganized into logical categories rather than in ordinal order. The categories to be used are listed elsewhere in this rule."The LRO shall be maintained by the Web-Harfer and published on the Ofical Ackanomic Web Page (tm). The Web-Harfer should make a public anouncement whenever changes are made to the LRO, with no more than one change message every three days regardless of how many different changes are made [[just in case the WH makes many small changes during one day]]
"The rules published in the LRO shall be organized into the following categories:
" MetaRules - Rules affecting the structure of the AckaNomic world
" Players - Rules concering players, player actions, etiquite and related.
" Scoring - Rules directly related to getting points.
" Proposals - Rules dealing with creation of proposals and voting.
" Conflicts - Rules dealing with CFJs.
" Political Entities - Rules dealing with offices and related political entities.
" Miscelaneous - Rules dealing with other entities and other items that do not directly fall into an above category."In no way does this rule or the existence of the LRO invalidate the Ordinal Ordering (OO) rule list. The LRO is intended to compliment the OO, not replace it."
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Comments:
Ok, this was stolen rather directly from AgoraNomic, but I think its a good idea. I created a LRO for my own use and have attached it as a sample to the end of this message.
There was supposed to be a link here to a sample LRO, but I don't know where the file is.
Proposal 575 - Tue Apr 2 12:44:24 EST 1996
Amending 486
SnafuMoose (Stephen F Roberts)
Decision: Accepted
"Rule 486 must be ammended to add the following:"Any CFJ must include a single, clear, and clearly labeled statement that can be answered TRUE, or FALSE. The remainder of the CFJ may consist of alternate material to bolster one decision or another. The judge is required only to consider the actual statement provided and the current ruleset.
"CFJ's with no clear statement, or consisting of empty statements or inherintly contradictory statements or multiple statements shall not be considered for judgement.
"[eg "SnafuMoose has the power to ammend a rule" is valid, while "Can I ammend a rule?" is not (cannot be answered true, false). "I think PlayerXXX is a butthead" is also not valid, since it also cannot be answered true/false ("PlayerXXX is a butthead" is valid)]
Proposal 576 - Tue Apr 2 12:45:55 EST 1996
Political Offices, Starting List
pTang1001001sos (Mark Nau)
Decision: Accepted
(i) The following Offices are Political Offices: President, Senator, Justice.
(ii) No other Office is to be considered a Political Office unless explicitly specified as such by the Rules.
Proposal 577 - Tue Apr 2 12:47:09 EST 1996
Party pooper - Repeal 391
Dr McSpong (Julian Richardson)
Decision: Rejected
Repeal rule 391 ("Rewarding party unity").
Proposal 578 - Tue Apr 2 12:48:36 EST 1996
Retracting CFJ's
jeff (Jeffrey Manson)
Decision: Accepted
A player may retract their own Call For Judgement (CFJ) by making a request to the public forum. The proposal may be retracted only if the a the judge has not decided on the outcome or the judge chosen has not accepted judgement on the CFG. The player retracting the CFJ shall suffer a 1 point penalty.
Proposal 579 - Tue Apr 2 12:49:50 EST 1996
There Can Only Be One Of Each - Amending 505
mr cwm (Eric Murray)
Decision: Accepted
The text of R505 shall be amended to insert the words "of each" after the word "one".
Proposal 580 - Tue Apr 2 12:51:14 EST 1996
Mos Maiorum
Snowgod (Phil Ackley)
Decision: Rejected
This proposal states that the currently existing game custom [as referred to in rules 101 & 216] shall henceforth be known as the Mos Maiorum.
Proposal 581 - Tue Apr 2 13:52:44 EST 1996
Fixing PRESENT votes - Amending 203
devjoe (Joseph DeVincentis)
Decision: Accepted
Amend Rule 203 from: "The number of votes required to pass a proposal is two-thirds of the votes legally cast within the prescribed voting period." to: "The number of votes required to pass a proposal is two-thirds of the total of the YES and NO votes legally cast within the prescribed voting period."
Proposal 582 - Tue Apr 2 13:57:08 EST 1996
Life, the Universe, and Everything
devjoe (Joseph DeVincentis)
Decision: Rejected
This rule changes its own effective ordinal number to 42. This rule takes precedence over any other rule which would try to set or change this rule's effective ordinal number.
Proposal 583 - Tue Apr 2 14:34:04 EST 1996
The Ambassador
pascal (Jason Reed)
Decision: Accepted
That there be created a rule with the text:
"
There exists the office of Ambassador, with one seat, and the duty of obtaining information regarding other Nomics, providing information about Ackanomic upon requests to similar representatives of other Nomics, and keeping the Players of AckaNomic informed of major events in other Nomics and endeavours [sp?] to create meta-Nomic games.
Proposal 584 - Tue Apr 2 14:40:01 EST 1996
Compensation for Judges
ThinMan (John Bollinger)
Decision: Rejected
When the judge legally selected for a CFJ submits a judgement of TRUE or FALSE for that CFJ according to all the applicable rules, he shall receive two units of the official Ackanomic currency [[currently Ackadollars]], should such a thing exist at that time.
Proposal 585 - Tue Apr 2 17:17:41 EST 1996
Amending R203 into line with R463
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Rejected
The number of votes required to pass a proposal is two-thirds of the votes legally cast for or against that proposal within the prescribed voting period, and only those two types of vote.
Proposal 586 - Tue Apr 2 17:33:06 EST 1996
Subject Headings
NumberSix (Ben Gold)
Decision: Accepted
This proposal will amend the last line of rule #464 which originally read:"The abbreviation Ack is an acceptable substitute for the word Ackanomic in all cases."
to read:
"The abbreviation Acka is an acceptable substitute for the word Ackanomic in all cases."
Proposal 587 - Tue Apr 2 17:33:42 EST 1996
Definition of Active Player
NumberSix (Ben Gold)
Decision: Accepted
A player is defined as "active" only after said Player has voted.
Proposal 588 - Tue Apr 2 17:36:10 EST 1996
Amending Rule 488
NumberSix (Ben Gold)
Decision: Accepted
This proposal would change the phrase "registered players" to "active players", thereby denying the power of judgement from players who have not ever voted.
Proposal 589 - Tue Apr 2 17:46:46 EST 1996
Amendment to rule #486
NumberSix (Ben Gold)
Decision: Accepted
This proposal will change the phrase "Any player" in the 1st line of rule #486 to the phrase "Any active player", thereby denying the ability of inactive players to call judgement upon active players.
Proposal 590 - Tue Apr 2 17:47:44 EST 1996
the silly dance
chess piece face (Paul Swan)
Decision: Rejected
any player who fails to vote on a proposal is defined as silly for a period of 4 days. during that period of time they must send in at least one public message that describes a silly dance that they will do as a result of not voting. if the player fails to describe their silly dance, they will be penalized 100 points.
Proposal 591 - Wed Apr 3 12:11:34 EST 1996
Disclosure
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Rejected
Any office-holder or candidate for office, whether that office is elected, appointed, selected on a volunteer basis, or otherwise chosen by the appropriate rules, must disclose publically if they are a participant in any other Nomic like or Meta-Nomic game on the Internet.If an office-holder or candidate's status changes with respect to participation in said game(s) (ie, they leave or join), they must again make a public disclosure of this fact.
If player X believes player Y has not made a proper disclosure, and has evidence to support this belief, player X may initiate a CFJ on the matter. Upon a verdict of TRUE, player Y is immediatly removed/disqualified from said office. Upon a verdict of FALSE, player X loses 20 points.
Proposal 592 - Wed Apr 3 12:12:21 EST 1996
Protection
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)
Decision: Accepted
A new rule shall be created, reading: "A protected entity may not be created, destroyed, or manipulated except in accordance with the Rules. It has no effect on the game other than those effects specified by the Rules."
Proposal 593 - Wed Apr 3 12:13:36 EST 1996
The Inventor
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)
Decision: Accepted
A new rule shall be created, reading:If, at the time of the adoption of this rule, there is a rule Titled "Protection", this paragraph shall be removed from this rule. Otherwise, this rule shall repeal itself.
(i) Let there be an Officer called the Inventor. The Duties of the Inventor are to keep a public record of all existing Blueprints, to keep a public record of who owns each existing Gadget, and to take care of all other bookkeeping required to ensure that all Gadgets behave in accordance with their Blueprints.
(ii) When an Inventor is removed from office by impeachment, e loses 20 points. If an Inventor resigns while an IP is pending against em, e loses 5 points. [The Inventor has a powerful position, and we may end up wanting to make it easier than usual to get rid of em. The details can be changed once there is a rule authorizing impeachment, and a concensus on just how volatile the position of Inventor should be.]
(iii) Blueprints and Gadgets are protected.
(iv) When the Office of the Inventor is vacant, it shall be filled by an Election for Office.
Proposal 594 - Wed Apr 3 12:14:20 EST 1996
Blueprints
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)
Decision: Accepted
A new rule shall be created, reading:If, at the time of the adoption of this rule, there is a rule Titled "The Inventor", this paragraph shall be removed from this rule. Otherwise, this rule shall repeal itself.
(i) The Inventor can create a new Blueprint by publicly posting its text. If a new Blueprint does not (a) introduce exactly one new type of Gadget, (b) name the new Gadget type, and (c) unambiguously define the behavior of such a Gadget, it is immediately destroyed.
(ii) When a Blueprint is judged to be in conflict with one or more Rules, the Blueprint is destroyed.
(iii) A Blueprint is lonely iff there do not currently exist any Gadgets made from that Blueprint. The Inventor may destroy a lonely Blueprint. If an Inventor leaves office for any reason, all lonely Blueprints are destroyed. [This gives the Players a way to get rid of the Blueprint for some Doomsday device: impeach the Inventor.]
[A Blueprint is not a legally binding document except where the Rules say that it is.]
Proposal 595 - Wed Apr 3 12:15:27 EST 1996
Gadgets
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)
Decision: Rejected
A new rule shall be created, reading:If, at the time of the adoption of this rule, there is a rule Titled "Blueprints", this paragraph shall be removed from this rule. Otherwise, this rule shall repeal itself.
(i) A Gadget's Blueprint is the Blueprint that defines the class of Gadget to which that Gadget belongs. If a Gadget's Blueprint exists, the Gadget behaves in the manner defined by the Blueprint, and may be manipulated in accordance with it.
(ii) A Gadget has at most one owner. The ownership of a Gadget may be transferred from one Player to another by mutual consent, but both Players must write messages to the Inventor notifying him of the transfer. The time of the transfer is the time of the later of the two messages.
(iii) The ability to create Gadgets is a Privelege of the inventor. The Inventor may create a Gadget only by performing these tasks, in this order:
(a) choosing a type from those defined by existing Blueprints.
(b) announcing publicly that a new Gadget of that type is being made. This cannot be done if the Inventor is already in the process of making a Gadget.
(c) building the gadget. This task is completed when the Inventor has spent at least three days building, and the Blueprint defining the type of Gadget to be made has existed for at least one week. The Gadget is created at the end of this time. It has no owner.
(d) holding an auction to determine the Gadget's owner. [The nature of the auction, beyond what is defined by the Rules, is left to the Inventor's choice.] If the auction fails to specify an owner, the Gadget is destroyed. Otherwise, the Inventor is awarded one point, the Gadget is transferred to its new owner, and the proceeds of the auction are destroyed.
(iv) If, during the creation process, the Inventor's Priveleges are suspended, the process is paused. If, during the creation process, the Inventor leaves office, no new Gadget is created, or the new Gadget is destroyed (whichever case applies). [The process cannot be otherwise aborted.]
(v) A Gadget's owner can destroy it by publicly announcing that he or she is doing so, unless the Gadget's Blueprint specifies that it is indestructible.
(vi) A Gadget may create, destroy, or manipulate a protected entity if its Blueprint so specifies. [So, Gadgets can affect other Gadgets, create points, and so on, as long as this behavior does not conflict with the Rules.]
(vii) If it is judged TRUE that an Inventor has instituted abominable auctioneering practices during a specific auction, that Inventor shall be penalized 10 points, and eir Priveleges as Inventor shall be suspended for a period of two weeks. During this time the Inventor holds eir post in an Acting capacity.
Proposal 596 - Wed Apr 3 12:16:12 EST 1996
changing rule numbers
chess piece face (Paul Swan)
Decision: Rejected
upon passing of this proposal every new rule will be given a rule number that is equal to the proposal number devided by the number pi, which will be carried out to no more than 25 decimal places.
Proposal 597 - Wed Apr 3 12:16:44 EST 1996
SPOOOOOONNNN
chess piece face (Paul Swan)
Decision: Rejected
this rule creates an acka entity that will be known as SPOOOOOONNNN. SPOOOOOONNNN will have several powers, which are outlined below.first, SPOOOOOONNNN will be able to change the vote of up to 6 players on each proposal.
secondly, SPOOOOOONNNN can eat up a maximum of 15 points from any player, simply by declaring that it is hungry, the message to eat is required to read... "SPOOOOOONNNN is hungry, and it wants to eat up *player's name*'s points!!!"
SPOOOOOONNNN will be controlled by the player who sends in the longest request asking for control.
Proposal 598 - Wed Apr 3 12:17:20 EST 1996
Looky at the new tour hats
chess piece face (Paul Swan)
Decision: Rejected
each player is hereby required to choose what they want their ackanomic hat to look like. they must then write a 25 line description of their hat, telling what it looks like and why they choose that design for it. messages describing the players hat should be sent to the registrar, who will compile a huge list of everyone's hat descriptions, and then make that list available for any player to see, in conjunction with the web-harfer.
Proposal 599 - Wed Apr 3 12:17:58 EST 1996
Encouraging Voting
ThinMan (John Bollinger)
Decision: Accepted
If a quorum is not established for the voting on any proposal then:(i) Each player who did not legally cast a vote on that proposal, and who was legally counted for the purpose of determining the quorum, shall lose two points.
(ii) No player who did legally vote on the proposal shall have his score adjusted as a result of the failure of the proposal.
This rule takes precedence over all mutable rules governing scoring.
If the term "active player" is defined in the rules, then every occurance of the word "player" in parts (i) and (ii) of this rule shall be interpreted as if it was "active player."
Proposal 600 - Wed Apr 3 12:33:32 EST 1996
Repeal 421
Wayne (Wayne Sheppard)
Decision: Accepted
Rule 421 shall be repealed.