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A Proposal to Amend R362, which currently reads:"If any player does not vote or communicate publically with all of the Ackanomic players for a time period of one week, and this fact is pointed out to the Speaker by any player (other than the said player), then the Speaker must send a message to the player who has been absent. In this message the Speaker must ask the player if he wishes to continue playing the game, and points out why the message is being sent. If the player does not reply within two days, then the player is no longer a player in the game. The ex-player may rejoin the game later, if he desires, with the same score he had when he left."to insert the phrase "who is not on vacation" between the third and forth words.
Proposal 952 - Mon Jul 01 23:30:44 EDT 1996
Fixing rules 104 and 105
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)
Decision: Accepted
Amend R104 to read, in full:
All proposals made in the proper way shall be voted on. When a proposal's prescribed voting period ends, or all players have cast a vote on a proposal, then that proposal is accepted if a quorum has been achieved and the required number of YES votes were cast on the proposal.
[[ As it is now, rule 104 suffers from the problem that it requires proposals to meet these conditions (including the voting period) in order to be accepted, but it doesn't say that a proposal is accepted when it meets the conditions. Rule 106 does, but another upcoming proposal will reduce R106 to just being about retroactivity. Also, 'adopted' is changed to 'accepted' -- another upcoming proposal will fix this in the mutables, so that proposals are always accepted or rejected -- not adopted, passed, or failed. ]]Amend R105 to read, in full:
Proposals must be e-mailed to the appropriate officer and distributed to the players before they can be voted on. Accepted proposals must guide play in the form in which they were distributed to the players.
[[ This form is much more appropriate for an e-mail nomic. ]]Transmute rule 104 to immutable.
Transmute rule 105 to immutable.
Proposal 953 - Tue Jul 02 11:50:11 EDT 1996
Catching up with 910
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
1. ammend R775 Creation of Church in the following ways
a.In section 5c replace the words "provide an explain" with the words "provide an explanation"
b.In section 6 replace the words "more that one Church" with the words "more than one Church"
c. In section 8e replace the words "does not its membership criteria" with the words "does not meet its membership criteria"2. Ammend R726 R. Party Hall in the following ways
a.In line 13 replace the words "becomes vacated" with the words "becomes vacant"
Proposal 954 - Tue Jul 02 11:50:29 EDT 1996
Ammend Party Hall
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
[[in light of the soon to be submitted Party Chess - titled, Swinger like to play around, somewhat changed from the recently published proto-RFC, I feel some ammendments should be made to Party Hall]]1. Replace the words " A Swinger can be voted out by 2/3 of the players" with the words
" A Swinger can impeached, according to the regular procedure for impeachment as described in R613 Offices , Impeachment, if that rule exists, with the additional requirements
a. A Party Swinger is impeached only if at least one of the Yes votes was cast by a member of eir Party
b. The NAP Swinger is impeached only if at least 1/2 of the of non-aligned players, who are not on vacation, voted Yes, regardless of the number of non-aligned players who voted on the IP."
Proposal 955 - Tue Jul 02 14:37:39 EDT 1996
Amending 362
pTang1001001sos (Mark Nau)
Decision: Retracted by author
A proposal to amend R362 so that it reads, in whole:
"If any player who has not voluntarily put eirself on vacation does not vote or communicate publicly with all of the Ackanomic players for a time period of one week, and this fact is pointed out to the Speaker by any player, then the Speaker must send a message to the player who has been absent. In this message the Speaker must ask the player if e wishes to continue playing the game, and points out why the message is being sent. If the player does not reply within two days, then e is no longer a player in the game."
Proposal 956 - Tue Jul 02 23:27:58 EDT 1996
Amending 355
pTang1001001sos (Mark Nau)
Decision: Rejected
1) amend R355, iff it exists, so that it reads, in whole:"
There exists a protected acka-entity known as the Voting Gnome. The Voting Gnome can never be owned, nor is he stored in the Treasury. This takes precedence over any Rule that would attempt to confine this poor woodland creature to the Treasury. Instead, the Voting Gnome lives in a small bungalow situated on the bank of the River Tongula just where it enters the Not-So-Dark Forest.The Voting Gnome can cast one vote on each Proposals. This takes precedence over any Rule that would deny the Voting Gnome the ability to vote on Proposals.
At any time, the Player with the lowest positive score will be known as the Gnome Buddy. The Gnome Buddy may dictate how the Voting Gnome shall vote on each Proposal submitted while e is the Gnome Buddy.
If there is more than one person who is tied for the lowest positive score, then the next lowest positive score is used, and this continues until the lowest single positive score is found. If all positive scores are tied, then there is no Gnome Buddy until the scores change such that this is no longer the case.
In the event that there is no Gnome Buddy, or if the Gnome Buddy fails to specify how the Voting Gnome shall vote, the Voting Gnome will not vote.
"2) create a new rule, iff R355 does not exist, with the full text given between the quotes above.
Proposal 957 - Wed Jul 03 11:46:11 EDT 1996
Notes fix
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)
Decision: Retracted by author
Rule 545 shall be amended to read:
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{{ The symbol [[ in rules other than this one begins a temporary note, which ends with the next following symbol ]]. All temporary notes shall be removed from the rules herewith. }}A left square bracket in a rule or other text begins a note, which ends with the next following right square bracket, or the end of the rule or body of text, whichever comes first. [This means that notes do not nest.] In the Ackanomic language, notes have no semantic meaning, whatever their lexical content.
-----(The double-braced part will get rid of temporary notes that weren't really temporary... there was a teeny problem with that, as Malenkai pointed out with his paradox win, and so the first paragraph will clean up the mess.)
(If someone wants a temporary note from here on out, {{ [ notes can be embedded in Malenkai braces. ] }} )
Proposal 958 - Wed Jul 03 12:04:05 EDT 1996
Fixing the Retroactivity Ban
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)
Decision: Accepted
[ This has been in the works for a while now. It strengthens the retroactivity ban. Also, it changes R491 so that if one rule change falls on R106's bad side, that doesn't mean the whole proposal gets nuked. ]1. Rule 106 is hereby amended to read:
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No rule may generate any effect that applies retroactively to a time before the generation of the effect. A rule change may not have any effects retroactive to before its adoption. A statement verified by judgement, however, applies retroactively to any past game situation it may concern.
=====2. Rule 491 is hereby amended to read, in whole:
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A rule change is a description of a game effect. A rule change is valid if it describes the creation of a new mutable rule, the amendment of an existing mutable rule, the repeal of an existing mutable rule, or a change of the mutability of any rule. Otherwise, the rule change is invalid.When a valid rule change is adopted, the effect described by the rule change happens. The adoption of an invalid rule change has no effect.
A proposal is any collection of text designated as a proposal, submitted in the proper manner. When a proposal is accepted, any rule changes in the proposal are adopted, one at a time, in the order in which they appear.
=====3. Rule 516 is repealed.
4. Rule 106 is transmuted from Mutable to Immutable.
Proposal 959 - Wed Jul 03 12:50:05 EDT 1996
Magic Monday
Wayne (Wayne Sheppard)
Decision: Rejected
Proposals that are distributed by the Promoter on Mondays shall be protected from corruption. Only votes cast by players shall be counted on these proposals. The day listed on the first header line of the proposal shall be used to determine which day the proposal was distributed on.The Voting Gnome shall not vote on these proposals. This takes precedence over Rule 355.
The Tammany shall abstain on these proposals. This takes precedence over Rule 554.
No Extra Votes shall be allowed on these proposals. This takes precedence over Rule 566.
Proposal 960 - Wed Jul 03 17:22:39 EDT 1996
Official Monkey
Kelly Martin (Kelly Martin)
Decision: Rejected
The hanuman langur (Presbytis entellus) is hereby made the Official Monkey of Ackanomic. No Player may vex, annoy, or harrass any langur which he might encounter during his travels.
Proposal 961 - Wed Jul 03 17:23:06 EDT 1996
New and Returning Players
pTang1001001sos (Mark Nau)
Decision: Rejected
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The term "new player" refers only to a person who registers as a player, and who has not been registered as a player since noon EST, 10 July 1996.A player is termed to have "returned" to the game only when e registers as a player after having left the game sometime since noon EST, 10 July 1996.
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Proposal 962 - Wed Jul 03 17:24:25 EDT 1996
Undead and stuff
pTang1001001sos (Mark Nau)
Decision: Accepted
A Proposal to do each of the following, in turn:A) create a Rule entitled "Twas Brillig":
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The following entities are mimsy:Gumball
Magic Potato
Phoebe
Phoebe's matchbox
Great Trombone
Brass MonkeyNo other entities are mimsy unless explicitly designated as such by the Rules.
{{[mimsy entities will be taken from a Player when e leaves the game. The next rule in this Proposal does that.]}}
=====B) create a Rule entitled "Player Leaving/Returning Process": =====
There shall exist the following protected acka-entities:
- Bond PromissoryWhen a player announces eir intent to leave the game:
1) Every PF associated with em converts into a Bond Promissory in eir Real Life name.
2) All of eir mimsy possessions are taken away and considered unowned.
3) An Undead is created, and haunts all of the player's remaining possessions.
4) All of these possessions become unowned and go into the Treasury.
5) The player is removed from all Offices.
6) The player is no longer a player, and is relieved of any and all obligations within the game.
7) The Undead created in step 4 is given the name the player had when e announced eir intent to leave the game.When a player returns to the game:
1) Eir score is 0, unless e left the game during the current cycle, in which case eir score is the minimum of (the score e had when e last left the game, 0).
2) Upon choosing eir Ackanomic name in accordance with the Rules: If there exists an Undead of that name, the Undead is destroyed, and therefore ceases haunting anything. All the entities that the just-destroyed Undead was haunting just before it was destroyed are then given to the returning player.
=====C) amend R703 to append the following section to the end:
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5. This Rule defers to other Rules on the matter of whether it is permissible for a returning Player to choose, as eir Ackanomic name, the same name as an Undead.
=====D) repeal R859.
Proposal 963 - Wed Jul 03 17:24:46 EDT 1996
Leaving the Game
pTang1001001sos (Mark Nau)
Decision: Accepted
A Proposal to do each of the following, in turn:A) Transmute R111 to mutable.
B) Amend R111 so that its text reads, in whole:
"A player always has the option to leave the game." and so that its title is "Leaving the Game"C) Amend R362 so that it reads, in whole:
"
If any player who is not currently on a voluntarily activated vacation does not vote or communicate publicly with all of the Ackanomic players for a time period of one week, and this fact is pointed out to the Speaker by any player, then the Speaker must send a message to the player who has been absent. In this message the Speaker must ask the player if e wishes to continue playing the game, and points out why the message is being sent. If the player does not reply within two days, then e is considered to have left the game.
"D) Transmute R111 to immutable.
Proposal 964 - Wed Jul 03 18:45:17 EDT 1996
Night of the Living Dead
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)
Decision: Accepted
1. Create a new rule, entitled "Undead, Creation of", with this text:There exists the class of protected acka-entities known as the Undead.
a) Each Undead has a name and can act to "haunt" some number of entities.
b) The Undead only act as specified in the Rules.
c) Entities that are haunted by Undead cannot be manipulated in any way except by an action of the Undead. This clause takes precedence over any mutable Rule that would otherwise allow haunted entities to be manipulated.
[The Undead _haunt_ rather than possess entities.]-----
2. Amend Rule 665, "Treasury and Hard Money":
Change the paragraph entitled "Bankrupt Treasury" to:
Whenever some number of Players are to receive A$ from the Treasury, and there are insufficient available A$ to meet those obligations, the following process is executed:
a) If there are no A$ being haunted by Undead, skip to step (d) of this process.
b) Each Undead stops haunting 10% (round up) of the A$ it is haunting.
c) If there are still insufficient available A$ to meet the obligations, the process returns to step (a).
d) If there are sufficient available A$ to meet to the obligations, the obligations are met, and the process ends.
e) the remaining available A$ in the treasury shall be given to the players in proportion to the number of A$ owed each player.
Proposal 965 - Wed Jul 03 18:45:28 EDT 1996
Previously Granted
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)
Decision: Accepted
1. Amend Rule 839, "Building, Creation of".
Change the first sentence after the list of building sizes to:"Each player who has not previously been granted land by application of this rule shall be granted 1 kaa of urban land and a building of small size as eir legal residence."
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2. Amend Rule 480, "Creation of the AckaDollar", to read, in full:
The AckaDollar (A$) will be the official currency of Ackanomia.
Each player who has not previously been granted A$ by application of this rule shall be granted A$900 from the treasury. AckaDollars cannot be traded, exchanged, given, destroyed or in any way acted upon except as specified in the Rules.
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3. Amend Rule 481, "Creation of PF Bonds", to read, in full:
There shall exist an acka-entity known as the Political Favor(PF), also known as the Bond or PFBond.
Each PF is "associated" with exactly one player.
Each player who has not previously been granted PFs by application of this rule shall be granted 100 newly created PFs associated to eirself. At this time, the Financier shall assign a label that may be used to refer to the PFs associated with that player. [e.g.: PFCalvin]
PFs are protected entities, and may not be broken into fractional PFs.
Proposal 966 - Thu Jul 04 01:53:17 EDT 1996
Malenkai's Blue Cross
this is not a name (Mike Epstein)
Decision: Accepted
{{The Blue Cross formerly belonging to Malenkai is hereby given back to him.}}
Proposal 967 - Thu Jul 04 01:53:41 EDT 1996
Asthetics
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
Amend R 703 to replace section 1, which currently reads:1. Nothing in Ackanomic shall have the name or title as any other thing in Ackanomic. Rules, Players, Offices, Organizations, Political Parties, and Entities defined in the rules are specifically covered by this rule, but other things may be covered as well. Proposals are specifically not covered.
with:
1. Nothing in Ackanomic shall have the name or title as any other thing in Ackanomic, with the exception that a Rule title may be the same as the name of an Entity that rule defines. Rules, Players, Offices, Organizations, Political Parties, and Entities defined in the rules are specifically covered by this rule, but other things may be covered as well. Proposals are specifically not covered.
{{[I much prefer the one or 2 word title of the rule being the same as the entity it defines, rather than the "Creation of" being appended to everything. Its slicker looking. Hopefully the voters will agree]}}
Proposal 968 - Thu Jul 04 01:54:22 EDT 1996
Clearing up R 431
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted (was originally thought to be Rejected)
Amend R 431, Consecutive NO votes, to add the following at the end of the current text:If it is discovered that the above has been violated, and that fact is pointed out by any player, then the 8th vote in the string of votes which caused the violation is made a YES vote. The voting results of the affected proposal are then recalculated, and it is redetermined whether or not the proposal was adopted.
{{[ Its a cool rule, the problem with it is its hard to enforce, and its ambigious as to what to do about it if a violation is detected. Violations can occur completely innocently, ie with a retracted proposal. This amendment addresses enforcement and correction, to some extent]}}
Proposal 969 - Thu Jul 04 01:54:49 EDT 1996
The Proposal Queue is not a Public Forum
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
Amend R 423 - Retracting Proposals, to replace the phrase"1 point penalty" with the phrase "2 point penalty"
Proposal 970 - Fri Jul 05 22:18:48 EDT 1996
Ackanomic/Internomic Interface
Kelly Martin (Kelly Martin)
Decision: Accepted
The following Rule shall be created:As soon as it is possible to do so, Ackanomic shall petition to become a member of InterNomic, with the Ambassador (or, in the absence of an Ambassador, the Speaker) as Ackanomic's Liaison to InterNomic.
Ackanomic's Liaison shall keep the Players of Ackanomic apprised in a timely fashion of events in InterNomic of interest to Ackanomic.
Any Ackanomic Player may request the Liaison to make an InterNomic Proposal by sending the Proposal to the Liaison, but may only do so once per week.
Whenever Ackanomic is permitted to vote upon any matter in Internomic, the Liaison shall initiate a vote in Ackanomic to determine how he should cast Ackanomic's vote in Internomic. The Liaison shall establish reasonable procedures for such voting, and shall cast Ackanomic vote in accordance to the results of the vote.
Whenever Ackanomic is required to serve as a judge in Internomic, the Liaison shall render that judgement, and shall do so in the best interests of Ackanomic.
Proposal 971 - Fri Jul 05 22:19:10 EDT 1996
Speed
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
If the time for an officer to perform a certain task is unspecified, or that specification indicates an unlimited amount of time, or the amount of time by which the task is to be done is unclear, then the amount of time shall be considered to be 3 days, not counting any time the officer is on vacation. This takes precedence over any other mutable rule which specifies times as above, or is unclear in its time specifications.Officers, in good faith, shall do all tasks presented to them as quickly as possible to keep the game moving along.
Proposal 972 - Fri Jul 05 22:19:28 EDT 1996
Eggs in the Rules
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Rejected
{{ {{ any player possessing {{ a Chartreuse Goose Egg may may change its color to fuschia [thereby creating] }} a Fuschia Goose Egg [.] gains 43 points.}} }}
Proposal 973 - Fri Jul 05 22:19:50 EDT 1996
Presidential Decisions
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
{{[originally I was gonna make this a Holiday proposal, but I figured we could start a list of things the President can do, in one place. Of course, we won't be appending to it until after the next election :)]}}All of the powers granted on this list are considered Presidential decisions. The President, and only the President, may invoke them. Such invocation must be in a public message, and must be accompanied by reasoning as to why it is being done.
I. Holiday
The President may declare any period of 1 or more days a Holiday. The declaration must include the Holiday's duration and start date/time.
No time during a Holiday shall count towards the times officers have to do their tasks. Nor shall it count towards any "periods" as defined elsewhere in the rules. This clause takes precedence over any mutable rule which would require the counting of such time.
{{[this generally would not be used for traditional holidays, but for things where the network to or the mail server will be down for a while, or other some such]}}
Proposal 974 - Fri Jul 05 22:20:13 EDT 1996
Burn the Witches!
snowgod (Phil Ackley)
Decision: Rejected
On Friday, the 13th, of any month (if such a date should occur) all players will be required to post the following to the public forum: "The earth is not flat, indeed, it is round! I am throwing off the shackles of religious expression! Hallelujah!"Failure to comply is a violation of R101.
Proposal 975 - Fri Jul 05 22:20:38 EDT 1996
Transmute
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Rejected
Transmute R 510 to Mutable.
Transmute R 793 to Mutable.
Proposal 976 - Fri Jul 05 22:21:04 EDT 1996
569 Fixup, plus get rid of those quote marks
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
{{[If Mohammed's rewrite of "Notes and Comments" passes, R 569 will fall apart, and have to rely on "game custom" to survive. I like Mohammed's rewrite, so... Also, what is removed in b) below is part of the rule, its just not on the web page. Might as well nuke it while were here doing the important work.]}}Amend R 569, "Overturning Judgements" to
a) replace all occurences of the string "[in" with the string "In"
b) remove all occurrences of the following string of text:
"[[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."
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Amend R 622, ""Limited Subject Line Lengths"" to change its title to
"Customary Subject Line"
Proposal 977 - Sun Jul 07 00:06:28 EDT 1996
Saving Bandwidth
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
Amend R 611, "Offices, Related Definitions", to make the following changes:1) in section (ii), re-letter all subsections b) thru h) in turn to become subsections c) thru i), in turn
2) in section (ii), directly after subsection a), add the following subsection:
b) If the number of Nominees is the same as the number of vacant Seats for the Office in question, the appropriate Officer shall announce this fact, and the Seats shall be filled by the Nominees. This shall conclude the Election process; no actual Election shall be held in this case. Otherwise,
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Amend R 542, "Creation Political Parties", to replace the sentence:
"The creation of a Political Party must be announced by a Charter that is sent to the Speaker who will then distribute it publically."
with the sentence:
"The creation of a Political Party must be announced by a Charter that is sent to the public forum by any member of the new Party."
Proposal 978 - Sun Jul 07 00:07:00 EDT 1996
Mentors for New Players
snowgod (Phil Ackley)
Decision: Rejected
Upon the admittance of a new player into the game, the Registrar shall randomly select a player from a pool of volunteers to act as a "mentor" for the new player.It is the duty of the Registrar to maintain a list of players who are in the volunteer pool. If there are not enough players in the volunteer pool to assign a mentor for each new player, the Registrar may randomly select a player from the general population.
The duties of the mentor are as follows:
1) Answer any questions concerning game procedure to the new player.
2) Provide a new player with history and arguements for and against either side of a proposal in the voting queue upon the new players request.
3) Provide a new player with information on any matter that requires his immediate attention [for example, a newly active player who is required to return judgement]
4) Answer any other questions the new player has concerning the game of Ackanomic.
The mentor shall be responsible for performing these duties for a period of two weeks from the day he assigned to the player, or until the player declines further services [whichever comes first]
A mentor must always provide information without political or religious bias.
Proposal 979 - Sun Jul 07 00:07:07 EDT 1996
Amnesty is Granted
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)
Decision: Rejected
{{ All players are absolved of any A$ debts they may have to the treasury, and are given enough A$ from the treasury to raise their A$ total to 900, if it is less than that.}}
Proposal 980 - Sun Jul 07 00:18:56 EDT 1996
Gnome Man's Land
this is not a name (Mike Epstein)
Decision: Rejected
Create a new rule as follows:
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If the Gnome Buddy's score is negative, the Gnome may not vote. This rule takes precedence over all other mutable rules.
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Proposal 981 - Sun Jul 07 16:42:45 EDT 1996
Argh, this was the whole proposals 961-965 and I forgot it
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)
Decision: Accepted
Amend Rule 666, "End of Cycle", by adding the following text to the end of section e:
"Each Undead stops haunting 20% (rounded down) of the A$ it is haunting."
Proposal 982 - Sun Jul 07 16:52:55 EDT 1996
Clarifying Invalid CFJs
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
Amend R 589 "Invoking Judgement", to replace the third paragraph, which currently reads:"CFJ's with no clear statement, or consisting of empty statements or inherently contradictory statements or multiple statements shall not be considered for judgement."
with:
"CFJ's with no clear statement, or consisting of empty statements or inherently contradictory statements or multiple statements, in the judgement of the Judge, shall be judged "Invalid". A statement with multiple sentences is not necessarily disqualified; it is up to the judgement of the Judge as to whether such submission is Invalid, as per above."
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Amend R 214, "Three Possible Judgements", to:
a) change it title to "Possible Judgements"
b) amend its text to read, in full:
"There are only the following possible Judgements: (1) True; (2) False; (3) Undecided; or (4) Invalid. A Judgement may be accompanied by reasons and arguments, but any such reasons and arguments form no part of the official Judgement itself."
{{[previous text:
There are only three possible Judgements: (1) True; (2) False; or (3) Undecided. A Judgement may be accompanied by reasons an arguments, but any such reasons and arguments form no part of the official Judgement itself.
]}}
Proposal 983 - Mon Jul 08 08:22:34 EDT 1996
Auto-Gnome
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)
Decision: Accepted
{{ [ In the spirit of Proposal 956... ] }}Amend Rule 355 as follows:
1. If the sentence
"The Gnome Buddy may dictate how the Voting Gnome shall vote on each Proposal submitted while e is the Gnome Buddy."or the sentence"The Gnome Buddy may cast a vote for himself as well as the Voting Gnome for every Proposal dated within the period that the Player has control of the Gnome."appears in the rule, change it to:"At the end of a proposal's voting period, the Gnome shall vote the same way as the player who is the Gnome Buddy at that time, if there is such a player, and that player voted on that proposal; otherwise the Gnome shall abstain."2. If the sentence"In the event that there is no Gnome Buddy, or if the Gnome Buddy fails to specify how the Voting Gnome shall vote, the Voting Gnome will not vote."appears in the rule, delete it.
Proposal 984 - Tue Jul 09 15:08:51 EDT 1996
Ephemeral
pTang1001001sos (Mark Nau)
Decision: Rejected
A Proposal to create a new Rule entitled "Ephemeral": ----------------------------------------------------- {{pTang1001001sos shall have his point total adjusted so that it is exactly equal to the Magic Number, thereby winning the cycle.}}
Proposal 985 - Tue Jul 09 15:09:09 EDT 1996
Amend 660
pTang1001001sos (Mark Nau)
Decision: Accepted
A Proposal to amend R660:
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Insert immediately after the phrase "the rule set,":"votes and the voting process,"
Proposal 986 - Tue Jul 09 15:09:22 EDT 1996
Blanket Protection (Codifying CFJ 113)
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
Amend R 592, "Protection", to read, in full:"A Protected entity may not be created, destroyed, or manipulated except as specified by the Rules. It has no effect on the game other than those effects specified by the Rules.
A Protected action may not be performed except as specified by the rules. An action's performance has no effect on the game other than those effects specified by the Rules.
All entities and actions in Ackanomic are Protected by default, unless the rule(s) which specify or define their behaviour *explicitly* state otherwise. This clause defers precedence to all such mutable rules which *explicitly* state such."
{{[ original text:
A protected entity may not be created, destroyed, or manipulated except as specified by the Rules. It has no effect on the game other than those effects specified by the Rules.]}}
Proposal 987 - Tue Jul 09 15:09:38 EDT 1996
No Juryrigging
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
Amend Rule 589 "Invoking Judgement", to insert the following text immediately after the paragraph which starts with the phrase "CFJ's with no clear statement":Any CFJ whose statement is substantially similar, or whose negative is substantially similar, to the statement of a CFJ submitted by the same player within the past week, in the judgement of the judge, shall be judged Invalid. This applies even in the case that the previously submitted CFJ was retracted by the player in question.
{{[If my other proposal to fix 589 fails, and Invalid is an undefined judgement, this will be retracted. This is to fix a loophole that allows "shotgunning" of CFJs until one gets a judge they like, and then retracting the others. It also applies to the case where you get a judge you don't like, and retract in hopes of getting a better draw. I will probably use this loophole, for now, if Bascule's mail continues to bounce. The alternative is to jack up the penalty for CFJ retraction, which was a bad idea to start with (CFJ retraction is), but we've already shown what scores may mean, so I went with this idea]}}
Proposal 988 - Wed Jul 10 01:28:13 EDT 1996
Selecting A Judge
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Retracted by author
A proposal to replace the text of R588 entirely with the following text:1. Let TJI be the sum total of JIs of all players who are eligible to be selected as Judges for a given CFJ.
2. The probability that any single player will be selected a Judge for a given CFJ is calculated as JI divided by TJI, and may be denoted as JP. Hence for each player JP=JI/TJI ; 0<=JP<=1 [[in probabilty, p=1 is certainty, p=0 is certainly not :)]]
3. The officer in charge in selecting Judges, will select the judges randomlly according to the probabilities calculated for each player.
4. When a player is selected to be a judge for a specific CFJ, eir JI is decreased by 1, regardless of the verdict the Judge returns.
5. a. The player selected has 3 days in which to accept or refuse the appointment by posting, either publically or privately, to the applicable officer. Any player who does not respond to selection in 3 days shall be penalized 10 points, and is deemed to have refused appointment.
b. If a selected player refuses appointment, then that player is no longer considered eligible for judgement on that CFJ, and a new player is selected according to the method described in this rule[[There have many discussions whether this necessary. While the overall distribution of CFJs is pretty even, this is intended to make the local distribution more even, while it does not hamper the overall distribution]]
Proposal 989 - Wed Jul 10 01:28:30 EDT 1996
Definition of Judging Index
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
A proposal to create a rule entitled "Definition of Judging Index" which contains the following text:1. Let each registered player have a Judgement Index, which may be reffered to as JI.
2. Let MaxJI equal the greatest JI. There may be more than one player whose JI equals MaxJI
3. When ever MaxJI is smaller than 4, the JI of all players are increased by (4-MaxJI)
4. Whenever a new player joins the game, eir JI will be set to 3
5 The officer in charge of selecting Judges will keep track of JIs.
6. The value of JIs is public information.
7. {{all players' JIs are set equal to 4. }}
Proposal 990 - Wed Jul 10 01:29:01 EDT 1996
Swinger Like to Play I - the board and the pieces
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
A proposal to create a new rule by the name of "Swingers Play Around I - the board and the playing pieces"
1. There exists a checkered board, divided into 20 by 20 squares, which resides in Party Hall. It is called the Party Board. The Party Board is Protected. The Party Board is used for the sole purpose of playing a game called Party Chess. Each column has a letter assigned to it, from a-t beginning with the leftmost column. Each row has an integer assigned to it, from 1-20, when viewed on a screen, the lowest row is 1, the highest is 20, consecutive rows are marked with consecutive integersEach square on the Party Board has coordinates made up of the a letter, which corresponds to the column the square is part of, and an integer, which corresponds to the row the square is part of. The letter always preceeds the integer.
Food or drink may not be placed on the Party Board.2. Party Chess Pieces
A. Each Swinger controls a set of Party Chess Pieces. The pieces are owned by the Office of Swinger, and controlled by the Swinger who holds that office. Whenever this rules refers to pieces as being owned, or as property of a Swinger, the implied meaning is that they are owned by, or are the property of the Office of the Swinger.
B.A Swinger may acquire new pieces in one of two ways: (i)by capturing an opponent's piece, as described elsewhere in this rule . (ii) by purchasing a new piece from the Treasury.
C on-board pieces are pieces which are currently on the Party Board. off-board pieces are pieces which are currently off the Party Board.D.
(i) Any player may announce at any time that e is purchasing a new Party Chess Piece.
(ii)The Party Chess Piece must be a piece defined by a PartyChessPieceDef rule
(iii) The price of a new Party Chess Piece is equal to M*5+10 A$, where M is the material value of the piece. The money is paid to the Treasury.
(iv) If a Party member purchases a Party Chess Piece, it becomes the property of the Swinger of that player's Party
(v)if a non-aligned player purchases a piece, it becomes the property of the Office of the NAP-Swinger
(vi)Any newly purchased Party Chess Piece is initially off-boardE. When a Party is disbanded all the Party Chess Pieces owned by the Swinger or that party are destroyed. No re-imbursement is made for destroyed pieces.
F. When ever the word 'piece' or 'Piece' is used in this rule, it means Party Chess Piece.
3. PartyChessPieceDef rules
A. Each PartyChessPieceDef rule defines exactly one type of piece that can be purchased and used in the game of Party Chess
B. A PartyChessPieceDef rule must include in its title the words 'Creation of PartyChessPiece' followed by the name of the piece
C. A PartyChessPieceDef rule must define the legal moves a piece can make. That is, define in a non-ambiugous way, which empty squares on the Party Board the piece can move to. All such definition are relative to the current square the piece occupies
D. A PartyChessPieceDef rule may define different rules for capturing an opponent's piece. Capturing consists of moving into a square occupied by an opponent's piece, removing the opponent's piece from the board, and adding it to one's own off-board pieces. If a PartyChessPieceDef rule does not define rules for capture, then the rules defined for movement, are also the rules for capture. - i.e. piece A can capture opponent's piece B, if B occupies a square, that, had it been vacant, would have been legal for A to move into.E. Capturing friendly pieces is forbidden.
F. A PartyChessPieceDef rule must define a material value for the piece.
G. A PartyChessPieceDef rule must define a non-space ASCII character to represent the piece. The character must not be one that is already used by another Party Chess Piece. These characters will be used to represent the pieces on representation of the Party Board.
H. The only exception to section 3 of this rule is the Party Chess Piece named King. The King is defined in a seperate section of this rule.I. This section (section 3.I) defers to all PartyChessPieceDef rules
(i) Pieces may be promoted or demoted unless a PartyChessPieceDef rules specifically states that they can be.
(ii) A piece may not skip over other pieces, unless it specifically allowed by the PartChessPieceDef rule defining that piece.
(iii) There are 8 main directions:
horizontal - when a piece moves from a square, to another square in the same row, it is said to move in a horizontal direction.
veritcal - when a piece moves from a square, to another square in the same column, it is said to move in the vertical direction
diagonal - when a piece moves from a square to another square, such that the number of rows it moved, is equal to the number of columns it moved, it is said to move in a diagonal direction.
Altogether, can move, at most, in either of two horizontal directions, either of two vertical directions, and either of four diagonal directions, making for a total of 8, every move can defined as a combination of those 8.
Whenever PartyChessPieceDef rules refer to all direction, then they refer, only to the directions specified in this section of this rule.Whenever PartyChessPieceDef rules refer to any given direction, then they refer to any of the directions specified in this section of this rule, however, they must be considered one at a time, and the considerations must be independent of one another.(iv)The capital letters R and C may stand for the row and column which the square the piece currently occupies is a part of, respectively.
(v)The terms DestR, and DestC, may standfor the row and column of any destination square
(vi) The term SQ1 refers to the closest square in any given direction. The term SQ2 refferes to the second closest square in any given direction. The term SQ3, refers to the 3rd closest square in any given direction, and so on until SQ19.
SQ0- reffers to square (R,C)
(vii)The term dR refers to the absolute value of (DestR-R). The term dC refers to the absolute value of (DestC-C)
(viii)The symbols /AND/ /OR/ /XOR/ /NOT/ correspond to the logical operators AND,OR, X,OR,NOT respectively, and have the same meanings. In order to distinguish them from standard English words, they are written all caps, and are written between forward slashes / /J.All Party Chess Pieces are Protected
4. This rule take precedence over all PartyChessPieceDef rules, except when this rule specifically states otherwise.
5. Section 3 of this rule in its entirety defers to the rule Creation of PartyChessPiece King
Proposal 991 - Wed Jul 10 01:29:35 EDT 1996
Swingers Like to Play Around II - Let's Play
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
A proposal to create a rule with the title "Swingers Like to Play Around II - Let's play", which conatains the following text1. Office of the Chess-Umpire
A.The functional office of Chess Umpire exists.
B. Any player who is not a Swinger is eligible for the office of Chess-Umpire
C. If a Chess-Umpire becomes a Swinger, e must immediately resign eir position as Chess-Umpire.
D. The Chess-Umpire has the following duties:
(i) maintaining and updating the Party Board
(ii) Checking for the legality of the moves
(iii) Notifying Swingers that it is their turn to move - by private e-mail
(iv) Alerting Swingers to the fact that they are being checked, by a public message, which indicates which Swinger or Swingers have been placed in a state of check.
(v) Calculating and posting the Swingers' Absolute and Relative Weights after each move.
(vi) Maintaining a list of game history - all the moves made, Pieces purchased and owned
(vii) The Chess-Umpire will make this information publically available. If possible, the information will be maintained on a web-page as well.
(vii) Determining the playing order.2. Managing the Game
A. At the begining of the game of Party Chess there are no Party Chess Pieces on the Party Board
B. Each Office of Swinger receives one King, and five playing pieces. Each Swinger may choose any five pieces which are defined be a PartyChessPieceDef rule, as long as their total material value does not exceed 30. These pieces are freely given. Initially all pieces are off-board
C. When a new Office of Swinger is created, it receives one King and five playing pieces, as described in 2b
D. Whenever an Office of Swinger is destroyed, as a result of the fact that eir Party no longer exists, all Party Chess Pieces owned by that office are destroyed. No re-imbursement is made for the destroyed items.
E. Determining the playing-order: the NAP Swinger is always first in the playing order. The Chess-Umpire determines the playing-order of the Party Swingers randomly.
F. Spectators are players who are not Swingers, and observers, who wish to follow the game. When ever this rule calls for a public announcement to be made, it means that the anouncement is made to all the Swinger and all the Spectators
G.Swingers take turns playing according to the playing-order
H. Every play must be announced publically - except when this rule specifically states otherwise. Once a play has been publically announced, the turn becomes the turn of the next Swinger in the playing-order. That Swinger has four days in which to make eir play, otherwise eir play defaults to a Pass
I. After the last Swinger in the playing-order has played, the next Swinger in the playing-order is the first Swinger in the playing order.
J. Playing-order must always be followed, except when this rule specifies otherwise.
K.(i)A Round of play is defined as a time period in which each Swinger played exactly once, where default Passes are counted as plays, Special D-Turns are not counted, Special DD-Turn, are only counted if no Swinger was on-hold during the procedure called Special-DD-Turn.
(ii)Each time a Round of play is over, the Number of Rounds counter is incremented by 1
(iii)When ever a new game of Party Chess is started, the Number of Rounds Counter is set to 03.Playing the game
A.
(i) An opposing piece, or an opponent's piece, is a piece controlled by another Swinger, regardless of any agreements, contracts, or treaties made between the different Swingers.
(ii)A friendly piece is a piece controlled by the same Swinger.
(iii)Piece A is said to attack opposing piece B, iff the pieces are placed on squares such that had it been Swinger A's turn, he could capture piece B, using piece A.
(iv)Piece A is said to defend friendly piece B, iff piece A and B are placed on squares such that had B been an opposing piece, A would have been said to attack B.B.On eir turn Swinger may make one of the following plays
terms between ' <' and '>' will be substituted by actual values during gameplay
(i). Move- The Swinger moves an on-board piece e controls from the square it is on, to an unoccupied square, according the PartyChessPieceDef rule, defining that piece. Move is announced as follows:Move <piece name> <current square> To <destination square>
(ii). Capture - The Swinger moves an on-board piece e controls from the square it is on, to a square occupied by an opponent's piece, according to the PartyChessPieceDef rule defining the moved piece. The opponent's piece is removed from the board, and becomes the property of the Swinger who captured it. Captured pieces are initially off-board.
Capture is anounced as follows
<friendly piece name> <current square> Captures <destination square> <opponent's piece name> <opponent's Party name>(iii). Placement - a Swinger places one of eir of-board pieces on an unoccupied square on the board. The Swinger may not place the piece in such a position that it attacks one or more opposing pieces.
Placement is anounced as follows:
Place <piece name> at <destination square>(iv). Pass - the Swinger does nothing. If a Swinger makes no play, within four days of the the most recent play made, then he is considered to have Passed. Such a play is called a Pass by Default, and is considered a play for all practical purposes, including the four day count.
A Pass is anounced as follows:
Pass(v). Surrender - All of the Swinger's pieces are removed from the board, and become off-board pieces.
A Surrender is anounced as follows:
SurrenderC.
(i) If a promotable piece is moved, whether through a Move, or a Capture, into a position which allows it to be promoted, then it is immediately promoted.
The process of promotion is as follows: The original promotable piece is destroyed, and instantly, the piece to which it promotes is created, at no cost, and placed on the square that was occupied by the promotable piece when it was destroyed.
(ii) If a Swinger Places a piece on a move, e may not Move, or Capture in eir next move, unless e is in a state of check.Such a move is not a Special D-Turn.
(iii) A Swinger may not Pass if e is currently in a state of check
(iv) A play that results in placing the Swinger who made that play in a state of check, is illegal. - If there is no legal play, other than Surrender, that would not place the Swinger in a state of check, then the Swinger must surrenderD
(i) A Swinger is considered to be checked, or in a state of check, when eir King is attacked by one or more opposing pieces.
(ii) It is the responsibility of the Chess-Umpire to identify states of check and alert the Swingers that such a state exists, and let the Swingers know whose King is being atttacked.
(iii) Whenever the Chess-Umpire declares that a state of check exists the following procedure take place: If the Swinger whose turn it is to play, is not the checked Swinger, then the Swinger whose turn it is to play is placed On-Hold, and the turn becomes the turn of the checked Swinger. This turn is called "Special D-Turn
After the checked Swinger has made eir play, the turn reverts back to the Swinger On-Hold, and e is no longer On-Hold
(iv) If two or more Swingers are checked simultaneously then the following procedure, called "Special DD-Turn", takes place:
(a) If the Swinger whose turn it is to play, is not one of the checked Swingers, then the Swinger whose turn it is to play is placed On-Hold.
(b) Each of the checked Swingers mails eir play by private e-mail to the Chess-Umpire
(c) If there no conflict between the results of the plays, then the Chess-Umpire anounces the plays publically and updates the Party Board accordingly.
(d) If there is a conflict between the plays, then the Chess-Umpire anounces this fact publically, the plays are not played, and each of the checked Swingers must again mail eir plays privately to the Chess-Umpire,
(e) If the Chess-Umpire decided that there are no possible moves that would not result in conflict, then e must anounce that fact, and all of the checked Swingers must Surrender
(f) If after 4+cp repetitions of the procedure described in steps /b/-/d/, the Swingers' plays still result in conflict, where cp is the number of checked Swingers, then the Chess Umpire announces that fact, and all of the checked Swingers must surrender.(g) A state of conflict is defined as one of the following:
/i/ Two or more Party Chess Pieces occupy the same square, where none of those pieces had occupied that square before.
/ii/ The result of plays is that at least one of the checked Swingers is still checked, by the same Swinger or Swinger sthat he was checked by when the Special DD-Turn procedure commenced.
Proposal 992 - Wed Jul 10 01:29:58 EDT 1996
Swingers Like to Play Around III - mostly odds
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
A proposal to create a rule with title "Swingers Like to Play Around III - mostly odds" which contains the following text:1. Calculating Swingers' Weight
A. Whenever a Swinger completes eir play, the Chess- Umpire calculates the Swingers' Weights and posts that information.
B. Absolute Weight for each Swinger is calculated in the following manner:
For a Swinger whose King is on-board
Weight=
(Total material value of the off-board pieces)+
3*(Total material value of the on-board piece)+
for each piece( add the maximum distance the piece can move, without making a capture), where distance is defined as the greater of (abs(DestC-C)), (abs(DestR-R))
for each piece (add 3 if the piece attacks at least one opponent piece)
for each piece (add 2 if the piece defends at least one friendly piece)For a Swinger whose King is off-board
Weight=1C. Relative Weight for each Swinger is calculated as follows -
if the minimum Weight is non-zero, then
Relative Weight= Absolute Weight / minimum Weight
if the minimum Weight is equal to zero then
Relative Weight=Absolute Weight2. The game of Party Chess is Protected.
3. {{in R726 replace the words:
"A Player who occupies a seat in Party Hall will known as a Swinger (pl.swingers)."
with the words:
"A Player who occupies a seat in Party Hall will known as a Swinger (pl.swingers). Swinger are political Officers" }}
Proposal 993 - Wed Jul 10 01:30:31 EDT 1996
The Law of Party Gravitiy
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Rejected
a proposal to create a rule entitled "The Law of Party Gravity" which contains the following text:1.
a.There are four levels of Swingers, named Primo, Secondo, Tertio, and Populi.
b. Primo is the highest, Secondo is one level below Primo, Tertio is two levels below Primo and Populi is three levels below Primo.
c. The levels Primo, Secondo and Tertio can be occupied by no more than one Swinger.
The Populi level can be occupied by any number of Swingers.2. a. Whenever Weight is recalculated, and there are no ties, Swingers are reassigned to levels. The Swinger with the highest Weight is assigned to Primo, the Swinger with the second highest weight is assigned to Secondo, the Swinger with the third highest weight is assigned to Tertio, the rest of the Swingers are assigned to Populi
b. If there is a tie between two or more Swingers, neither one of the Swingers involved in the tie is reassigned, and the Tie-Fighter, section of this rule is invoked.
c. Whenever a Swinger is reassigned to a higher level than the level e currently occupies, e is said to have moved up, by 1,2, or 3 levels, depending upon the difference between eir source and destination levels. Similarly, whenever a Swinger is reassigned to a lower level, e is said to move down 1,2 or 3 levels,3. SwingVotes
a. a Round of play - when each Swinger has moved once, or forfeited eir move.
b.At the end of every other Round - Swingers are awarded SwingVotes:
(i) Primo receives 3
(ii) Secondo receives 2
(iii) Tertio receives 1c. Whenever a Swinger moves up one or more levels, e recieves one SwingVote for every level e moves. Whenever a Swinger moves down one or more levels, e loses one SwingVotes for every level e moves down, or if e does not have this many SwingVotes, e loses all SwingVotes e owns
d. SwingVotes may be sold, traded, or given away. Parties may regulate the way in which the SwingVotes owned by their Swinger are sold,traded or given away.
e. The NAP Swinger may only sell, trade, or give away SwingVotes to non-aligned players.f.(i) A player who owns a SwingVote may cast it for or against a proposal, in addition to any other vote they may cast according to other rules. a SwingVote can only be used once. Once it has been cast it no longer exists.
(ii). For any single proposal, a given player may cast at most one SwingVote
(iii). For any single proposal, a given party may cast at most two SwingVotes.
(iv). The total number of SwingVotes used by non-aligned players is limited only by section 3.f.(ii) of this rule, and is not limited by section 3.f(iii) of this rule
(v) This rule takes precedence over R3904. Tie-Fighter [[and if you're gufawing about this usage - yes, it's intentional]]
a. section 2 of rule defines the circumstances for invoking a Tie-Fighter
b. The condition of Tie-Fighter persists as long there exists a tie between the Weights of two or more Swingers
c. During a Tie-Fighter, the following things occur:
(i) Swingers do not lose or gain any SwingVotes
(ii) For proposals whose voting period ends during a Tie-Fighter, SwingVotes are not counted. SwingVotes that have been cast, and not counted in accordance with this section are still deemed to have been used.(iii) The number of points received by players during a Tie-Fighter is multiplied by the greatest integer which is smaller than or equal to the Relative Weight of their respective Swinger. There is no effect on points lost as penalties. For party members, the respective Swinger is the Swinger of their Party, for non-aligned players the respective Swinger is the NAP Swinger.
5. It is the duty of the Tabulator to keep track of all aspects of SwingVotes.
Proposal 994 - Wed Jul 10 01:31:07 EDT 1996
Creation of a PartyChessPiece King
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
A proposal to create a rule with the title "Creation of a PartyChessPiece King" which contains the following text:A. Each Swinger has exactly one king.
B. The King may move exactly one square in any direction.
C. This definition is analogous to section 7.b :
The king may move to a square (DestR,DestC) which belong to the set of all squares such that dC=1 /OR/ dR=1
D. The material value of the King is undefined
E. For the purpose of the game of Party Chess, 'King' is a genderless word.
F. The ASCII character representing the King is K
g. A King can be neither purchased nor captured.
Proposal 995 - Wed Jul 10 01:32:28 EDT 1996
Types of Otzma Cards - I
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Rejected
This proposal which has the following effects:I.Creates a rule entitled "Creation of Otzma Card type Yes-Vote" which contains the following text:
"This type os a member of type-set Basic-Votes
An Otzma Card of type Yes-Vote is equivalent to an extra vote of Yes on a proposal. The Player uses this card by sending it to the tabulator along with the number of proposal for which it is to be used At any given time there can be no more than 25 cards of this type in existence"
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II. Creates a rule entitled "Creation of Otzma Card type No-Vote" which contains the following text:"This type is a member of type-set Basic-Votes
An Otzma Card of type No-Vote is equivalent to an extra vote of No on a proposal. The Player uses this card by sending it to the tabulator along with the number of proposal for which it is to be used At any given time there can be no more than 25 cards of this type in existence"
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III Creates a rule entitled "Creation of Otzma" Card type Present-Vote" which contains the following text:
"This type is a member of type-set Basic-Votes
An Otzma Card of type Present -Vote is equivalent to an extra vote of Present on a proposal. The Player uses this card by sending it to the tabulator along with the number of proposal for which it is to be used At any given time there can be no more than 25 cards of this type in existence"
-----------------------------------------------------------------------IV.Creates a rule entitled :"Creation of Otzma Card type Double-Me-Vote" which contains the following text:
"This type is a member of type-set Basic-Votes
An Otzma Card of typeDouble-Me-Vote is equivalent to an extra vote on a proposal.
The Player uses this card by sending it to the tabulator along with the number of proposal for which it is to be used. What ever the player voted, this Otzma Card counts as another vote of the same type. At any given time there can be no more than 20 cards of this type in existence"
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Proposal 996 - Wed Jul 10 01:32:44 EDT 1996
Types of Otzma Cards - II
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Rejected
This proposal which has the following effects:I. Creates a rule entitled "Creation ofOTzma Card type Double-All-Yes" which contains the following text:
"This type is a member of type-set Special-Votes
An Otzma Card of type Double-All-Yes doubles the number of Yes votes on a proposal. The player uses this card by sending it to the tabulater along with the number of the proposal for which it is to be used If more than one Otzma Card of this type are used on the same proposal, the effect is as if only one has been used, and the rest are destroyed. There can no more than 10 Power Cards of this type in existence at any given time"
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II. Creates a rule entitled "Creation of Otzma Card type Double-All-No" which contains the following text:
"This type is a mamber of type-set Special-Votes
An Otzma Card of type Double-All-No doubles the number of No votes on a proposal. The player uses this card by sending it to the tabulater along with the number of the proposal for which it is to be used If more than one Otzma Card of this type are used on the same proposal, the effect is as if only one has been used, and the rest are destroyed. There can no more than 10 Power Cards of this type in existence at any given time"
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III. Creates a rule entitled "Ceation of Otzma Card type Double-All-Present" which contains the following text:
"This type is a mamber of type-set Special-Votes
A Otzma Card of type Double-All-Present doubles the number of Present votes on a proposal. The player uses this card by sending it to the tabulater along with the number of the proposal for which it is to be used If more than one Otzma Card of this type are used on the same proposal, the effect is as if only one has been used, and the rest are destroyed. There can no more than 10 Power Cards of this type in existence at any given time"
[[The only effect of this card is on quorum]]
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IV Creates a rule entitled "Creation of Otzma Card type Double-Me-Points" which contains the following text:
"This type is a member of type-set Point-Stretcher
An Otzma Card of this type doubles the points a player gets from the results of voting on a proposal. It has no effect on penalties. The player uses this card by sending it to the tabulater along with the number of the proposal for which it is to be used There can be no more than 12 Otzma Cards of this type in existence at any given time"
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V.Creates a rule entitled "Creation of Otzma Card type Half-Me-Penalties""This type is a member of type-set Point-Stretcher
An Otzma Card of this type Halves the point penalties a player gets from the results of voting on a proposal. It has no effect on points received by a player , that increase eir score The player uses this card by sending it to the tabulater along with the number of the proposal for which it is to be used There can be no more than 12 Otzma Cards of this type in existence at any given time"
Proposal 997 - Wed Jul 10 01:33:09 EDT 1996
Creation of Otzma Card type Impeachment
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Rejected
A proposal to create a rule entitled "Creation of Otzma Card type Impeachment" which contains the following text:"This card can be used to impeach any functional or political officer.
The player uses this card by publically declaring its usage along with the name of the officer in question, and office from which e is impeached. Once the players has announced this, the named officer is immediately impeached from the named office. This rule takes precedence over any other rule that deals with impeachement.
At any given time there can exist no more than one Impeachment Otzma Card.
An Impeachment Otzma Card automatically self destructs four weeks after it has been created.
The cost of creating an Impeachment Otzma Card is 50 A$"
Proposal 998 - Wed Jul 10 01:33:24 EDT 1996
Creation of Otzma Card type Veto
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Rejected
A proposal to create a rule entitle "Creation of Otzma Card type Veto" which contains the following text:"This card vetoes a proposal, regardless of any other votes on that proposal. The player uses this card by sending it to the tabulater along with the number of the proposal for which it is to be used
At any given time there can no more than two Veto Otzma Cards simultanesouly.
No Player can hold more than one Veto Otzma Card at any given time"
Proposal 999 - Wed Jul 10 15:39:35 EDT 1996
Creation of Otzma Card type Double-Me-Election-Vote
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Rejected
a proposal to create a rule entitled "Creation of Otzma Card type Double-Me-Election-Vote" which contains the following text:"This type is a member of type-set Politicos
A card of this type is equivalent to an extra vote in elections for political office.
A player uses this card by notifying the officer holding the elections, of its usage, and the office and the candidate for which it is being used.At any given time there can be no more than 12 Otzma Cards of this type in existence"
Proposal 1000 - Wed Jul 10 15:40:59 EDT 1996
Get Out of Gaol
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Rejected
A proposal to create a rule entitled "Creation of Otzma Card type Get Out of Gaol" which contains the following text."A Player uses this card in one of two ways
a. To get out of Gaol
b. To get another player out of Gaol
The use of this card takes precedence obver all other rules concerning Gaol.
There can be no more than 15 cards of this type in existence at any given time
No player may own more than two Otzma Cards of this type simultaneously.This rule amends R709 Gaol in the following way.
It adds to the list of allowed actions the following line:
8) A player may use a Otzma Card of type Get Out of Gaol to get of Gaol.
When the player puclically anounces the fact that he uses the Otzma Card, he is immediately released from Gaol."