Go
Amend R27 to read in full:{{A voice spoke to me from beyond the grave, and said that the Amber Banana tree should fall into my hands, where it is once again useful}}
Any player whose proposal number, when having its digits added together, equals exactly 21 [ex. prop 777], shall have the right to purchase one Amber Banana from snowgod's Amber Banana Tree. The price for one Amber Banana shall be A$10., payable to snowgod. Upon purchase of the Amber Banana, the player may publicly announce that he is eating the Amber Banana as "cows eat grass". Upon eating the Amber Banana, said player shall inform snowgod how he should vote on the proposal that earned the player the right to the Amber Banana in the first place. [in effect, purchasing one vote from snowgod]
The Amber Banana, and the tree it grows on, are protected, and can only be destroyed by Acid Rain.
Proposal 1352 - Fri 18 Oct 8:40 CDT 1996
Social Mixers
snowgod (Phil Ackley)
Decision: Rejected
Once every three game cycles the senate (as a whole) shall draft up friendly messages of greetings and praise, one for each member nomic of Internomic, and pass them along to the Ambassador for forwarding to the correct parties.These messages must include an explination of why they are being sent.
If the senate feels that it has nothing friendly to say to another nomic, then it may request permission from the Ambassador and the President to not write a letter to the nomic in question. If the Ambassador and the President concur that the letter need not be sent, the senate is excused from that responsibilty.
{{For the purposes of this rule, we are in the first in a series of three game cycles}}
Proposal 1353 - Fri 18 Oct 8:45 CDT 1996
Otzma Cards
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: retracted by author
Create a new rule entitled:
"Head of Rule Suite Otzma Cards"Which contains the following text:
"
[Otzma Cards are a set of entities that can be used to carry out game actions. They can be used only once. They can be perceived as Magic style cards for Ackanomic, or as Gadgets that can only be used once.]
"[Otzma Cards Rules.]
{{[this is the suitable phrase]}}---------------------------
Create a new rule member of Otzma Cards Rule Suite, entitled "Definition of Otzma Cards", which contains the following text:
"I.
1. Otzma Cards are Protected
2. Otzma Cards can be created only according to the rules.II.
1. At any given time the number of Otzma Cards in existence may not exceed 1002. Any single player may not own more than six Otzma Cards simultaneously.
3. Otzma Cards are tradable.
4. If a player already owns the maximum number of Otzma Cards and receives or acquires an additional Otzma Card, e must destroy, as soon as possible, either the new Otzma Card, or one of eir existing Otzma Cards.
5. If a player receives or acquires an Otzma Card, that cannot be owned by that player simultaneously with other cards owned by that player, then the player must destroy as soon as possible one or more Otzma Cards, until the Otzma Cards e owns meet all the restrictions placed on Otzma Cards.
6. In either of the cases described inthe above subsection 4,5. The Player cannot use any Otzma Cards until the Otzma Cards e owns meet all the restrictions laid down by the rules.
III.
1. The RuneMaker can only create Otzma Cards on Otzma-Days. Other methods for creating Otzma Cards may be defined by other rules, as long as the maximum number of Cards created in any period of 7 consecutive days is 14.2. The following entities have the authority to declare an Otzma-Day:
the President, the RuneMaker, any Institution.
a proposal which has been accepted according to the rules can also declare an Otzma Day3. Otzma-Days must be declared at least three-days in advance, unless it has been declared by a proposal. An Otzma-Day last for three days or until the RuneMaker has declared the end of Otzma-Day, whichever comes first. Once an Otzma-Day is over, at least 10 days must pass before the next Otzma-Day can start.
4. When an Otzma-Day starts the RuneMaker determines values of the following:
a. LSAP - Longest String of Accepted Proposals, since the previous Otzma-Day. On the first Otzma Day, the LSAP is calculated from the begining of the game of Ackanomic.
b. MaxCard - the maximum number of cards allowed for given type of Otzma Card, for which a maximum is defined
c. LiveCard - the number of cards of a given type of Otzma Cards in existence
d. CrIndex - creation index of for a given of Otzma Card. CrIndex is defined as MaxCard-LiveCard. If MaxCard is not defined for a specific type of Otzma Card then CrIndex is defined as the average of all CrIndex of all the other Otzma Cards.
e. TCrIndex - The total of all CrIndex for Otzma Card types.
f. Other rules may dictate ways in which CrIndex may be increased or decreased subject to the following restrictions:(i)Such rules can only specify a method that increases or decreases a CrIndex by an integer value. They do not specify an absolute CrIndex value.5. The maximum number of Otzma Cards that the RuneMaker may create on an Otzma-Day is equal to the largest integer smaller to or greater than (LSAP-1)/2. If LSAP is equal to or greater than 10, then the RuneMaker must create at least 1 Otzma Card, provided that the number of Cards created does not bring the total number of Cards in existence over 100. If no Otzma Cards types are defined, or if the restriction on the types which are defined make it illegal to create Cards of that type, then the RuneMaker does not create any Otzma Cards, instead e posts a message to the effect that it's too bad e can't create any Otzma Cards.
(ii) Changes to CrIndex specified by other rules are calculated after individual CrIndex values for all Otzma Card types have been calculated and before TCrIndex has been calculated.
(iii) Changes specified by other rules have no effect on Otzma Card types for which a value of zero has been calculated by section III 4 d of this rule.
(iv)When more two or more rules change the same CrIndex, the changes are applied on rule at a time, by order of the ordinal numbers of the rules, the rule with the lowest ordinal number is applied first.
(v) After all changes have been applied the following adjustments are made: Any negative CrIndex is changed to zero. An CrIndex which is bigger than MaxCard for that type is changed to MaxCard. Any CrIndex for types that have no MaxCard defined, is changed to the highest MaxCard6. Creating Otzma Cards:
a. There are two method for creating Otzma Cards: Deterministic and Probabilistic. The first Card created on an Otzma day may be created using either the Probabilistic or Deterministic method . Any Other Card Created by the RuneMaker on an Otzma-Day must be created using the Probablistic method. If all cards are created using the Probabalistic method, then e receives 9 probability points. Each Probaility point can be used by the RuneMaker to increas or decrease CrIndex of any Otzma Card type, as long as decreasing a CrIndex doesn't bring it down to zero. The RuneMaker must publically anounce the method used to create the Otzma-Cards. The RuneMaker does not have to use all 9 probability points,if they are used, then TCrIndex must be updated accordingly.b. The Deterministic method - The RuneMaker selects an Otzma-Card type among the legal Otzma Card types and creates it.
c. The Probabilistic method -
The RuneMaker determines the type of the new Otzma Card by randomly selecting a type among the legal Otzma Card types. The probability for a given type is equal to the CrIndex for that type divided by TCrIndex. If more than one Otzma Card is created by the RuneMaker, then after each Card is created, the CrIndex for that type is decremented by one and the TCrIndex is decremented by one.d. The RuneMaker gives each card a unique Otzma Card ID (OCID). The OCID is the smallest integer which larger than the OCID of the previous Otzma Card created. Each Otzma Card retains its OCID for the entire duration of its existence.
The OCID of the first Otzma Card created is 101.c. At the end of the Otzma-Day the RuneMaker anounces publically the following information about each Otzma Card created that day: OCID, Otzma Card type.
He also anounces the begining of an Auction for each Otzma Card. The Auction is conducted according to R1023 "Auction", except that on those cases that the Inventor would have been the Acutioneer, the RuneMaker replaces the Inventor as Auctioneer. This section takes precedence over the R1023 "Auction".
IV. Otzma Card Types.
1. Otzma Card types may be defined by other rules which explicitly claim that they are defining Otzma Card Types, and belong to the Otzma Card Rule Suite. This rule takes precedence over any rule which defines an Otzma Card typeV.
1. Otzma Cards may only be used according to the rules.2. Each Otzma Card can only be used once. Once it has been used, it is destroyed.
3. A Player uses an Otzma Card by notifying the appropriate Officer that e is using an Otzma Card, and which Card e is using, depending on the type of Card. If the Otzma Card definition does not define a specific Officer, context, or forum in which the Card can be used, then its use must be anounced in the public forum. In any case, the use of Otzma Cards must be reported to the RuneMaker.
4. All transaction involving Otzma Cards must be reported to the RuneMaker.
5. When a player uses an Otzma Card on a proposal, and the proposal is retracted, the Otzma Card is destroyed.
6. The results of using an Otzma Card are published by the appropriate Officer, along with the name of the Player who used the Card, and the manner of its use.
7. The RuneMaker keeps tracks of all transactions and uses involving Otzma Cards, and of all Otzma Cards in existence.
8. A Player can only an Otzma Card that e owns.
9. A player may use at most one Otzma Card per proposal.
10. When a player has used an Otzma Card in a public forum, e may not another Otzma Card in a public forum for three days. This section has no effect on Otzma Cards used on proposals.
"----------------------
Proposal to create a new rule entitled "Otzma Card Type Go Fish", which is a member of Rule Suite Otzma Cards, and contains the following text:
"
1. This rule defines an Otzma Card type called 'Go Fish'
2. An Otzma Card of type 'Go Fish' can be used in the following ways:
a. In a public forum it can be used to nullify an action or an effect caused by another Otzma Card, provided that the Go Fish Card is played no more than three days after the Card it attempts to nullify has been played. The player who plays the Go Fish Card plays the Card by anouncing that e is playing it, and which Card it is being used on. The anouncement must non-ambigous.
b. A Go Fish Card can only be used on another Go Fish card, if the Go Fish card it his used on was not used on another Go Fish card.
c. When used on proposals. A player can use a Go Fish card on a proposal by sending a message to that effect to the tabulator. When a Go Fish Card is used on a proposal, all other Cards used on that proposal have no effect, but they are destroyed anyway. If more than one Go Fish Card is used on a proposal, then the effect is the same as if one Go Fish Card has been used on a proposal. When a Go Fish Card has been used on a proposal, the date of the end of the Voting on that Proposal is considered to the date it has been used.
3. This rule takes precedence over all the rules in the Otzma Card Rule Suite.{{[This has nothing to do with the time limits between cards. If someone has one such Card, and uses it on a proposal, this fact is only publically known when the votes are released. This allows proper tracking of the use of Cards. If anyone likes, I can draw out the scenarios that would get complicated if this were not so]}}
{{[For now I am only proposing this Card, which I believe to be very important. Other Exmples of Cards I already RFCd, I will start proposing some after this rule is accepted.]}}
Proposal 1354 - Fri 18 Oct 8:46 CDT 1996
Creation of a PartyChessPiece Archer
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: retracted by author
A proposal to create a rule entitld "Creaion of a PartyChessPiece Archer", which is a member of the PartyChess Rule Suite, and contains the following text:
"1. An Archer is represented by the ASCII Character "A"
2. The Archers move is made up of two parts:
In the first part the Archer moves either vertically or horizontally a distance of d1 squares, where d1 is either 1,2,3 or 4. In the second part the Archer moves a distance of 4-d1 in a direction perpendicular to the direction he moved in the first part (in the second part the distance can be 0)
3. An Archer capture from a distance. An Archer can capture any opposing piece that occupies a square at a maximum distance of 4, either vertically or horizontally, or a at a maximum distance of 3 diagonally, provided that all the squares between the Archer and the captured piece are unoccupied.
The Archer does not replace the captured piece, but remains on the same square it occupied when the turn started. An Archer cannot capture using the move decribed in section 2 of this rule.
4. An Archer has a material value of 5"
Proposal 1355 - Fri 18 Oct 8:47 CDT 1996
Public Information
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: retracted by author
Create a rule entitled "Public Information" which contains the following text:
"
1. Any information which an Officer is required to maintain is considered to be Public information.
2. All Public information is available to any Player on request by e-mail. It is the duty of Officer who maintains the information to provide the information to the requesting player.
3. If any information is available by means which do no require direct human interference, players are encouraged to first employ those automatic means.
"{{[We have been becoming a bit too web-oriented, Ackanomic is a game played by e-mail, and players who have only e-mail access should be able to play without being handicapped by not having web access. If anyone wants to set scripts that will provide the information they are responsible for maintaining, or even the information other players are responsible for maintaining, that might make their lives easier in the long run. Basically, it's an expansion of the defunct Rule-Buddy concept. I suppose most players would still refer to the web, or to their own copies of the rule-set, and other info.]}}
Proposal 1356 - Sat 19 Oct 12:53 CDT 1996
Synod
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
1. There exists an Institution called Synod
{{There are no Seats in the Synod}}2. Each Church may have at most 1 seat in the Synod. No other entity but a Church may have a Seat in the Synod.
3. The Synod is in session when there are three or more occupied Seats in the Synod.
4. A Church which does not have a seat in the Synod can purchase a Seat for an Entry Fee of A$50 plus (A$5 multiplied by the maximum number of members of that Church had over the 14-day period preceding the date of purchase). If A Church withdraws from the Synod within 14 days, it is refunded the entire Entry Fee. If a Church withdraws at any time after that, it is refunded 3/5 of its Entry Fee.
5.
a.
A Church which has a Seat in the Synod may appoint a Priest of that Church to occupy that Seat. The Priest is known as the Church Delegate, and the Seat is known by the name of the Church, or an abbreviation approved by the Church. A Delegate may resign at any time. If the Delegate goes on Vacation the Church may appoint another Priest of that Church as an acting-Delegate. If a Delegate resigns, The Church may appoint another Priest as Delegate. A Church may leave its Seat unoccupied. This section takes precedence over R457b.
One of the Delegates is given the title of Yor-Delegate. The Yor-Delegate is always the Delegate of the largest Church in the Synod. If there are two or more Delegates who represent Churches of the same size, and there is no other Delegates who represents a larger Church then the Delegate who has been longer in the Synod, from among the Delegates of said Churches, shall be the Yor-Delegate. The Yor-Delegate has the duty of acting on behalf of the Synod, in accordance with the decisions of the Synod. The Yor-Delegate may have other duties defined by other sections of this rule, or by other rules. The Yor-Delegate has no privileges.c.
When a Seat has been left unoccupied for a period of three weeks, it is the duty of the Yor-Delegate to contact the Founder of the Church that owns that Seat and inquire as to whether or not e intends to appoint a Delegate for that Seat. If the Founder either replies that e does not intend to appoint a Delegate, or does not appoint a Delegate within a week, or fails to respond withint a week, then that Church is considered to have withdrawn from the Synod. If a Church which owns a Seat is dissolved, then its Seat is destoryed.6. All actions carried out by the Synod must be approved by the Delegates. Each Delegate's vote is multiplied by the number of non-vacationing members of eir Church. When there more votes in favor of some action than against it the Synod is considered to support that action. Churches whose Seats are unoccupied during the vote are said to have abstained from the Vote.
7. When the Synod is in session it can trade currency and assets.
8. Profit Sharing Day - whenever the Synod has been in session for at least 14 consecutive days and there was no Profit Sharing Day for at least 14 consecutive days. A Church is eligible for getting a share of the profits if (a) it has a Delegate in the Synod and (b) it had a Delegate in the Suynod for at least 90% of the time during the 14 days previous to the Profit Sharing Day. {{[this does not exclude Churches who switched Delegates during that time]}}
Profits are defined as (A$ currently owned by the Church minus (A$ owned by the Church after the previous profit distribution, or on the most recent date the Synod was not in Session, which was more recent)) Let TotalMem be the total number of members of all Churches. for each Church let NoM be the number of members of that Church. Each Church receives (NoM*2)/(TotalMem*5), rounded down to the nearest integer. For the purpose of Profit Sharing Day, vacationing members are counted as well. It is the duty of the Yor-Delegate to track and declare Profit Sharing days, calculate the amount of A$ each Church receive, report it to the Financier, and record the amound of A$ at the end of the Profit Sharing day. {{[40% of the profits are divided among the Churches, by size]}}
9. When the Synod is not in Session it is impermissible for the Synod to trade, distribute profits to member Churches, or take any other action, except for the duty of contacting Founders of Churches with unoccupied Seats, as described in section 5 of this rule. This section takes precedence over any other section of this rule and takes precedence over any rule which would allow the Synod to take any action when it is not in Session.
10. a. A Church is not eligible for a Seat in the Synod if there is at least one Church which already owns a Seat in the Syond whose M Similarity with the former Church is equal to or greater than 30.
b. A Church is not eligible for a Seat in the Synod if the total M Similarities with all the Churches which are members of the Synod is equal to or greater than 80.{{The Synod receives A$400 from the Treasury}}
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Append the following text to R775:
"
10. A Church may own and trade currency and assets. If Church policy is silent about the managing the Church's Currency and Assets, then the Church Founder manages the Church's Currency and Assets.
"----------------
Append the followign text to R721
"
3.
a The Size of an Organization is defined as the number of members of that Organization.b. If a given Organization x, has more members than given Organization y, then Organization x is said to be larger than Organization y. If two Organiztions have the same number of members, then they are of equal size.
c. The Active Size of an Organization is defined as the number of non-vactioning members of that Organization.
"
Proposal 1357 - Sat 19 Oct 12:54 CDT 1996
Ammend R723
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest proposalIn the first sentence replace "e's" with "eir"
Delete the last sentence of R723
{{[Now that Parties are defined as Organizations this sentence is no longer necessary]}}
Proposal 1358 - Sat 19 Oct 12:55 CDT 1996
Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
Decision: retracted by author
The Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication exists. It is housed in a cosy laboratory in the south part of Acka. When required by the rules, it will produce a replica of a player. Such a replica may only take actions explicitly allowed it by the rules, and is rather short-lived, being destroyed at the end of the occasion which warranted its creation. Unless specified otherwise, there is no charge for such replicas.The Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication also provides customized mutations, at a small fee, to any interested player. If in a public message a player announces he is paying the specified fee for a given mutation, he receives that mutation and any special attributes associated with it. If at a later date, he wishes to have the mutation removed, he must pay a fee equal to that for receiving the mutation, and he shall cease to have both the mutation and any special attributes associated with it.
Current available mutations:
Extra head: Cost -- 50 A$. Each extra head possessed by a player allows him to wear one more piece of headwear than he would otherwise be allowed. This takes precedence over other mutable rules dealing with any form of headwear inasmuch as their restrictions on the number of pieces of headwear a player may wear are relaxed for those with extra heads. Players with extra heads are encouraged to occasionally get into public arguments amongst their heads.
Pointy ears: Cost -- 4 A$ each, or 6 A$ for a pair. Pointy ears don't do much, but players who have them may threaten other players with a Vulcan Neck Pinch and be taken seriously. Players without pointy ears may also make this threat, but they are liable to be laughed at upon doing so. Players with only one pointy ear are liable to be laughed at regardless of their actions.
Wings: Cost -- 100 A$. Winged players need not worry about dangling from the earth, as they can reattach the suction cups for any player that might lose them. Because of the size of buildings, it requires three winged players to reattach a building's suction cups, and after doing so, they must rest for three days before reattaching anything else. Since extra heads ruin a player's aerodynamics, a player may not have both wings and an extra head.
Other mutations may be developed in the future, and if they are, they should be added to this rule.
Proposal 1359 - Sat 19 Oct 12:56 CDT 1996
Reducing Nit-picking
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest proposal.Amend R 451 to append the following at the end of the rule:
If there is a typographical error in any number in any Ackanomic document, and the intended number can be determined beyond reasonable doubt, then the mis-typed number shall be treated as if it were typed as intended, and be considered a misspelled word with respect to Rule 1022 (with the correct spelling being the intended number).
Proposal 1360 - Sat 19 Oct 12:59 CDT 1996
Creation of a PartyChessPiece HarfyBlob
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
Create a new rule called "Creation of a PartyChessPiece HarfyBlob" to be a member of the Party Chess Rule Suite, reading:"
1. A HarfyBlob is represented by the ASCII character H.
2. A HarfyBlob can move either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, up to a maximum distance of Hn, where Hn is defined below, provided all the squares between the current square and the destination square are unoccupied.
3. A HarfyBlob's material value is 7.Each extant HarfyBlob has its own value of Hn. It is a duty of the Chess-Umpire to track the value of Hn for each extant HarfyBlob.
When a HarfyBlob is first created, its Hn value is 1.
Each time a HarfyBlob captures an enemy piece, its Hn value is increased by 1, unless the captured piece is also a HarfyBlob, in which case its Hn is increased by the Hn of the captured HarfyBlob.
Should a HarfyBlob's Hn ever exceed the maximum number of squares on the Party Board in any direction, its Hn is reduced to that maximum less 1. "
Proposal 1361 - Sat 19 Oct 13:00 CDT 1996
Banana Tree Transfer
snowgod (Phil Ackley)
Decision: Rejected
Amend R827 to read in full:{{A voice spoke to me from beyond the grave, and said that the Amber Banana tree should fall into my hands, where it is once again useful}}
Any player whose proposal number, when having its digits added together, equals exactly 21 [ex. prop 777], shall have the right to purchase one Amber Banana from snowgod's Amber Banana Tree. The price for one Amber Banana shall be A$10., payable to snowgod. Upon purchase of the Amber Banana, the player may publicly announce that he is eating the Amber Banana as "cows eat grass". Upon eating the Amber Banana, said player shall inform snowgod how he should vote on the proposal that earned the player the right to the Amber Banana in the first place. [in effect, purchasing one vote from snowgod]
The Amber Banana, and the tree it grows on, are protected, and can only be destroyed by Acid Rain. Anyone may sit under the Amber Banana Tree, in order to avoid the hot ackanomic sun.
Proposal 1362 - Sun 20 Oct 7:03 CDT 1996
In Which We May Be Hearing Things
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)
Decision: Rejected
The symbol --- and quote marks are used as delimiters in this proposal. The symbols themselves are not part of any body of text the proposal describes, but merely mark the beginning and end of such texts.[ The current structure for this type of thing is redundant and a little sloppy. Standardize! ]
1. A new Rule titled "Hearings" is created, reading:
---
A Rule may specify circumstances under which a Hearing is called. When this happens, Count Tabula shall announce in a public message that a Hearing has been called, citing the rule that requires it and the circumstances that brought it about, and telling the valid responses [and other pertinent details]. As of this announcement, the Hearing is in session.While the Hearing is in session, each Player may send his or her response to that Hearing to Count Tabula privately. Count Tabula shall record each response that matches one of the valid responses for the hearing. If a Player who has already responded sends another valid response, the Assistant Tabulator shall discard the previous response and record the new one. {{[ This last sentence is probably taken for granted, but it isn't in any of the "Hearing" rules as they exist now. ]}}
The Hearing shall end when it has been in session for three days, or at the end of the cycle in which it was announced, whichever comes first. When it ends, it ceases to be in session.
Once a Hearing has ended, it has a verdict. The verdict of the Hearing is whichever valid response was given by the most Players in response to the Hearing, if exactly one valid response holds this distinction. Otherwise, if there is a tie among two or more responses, the verdict shall be whichever of the tied responses appears first in the Rule defining them. If no responses were received while the Hearing was in session, the verdict shall be "Never mind." The Assistant Tabulator has the Duty of announcing the verdicts of Hearings with all due haste.
---2. Amend Rule 400/2 ("Politeness Moon") to read, in full:
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Any Player sending a public message should be as polite as possible. Any Player may call a Hearing on the matter of whether a certain public message from another Player was polite.The valid responses to a Politeness Moon Hearing are "Yes, it was polite." and "No, it was not polite.". If the verdict of the Hearing shows that the message was not polite, the Player who sent it loses 3 points. If it shows that it was polite, its author gets the nickname Jazz JackRabbit for the next 3 days.
---3. Amend Rule 414/7 ("The Office of the Tabulator") by substituting "Hearings" for "Politeness Moons" wherever the latter appears.
4. Rule 729 shall be amended to read, in full:
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The Earth is flat. Contradiction of this fact is Heresy.If, in a public message, a Player refers to the Earth being round, or implies that this may be the case, any other Player may start a Witchhunt by sending a public message that names the alleged witch, quotes his or her allegedly heretical message, and calls for a Witchhunt.
A Witchhunt is a Hearing. It is also a Very Grave Matter. The valid responses to a Witchhunt are "No! E said the Earth is flat" and "BURN THE WITCH!"
If the verdict is "BURN THE WITCH!" the alleged witch shall be branded a witch and heretic. He or she shall then be incinerated atop a bonfire large enough that it not only reduces the witch to his or her component atoms but also inspires righteous terror in all who see it. When a witch is burned, e shall enter the Ackanomic Afterlife, and shall lose 10 points.
Any Player who has been burned as a heretic exactly once is considered Enlightened. Any Player burned more than once, however, is beyond hope and may never become Enlightened. Any Player who is Enlightened is free to say what they wish, and may never have a Witchhunt called against them, or be burned as a heretic. This paragraph has precedence over all others in this rule.
---[current text:
The Earth is flat. Contradiction of this fact is Heresy.
If, in a public message, a player refers to the Earth being round, or implies that this may be the case, any other player may call for a Witchhunt, by publically posting that they are doing so.
During the Witchhunt, which lasts 3 days, players send their votes to the Assistant Tabulator (hereafter referred to as the Witchfinder General) containing the name of the alleged Heretic. Players can vote either "No! E said the Earth is flat", or "BURN THE WITCH!"
After the Witchhunt is over, a simple majority (50% or more) will determine whether or not the alleged Heretic has been burned.The Witchfinder General will publicly announce the outcome.
If the witch has been burned, e shall enter the Ackanomic Afterlife, and shall lose 10 points.
Any player who has been burned as a heretic exactly once is considered Enlightened. Any player burned more than once, however, is beyond hope and may never become Enlightened. Any player who is Enlightened is free to say what they wish, and may never have a Witchhunt called against them, or be burned as a heretic. This paragraph has precedence over all others in this rule.
]5. Rule 730 ("Steel Flea") shall be amended by replacing the paragraph that begins "If any other player believes" with:
---
If any other Player believes that this message is obviously fake and not clever or witty enough for the nanotech Phoebe, he or she may challenge the authenticity of the message by posting to that effect publically. A Hearing is then called, with valid responses of "Phoebe would not say anything so crass" and "Phoebe said much the same thing to me once". If the verdict is the former, then obviously the Player did not accurately report what Phoebe said, and e will lose the 6 points awarded previously, and will be fined another 6 points for selfishly keeping Phoebe's wisdom to emself. Such challenges must be made within 3 days of the wisdom being posted, and may only be made once per report.
---6. Rule 1112.3 ("Let those who are without Harf cast the first stone.") shall be amended to read, in full:
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If any Player feels the Harfmeister is hogging the Harf [that is, sitting on the title of Harfmeister with no intent to designate any proposals as Harfy], they may start an Inquistition by publically calling for one.An Inquisition is a Hearing. It is also Strange. The valid responses to an Inquisition are "No! He's going to share the Harf!", or "Yes! He is Hogging the Harf!" If the verdict is the latter, the Harfmeister is guilty of hogging the Harf and must immediately go to his or her home if he or she may legally do so. The person who called for the Inquisition then becomes the Harfmeister.
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Proposal 1363 - Sun 20 Oct 7:04 CDT 1996
Public Apologies
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
Decision: Accepted
{{[The idea here is to establish a harfier punishment for players whose only crime is being the victim of a hideous scam, like trying to copyright commonly used words. :) ]}}Insert the following immediately after Rule 710, section 5e)
f) a PUBLIC APOLOGY of 1 or more lines by Player X
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Insert the following immediately after Rule 710, section 7c)
7d) If the penalty includes a PUBLIC APOLOGY, Player X is required to post a public message of at least the court-required length apologizing for his criminal ways. This should be done within three days of the expiration of his grace period, and it should have "Acka: Public Apology" as its subject line. Failure to comply will result in the addition of three days to that player's Gaol sentence, if he is in Gaol, or the immediate transfer of that player to the Gaol for a three-day incarceration if he is not in Gaol. Self-abasement is especially encouraged in such a message.
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Insert the following into Rule 709, at the end of the list of actions explicitly permitted to players in the Gaol:
8) A player in the Gaol may make a Public Apology.
Proposal 1364 - Sun 20 Oct 7:06 CDT 1996
Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
Decision: Accepted
The Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication exists. It is housed in a cosy laboratory in the south part of Acka. When required by the rules, it will produce a replica of a player. Such a replica may only take actions explicitly allowed it by the rules, and is rather short-lived, being destroyed at the end of the occasion which warranted its creation. Unless specified otherwise, there is no charge for such replicas.The Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication also provides customized mutations, at a small fee, to any interested player. If in a public message a player announces he is paying the specified fee for a mutation described in this rule, the cost is deducted from his account, and he receives that mutation and any special attributes associated with it described in this rule. If he later wishes to have the mutation removed, he must pay a fee equal to that for receiving the mutation, and he shall cease to have both the mutation and any special attributes associated with it.
Current available mutations:
Extra head: Cost -- 50 A$. Each extra head possessed by a player allows him to wear one more piece of headwear than he would otherwise be allowed. This takes precedence over other mutable rules dealing with any form of headwear inasmuch as their restrictions on the number of pieces of headwear a player may wear are relaxed for those with extra heads. Players with extra heads are encouraged to occasionally get into public arguments amongst their heads.
Pointy ears: Cost -- 4 A$ each, or 6 A$ for a pair. Pointy ears don't do much, but players who have them may threaten other players with a Vulcan Neck Pinch and be taken seriously. Players without pointy ears may also make this threat, but they are liable to be laughed at upon doing so. Players with only one pointy ear are liable to be laughed at regardless of their actions.
Wings: Cost -- 100 A$. Winged players need not worry about dangling from the earth, as they can reattach the suction cups for any player that might lose them. Because of the size of buildings, it requires three winged players to reattach a building's suction cups, and after doing so, they must rest for three days before reattaching anything else. Since extra heads ruin a player's aerodynamics, a player may not have both wings and an extra head.
Other mutations may be developed in the future, and if they are, they should be added to this rule.
Proposal 1365 - Sun 20 Oct 7:07 CDT 1996
In Which We Crack Down on Crime
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)
Decision: Accepted
1. Rule 710 ("Criminal Justice") is amended by changing the section which reads:
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3) Its "statement" shall be "X has broken the Rules", where X is replaced with the name of a registered player.
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to
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3) Its "statement" shall be "X has committed a Crime", where X is replaced with the name of a registered player.
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2. A new rule is created, titled "Crime", reading:
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To break the Rules is a Crime, a Felony.To perform an action specified by the Rules to be Illegal is a Crime. An action specified by the Rules to be "impermissible" is, by contrast, impossible. However, an attempt to commit such an action is a Crime [even though the action itself does not occur].
Failure of an Officer to perform a Duty of an Office e holds is a Crime. The act of performing a Duty incorrectly is Malpractice, which is also a Crime.
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3. Rule 362 ("No Dead Players Allowed") is amended to read, in full:
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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 has a Duty to send a message to the player who has been absent. In this message the Speaker has a Duty to ask the player if e wishes to continue playing the game, and to point out why the message is being sent. If the player does not reply within two days, then e is placed on vacation with an expected duration of two days, unless e never was an active player, in which case e is removed from the game, and treated as if e never joined the game [and thus no Undead is created, etc].
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[This changes "must" to "has the Duty of".]
4. Rule 414 ("The Office of the Tabulator") is amended by replacing
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(c) to report the acceptance or rejection of each proposal. Proposal results must be reported in the time order in which their voting periods ended.
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with
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(c) to report the acceptance or rejection of proposals, in the time order in which their voting periods ended.
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5. Rule 569 ("Overturning Judgements") is amended by replacing
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The Supreme Court must then decide the case and return its verdict within one week.
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with
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The Supreme Court shall then decide the case, and should return its verdict within one week.
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6. Rule 775 ("Church") is amended by replacing
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c.All Church members must abide by Church Policy as long as they are members of the Church.
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with
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c. A Player who disobeys the Church Policy of a Church of which he or she is a member is guilty of Iconoclasm, which is a Crime. It is impermissible for a Player to take a game action which constitutes Iconoclasm if he or she has any legal alternative which would not constitute Iconoclasm. [That is, Iconoclasm normally doesn't happen unless there is no alternative. It is possible for a player to commit Iconoclasm by inaction, though.]
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and by replacing
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The Church must respond within 4 days with an explanation it finds suitable. A Church may provide such an explanation even if no request was made.
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with
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Members of the Church may respond to this however they like, and any such response has the official Ackanomic Seal of Politeness, regardless of how brain-stoppingly offensive it is.
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and by replacing
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7. a. When a player wishes to join a Church, e may communicate this fact to the Church Founder either publically or privately.b. If Church Policy has nothing to say on accepting new members, then Church membership will be up to the Founder.
c. Whenever a new player joins a Church, the Church Founder must make a public announcement to that effect.
d. A player may leave a Church at any time.
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with
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7. a. Any player may petition the Founder of a Church for membership in that Church.b. If Church Policy has nothing to say on accepting new members, then Church membership will be up to the Founder. However, a Player cannot become a member of a Church until the Founder of the Church sends a public announcement to that effect.
c. A player may leave a Church at any time.
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and by replacing
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8. a. A Church must always have at least one Priest.b. A Church must always have at least at four members, including Priests.
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with
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8. a. If a Church ever has no Priests or (Heaven forbid) has fewer than zero Priests, that Church is disbanded. That is, it no longer exists as a Church.b. If a Church ever has fewer than four members, it is disbanded.
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7. Rule 779 ("Succession Proceedings") is amended by replacing
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3) Upon SPS being invoked, one of the players invoking them must send a message to the current Speaker stating what is going on, with the subject line "Ackanomic: Official: SPS". If the current Speaker responds to the message in the public forum within 3 days, SPS is immediately terminated.
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with
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3) If no one sends a message to the current Speaker within a day of SPS being invoked, stating what is going on, with the subject line "Ackanomic: Official: SPS", SPS are immediately terminated. If the current Speaker responds to the message in the public forum within 3 days, SPS is immediately terminated.
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8. Rule 797 ("Festival of Torkola") is amended by replacing
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The Promoter is strongly encouraged, but not required, to do this. He or she must consider the state of the game and popular opinion when making this decision.
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with
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The Promoter is strongly encouraged, but not required, to do this, taking into consideration the state of the game and popular opinion.
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9. Rule 818 ("Prosthetic Foreheads") is amended by replacing
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A player may wear a Prosthetic Forehead that they own, but e may wear only one Prosthetic Forehead at a time. A player must announce publicly whenever it starts or stops wearing a Prosthetic Forehead, and must also announce what type of Prosthetic Forehead is involved.
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A Player who is not already wearing a Prosthetic Forehead may wear any one e owns by announcing publicly that e is doing so and what type of Prosthetic Forehead is involved. A Player who is wearing a Prosthetic Forehead may remove it by announcing the action publicly.
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10. Rule 832 ("Postmaster") is amended by replacing
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All players, except those who are vacationing, must be subscribed to the official mailing list at all times.
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with
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For a Player who is not on vacation to unsubscribe from the official mailing list is a Crime.
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11. Rule 892 ("Journalistic Integrity") is amended by replacing
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If a newspaper publishes an article containing any statement that another player considers to be untrue, that player may ask for a correction to be published in the same newspaper. The player must voice her objection publically within a week of the article being published.If a correction is not published by the newspaper within a week of the complaint being made, or if the complainant is not satisfied with the correction, then she may make a Call for Criminal Judgement against the owner of the offending newspaper.
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It is a Crime for a Player to refuse to publish, in a newspaper he or she owns, a correction of an untrue statement that previously appeared in that newspaper, after a public request for such a correction has been made. Simply neglecting to publish such a correction for a period of three days or more after the request shall be taken as refusal to do so.
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12. Rule 924 ("Required Reading") is amended by removing section f).
[f) The Web-Harfer may publically request that the Speaker help him or her in his or her attempt to comply with clause a) and b). If such a request is made, the Speaker must make a bona-fide effort to help the Web-Harfer.]
Proposal 1366 - Sun 20 Oct 7:14 CDT 1996
More Time for Campaigning
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
Decision: Rejected
This is a Modest Proposal.Amend Rule 504 so that its first paragraph reads:
The Presidency of Ackanomia of an Office with one Seat. The player who holds that seat is called the President. The President's Term of Office is 8 weeks. The President is filled by a process identical to Election for Office except that the election period is seven rather than three days.
Proposal 1367 - Mon 21 Oct 7:12 CDT 1996
Shortening the Shortness Bonus
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Rejected
Amend R 207 to replace the final occurrance of the number "5" in the final paragraph with the number "2".
Proposal 1368 - Mon 21 Oct 7:12 CDT 1996
No Magic Letter Hogs
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest proposal.Amend R 1240 to replace the first occurrance in section VII of
"any active player other than the Scholar"
with:
"any active player other than the Scholar or the most recent player to ever name a Magic Letter"
Proposal 1369 - Mon 21 Oct 7:14 CDT 1996
Otzma Cards
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
Create a new rule entitled:
"Otzma Cards Rule Suite"Which contains the following text:
"
[Otzma Cards are a set of entities that can be used to carry out game actions. They can be used only once. They can be perceived as Magic style cards for Ackanomic, or as Gadgets that can only be used once.]
"[Otzma Cards Rules.]
{{[this is the suitable phrase]}}---------------------------
Create a new rule member of Otzma Cards Rule Suite, entitled "Definition of Otzma Cards", which contains the following text:
"I.
1. Otzma Cards are Protected
2. Otzma Cards can be created only according to the rules.II.
1. At any given time the number of Otzma Cards in existence may not exceed 1002. Any single player may not own more than six Otzma Cards simultaneously.
3. Otzma Cards are tradable.
4. If a player already owns the maximum number of Otzma Cards and receives or acquires an additional Otzma Card, e must destroy, as soon as possible, either the new Otzma Card, or one of eir existing Otzma Cards.
5. If a player receives or acquires an Otzma Card, that cannot be owned by that player simultaneously with other cards owned by that player, then the player must destroy as soon as possible one or more Otzma Cards, until the Otzma Cards e owns meet all the restrictions placed on Otzma Cards.
6. In either of the cases described inthe above subsection 4,5. The Player cannot use any Otzma Cards until the Otzma Cards e owns meet all the restrictions laid down by the rules.
III.
1. The RuneMaker can only create Otzma Cards on Otzma-Days. Other methods for creating Otzma Cards may be defined by other rules, as long as the maximum number of Cards created in any period of 7 consecutive days is 14.2. The following entities have the authority to declare an Otzma-Day: the President, the RuneMaker, any Institution. a proposal which has been accepted according to the rules can also declare an Otzma Day
3. Otzma-Days must be declared at least three-days in advance, unless it has been declared by a proposal. An Otzma-Day last for three days or until the RuneMaker has declared the end of Otzma-Day, whichever comes first. Once an Otzma-Day is over, at least 10 days must pass before the next Otzma-Day can start.
4. When an Otzma-Day starts the RuneMaker determines values of the following:
a. LSAP - Longest String of Accepted Proposals, since the previous Otzma-Day. On the first Otzma Day, the LSAP is calculated from the begining of the game of Ackanomic.
b. MaxCard - the maximum number of cards allowed for given type of Otzma Card, for which a maximum is defined
c. LiveCard - the number of cards of a given type of Otzma Cards in existence
d. CrIndex - creation index of for a given of Otzma Card. CrIndex is defined as MaxCard-LiveCard. If MaxCard is not defined for a specific type of Otzma Card then CrIndex is defined as the average of all CrIndex of all the other Otzma Cards.
e. TCrIndex - The total of all CrIndex for Otzma Card types.
f. Other rules may dictate ways in which CrIndex may be increased or decreased subject to the following restrictions:
(i)Such rules can only specify a method that increases or decreases a CrIndex by an integer value. They do not specify an absolute CrIndex value.
(ii) Changes to CrIndex specified by other rules are calculated after individual CrIndex values for all Otzma Card types have been calculated and before TCrIndex has been calculated.
(iii) Changes specified by other rules have no effect on Otzma Card types for which a value of zero has been calculated by section III 4 d of this rule.
(iv)When more two or more rules change the same CrIndex, the changes are applied on rule at a time, by order of the ordinal numbers of the rules, the rule with the lowest ordinal number is applied first.
(v) After all changes have been applied the following adjustments are made: Any negative CrIndex is changed to zero. An CrIndex which is bigger than MaxCard for that type is changed to MaxCard. Any CrIndex for types that have no MaxCard defined, is changed to the highest MaxCard5. The maximum number of Otzma Cards that the RuneMaker may create on an Otzma-Day is equal to the largest integer smaller to or greater than (LSAP-1)/2. If LSAP is equal to or greater than 10, then the RuneMaker must create at least 1 Otzma Card, provided that the number of Cards created does not bring the total number of Cards in existence over 100. If no Otzma Cards types are defined, or if the restriction on the types which are defined make it illegal to create Cards of that type, then the RuneMaker does not create any Otzma Cards, instead e posts a message to the effect that it's too bad e can't create any Otzma Cards.
6. Creating Otzma Cards:
a. There are two method for creating Otzma Cards: Deterministic and Probabilistic. The first Card created on an Otzma day may be created using either the Probabilistic or Deterministic method . Any Other Card Created by the RuneMaker on an Otzma-Day must be created using the Probablistic method. If all cards are created using the Probabalistic method, then e receives 9 probability points. Each Probaility point can be used by the RuneMaker to increas or decrease CrIndex of any Otzma Card type, as long as decreasing a CrIndex doesn't bring it down to zero. The RuneMaker must publically anounce the method used to create the Otzma-Cards. The RuneMaker does not have to use all 9 probability points,if they are used, then TCrIndex must be updated accordingly.b. The Deterministic method - The RuneMaker selects an Otzma-Card type among the legal Otzma Card types and creates it.
c. The Probabilistic method -
The RuneMaker determines the type of the new Otzma Card by randomly selecting a type among the legal Otzma Card types. The probability for a given type is equal to the CrIndex for that type divided by TCrIndex. If more than one Otzma Card is created by the RuneMaker, then after each Card is created, the CrIndex for that type is decremented by one and the TCrIndex is decremented by one.d. The RuneMaker gives each card a unique Otzma Card ID (OCID). The OCID is the smallest integer which larger than the OCID of the previous Otzma Card created. Each Otzma Card retains its OCID for the entire duration of its existence.
The OCID of the first Otzma Card created is 101.c. At the end of the Otzma-Day the RuneMaker anounces publically the following information about each Otzma Card created that day: OCID, Otzma Card type.
He also anounces the begining of an Auction for each Otzma Card. The Auction is conducted according to R1023 "Auction", except that on those cases that the Inventor would have been the Acutioneer, the RuneMaker replaces the Inventor as Auctioneer. This section takes precedence over the R1023 "Auction".IV. Otzma Card Types.
1. Otzma Card types may be defined by other rules which explicitly claim that they are defining Otzma Card Types, and belong to the Otzma Card Rule Suite. This rule takes precedence over any rule which defines an Otzma Card typeV.
1. Otzma Cards may only be used according to the rules.2. Each Otzma Card can only be used once. Once it has been used, it is destroyed.
3. A Player uses an Otzma Card by notifying the appropriate Officer that e is using an Otzma Card, and which Card e is using, depending on the type of Card. If the Otzma Card definition does not define a specific Officer, context, or forum in which the Card can be used, then its use must be anounced in the public forum. In any case, the use of Otzma Cards must be reported to the RuneMaker.
4. All transaction involving Otzma Cards must be reported to the RuneMaker.
5. When a player uses an Otzma Card on a proposal, and the proposal is retracted, the Otzma Card is destroyed.
6. The results of using an Otzma Card are published by the appropriate Officer, along with the name of the Player who used the Card, and the manner of its use.
7. The RuneMaker keeps tracks of all transactions and uses involving Otzma Cards, and of all Otzma Cards in existence.
8. A Player can only an Otzma Card that e owns.
9. A player may use at most one Otzma Card per proposal.
10. When a player has used an Otzma Card in a public forum, e may not another Otzma Card in a public forum for three days. This section has no effect on Otzma Cards used on proposals.
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Proposal to create a new rule entitled "Otzma Card Type Go Fish", which is a member of Rule Suite Otzma Cards, and contains the following text:
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1. This rule defines an Otzma Card type called 'Go Fish'
2. An Otzma Card of type 'Go Fish' can be used in the following ways:
a. In a public forum it can be used to nullify an action or an effect caused by another Otzma Card, provided that the Go Fish Card is played no more than three days after the Card it attempts to nullify has been played. The player who plays the Go Fish Card plays the Card by anouncing that e is playing it, and which Card it is being used on. The anouncement must non-ambigous.
b. A Go Fish Card can only be used on another Go Fish card, if the Go Fish card it his used on was not used on another Go Fish card.
c. When used on proposals. A player can use a Go Fish card on a proposal by sending a message to that effect to the tabulator. When a Go Fish Card is used on a proposal, all other Cards used on that proposal have no effect, but they are destroyed anyway. If more than one Go Fish Card is used on a proposal, then the effect is the same as if one Go Fish Card has been used on a proposal. When a Go Fish Card has been used on a proposal, the date of the end of the Voting on that Proposal is considered to the date it has been used.
3. This rule takes precedence over all the rules in the Otzma Card Rule Suite.{{[This has nothing to do with the time limits between cards. If someone has one such Card, and uses it on a proposal, this fact is only publically known when the votes are released. This allows proper tracking of the use of Cards. If anyone likes, I can draw out the scenarios that would get complicated if this were not so]}}
{{[For now I am only proposing this Card, which I believe to be very important. Other Exmples of Cards I already RFCd, I will start proposing some after this rule is accepted.]}}
Proposal 1370 - Mon 21 Oct 7:14 CDT 1996
Creation of a PartyChessPiece Archer
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
A proposal to create a rule entitld "Creaion of a PartyChessPiece Archer", which is a member of the PartyChess Rule Suite, and contains the following text:
"1. An Archer is represented by the ASCII Character "A" 2. The Archers move is made up of two parts:
In the first part the Archer moves either vertically or horizontally a distance of d1 squares, where d1 is either 1,2,3 or 4. In the second part the Archer moves a distance of 4-d1 in a direction perpendicular to the direction he moved in the first part (in the second part the distance can be 0)
3. An Archer capture from a distance. An Archer can capture any opposing piece that occupies a square at a maximum distance of 4, either vertically or horizontally, or a at a maximum distance of 3 diagonally, provided that all the squares between the Archer and the captured piece are unoccupied.
The Archer does not replace the captured piece, but remains on the same square it occupied when the turn started. An Archer cannot capture using the move decribed in section 2 of this rule.
4. An Archer has a material value of 7"
Proposal 1371 - Wed 23 Oct 11:41 CDT 1996
Just What Is a News Article, Anyway?
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
Decision: retracted by author
This is a Modest proposal.Replace the existing third paragraph of Rule 891 with:
A public message whose first line of text is the name of a newspaper shall be considered a news article published in that newspaper. No other messages shall be considered news articles in that paper.
Proposal 1372 - Wed 23 Oct 11:41 CDT 1996
Reducing Temptation
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
Decision: Rejected
This is a Modest proposal.Delete the second sentence of Rule 339.
{{[ I just barely squelched an urge to distribute and retract 30 proposals.]}}
Proposal 1373 - Wed 23 Oct 11:43 CDT 1996
Fixing Unfair Handicapping
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest proposal.{{[these rule changes have 3 effects:
1) don't have the point handicapping penalise the winner in terms of cash received at the end of the cycle
2) don't make it count towards having lowest score for the purposes of the Chartreuse Goose, that seems too unfair, as the Goose is an incentive for good play.
3) Define a term called "Eggplant Weight" which can be reused in similar situations]}}------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amend R 666 to read:
Whenever there is a winner declared, the following steps shall be conducted, in order:
a) Ackanomic play is suspended.
b) All Undead stop haunting all Chartreuse Goose Eggs, Right-Handed Grapefruit, and Victory Eggplants. Then, all Chartreuse Goose Eggs, Right-Handed Grapefruit, and Victory Eggplants are destroyed.
c) The winner is declared winner of the cycle, and a Right-Handed Grapefruit and a Champion's Cloak are created in that player's possession. If this results in his having two Champion's Cloaks, one of them is instantly transformed into a Badge of Glory.
d) All players who have zero or fewer points are given a Chartreuse Goose Egg.
e) If the amount of A$s in circulation exceeded the amount in the Treasury at the time this winner was declared, the following shall occur: 20% (round down) of each Player's A$ balance is transferred to the Treasury. The winner shall pay only 10% (round down), however. Each Undead stops haunting 20% (rounded down) of the A$ it is haunting.
f) Each Player is awarded A$ equal to his point total minus his Eggplant Weight.
g) Bond payments are held in suspension.
h) Each players' "Eggplant Weight" is recalculated as -15 * N, where N is the number of cycles that player has won. Each player's score is set to their Eggplant Weight. Each player with a negative Eggplant Weight has a Victory Eggplant is created in their possession.
i) Bond payments are reinstituted, as if all players' scores were their Eggplant Weight at the end of the previous bond cycle.
j) If the cycle currently ending has exceeded 30 days in length, all players who have been on vacation for the entire cycle are removed from the game as if they have quit.
k) The game cycle number is incremented.
l) Ackanomic play resumes.{{Each player's Eggplant Weight is set to the score they had one nanosecond after the current cycle began.}}
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Amend R 1243 so that the section numbered as 4) reads:
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4) A player who has possessed the Goose for at least 30 days may pay A$75 to the Treasury and transfer the Goose to the single active player with the lowest adjusted score. The player receiving the Goose receives A$75 from the Treasury. This option is not available if more than one active player has the lowest adjusted score. The receiving player may not decline the transfer. For the purposes of this section, a player's adjusted score is their score minus their Eggplant Weight.
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Proposal 1374 - Wed 23 Oct 11:45 CDT 1996
Praetor
(Guy Fawkes) Robert Shimmin
Decision: Accepted
I. The Office of the Praetor is a Political Office. It has one seat. If the seat is vacant, it shall be filled by Nomination and Election for Office. Should either of these terms be nonexistant, the Clerk of the Court may appoint any eligible player to the seat. To be eligible for Nomination and Election or appointment by the Clerk of the Court, a player must be active and one or more of the followinga) a Bronze Torch holder
b) eligible to receive a Bronze Torch
c) the owner of a Gold Stripe
d) a former Supreme Court Justice
e) enshrined in the Hall of EldersRegardless of any other eligibility, a current Justice or Acting Justice is never eligible.
If the seat is vacant and there are no eligible players, the seat remains vacant.
If appointed (not elected) to the Office of Praetor, a player has three days to accept the Office. I he does not do so within that time, the appointment is declared void.
II. If an Acting Justice needs to be selected because of a Justice's Vacation, the Praetor shall be selected before other eligible players, if not already an Acting Justice; if the Praetor cannot be selected, players eligible to be Praetor shall be selected before other players.
If an Acting Praetor needs to selected due to Vacation, players eligible to be Praetor shall be selected before other players.
III. If a judge or judge-designate should ever be declared a deadbeat, the CotC shall select the Praetor as the next Judge for the deadbeat's CFJ. If a CFJ is assigned to the Praetor when the seat is vacant, it shall be reassigned as if the deadbeat had actively declined judgment.
IV. The Praetor may not decline Judgment. When a CFJ is submitted to him, he is assumed to have immediately accepted it. He may send a CFJ to the Supreme Court, though he may do this only if he has not submitted a CFJ to the Supreme Court within the last 14 days. If e does this, he is not required to deliver a verdict.
V. The Praetor is forbidden to take any action or inaction which would cause him to be a deadbeat. If he is ever a deadbeat, he is immediately removed from office, and the seat is vacant.
VI. The player who holds the Office of Praetor may be selected to judge CFJ's by the methods described in other rules. Should this occur, he is not acting as the Praetor on this CFJ, and he is neither bound by the rules of the Office nor able to use the Praetor's powers on this CFJ. Should, however, he ever become a deadbeat as a result of such a CFJ, he is immediately removed from office as described in the previous paragraph, and the CFJ is reassigned as if he had actively declined.
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Amend the second sentence of Rule 507 to read:
It will be composed of two players (called Justices) who are neither President, Speaker, Senator, Praetor, or already Justice.
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Amend R569 in the following ways, in the order specified:
Insert the following paragraph between the existing fourth and fifth paragraphs.
"If a case reached the Supreme Court through submission by the Praetor, a player may still appeal the Court's decision, but the case shall be treated as if it had already been appealed once."
Insert the following paragraph between the existing second and third paragraphs.
"A case may also reach the Supreme Court if the Praetor submits any CFJ to that body. The Praetor may submit with the CFJ an explanation of why he is not deciding it himself, although the Supreme Court is under no obligation to read it."
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Amend Rule 213 to read:
Having accepted the appointment a Judge has exactly one week in which to post an official Judgment. A Judge who fails to delive Judgment within that period is considered and deadbeat and penalized 10 points, and the CFJ which he was judging shall be assigned to the Praetor.
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Amend Rule 588, paragraph 1 to read:
When Judgement has been called for, a Judge is randomly selected from among the other active players that are eligible to judge CFJs, as defined by any other applicable rules. It is a duty of the Clerk of the Court to make this selection. The player selected has 3 days in which to accept or refuse the appointment by posting to the applicable officer. Any player who does not respond to selection in 3 days shall be considered a deadbeat and penalized 10 points, and deemed to have refused appointment; the CFJ shall then be assigned to the Praetor. If a selected player actively declines appointment, then a further random selection is made from the remaining pool.
Proposal 1375 - Wed 23 Oct 5:29 CDT 1996
Giving tinan his Blue Cross Bonus Posthumously, and Removing Another Bug from the Eggplants
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)
Decision: Accepted
This is a modest proposal.{{ [ This was originally two separate proposals; I hadn't noticed the problem with resetting scores when I submitted the first one. Guy Fawkes apparently lost all the mail I sent him, and P1373 slightly overlaps this so I have changed the second slightly, and combined them into one proposal. ] }}
Amend rule 962.2 as follows:
1. Add to the beginning of the rule:
{{ The undead this is not a name begins haunting the Blue Cross Bonus which is in the treasury and has "this is not a name" stamped in gold upon it. }}2. In the process for when a player leaves the game, move step 5 before steps 3 and 4, and then renumber steps 5, 3, and 4 to be steps 3, 4, and 5 respectively. Change the text "step 3" in step 7 to "step 4".
3. Change step 1 in the process for when a player returns to the game to read: 1) If e left the game during the current cycle, eir score is the minimum of 0 and the score e had when e last left the game. Otherwise, eir score is -15 N, where N is the number of cycles e has won, and if this causes eir score to be negative, e is given a Victory Eggplant. In either case, the player's Eggplant Weight is set to -15 N, where N is defined as above. {{ If proposal 1373 was not accepted, delete the sentence before this one. }}
Proposal 1376 - Thu 24 Oct 18:42 CDT 1996
Speculating in Haunted Bonds
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest proposalAmend R 962.2 to replace
"
There shall exist the following protected acka-entities: - Bond Promissory
"with:
"
Bond Promissories exist. They are Protected and Tradeable.
"
Proposal 1377 - Thu 24 Oct 18:41 CDT 1996
The Old Lightbulb Bit
snowgod (Phil Ackley)
Made harfy by Guy Fawkes at Fri, 25 Oct 1996 11:46:05 -0500 (CDT)
Decision: retracted by author
No more than once every three months the officer in charge of random things may announce that a lightbuld has gone out in one of Ackanomic's public building. This of course leads to great consternation, and the inevitable question: How many Ackanomians does it take to change a light bulb?It is the duty of the senate to answer this question. Upon the announcement of a light bulb going out, the senate shall hold a meeting for the purposes of determining exactly what should be done to remedy the situation. The options include recomending that one or more players are hired to fix the light bulb, brining in outside help (in the form of the Frobozz Magic Maintenance Company, Ackanomic Division), or having one of the senators attempt to change the lightbulb himself.
The senate has seven days to issue a report stating their recomendations for lightbuld repair, or they shall be held In Contempt. A public hearing will then be held, lasting three days. Players may send their votes to Count Tabula indicating which of the three options they prefer. When the hearing has finished, whichever option recieves the most votes shall be excecuted. In the event of a tie, the recomendation of the senate report shall be followed.
Billing:
If one or more players are hired to fix the lightbulb, each one shall be paid A$25 after he has posted an interesting description of the lightbulb changing and his role in the event.
If the Frobozz Magic Maintenance Company, Ackanomic Division, is called upon to do the job they shall recieve A$5 from every active players for services rendered. Players may exempt themselves from payment by contibuting an article to a newspaper (assuming it is accepted by the publisher) describing the event, and the waste of hard-earned dollars.
If a senator is chosen to do the job, he shall recieve nothing more than a heartfelt round of applause for a job well done. However, there is always 25 percent chance that he shall fall of the ladder and the job will not be completed. If that is determined to have happened (using the dice server, if one is recognized by ackanomic) the the Frobozz folks will be called in after all - and be paid A$10 per active player, due to the rush nature of the job
Proposal 1378 - Sat 26 Oct 15:10 CDT 1996
Cat Fight
Niccolo Flychuck
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest ProposalAppend the following text after the first sentence of section 3 or R985.9:
"
A CopyCat can Capture another CopyCat only by using the move described in section 2 of this rule
"
Proposal 1379 - Sat 26 Oct 15:11 CDT 1996
Patron Saints
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
Decision: Rejected
The House haunted by an Elder's Undead is called their Shrine.An Elder may post a public message from beyond the dead stating that he is becoming the Patron Saint of a given type of proposal. It should be easily determinable whether a proposal is of this type. [Harfy props, short props, props creating new entities, props involving the return of the Voting Gnome, etc. are good examples of this; creative props, props centralizing power, props that should be retracted, etc. are not.] Upon so posting, that Elder shall be considered the Patron Saint of that type of proposal.
The author of a proposal that is an example of a Patron Saint's patronage may enter that Elder's Shrine and enter a period of solemn prayer and silent remembrance of that Elder on behalf of that proposal. If they do not post any public messages within the next three days (36 hours), they will be considered to have found favor with that Patron Saint, and if the voting period for the proposal has not yet expired, the Patron Saint's Shrine will cast one vote in favor of it.
A Patron Saint may have only one class of patronized proposals. They may change it by posting a public message from beyond the dead.
A player may enter any Patron Saint's Shrine only once for any given proposal.
Proposal 1380 - Sat 26 Oct 15:12 CDT 1996
Gee Wally, That's a Lot of Different Places to Check (aka LESS WORK FOR FO'S)
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest Proposal.Perform the following actions in the order in which they appear.
Create a new rule entitled "Telepathy, Telekinesis, and Side Effecs" containing text identical to that portion of Rule 1329 that begins with "When a player's score is a prime number..." and continues to the end of the rule.
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Append the following to the end of Rule 1380:
{{Renumber Rule 1380 to 1330. Calvin N Hobbes shall be listed as the originator of this rule in the official copy of the official rules. This takes precedence over any other mutable rule's crediting convention.}}
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Amend the second paragraph of Rule 1330 to read:Any player that correctly publically reports that her stars are aligned when put in the Ackanomic Afterlife will gain the ability to use telepathy. If this is not the first occurrence of this, and the previous time was at least one month before, then the player also gains the use of Telekinesis.
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Delete the text "Title: Telepathy, Telekinesis, and Side Effects" and all text that follows from Rule 1329.
Proposal 1381 - Mon 28 Oct 7:19 CST 1996
Synchronized Whamming
snowgod (Phil Ackley)
Decision: Rejected
This is a modest proposal.{{Amend the blueprint for the Whamiol by adding the following sentence to the end of it's blueprint: "In the event that a player owns more than one Whamiol, each will produce it's scoring results at the same time, based on the schedule of the first Whamiol"}}
Proposal 1382 - Mon 28 Oct 7:19 CST 1996
The Old Lightbulb Bit
snowgod (Phil Ackley)
Made harfy by Malenkai at Mon, 28 Oct 1996 14:18:58 -0500
Decision: Rejected
No more than once every three months the officer in charge of random things may announce that a lightbuld has gone out in one of Ackanomic's public building. This of course leads to great consternation, and the inevitable question: How many Ackanomians does it take to change a light bulb?It is the duty of the senate to answer this question. Upon the announcement of a light bulb going out, the senate shall hold a meeting for the purposes of determining exactly what should be done to remedy the situation.
There are three options:
1) Recomending that one or more players are hired to fix the light bulb.
2) Bringing in outside help (in the form of the Frobozz Magic Maintenance Company, Ackanomic Division).
3) Hhaving one of the senators attempt to change the lightbulb himself.The senate has seven days to issue a report stating their recomendations for lightbuld repair, or they shall be held In Contempt. After the Senate's seven day decision period has expired (and the senate has hopefully issued a report) a public hearing will then be held, lasting three days. Players may send their votes to Count Tabula indicating which of the three options they prefer. When the hearing has finished, whichever option recieves the most votes shall be excecuted. In the event of a tie, the recomendation of the senate report shall be followed unless no senate report was issued, a random determination shall be made.
Billing and Actions:
If one or more players are hired to fix the lightbulb, each one shall be paid A$25 after he has posted an interesting description of the lightbulb changing and his role in the event.
If the Frobozz Magic Maintenance Company, Ackanomic Division, is called upon to do the job they shall recieve A$5 from every active players for services rendered. Players may exempt themselves from payment by contibuting an article to a newspaper (assuming it is accepted by the publisher) describing the event, and the waste of hard-earned dollars.
If a senator is chosen to do the job, he shall recieve nothing more than a heartfelt round of applause for a job well done. However, there is always 25 percent chance that he shall fall of the ladder and the job will not be completed. If that is determined to have happened (using the dice server, if one is recognized by ackanomic) the the Frobozz folks will be called in after all - and be paid A$10 per active player, due to the rush nature of the job
Proposal 1383 - Mon 28 Oct 7:20 CST 1996
What if I want unload all those Prosthetic Foreheads without burying them?
Malenkai(Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest proposal.Amend R 665 to add the following to the end of the Rule:
"
Donation:
A player may donate any Tradeable, non-mimsy entity they own to the Treasury by publically announcing they are doing so. If the item is a Trinket, it is converted into its value in A$ upon transferrence to the Treasury.
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Amend R 1348.2 to add the following sentence at the end of the second paragraph:
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Buried Treasure is not considered part of the Treasury. This clause has precedence over R 665."
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Proposal 1384 - Tue 29 Oct 10:14 CST 1996
Smooth Transition of Duties
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
Decision: Accepted
Amend Rule 612, section (vi) to read(vi) Whenever a Functional Office has a vacant Seat, or if the current holder of that Seat publically states an intent to vacate his Seat and requests the President conduct a Nomination to fill it, the President shall conduct a Nomination for that Seat. After the Nomination, the President shall select an eligible Nominee and announce that Nominee's name publically. That Nominee shall hold the Functional Office. If the Nomination was initiated at the Functional Officer's request, he shall be considered to have resigned at the instant the new Officer is announced, if he has not already left the Seat.
Proposal 1385 - Tue 29 Oct 10:15 CST 1996
Swinger ex-parte
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
I.
Append the following text to R726
"
A Party may declare eir Seat to be Warm at any time.If there fewer than 7 non-Warm Seats at Party-Hall, then additional Seats may be created in the following manner:
a. Any player who is not currently a Swinger, and who is not a member of a Party, two members of which are currently Swingers may anounce eir desire to buy an Office of Swinger.
b. A$600 are transferred from that players account to the the Treasury, if e does not have that much money the entire procedure of creating an additional Swinger's Office is cancelled.c. The player names eir Swinger's Office.
Swingers who acquire eir Offices in this manner are known as Capital-Swingers.
When a Capital-Swinger goes on Vacation, no acting-Swinger is appointed. A Capital-Swinger's Office is Tradable. If a Capital-Swinger's office is traded, then the previous owner ceases to be Swinger, and the new owner becomes Swinger in eir stead.
A Capital-Swinger may anounce eir resignation at any time. In this case the Office of Swinger e resigned from is destroyed."II.
Ammend R985.1 2 D (iv) to read in whole:
"
When a Player purchases a PartyChessPiece e anounces the Office of Swinger e is purchasing the piece for, and the piece becomes the propery of tha Office of Swinger."delete R985.1 2 D (v)
renumber R985.1 2 D (vi) to R990 2 D (v)III.
in R985.1 delete section 2 E.
Rename section 2 F to Section 2 E
in R985.2,R985.2 change all refferences to R985.1 section 2 F, to R985.1 section 2 E
{{[R985.2 2 D does the same thing, and is better worded]}}}IV.
Append to R985.2 2H the following text:
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(iii)When there are 7 or more Swingers with on-board pieces, the turn of any Swinger who has no on-board pieces is skipped entirely.
"V.
In section R985.2 2 h replace the phrase:
"It is permissible for a Party with a Warm Office" with the phrase:
"It is permissible for a Party or a Swinger with a Warm Office"
Proposal 1386 - Tue 29 Oct 10:15 CST 1996
Bonus Votes
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: Accepted
{{All extant Bonus Votes are destroyed}}
1. Bonus Votes are Protected.
2. Bonus Votes are Tradeable
3. A player can own at most five Bonus Votes at an given time. If a Player who already owns five Bonus Votes receives an additional Bonus Vote, by any means, the additional Bonus Vote is destroyed.
4. Bonus Votes are used in the following manner - A Player sends a message to the Tabulator that e is using a Bonus Vote on a specific proposal, and the legal type of Vote that Bonus Vote represents. Players can only use Bonus Votes that they own. Bonus Votes can only be used once. Any Bonus Vote which does not meet these restrictions is not a valid vote, and is destroyed.
5. A player can use at most one Bonus Vote per proposal. A Player can use at most one Bonus Vote on any string of three consecutive proposals. On any single proposal, at most four Bonus Votes are counted. If more than four Bonus Votes were sent to the Tabulator on a single proposal, only the last four valid Bonus Votes to have arrived before the end of the voting are counted, the rest are destroyed.
6. Other rules may specify means by which Bonus Votes are acquired or destroyed, subject to the restrictions in this rule.
7. This rule takes precedence over any rule that concerens tradeable entities that can be used as Votes.
Proposal 1387 - Tue 29 Oct 10:16 CST 1996
Netscape ate the last line of P 1347
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest proposal.Repeal R 1347.
Proposal 1388 - Thu 31 Oct 9:26 CST 1996
New Bribing World Order
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)
Decision: Accepted
{{[ This is an attempt to rewrite Rule 793 in a way that works better, while changing the effect when a proposal changes the proposal-triggered rules to a 1089.2-like form in all cases, including those which do not involve points.The Underworld is gone, but the idea is still interesting, IMHO. ]}}
{{ [In memory of Wayne, without whom I would never have thought of this idea, and whose undead is currently penniless.] A$1 is transferred from /dev/joe to the Treasury, and the undead named Wayne begins haunting it. }}
Amend rule 793 by changing its name to "Proposal Bribery", and changing its text to read, in full:
I. The Right to Fair Voting
A proposal is invalid if it contains one or more rule changes that discriminate in any way between players based on their voting actions on that proposal, or any other specific proposal or proposals identified in the proposal. Effects that depend on the way players vote are allowed if they apply to all proposals, or to all proposals in one or more classes previously defined by the rules. [This would be modest proposals, harfy proposals, etc.] This section defers to section IV of this rule.II. Voting Actions
The following are voting actions:
A. Casting a YES, NO, or PRESENT vote by rule 390.
B. Bribing Tammany by rule 554.
C. Being part of a political party that gets a unity vote.
Other actions may be designated by the rules to be voting actions.III. Effects Triggered on Changing the Triggering Rules
If a proposal adds, changes, or repeals rules that generate effects or cause some entity to generate effects (including but not limited to score changes) based on the way players vote, then those rules generate no effects based on the way players vote on that particular proposal. This section of this rule takes precedence over all other mutable rules which generate effects based on the way players vote on proposals, but defers to the following paragraph.IV. Bribes
A. A proposal may include a Bribe section, which must be in a separate paragraph before any of the rule changes in a proposal, beginning with the word "Bribe" and a colon [as in "Bribe: A$1"]. Any Bribe which violates any of the rules regarding Bribes is invalid.B. Bribes may only cause the transfer of tradeable entities from the author of the proposal to players who voted YES on the proposal; a Bribe need not specify that the entities come from the author of the proposal, since it is assumed.
C. If a proposal does not specify a condition for receiving its Bribe, then every player who votes YES on the proposal is eligible to receive the Bribe. A Bribe may specify further conditions, and may offer different amounts to different players, or based on different conditions [I.e., extra bribes can be given to players whose parties generate unity votes], but any conditions in the Bribe must be determinable when the voting results are posted.
V. Processing Bribes
A. When the voting results for a proposal containing a Bribe section are posted, if the amount(s) specified by the Bribe cannot be transferred from the proposal's author to all eligible players, based on the conditions stated in the Bribe, the Bribe is invalid.B. The required number of YES votes for a proposal containing an invalid bribe to be accepted is one more than the total number of YES and NO votes legally cast within the prescribed voting period. This paragraph takes precedence over rule 581. {{ [This ensures that they will fail. Other ways that I wanted to do this would have conflicted with an immutable rule.] }}
C. When the voting results for a proposal containing an invalid Bribe are posted, the author of that proposal loses 15 points, and no other mutable rules that generate score changes or other effects when a proposal is rejected trigger any effects for that proposal; this takes precedence over any such rules.
D. When the voting results for a proposal containing a valid Bribe are posted, the amount(s) specified by the Bribe are transferred from the proposal's author to all eligible players, based on the conditions stated in the Bribe.
Proposal 1389 - Thu 31 Oct 9:27 CST 1996
One more thing about Otzma
Niccolo Flychuck
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest Proposal.Ammend R1369.1 "Defintion of Otzma Cards" in the following ways:
Section V 8 shall read in full:
" A Player can only use an Otzma Card that e owns. "The first sentence of section V 10 shall read:
" When a player has used an Otzma Card in a public forum, e may not use another Otzma Card in a public forum for three days."Append the following text to section V:
"
11.
a. An Otzma Card which is used in the public forum takes effect immediately if and only if there a Counter-Action defined for a Card of that type. If a Card is Countered within three days of its having been played in the public forum, then the Counter-Action is performed.
b. An Otzma Card which is used in the public forum and has no Counter-Action defined for its type, takes effect three days after its uss has been anounced, unless it is Countered within those three days. In the latter case the Countered Card has no effect at all.
c. An Otzma Card can only be Countered by an entity which is explicitly allowed by the rules to Counter an Otzma Card of that type.
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Ammend the fule "Otzma Card Type Go Fish to read in full:
"1. This rule defines an Otzma Card type called 'Go Fish'
2. An Otzma Card of type 'Go Fish' can be used in the following ways:
a. In a public forum it can be used to Counter any other Otzma Card, in accordance with the rules. The player who plays the Go Fish Card plays the Card by anouncing that e is playing it, and which Card it is being used on. The anouncement must non-ambigous.
b. When used on proposals. A player can use a Go Fish card on a proposal by sending a message to that effect to the tabulator. When a Go Fish Card is used on a proposal, all other Cards used on that proposal have no effect, but they are destroyed anyway. If more than one Go Fish Card is used on a proposal, then the effect is the same as if one Go Fish Card has been used on a proposal. When a Go Fish Card has been used on a proposal, the date of the end of the Voting on that Proposal is considered to the date it has been used.
c. A Go Fish Card can be used over another Go Fish Card only if the Go Fish Card it is used on has not been used on a Go Fish Card.
3. Counter-Action:
a. If a Go Fish Card was used on a Card that has no Counter-Action defined for it, then the Counter-Action is identical to the effect of the Card is was used on.
b. If a Go Fish Card was used on a Card that has a Counter-Action defined for it, then the Counter action is as follows: A new Card is created, its is identical to the type of the Card the Go Fish Card has been used to Counter, and it is given to the player who played, the Card that was Countered by the Go Fish Card.
4. This rule takes precedence over all the rules in the Otzma Card Rule Suite.{{[As Mohammed pointed out, this should make for very interesting Otzma Cards]}}
Proposal 1390 - Thu 31 Oct 9:27 CST 1996
Encouraging New Players to Participate
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
Decision: Accepted
Add the following to the end of Rule 207.For the first three weeks of being a new player (as opposed to a returning player) in Ackanomic, a player shall lose only 4 points if one of their proposals fails; they shall receive 12 points if one of their proposals passes.
Proposal 1391 - Thu 31 Oct 9:28 CST 1996
Is Something Missing?
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest proposal.Amend the rule entitled ""Definition of Otzma Cards" to add the following at the end of section I:
"3. The optional office of RuneMaker exists."
Proposal 1392 - Fri 1 Nov 9:31 CST 1996
Rationalizing Auctions
mr cwm (Eric Murray)
Decision: Accepted
Amend R1023 (Auction) to replace the last sentance of section 5d with "If the Auction is Public, bids must be submitted to the public forum." {{[This will prevent the technique I attempted when bidding on the AsSPEC Prosthetic Forehead collection from snowgod, namely, submitting a bit shortly before the deadline in the hope that even a "good faith attempt the keep the players aprised of the current high bid(s)" would be insufficient to make my bid truly Public.]}}Amend R1023 (Auction) to prepend "If the Auction was Public," to the second sentance of section 5b.
Amend R1023 (Auction) to insert "If the Auction was Private, the Players who made the N highest qualified bids shall each recieve an item in exchange for the amount of A$ in the highest qualified bid(s) less than their own bid, or for the amount of the minimum bid if there was no such highest qualified bid(s) less than their own bid." after the second sentance of section 5b. {{[This style of Private bidding, which has a name I'm sure someone else remembers, encourages Players to bid what they actually think an item is worth to them, rather than A$1 more than what they guess it's worth to the Player who values it next less than themselves, as it removes the financial loss associated with of gross over-bidding. Nor does a Player see an item going to someone else for less than they would have been willing to pay, simply because they underestimated how much someone else wanted the item.]}}
Proposal 1393 - Fri, 1 Nov 1996 09:30:55 CST
More Swinger Tweaking
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: retracted by author
1. Let NoS be the the number of Swingers, excludings Swinger on Vacation, including Acting Swingers.
2. Every two weeks on Tuesday, the following things happen:
a. All existing Swingpoints are converted to points and are added to the scores of the players who own them.
b. The Chess-Umpire awards Swingpoints to Swingers who have positive Weights according to the following scheme:
(i) The Swinger or Swingers with the highest Absolute Weight receives NoS-1 SwingPoints.
(ii) The Swinger or Swingers with the second highest Absolute Weight receives NoS-2 SwingPoints.
(iii) The Swinger or Swingers with the third highest Absolute Weight receives NoS-3 SwingPoints.
(iv) If NoS>4 then the Swinger or Swingers with the fourth highest Absolute Weight receives NoS-4 SwingPoints.
(v) If NoS>5 the Swinger or Swingers with the fifth highest Absolute Weight receives NoS-5 SwingPoints.
(vi) If NoS>6 then the Swinger or Swingers with the sixth highest Absolute Weight receives Nos-6 SwingPoints.
c. If it is not possible to find a Swinger that answers the description in any of the above sections, then that section is ignored. A Swinger who received Swinger points by one section cannot receive Swingerpoint by section which follows it.3. Swingpoints are Tradable.
4. Swingpoints can converted to the following items:
a. Any set of Swingpoints can be converted to an equal number of points which are added to the player's score.
b. A set of four Swingpoints can be converted to a single Bonus-Vote.
c. Any set of Swingpoints can be converted into an equal number of probability points which are added to the CrIndex of an Otzma Card type chosen by the player.5. The process of conversion.
a. A player can only convert Swingpoints that e owns, if a player attempts to vonvert more Swingpoints than e owns, the conversion does not take place.
b. A player makes a conversion by publically anouncing the fact the e is doing so.
c. A player can only make a single conversion at a time.
d. A player can only make a conversion if e has not made any conversion of any type in the preceding 7 days. A player cannot make a conversion if e has made a conversion of the same type in the preceding 14 days. The default conversion described in 2a, is not subject to these restrictions.6. It is the duty of the Chess-Umpire to track all aspects of Swingpoints. If there is no Chess-Umpire, then it is the duty of the newest Swinger to keep track of Swingpoints.
Proposal 1394 - Fri 1 Nov 9:35 CST 1996
Majority Rules
ThinMan (John Bollinger)
Decision: Accepted
This is a modest proposal.Amend R729 by replacing the words "a simple majority (50% or more) will determine whether or not the alleged Heretic has been burned" with the words "if a simple majority of the votes were for "BURN THE WITCH!" then the alleged Heretic is immediately burned".
Proposal 1395 - Fri 1 Nov 9:36 CST 1996
Hoping to stop the repeal R 219 movement before its too late
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: Accepted
This is a Modest proposal.Amend the first paragraph of R 219 to read:
"
If the rules are changed so that further play is impossible, rule changes are impossible, or a player action which would affect the game state appears equally legal and illegal, then a player may call for judgement on a statement to that effect.
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Transmute R 112 to mutable.
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Repeal R 112 {{[folded into R 219, I've always wanted to do that]}}
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Amend R 1243 as follows:
1) Amend condition 1) in the "Conditions upon which the Goose is transferred" section, to read:
"1) Upon a verdict of other than TRUE on a Paradox Win CFJ, the initiator of the CFJ receives the Goose from wherever it is. If the initiator already has the Goose, however, they shall transfer an A$60 court fee to the Clerk of the Court."
Proposal 1396 - Sat 2 Nov 8:08 CST 1996
In Which We Are Definitely Hearing Things
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)
Decision: Accepted
The symbol --- and quote marks are used as delimiters in this proposal. The symbols themselves are not part of any body of text the proposal describes, but merely mark the beginning and end of such texts.[ The current structure for this type of thing is redundant and a little sloppy. Standardize! ]
1. A new Rule titled "Hearings" is created, reading:
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A Rule may specify circumstances under which a Hearing is called. When this happens, Count Tabula shall announce in a public message that a Hearing has been called, citing the rule that requires it and the circumstances that brought it about, and telling the valid responses [and other pertinent details]. As of this announcement, the Hearing is in session.While the Hearing is in session, each Player may send his or her response to that Hearing to Count Tabula privately. Count Tabula shall record each response that matches one of the valid responses for the Hearing. If a Player who has already responded sends another valid response, the Assistant Tabulator shall discard the previous response and record the new one. {{[ This last sentence is probably taken for granted, but it isn't in any of the "Hearing" rules as they exist now. ]}}
The Hearing shall end when it has been in session for three days. When it ends, it ceases to be in session.
Once a Hearing has ended, it has a verdict. The verdict of the Hearing is whichever valid response was given by the most Players in response to the Hearing, if exactly one valid response holds this distinction. Otherwise, if there is a tie among two or more responses, the verdict shall be whichever of the tied responses appears first in the Rule defining them. If no responses were received while the Hearing was in session, the verdict shall be "Never mind." The Assistant Tabulator has the Duty of announcing the verdicts of Hearings with all due haste.
---2. Amend Rule 400/2 ("Politeness Moon") to read, in full:
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Any Player sending a public message should be as polite as possible. Any Player may call a Hearing on the matter of whether a certain public message from another Player was polite.The valid responses to a Politeness Moon Hearing are "Yes, it was polite." and "No, it was not polite.". If the verdict of the Hearing shows that the message was not polite, the Player who sent it loses 3 points. If it shows that it was polite, its author gets the nickname Jazz JackRabbit for the next 3 days.
---3. Amend Rule 414/7 ("The Office of the Tabulator") by substituting "Hearings" for "Politeness Moons" wherever the latter appears.
4. Rule 729 shall be amended to read, in full:
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The Earth is flat. Contradiction of this fact is Heresy.If, in a public message, a Player refers to the Earth being round, or implies that this may be the case, any other Player may start a Witchhunt by sending a public message that names the alleged witch, quotes his or her allegedly heretical message, and calls for a Witchhunt.
A Witchhunt is a Hearing. It is also a Very Grave Matter. The valid responses to a Witchhunt are "No! E said the Earth is flat" and "BURN THE WITCH!" The Player who tabulates the responses to a Witchhunt shall be called Witchfinder General while it is in session.
If the verdict is "BURN THE WITCH!" the alleged witch shall be branded a witch and heretic. E shall then be incinerated atop a bonfire large enough that it not only reduces the witch to eir component atoms but also inspires righteous terror in all who see it. When a witch is burned, e shall enter the Ackanomic Afterlife, and shall lose 10 points.
Any Player who has been burned as a heretic exactly once is considered Enlightened. Any Player burned more than once, however, is beyond hope and may never become Enlightened. Any Player who is Enlightened is free to say what they wish, and may never have a Witchhunt called against them, or be burned as a heretic. This paragraph has precedence over all others in this rule.
---5. Rule 730 ("Steel Flea") shall be amended by replacing the paragraph that begins "If any other player believes" with:
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If any other Player believes that this message is obviously fake and not clever or witty enough for the nanotech Phoebe, he or she may challenge the authenticity of the message by posting to that effect publically. A Hearing is then called, with valid responses of "Phoebe would not say anything so crass" and "Phoebe said much the same thing to me once". If the verdict is the former, then obviously the Player did not accurately report what Phoebe said, and e will lose the 6 points awarded previously, and will be fined another 6 points for selfishly keeping Phoebe's wisdom to emself. Such challenges must be made within 3 days of the wisdom being posted, and may only be made once per report.
---6. Rule 1112.3 ("Let those who are without Harf cast the first stone.") shall be amended to read, in full:
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If any Player feels the Harfmeister is hogging the Harf [that is, sitting on the title of Harfmeister with no intent to designate any proposals as Harfy], they may start an Inquistition by publically calling for one.An Inquisition is a Hearing. It is also Strange. The valid responses to an Inquisition are "No! He's going to share the Harf!", or "Yes! He is Hogging the Harf!" If the verdict is the latter, the Harfmeister is guilty of hogging the Harf and must immediately go to his or her home if he or she may legally do so. The person who called for the Inquisition then becomes the Harfmeister.
---7. Rule 1268 ("Commission d'Arts") is amended by changing
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5) Upon the issuance of the report, Count Tabula will take votes for 3 days, during which each player may vote once on which Nominee they prefer, after which the voting results and winning Nominee are released. If the voting is tied at the end of the 3 day voting period, Count Tabula shall break the tie by random determination.
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5) Upon the issuance of the report, a Hearing is called. The valid responses are the names of the Nominees, as listed in the Commission's report. The winning Nominee is the Nominee indicated by the verdict of the Hearing (if any).
---8. Rule 1335 ("Codex of Kra") is amended by changing
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In this case, there will then be a three day voting period, during which players may send one vote each to Count Tabula saying either "the Ancients weren't that clueless", or "my own experiments have produced similar results". No quorum is required; a simple majority of votes challenging the translation's accuracy will prove that the AckaPhysicist is a quack in the case of this particular translation.
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In this case, there will then be a Hearing, with valid responses of "the Ancients weren't that clueless" and "my own experiments have produced similar results". A verdict of "the Ancients weren't that clueless" will prove that the AckaPhysicist is a quack in the case of this particular translation.
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Proposal 1397 - Sat 2 Nov 8:08 CST 1996
Clarifying the Judicial Hierarchy
ThinMan (John Bollinger)
Decision: Accepted
This is a modest proposal.Amend R 508 by adding the following text as a seperate paragraph at the end:
"Supreme Court Justices and acting Supreme Court Justices are ineligible to be selected to judge CFJs."{{ [ This does two things: (1) Spreads the Bronze Torch points around a little more, and (2) (almost) Assures that a CFJ appeal does not have to get past the original judge on the Supreme Court. ] }}
Proposal 1398 - Sat 2 Nov 8:09 CST 1996
That's Too Silly
ThinMan (John Bollinger)
Decision: Rejected
This is a modest proposal.Rule 728 shall be amended to read:
If a proposal containing the phrase "cows eat grass" is accepted, then the player who submitted the proposal is said to be silly, and shall score 5 points when the results of the voting on that proposal are distributed.
{{[ It is game custom that Silly players only score the bonus once (instead of continuously), but I want to codify it into a rule. I also want to avoid the grey area of whether or not proposals continue to exist once their voting period expires. ]}}
Proposal 1399 - Sat 2 Nov 8:09 CST 1996
Regulatory Reform / Rock maintenance
ThinMan (John Bollinger)
Decision: Accepted
This is a modest proposal.R 906 is hereby repealed.
{{[ R 906 is redundant with R 592. Just cleaning up some clutter. ]}}
R 1036 shall be amended to read, in its entirety: "There exists an type of entities called A Rock To Wind A String Around (henceforth known as rock). Rocks may be manipulated by vending machines, should such things exist. Rocks are Tradeable."
{{[ This makes it clear that there may be (in fact, is) more than one rock. It removes language that coincides with the defaults for entities, and it removes the stipulation that the Rock is unowned. ]}}
Proposal 1400 - Sat 2 Nov 8:09 CST 1996
Just Monkeying Around
ThinMan (John Bollinger)
Decision: Accepted
This is a modest proposal.R 824 shall be amended by inserting the following sentence as a seperate paragraph before the existing text: "The Brass Monkey exists and is unowned."
R 823 is hereby repealed.
{{[ I am always for reducing the number of rules. R 823 should have been part of R 824 in the first place. This also codifies the Monkey's ownership and removes the unnecessary bit about having no function. ]}}