Proposal 2601 - Thu 15 Jan 1998 08:36 EST
Still illogical
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected
I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now.
Modify rule 340 such that at the end is added, preceded by the lowest integer Roman numeral not already in use:
"
For the purposes of rule numbering 2000 is less than 1.
"
Proposal 2602 - Thu 15 Jan 1998 09:33 EST
The Long Eggplant Free Zone
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted
This is a Modest Proposal.
Amend Rule 431 by inserting the following LONG-delimited text after the text "no such call has occurred during the current cycle.":
LONG
The Illuminatus has the privilege of calling for Agenda Submissions
whenever no such call has occurred in the past 90 days.
LONG
{{[If a cycle lasts for 3 months, we could easily have 8 or 9 new players. More hats should be allowed in at this point.]}}
Proposal 2603 - Fri 16 Jan 1998 06:25 EST
Fools Rush In
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: rejected
{{All FairyDollars are destroyed.}
Create a new Rule in the Otzma Cards Rule Suite, titled "Otzma Card of Type Fairy Gold", with the following HAHA-delimited text:
HAHA
This rule defines an Otzma Card type.
FairyDollars are tradeable entities. n FairyDollars may be represented by
the text F$n. 24 hours after a FairyDollar is created, it is destroyed.
This card may be played only in the public forum.
When this card is played, F$100 is created in the possession of the player
who played the card. For the purposes of all other rules, F$ are
identical to A$.
Counter-Action: A total of 150 Dollars (being AckaDollars and
FairyDollars) are transferred from the player who played the Fairy Gold
card to the Treasury. FairyDollars will be transferred before
AckaDollars. If the player does not have 150 Dollars, then all eir
Dollars will be transferred to the Treasury.
HAHA
Proposal 2604 - Fri 16 Jan 1998 06:26 EST
Those Pesky Vulcans
Rex Mundi (Gavin Doig)
Status: retracted
This is a Modest proposal.
Vulcan changes its name to the following double-quote delimited string,
where n is replaced by the lowest cardinal number such that the name is
unique:
"Rule 1 is repealed. #n"
Proposal 2605 - Fri 16 Jan 1998 06:27 EST
Side Hat
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
Decision: accepted
Amend Rule 408, "Tabulator and Count Tabula", as follows:
Add the following text(delimited by YETI)to the end of the second-last paragraph:
YETI
Count Tabula also has the Duty to conduct any Nominations for Office that
are not the responsibility of any other Officer.
YETI
Proposal 2606 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:27 EST
Name That Crime
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted
This is a Modest Proposal.
{{[This proposal gives all crimes a name. That way you can identify which crime is taking place in the CFCJ statement for better clarity. Given that some crimes had names, but others were nameless, I felt a fix up was deserved. Also note that under the current rules, if a player commits a Crime on one occasion, then regardless of what happens in the future, any future CFCJ alleging they committed that same Crime on a different occasion could be judged true on the basis of the first Crime - no date is specified.]}}
Amend Rule 309 by changing
"It is a Crime to be the author of both Proposal A and Proposal B. (as the terms 'Proposal A' and 'Proposal B' are used in this rule). "
to
"Being the author of both Proposal A and Proposal B as defined in this rule is committing the Crime of Repetition."
Amend Rule 422 by changing
"For a player not on vacation not to be subscribed to at least one form of the official mailing list is a Crime. For a voting player not on vacation not to be subscribed to at least one form of the official voting mailing list is a Crime"
to
"A player not on vacation who is not subscribed to at least one form of the official mailing list is committing the Crime of Disinterest. A voting player not on vacation who is not subscribed to at least one form of the official voting mailing list is committing the Crime of Apathy"
Amend Rule 517 by replacing all instances of "a Crime" with "the Crime of Breach of Contract".
Amend Rule 701 by changing
"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]. "
to
"To break the Rules is to commit the Crime of Blatant Disregard.
To perform an action specified by the Rules to be Illegal is the Crime of
Illegal Action. An action specified by the Rules to be "impermissible" is,
by contrast, impossible. However, an attempt to commit such an action is
the Crime of Attempting the Impossible [even though the action itself does
not occur]."
and
"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. "
to
"Failure of an Officer to perform a Duty of an Office e holds is the Crime of Non-Performance. The act of performing a Duty incorrectly is the Crime of Malpractice."
Amend Rule 710 by replacing the following CHARGE-delimited text:
CHARGE
3) Its "statement" shall be "X has committed a Crime", where X is
replaced with the name of a registered player.
CHARGE
with the following SPECIFIC-delimited text:
SPECIFIC
3) Its "statement" shall be "X committed the Crime of Y on Z", where X is
replaced with the name of a registered player, Y is replaced by the name
of a Crime as defined in the current ruleset, and Z is replaced by a date
earlier than the current date.
SPECIFIC
and the following DETAIL-delimited text:
DETAIL
4) Its "reasoning" section shall show how Player X comitted a Crime. CFCJs
shall only be judged TRUE if the Crime described in the reasoning was
comitted by player X. CFCJs which do not detail exactly one Crime, in the
judgement of the judge, shall be judged INVALID.
DETAIL
with the following UNIQUE-delimited text:
UNIQUE
4) Its "reasoning" section shall show how Player X comitted the Crime of
Y on the date Z. CFCJs shall only be judged TRUE if the Crime Y was
comitted by player X on date Z. CFCJs which do not detail exactly one
Crime, in the judgement of the judge, shall be judged INVALID.
UNIQUE
Amend Rule 846 by replacing:
"It is a crime to give a description of the house which is not in accord with the rules. "
with
"Giving a description of the house which is not in accord with the rules is the Crime of Acting Like a Realtor. "
Amend Rule 925 by replacing "time is a Crime" with "time is the Crime of Media Baroncy" and replacing "It is a Crime" with "It is the Crime of Lying In Print".
Amend Rule 1009 by replacing
"It is a Crime to be a member of more than one Political Party at once."
with
"Being a member of more than one Political Party simultaneously is the
Crime of Branch-Stacking."
Proposal 2607 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:28 EST
Weasel Slayer
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: accepted
This is a modest proposal.
Modify rule 344 by replacing the following:
"
Any language containing these words can be considered vague and/or overly
broad and tends to obfuscate the true interpretation of a rule. These words
are known as "weasel words."
"
with:
"
Such words are known as "weasel words". Any words which are vague, overly
broad and obfuscate the intended meaning of a rule qualify as weasel words.
"
Also replace:
"
shall have his court fee for the submission of the CFJ waived. If that
proposal is accepted and the CFJ is judged in the player's favor, then that
player shall receive the honorary title of "Weasel Slayer."
"
with
"
shall gain one extra point and receive the honorary title of "Weasel
Slayer" should the relevant proposal be accepted and the CFJ be judged
true.
"
{{[Firstly, this corrects the problem that I encountered when judging the first weasel words CFJ. It also changes the reward, since there is no court cost for standard CFJs, only CFCJs. Lastly it removes the full stop from the honorific title]}}
Proposal 2608 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:28 EST
Reduced anti-voting
else...if (Henry Towsner)
Decision: rejected
{{[This is a compromise proposal which removes anti-voting from modest
proposals, but leaves it on others. This allows players to "turn off"
anti-voting.]}}
Replace this text in rule 207: "If a Modest proposal is accepted,
the player who proposed it receives 5 points, and every player who voted NO
on it receives 1 point. If a Grandiose proposal is accepted, the player who
proposed it receives 16 points, and every player who voted NO on it
receives 5 points. If a proposal which is neither Modest nor Grandiose is
accepted, the player who proposed it receives 10 points, and every player
who voted NO on it receives 3 points.
If a Modest proposal is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who proposed
it loses 5 points, and every player who voted YES on it receives 1 point.
If a Grandiose proposal is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who
proposed it loses 12 points, and every player who voted YES on it receives
5 points. If a proposal which is neither Modest nor Grandiose is rejected,
but meets quorum, the player who proposed it loses 7 points, and every
player who voted YES on it receives 3 points."
with this:
"If a Modest proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receives 5
points. If a Grandiose proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it
receives 16 points, and every player who voted NO on it receives 5 points.
If a proposal which is neither Modest nor Grandiose is accepted, the player
who proposed it
receives 10 points, and every player who voted NO on it receives 3 points.
If a Modest proposal is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who proposed it loses 5 points. If a Grandiose proposal is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who proposed it loses 12 points, and every player who voted YES on it receives 5 points. If a proposal which is neither Modest nor Grandiose is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who proposed it loses 7 points, and every player who voted YES on it receives 3 points."
--
-Henry Towsner, AKA else...if, The Fearless Alibi Posesser, Laefu, and Yilran
No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at
the right place.
This is a Modest proposal.
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Amend rule 1250.18, "Ye Olde Rusty Lantern", to replace:
"
with:
"
This is a Modest Proposal.
This is a Modest proposal.
The organization that was called Vulcan on 1/1/1998 changes its name to the
following double-quote delimited string, where n is replaced by the lowest
cardinal number such that the name is unique:
This is a Modest Proposal.
Should this Proposal pass, all players who took one or more voting
actions, as specified in Rule 313, on this Proposal shall receive 20
points, in addition to any other rewards or penalties that may occur.
All other players shall be tarred and feathered.
This is a Modest proposal.
{{[ Some unlikely, but possible, Duel cases, that may need to guard
against someone crashing them. Ghost already has this safeguard
in place... ]}}
Amend Rule 1250.16, "Viruses", as follows:
In section 10, after the text "if a game of Viruses has the maximum
number of players" insert " or is being played as a Duel ". {{[ The
completion of the sentence is "then no additional players may join." ]}}
Amend rule 1250.18, "Ye Olde Rusty Lantern", as follows:
Under the section labeled "The Barkeep", add to the second paragraph
{{[
This is Modest proposal.
Ammend Rule 402, section ii, paragraph e to read "During the Election
Period, each voting player may cast one vote for any one of the Nominees
by so notifiyng the appropriate Officer. A voting player may change eir
vote at any time by so notifiying the appropriate Officer. The
appropriate Officer shall only consider the last vote e recieved from each
voting player."
{{[There are a number of documents in the game which the rules refer to,
but which themselves are not strictly part of the rules. These include
the CFJ Ineligibility List, the Guidelines for Zuriti'ili, and the
Literature List. I believe it would be in the best interests of the game
to have a consistent means for dealing with these kinds of rule-defined
documents. I call them Schedules.]}}
Create a rule, numbered 312, entitled "Schedules", with the following
TOGETHER-delimited text:
TOGETHER
2) Schedules may be amended by proposal as if they were part of the
ruleset.
{{The Literature List is given Schedule Code A.}}
Create a new Rule, numbered 407.2, entitled "Schedule-Harfer", with the
following TRACK-delimited text:
TRACK
Replace the first instance of Literature list in Rule 210 with the text
"Schedule A (otherwise known as the Literature List)".
Delete the first, tenth, eleventh and twelfth sentences of section IV of
Rule 210 {{[Now redundant with the information on Schedules]}}
Delete the words "the Literature list" from the last sentence of Rule 210
{{[Schedule definition gains precedence]}}
Delete all of section (d) of Rule 413 that precedes the first full stop in
section (d). Delete the first full stop in Rule 413.
{{[Transfers harfing the CFJIL from the CotC to the S-H]}}
Amend Rule 212 by replacing the first instance of "CFJ Ineligiblity List
(List)" with "Schedule B (also known in this rule as the List)".
Amend Rule 719 by replacing the text
"The Clerk of the Court shall maintain a list of the legal Zuriti'ili
guidelines, which he shall make available to any player upon request.
After all legal appeals of a particular Zuriti'ili CFCJ have been
resolved and it is no longer legal to appeal that CFCJ, the Clerk of the
Court shall append any Zuriti'ili guideline from that CFCJ that was not
overturned to his list of legal guidelines. "
with the sentence
"Any guideline not overturned on a Zuriti'ili CFCJ is appended to Schedule
C (The Zuriti'ili Guidelines) when it is no longer legal to appeal that
CFCJ."
{{[Hands control of this over to the S-H]}}
{{Yes, I'm willing to do the work on this one}}
{{If the player who was named breadbox at the time the proposal creating
these rule changes sends a public message prior to that proposal being
accepted which indicates eir willingness to become Schedule-Harfer, then
that player becomes Schedule-Harfer. Otherwise, the player known as
Slakko on 17 January 1998 becomes Schedule Harfer.}}
This is a Modest proposal.
{{[I'm not sure my idea of proposal magic to move the
threads together went over too well, but I have to get
back to my life :-) So, perhaps we can compromise on
areas that effect me, and leave the issue open for
academic fun. This seems better than me resigning
as speaker, and spending 6 days going through the
process again, especially with the possibility, however
small, of a different result. I cannot remain speaker
until this is sorted out, which could be longer than
7 days]}}
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Create a new rule entitled Speaker Emeritus, numbered 399,
with the following text:
"
This rule has precedence over all other rules, except rules
1, of course. :)
If Malenkai is Speaker, then
Regardless of who is Speaker, Malenkai is given the title
of Speaker Emeritus.
[well, we need something to make it non-null in the one
thread. :-) BTW Slakko, for you office list, I became speaker
first when CFJ 184 was returned (Jun 12 96), and except for a
few days in july, held it continuously since then. Long time.]
}}
{{If adopted this proposal becomes rule 860 or the next higher=20
available number in the 800's so that its number is unique}}
A) BEACHES
2) Any player(s) successfully rafting down the Ackanomian River as =
described in rule 836 shall go to the beach. =20
This is a Modest proposal.
Amend rule 413, "Clerk of the Court", to replace "The Clerk of the Court
shall be Acting Speaker when there is no Speaker" with "The Clerk of
the Court shall be Acting Speaker when there is no Speaker or Acting
Speaker". {{[ Otherwise the CotC may have an impossible duty... ]}}
This is a Modest Proposal.
Amend Rule 1230.2 by replacing the text:
and the text:
"C. Placement - The Swinger places one of eir off-board pieces on an
unoccupied square on the board. The Swinger may not place the piece in
such a position that it attacks one or more opposing pieces, unless it is
impossible to place the piece without it attacking at least one other
piece, and the Swinger involved has fewer than five on-board pieces and a
weight of 0. "
with
"C. Placement - The Swinger places one of eir off-board pieces on an
unoccupied square on the board. The Swinger may not place the piece in
such a position that it attacks one or more opposing pieces, unless
either
(a) it is impossible to place the piece without it attacking at least one
other piece, and the Swinger involved has fewer than five on-board pieces
and a weight of 0;
or
(b) the placement is made in accordance with Rule 1240.10."
{{[This may not strictly be necessary, but it avoids a possible CFJ call
by making it absolutely clear that paradrops are possible.]}}
1) removing the text "(but not on a special D-turn or
special DD-turn)".
{{[The original language about D and DD turns was referring to turns where
one or more Swingers were in check, and was therefore designed to prevent
Kings being airlifted to safety. This change ensures that requirement is
met.]}}
This is a Modest proposal.
Amend Rule 256 Leaving the Game by replacing the first sentence with the
following BLAH delimited text.
BLAH
Then delete section 2) of Rule 256. Renumber sections 3) through 6) to 2)
through 5).
{{[Its unlikely that this will ever make any difference, but imagine how
much easier things would have been if it had read like this a few weeks
ago.]}}
{{[Ever wonder how you're going to get rid of that absolutely impossible
Agenda Hat, when you have to let people know what it is before you can
trade it? This is how.]}}
{{All Mad Hatters are destroyed. Beep, Blip and Bonk are destroyed.}}
Create a new Rule, numbered 675, entitled "Mercury Poisoning", with the
following CHARITY-delimited text:
CHARITY
The Mad Hatters automatically approve any trade that satisfies one or more
of the following forms, provided that the trade is possible:
If the Mad Hatters have been in possession of a given Visible Agenda Hat
for more than 7 days, and a player points this fact out, then that Visible
Agenda Hat is destroyed.
{{[This is how the pointless, obsolete or just plain stupid hats can be
stopped from cluttering up the game]}}
{{Transfer A$100 from the Treasury to The Mad Hatters}}
{{Red Barn gains 3 points. Slakko loses 3 points}}
{{[The above change is not based on proposal ideas. Rather, it is a
royalty payment for the use of the phrase "Beep Blip Bonk" from Red Barn's
signature.]}}
Create a new rule entitled, "The Appraiser" reading as delimited by
CASH:
(b) The purpose of the Appraiser is to determine the value, in A$, of all
entities in the game. The Office may perform other functions if they
conform to the rules.
(c) A privilege of the Appraiser is to issue Certificates of
Valuation(CoV). A CoV consists of one entity, which must be either
appraised or unappraised, and either a positive integral value of A$ or a
statement that it has no value.
(d) The Appraiser shall distribute CoV's publicly, and assign each one a
unique number. After a CoV is distributed, any player may officially object
to it by publishing his or her objection publicly. If less than 2 voting
players object to the CoV within a 3 day review period immediately
following its distribution, then entity will be appraised as specified in
the CoV. The Appraiser shall publish a notice that the entity has been
reappraised.
Create a new rule entitled "Appraisals" reading as delimited by GREENBACKS
Entities are only valued or unappraisable as specified in the rules. All
Unique entities are unappraisable unless otherwise specified. One
acka-dollar is valued, and has a value of A$1. A trinket or Magik is
valued as the number of A$ spent to create it. One kaa of land is
appraised at A$50.
A players net value is equal to the sum of the appraised or valued prices
of all entities they own.
Amend the first sentence of Rule 844 to read as follows: "A player may
purchase a kaa of empty, common land for it appraised value."
{{else...if is appointed the Appraiser.}}
--
No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at
the right place.
Create a new Rule numbered 1205, entitled Game Misconduct, with the
following text:
If a player of Ackanomic deliberately interferes with the play of a
sub-game, even if he is not a participant in that sub-game, he has
committed the Crime of Game Misconduct. Interference, in this case, would
be doing something that makes it impossible to play a sub-game as its
rules and game spirit intend. [Examples include: Revealing the definition
of the Ing word of a game of Fictionary. Providing lists of possible
Ghost or Double Crash words.] Cheerleading, jeering, and even providing
advice to a sub-game player, are permissible so long as they do not
violate the above clauses.
{{[I think this addresses a number of issues that have come up recently.
Although I doubt he realized it, whoever it was that posted a list of
words that "triva" appeared in completely wrecked that game of Ghost, this
would make such acts specifically illegal. This should also cover the
problems that "People are dictionaries too" was going after, at least so
far as other Ackanomic players are concerned. I realize that there are
some "weasel words" in here, but I don't think that such leeway is
appropriate in this situation. This gives the judge a chance to decide
what constitutes deliberate interference for a particular game.]}}
This is a Modest proposal.
Amend rule 207, "Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported",
by deleting section V., "Short Proposal Bonus", and renumbering sections
VI through VIII as V through VII.
{{[ As Scorekeeper, I find this the hardest thing to remember to check for
with Proposals. If people are really attached to it, then that's okay,
but IMHO except for repeals, and sometimes even then, short proposals
are more likely to be sloppy about fixing everything they should. ]}}
This is a Modest Proposal.
Amend Rule 709, Gaol, by inserting the following TMBG-delimited text
immediately before the text 'Note that "game action"':
TMBG
{{[Currently a player in Gaol for more than 7 days could be forced to
become non-voting if there is a quorum failure. I think that this is an
unnecessary additional punishment when you're already restricted to Gaol
for such a long period of time.]}}
{{[I also think that this is one of the rules that would be a good idea to
Schedulise. If the rules are filled with a big long list of what you can
do in Gaol, they get fairly bulky. If we add too many more things to it,
I'd suggest hiving it off to a separate document.]}}
This is a Modest Proposal.
{{[7 is such an arbitrary number. As Chess-Umpire, I don't care how many
people are playing Party Chess. So I'll eliminate the maximum players
rulings.]}}
Amend Rule 1040 by replacing:
with
Remove section 4 B (iii) from Rule 1230.2.
This is a Modest proposal.
Amend Rule 1240.17, "Otzma Card of type Grave Robber", as follows:
Replace the text "If the Undead ownes any entities" with "If the Undead
owns any tradeable entities". {{[ 'Cause there's no reason to steal
the poor beggars' Blue Crosses... ]}}
{{ If, as the result of any Grave Robber card played before this Proposal
is accepted, any nontradeable entities have been transferred from an
Undead to a player, then each such entity is returned to the Undead,
and a tradeable entity, selected as if the Card had been played according
to the current version of Rule 1240.17, is transferred from the Undead
to the Player instead. }}
{{[ Also, to fix the fact that Grave Robber still refers to Bonds
Promissory...although I have a vague thought that some such fix
proposal had already been submitted...? ]}}
Delete the text "and Bonds Promissory", and the text "plus enough BPs to
total 10". Replace the text "10 A$ or PFs" with "up to 10 A$".
Amend Rule 1240.7 by appending the text " from another entity" after the
word "received".
{{[This way trinket creation / destruction does not count.]}}
Append the following EVIL delimitted text to rule 721.
Intentionally causing a player to lose currency during the first
three weeks of eir being a new player, is Annoying. It is also Evil.
This is a modest Proposal.
Ammend section i of Rule 666 to be the "-delimited text:
This is a modest proposal.
Replace the penultimate paragraph of rule 360 with the following
GOLDFISH-delimited text:
GOLDFISH
This is a modest proposal.
Replace the last sentance in Rule 374 with the "-delimited text. "If it
shows that it was polite, its author gets the nickname Jazz JackRabbit for
the next 3 days, and the player who called the hearing loses 2 points."
{{[ It seems to me that there should be a penality for calling a hearing
that was wrong. As it stands now, you can call as many hearings as you
want, and kill Count Tabula. ]}}
I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now.
{{[For those of you who don't know of the B-Ack, I suggest you point your
browsers at the Literature List. There it lurks, even now!]}}
GOBACK
Ackans who visit the Wilds of Ackanomia must be careful to avoid the Curse
of the B-Ack. It is therefore best that they keep quiet when in the
Wilds. Therefore, each day that a player is in the Wilds of Ackanomia and
posts a public message, there is a 40% chance that the B-Ack will hear the
player and chase them on the following day. The player will be treated as
if e had Gone Postal. This is because (i) further public messages ruin a
player's attempts to elude the B-Ack, and thus lead to further hiding, and
(ii) the only weakness of the B-Ack is good poetry.
The one exception to the above paragraph is when the B-Ack hears a player
on a day that the player is launching a spaceship. In this case, there is
a 50% chance (as determined by the Officer in Charge of Random Things)
that the B-Ack will be transported to the destination of the spaceship.
As there is only one B-Ack in the whole of Ackanomia, this rule will then
repeal itself. If the B-Ack is not transported to the spaceship's
destination, then the player instead steams the B-Ack with the spaceship
exhaust, having no effect other than to make the B-Ack angry.
Players who encounter the B-Ack are encouraged to publicly give a
description of its physical characteristics (note that these should be
vague). This description should only be given once the player is no
longer in the Wilds of Ackanomia, and only one description may be sent by
a player for each time they are chased by the B-Ack. Posting such a
description earns a player 6 points.
Scientists are permitted to sneer at any such description, claiming such a
creature is "physically impossible", and gain 2 points for doing so,
provided they sneer within 3 days of the public posting of the
description.
This is a modest proposal.
Amend R710, section 8b, to add at the end of that section:
"The player is also paid A$10 times the amount of the SENTENCE, up to a
maximum of A$200."
Create a new rule, number 1101, to read as below.
"A player who has a score greater than 0 and greater than all the other
players will also be known as 'Le Grand Dalmuti'.
If a player who is not Le Grand Dalmuti gains points such that it makes
their score equal to that of Le Grand Dalmuti, then Le Grand Dalmuti's
score shall be increased by 4 points.
If a player's score overtakes Le Grand Dalmuti's score, thereby becoming
Le Grand Dalmuti themselves, the player(s) with the lowest score will
get a bonus number of points equivalent to one half the score of the new
Le Grand Dalmuti's."
This is a Modest proposal.
Amend Rule 1301, "Church", as follows:
Append the following text(delimited by FROMAGE)as section 11.:
FROMAGE
This is a Modest Proposal.
Amend Rule 101 by replacing
Amend Rule 303 by replacing
"is not considered part of the text of the rule itself."
{{[These changes should make it legal to renumber Rule 2000 to Rule 0 and
overrule rule 1.]}}
Rule 905 will be amended to read as delimited by CRISS-CROSS
2. Any time a player has more than one Cross Bonus or a given color, all
but one of his Cross Bonuses of that color are destroyed. Any time a rule
requires that a player be given a Cross Bonus, one is created with his name
stamped in gold upon it, and it is given to that player. Blue Cross Bonuses
and Red Cross Bonuses are nameless, nontradeable entities. Ruby Slippers,
Gold Stripes, Silver Stripes, Blue Crosses, Red Crosses, Crystal Crosses,
Onyx Stripes and Perspex Stripes are nameless, nontradeable entities, and
are medals.
3. a. When a President or Senator has ended a term in office by resigning,
or due to his term of office expiring, and he has served at least 6 weeks
in that office, then he is given a Blue Cross Bonus if he does not already
have one, except in the case that the player resigned from the office of
President or Senator while an Impeachment Paper was pending to remove him
from that office.
4. a. A player with a Blue Cross Rank of 20 or more qualifies for a Blue
Cross. A player with a Red Cross Rank of at least 20 qualifies for a Red
Cross. A player with a Crystal Cross Rank of at least 20 qualifies for a
Crystal Cross.
5. Any time a player has too many medals for his Blue Cross Rank, as
defined by the previous section, then medals are taken from him and
destroyed such that he no longer has too many. Any time a player has too
few of any of these medals, the President, Proconsul, or Senator may award
medals of the appropriate types to that player until he has enough of each
type. The Frobozz Magic Medal Company, Ackanomic Division, performs the
creation and destruction of these medals as medals are to be awarded or
destroyed.
6. A player with at least one Gold Stripe or Ruby Slipper shall have the
title "Officer of the Blue Cross." A player with one Ruby Slipper shall
have the title "Commander of the Blue Cross". These may be abbreviated OBC
and CBC respectively. Any player who possesses a Red Cross or a Crystal
Cross, but not both, shall have the title of "Order of the Lesser Crosses".
Any player who possesses a Red Cross and a Crystal Cross shall have the
title of "Knight Commander of the Order of the Lesser Crosses". These may
be abbreviated to OLC and KCLC respectively.
A player with two Ruby Slippers may wear them on his feet; any two Ruby
Slippers so worn are considered to be a spaceship. A player wearing a
spaceship may click the two Ruby Slippers together to launch himself to
Kansas, provided he obeys any other restrictions in the rules on spaceship
launches.
Kansas is a moon of Acka; it is a location not in Acka, nor on either side
of Acka. Ruby Slippers magically adjust to fit any feet as needed.
{{[Current tallies of players' Crystal Cross Rank:
{{[Current tallies for players' (past and present) Red Cross Rank:
{{[I changed Black Cross to Red so that each cross would have an
unambiguous abbriviation.]}}
{{Transfer 5 points from else...if to Slakko [For thinking of this and
doing most of the work]}}
{{Transfer 1 point from else...if to Fortunato [It's my fault he lost a
point on that last CFCJ I filed.]}}
-- --
No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at
the right place.
Create a rule entitled "Red Scare" reading as follows:
This rule takes precedence over all other rules, since any rule conflicting
with this one must be a pinko-commie.
{{Transfer 1 point from else...if to Slakko [Royalties. This was inspired
in large part by his Though Police proposal.]}}
This is a Modest proposal.
Amend Rule 251, "Player Names", by changing "three to twenty characters
in length" to "two to twenty characters in length".
{{ Reduce Alfvaen's score by four points; increase K 2's score by four
points. [Since I can't claim any credit for the idea, but I myself would
prefer to type "K2" instead of "K 2"...]}}
Create a new rule entitled "Harfer Day" reading as follows:
If any player attempts an action on harfer day which would cause work for
any of these positions (including, but not limited to, voting, making a
proposal, finding/burying a treasure, making a trinket, etc. etc., but
expressly not including sending a public message which does not perform an
action or the act of paying the standard harfer fee) then that player must
pay the standard harfer fee, and will be considered horribly impolite for
the next week. All players are encouraged to sneer at a player who does
this.
{{[Feb 20 is the day the first official harfer position, the web-harfer,
was created. There were of course harfing position before this, but this
was the first one with the word harfer in it (as far as I know.) Besides,
the timing works well, being just about a month after our birthday
celebration.]}}
This is a Modest proposal.
Amend section I of Rule 303 ("Proposal and Rule Numbering") by
replacing "non-negative" with "positive", and then by deleting the
sentence that begins with "The valid rule number is associated with
the rule".
Repeal Rule 2000 if, and only if, it has the title "Death to
Immutability".
This is a modest proposal.
Repeal rule 261 [Zombie Master]
{{All Commanders of the Blue Cross receive the title of Consulting
Surgeon.}}
Create a new Rule, numbered 857, titled "Ackanomic Hospital", with the
following SICKBAY-delimited text:
SICKBAY
A player in the Hospital may not leave the Hospital unless another player
who is a Consulting Surgeon sends a public message allowing the exit, or
the hospitalised player sends a public message after being in Hospital for
3 consecutive days, pointing out that fact. Such messages automatically
results in the hospitalised player being transferred to eir Home.
A player may not make a proposal or CFJ in Hospital, as attempts to do so
are discounted as paranoid delusional ramblings.
Create a new Rule, numbered 435, titled "Kneecapper General", with the
following BANG-delimited text:
BANG
It is a privilege of the Kneecapper General to, once per calendar week,
issue a Public Requirement as a public message. A Public Requirement is
an action which is permissible for all active players to perform, and the
performance of the action must be publicly knowable within 3 days of the
action having been performed.
If at least one-quarter of all active players perform the Public
Requirement within a week, then all active players who fail to perform the
action are Kneecapped by the Kneecapper General. When a player is
Kneecapped, they lose 5 points and become Injured.
If fewer than one-quarter of all active players perform the Public
Requirement and the week has elapsed, then the Kneecapper General Kneecaps
emself. However, instead of losing 5 points, they gain 10 points for
being true to eir code of honour. Whenever the Kneecapper General
Kneecaps emself, e automatically resigns eir Office of Kneecapper General.
{{[breadbox's threat to kneecap everyone who didn't support Malenkai for
the HoE inspired this obviously.]}}
{{Slakko loses 4 points. breadbox gains 4 points.}}
Create a rule entitled "Red Scare" reading as follows:
This rule takes precedence over all other rules, since any rule conflicting
with this one must be a pinko-commie.
{{else...if loses one point. Slakko gains one point. [Royalties. This
was inspired in large part by his Though Police proposal.]}}
Create a new rule entitled "Harfer Day" reading as follows:
If any player attempts an action on harfer day which would cause work for
any of these positions (including, but not limited to, voting, making a
proposal, finding/burying a treasure, making a trinket, etc. etc., but
expressly not including sending a public message which does not perform an
action or the act of paying the standard harfer fee) then that player will
be considered horribly impolite for the next week. All players are
encouraged to sneer at a player who does this.
This rule take precedence over all rules necessary in order to pay proper
tribute to our great harfers.
{{[Feb 20 is the day the first official harfer position, the web-harfer,
was created. There were of course harfing position before this, but this
was the first one with the word harfer in it (as far as I know.) Besides,
the timing works well, being just about a month after our birthday
celebration.]}}
Rename rule 917 to "Rocks, walls, facial hair and root vegetables" and then
ammend it by adding:
"There exists a type of entity called A Magic Radish."
between the third and fourth paragraphs.
In addition modify rule 594.4 by inserting the following paragraph:
"If a Vending Machine is owned by the possessor of the Magic Potato, e may
vend therefrom Magic Radishes. The price for which a Magic Radish may be
sold starts at A$7.
This is a modest proposal
Amend rule 911 by replacing "76" with "126" and replacing "152" with "252".
Amend rule 666 by replacing "p)" with "q)", then "o)" with "p)", then "n)"
with "o)", then "m)" with "n)" and then insert the following text
immediately before the paragraph starting "n)":
"m) If the base value of the magic number was changed in accordance with
section k) then amend rule 911 by replacing "126" with _X_ and "252" with
_Y_ where _X_ is the integer value closest to one third of the base value
of the magic number (rounding up) and _Y_ is the integer value closest to
two thirds of the base value of the magic number (rounding up). Then
replace the second number in section m) of this rule with _X_ and the third
number in section m) of this rule with _Y_ where _X_ and _Y_ are the same
as they were in the previous sentence of this rule.
Create a rule numbered 0, with the following DREAM delimited text:
This is a Modest Proposal.
{{[ It seems that when a CFCJ is filed against a player they have no
official method to go on record and respond to the allegations. The
following allows them to append reasoning relevant to the case to the
CFCJ document ]}}
Add the following DEFENCE delimited text to rule 710, between sections 5
and 6, and renumber the sections that follow, appropriately:
DEFENCE
-Isaac Babel
Proposal 2609 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:30 EST
with
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: accepted
with the word "Lantern"
"
with the word "Lantern" (or "YORL")
"
Proposal 2610 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:30 EST
This Must Be Stopped
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted
Repeal Rule 594.21 {{[It is far too dangerous.]}}
Proposal 2611 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:31 EST
Third time lucky
Rex Mundi (Gavin Doig)
Decision: accepted
"Rule 1 is repealed. #n"
Rex Mundi loses 1 point, and K 2 gains 1 point. [Thanks.]
Proposal 2612 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:31 EST
Here Comes the Bribe
Slagothor (Eric Plumb)
Status: removed (invalid bribery by Rule 313)
Proposal 2613 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 00:31 EST
A Private Affair Between Gentlebeings
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
Decision: accepted
At the beginning of the tale, the Barkeep shall announce the number of
benches and the names of the Bards who will start the tale.
]}}
the sentence "If the game is being played as a Duel, there may be only
two benches."
Proposal 2614 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 13:30 EST
make up your mind!
rufus (David Scheidt)
Decision: accepted
Proposal 2615 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 13:32 EST
Schedules Plus
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Status: retracted
1) A document is a Schedule if and only if all of the following criteria
hold:
a) It has a Schedule code, which is one or more alphabetic characters.
b) It is referenced by the Ruleset.
c) It has a title by which it can be referred to (in addition to being
referred to via its Schedule Code).
d) Its Schedule Code is not the same as the Schedule Code of any other
document satisfying (a)-(c) above.
3) A Schedule only has authority over the game to the extent that it is
explicitly delegated this authority by the Ruleset.
4) A Schedule has lower priority than any rule, unless that rule
explicitly defers to the Schedule. If two Schedules conflict then the
Schedule with the shortest Schedule code has precedence, and if the
lengths of the two Schedule codes are the same, then the Schedule whose
code is earlier in alphabetic order shall have precedence.
5) A rule may refer to a Schedule by title, by use of the text "Schedule
9", where 9 is replaced by a valid Schedule Code, or by any other
unambiguous method.
6) This rule has precedence over all other rules which refer to Schedules
over whether a document is a Schedule.
TOGETHER
{{The CFJ Ineligibility List is given Schedule Code B.}}
{{The Zuriti'ili Guidelines is given Schedule Code C.}}
The Office of the Schedule-Harfer is a Functional Office. The Duties are:
a) To keep an accurate copy of all Schedules, and to make the text of any
document which is a Schedule available to any player upon request.
b) To annotate each Schedule in the Official Rules Document with
customary ancillary information, such as the Schedule's creator and
revision history, when known.
The Privileges are:
a) To add section headers and other furniture to the Schedules.
Document. This furniture does not become part of the Rules.
b) To add whitespace and line breaks to the Schedules. The Schedule-Harfer
should consider all player requests to do so.
c) To maintain the Schedules as separate physical documents,
provided there is at least one physical document from which all the
schedules can be located.
TRACK
Proposal 2616 - Sun 18 Jan 1998 13:34 EST
Swish
Malenkai (Randy Hall)
Decision: accepted
{{
a) He is removed from the office of Speaker
b) Alfvaen, if such a player exists, becomes Speaker
"
Proposal 2617 - Mon 19 Jan 1998 06:38 EST
OCEANS AND BEACHES
Bill the pirate king (Aaron Shapiro)
Decision: rejected
1)Let a common location known as the beach exist. The beach is a=20
desolate strip of sand 30 to 300 cat lengths in width. It is always =
sunny at the beach unless weather conditions are=20
specified by other rules. Any player may go to the beach as a public =
action. Any player at the beach is said to be having=20
fun. [im pretty sure having fun is harfy]
B) OCEANS
1) Let a common location known as the ocean exist. A player may not go =
to the ocean unless e is at the beach, or=20
as otherwise specified in the rules. Any player entering the ocean is =
said to be swimming. Any player possessing=20
the wings mutation is unable to swim. A player at the ocean may not take =
part in any public action, [vote, bid on an auction=20
etc...] The ocean surrounds ackanomia on the sides that the gaol =
touches. [as shown by the official map] It is exactly that=20
shade of blue green that oceans are, and is composed almost entirely of =
salt water. The ocean extends from the specified=20
edges of ackanomia to the edge of the world. [There are rumors of other =
lands in the ocean but they are probably a heresy=20
of the worst kind and speaking of them would get you tarred and =
feathered.] The ocean is prevented from running over the=20
edge of the obviously flat world by a large wall of some rust proof =
metal that closely resembles stainless steel. [ this is part of why the=20
round earth restoration league needs such an expensive machine, the =
wall must meet up with a groove in the=20
hemispherical portion of the world to interlock and prevent future =
seperation.]
The player(s) must then rest at the beach beach for 1(one) day before =
moving to any other location.
Proposal 2618 - Mon 19 Jan 1998 06:39 EST
Can He Leave The Room With Us?
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
Decision: accepted
Proposal 2619 - Mon 19 Jan 1998 06:39 EST
Enable Otzma Chess to Work
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted
"A. Move - The Swinger moves an on-board piece e controls from the square
it is on to an unoccupied square according to the applicable rules."
with
"A. Move - The Swinger moves an on-board piece e controls from the square
it is on to either (a) an unoccupied square according to the applicable
rules, or (b) an off-board position provided such a move is legal
according to rule 1240.9"
Amend Rule 1240.9 by:
2) replacing the text 'Swingers may exercise this option using the syntax
for a Move, with the phrase "off-board" replacing the destination square.'
with 'A King may not be removed from the board in this way'
Proposal 2620 - Mon 19 Jan 1998 06:40 EST
It'll never happen again (Yeah right...)
Vynd (John McCoy)
Decision: accepted
Upon a player leaving or attempting to leave the game, that player is
removed from all offices. This occurs even if that player (somehow) fails
to actually leave the game. The following procedure then takes place, in
the order shown, but only if the player successfully left the game.
BLAH
Proposal 2621 - Mon 19 Jan 1998 13:58 EST
The Mad Hatters
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted
The Mad Hatters is an Organization. The Mad Hatters at all times owns a
Trade License and a More Than Human. Beep, Blip and Bonk are three
unownable entities. Beep, Blip and Bonk become members of the Mad
Hatters, if they are not currently members. Beep, Blip and Bonk always
have eir support proxied to The Mad Hatters. Beep, Blip and Bonk may
express eir consent in the Public Forum by a message from the Illuminatus
which indicates the consent of Beep, Blip and/or Bonk.
1) A player trades a Visible Agenda Hat to the Mad Hatters in exchange for
A$1.
2) A player trades A$10 to the Mad Hatters in exchange for a Visible
Agenda Hat, and the player involved in the trade was not the last player
to trade this particular Agenda Hat to the Mad Hatters.
CHARITY
Proposal 2622 - Mon 19 Jan 1998 14:00 EST
Money, Money, Money
else...if (Henry Towsner)
Decision: rejected
CASH
(a) There shall be a functional office called Appraiser.
CASH
GREENBACKS
All entities are one of the following: unappraisable, unappraised,
appraised, or valued. Entities which are appraised or valued have a
positive integral number of A$ associated with them. It is a duty of the
appraiser to maintain a list of all appraised or valued entities, along
with their values, and to make this list available to all players upon
request.
GREENBACKS
-Henry Towsner, AKA else...if, The Fearless Alibi Posesser, Laefu, and Yilran
-Isaac Babel
Proposal 2623 - Mon 19 Jan 1998 14:02 EST
Game Misconduct
Vynd (John McCoy)
Decision: accepted
Proposal 2624 - Mon 19 Jan 1998 14:03 EST
Randy Newman Was Right
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
Decision: accepted
Proposal 2625 - Wed 21 Jan 1998 13:34 EST
Don't Give Gaol Birds the Boot
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted
9) A player in the Gaol may remove a Puppet Head.
TMBG
Proposal 2626 - Wed 21 Jan 1998 13:35 EST
Come One, Come All
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: rejected
"The number of Capital Swinger offices that exist in the Treasury at any
one time is 7 less the number of non-Warm Swinger Offices in Party
Hall."
"Exactly one Capital Swinger office exists in the Treasury at any one
time."
Renumber section 4 B (iv) of Rule 1230.2 to 4 B (iii).
Proposal 2627 - Fri 23 Jan 1998 02:47 EST
Only The Stars Look Down
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
Decision: accepted
Proposal 2628 - Fri 23 Jan 1998 02:48 EST
I'm Sure That Wasn't Meant
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: rejected
Proposal 2629 - Fri 23 Jan 1998 02:49 EST
Evil
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
Decision: accepted
Declared harfy by The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley) on Sat 24 Jan 1998 06:51 EST
EVIL
II. New Player Embezelment
EVIL
Proposal 2630 - Fri 23 Jan 1998 02:52 EST
legal Ackanomic name
rufus (David Scheidt)
Decision: accepted
"Fortnightly Dividends are reinstituted, as if all players's scores were
zero at the end of the previous fortnight."
Proposal 2631 - Fri 23 Jan 1998 02:56 EST
Fair Hearings
rufus (David Scheidt)
Decision: accepted
When the results of a Hearing are inconclusive, the Hearing Harfer shall
recount the votes, discounting any cast by a non-Player Entity. If the
result is still inconclusive, the result is whichever of the tied
responses appears first in the Rule defining them, unless the Rule for a
particular hearing defines an alternative way to resolve the inconclusive
hearing.
GOLDFISH
Proposal 2632 - Sat 24 Jan 1998 22:01 EST
Polite, yeah right
rufus (David Scheidt)
Decision: accepted
Proposal 2633 - Sat 24 Jan 1998 22:01 EST
Curse of the Bee Ack
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted
Declared harfy by The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley) on Mon 26 Jan 1998 18:07 EST
Create a New Rule, numbered 961, and entitled "Curse of The B-Ack", and
with text as delimited by GOBACK below:
The B-Ack is a fearsome creature known to inhabit the Wilds of Ackanomia.
It cannot be located by any glance at the map, because of its ability to
camouflage itself into more acceptable surroundings. It has been sighted,
at times, latching on to the bottom of important rule web pages, and
cursing travellers to those pages with its fearsome cry of "BEE - ACK!"
The B-Ack is an unownable entity.
GOBACK
Proposal 2634 - Sat 24 Jan 1998 22:03 EST
Fair Is Fair
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: accepted
Proposal 2635 - Sat 24 Jan 1998 22:03 EST
Le Grand Dalmuti
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: rejected
Declared harfy by The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley) on Sun 25 Jan 1998 18:37 EST
Proposal 2636 - Sat 24 Jan 1998 22:04 EST
Servant of Two Masters
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
Decision: accepted
11. Priesthood is relative to a particular Church; in other words, a
player may not be simply a Priest, but must be a Priest of a particular
Church. (It is possible for a player who is a member of two Churches
to be a Priest in one Church but not in another.) A Player may only
be a Priest of a Church if e has been Ordained a Priest of that
Church since the last time e joined that Church.
FROMAGE
Proposal 2637 - Sat 24 Jan 1998 22:05 EST
Machinery to Eliminate the Hegemony of Rule 1
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted
"The rules and the game state"
with
"The rules, the rule numbers, and the game state, which are three distinct
unownable entities,".
with
"is not considered part of the rule itself."
Proposal 2638 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 06:23 EST
The rainbow
else...if (Henry Towsner)
Decision: rejected
CRISS-CROSS
1. Each player has a Blue Cross Rank, a Red Cross Rank, and a Crystal Cross
Rank, collectively known as Cross Ranks, are all non-negative integers. At
all times, a player's Blue Cross Rank is equal to the number of non-Null
proposals he submitted which have been accepted, plus an additional 10 if
he has a Blue Cross Bonus. A player's Red Cross Rank is the number of
CFCJ's they have submitted whos last verdict was true, plus 10 if he owns a
Red Cross Bonus. A player's Crystal Cross Rank is the number of CSR's they
have issued which have been performed, plus 10 if he owns a Crystal Cross
Bonus.
If a player has registered for the game and quit one or more times
previous to his most recent registration, proposals, CFCJ's, and CSR's he
made under his previous registration(s) shall count towards his Cross Ranks
if they were accepted, had a final verdict of TRUE, or were performed, even
if he wasn't a player when they were accepted, judged, or performed.
b. When a Caped Crusader, Boy Wonder, or Justice has ended has ended a term
in office by resigning, or due to his term of office expiring, and he has
served at least 6 weeks in that office, then he is given a Red Cross Bonus
if he does not already have one, except in the case that the player
resigned from any of these offices while an Impeachment Paper was pending
to remove him from that office, or the Caped Crusader resigned while a CFCJ
was pending against them.
b. For each 160 points of Blue Cross Rank above 20 that a player has, he
qualifies for a Ruby Slipper.
c. For each 40 points of Blue Cross Rank a player with a Blue Cross has
above that required for his Blue Cross and all his Ruby Slippers, he
qualifies for a Gold Stripe. For each 10 points of Red Cross Rank above
that required for a Red Cross, a player qualifies for an Onyx Stripe. For
each 10 points of Crystal Cross Rank above that required for a Crystal
Cross, a player qualifies for a Perspex Stripe.
d. For each 10 points of Blue Cross Rank a player with a Blue Cross has
beyond that required for his Blue Cross and all his Ruby Slippers and Gold
Stripes, he qualifies for a silver stripe.
CRISS-CROSS
mr cwm 7
Vynd 6
Mr Lunatic Fringe 2
Malenkai 2
All other players 0
]}}
Malenkai 4
Mr. Lunatic Fringe 3
/dev/joe 2
ThinMan 2
Mohammed 2
Strider 2
Alfvaen 2
The Governor 1
this is not a name 1
fnord 1
Red Barn 1
Attila the Pun 1
Robert Sevin 1
Guy Fawkes 1
Slakko 1
All other players 0
]}}
-Henry Towsner, AKA else...if, The Fearless Alibi Posesser, Laefu, and Yilran
-Isaac Babel
Proposal 2639 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 06:25 EST
McCarthy-ism lives on
else...if (Henry Towsner)
Status: retracted
It is possible that there are athiestic communists across the river
who intend to destroy our democratic, just, and religious way of life, and
may even believe that black is not a color. Clearly, on this risk, and the
risk that they have sent spys amoung us, we must take precautions. To
protect against spies, the President may publicly announce that "There are
spies amoung us." If the President has not announced this in the thirty
days preceding the announcement, than Ackanomic will be said to be
"Paranoid" for one week. During this time it will be a crime to publicly
suggest that there is something wrong with the Ackanomian way of life.
This is the Crime of Sedition. A player who commits this crime may, in
addition to the usual penalties, be tarred and feathered for between 1 and
7. Being tarred and feathered is identical to being in gaol except that a
tarred and feathered player cannot get out until their sentence is over or
Ackanomic is no longer Paranoid. When Ackanomic ceases to be Paranoid, all
players who are tarred and feathered cease being tarred and feathered.
Proposal 2640 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 06:26 EST
Godwin Austen
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
Decision: accepted
Proposal 2641 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 06:27 EST
A humble token of our appreciation
else...if (Henry Towsner)
Status: retracted
The 20th of February will be know as Harfer Day. Some time during
the calender week containing Harfer-Day the President may give a speech
commemerating the hard work of the Harfers throughout the history of
Ackanomic. If e does so, e will recieve 5 points for it. This day will
not count towards the time limit for a harfer to complete eir duties. All
players are encouraged to personally thank the harfers who make Ackanomic
possible on this day. The holder of each of the following positions will
recieve 10 points for each of the following positions they hold on Harfer
Day:
Chess Umpire
Clerk of the Courts
Count Tabula
Financier
Map-Harfer
Post Master
Promoter
Registrar
Rule-Harfer
Scorekeeper
Tabulator
Treasure Harfer
Trinket Harfer
Undead Harfer
Web Harfer
Assistant Web Harfer
Proposal 2642 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 19:56 EST
Just Trying to Clean Up After the Peons
breadbox (Brian Raiter)
Status: retracted
Proposal 2643 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 19:56 EST
Exorcist
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: accepted
Proposal 2644 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 19:58 EST
Remember breadbox's Threat
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: rejected
The classy Common Location known as the National Ackanomic Hospital
exists. Whenever a player is Injured, they are transferred to the
Hospital. Whenever a player is found to be suffering from snowgod's
Disease, they are transferred to the Hospital.
SICKBAY
The Optional Functional office of Kneecapper General exists. It has one
seat. Whenever a player becomes Kneecapper General, they receive the
title of Consulting Surgeon.
BANG
Proposal 2645 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 19:59 EST
McCarthy-ism lives on yet more
else...if (Henry Towsner)
Decision: rejected
Declared harfy by K 2 (Kelly Kelly) on Sat 31 Jan 1998 17:56 EST
It is possible that there are athiestic communists across the river
who intend to destroy our democratic, just, and religious way of life, and
may even believe that black is not a color. Clearly, on this risk, and the
risk that they have sent spys amoung us, we must take precautions. To
protect against spies, the President may publicly announce that "There are
spies amoung us." If the President has not announced this in the thirty
days preceding the announcement, than Ackanomic will be said to be
"Paranoid" for one week. During this time it will be a crime to publicly
suggest that there is something wrong with the Ackanomian way of life.
Any Player may call a Hearing on the matter of whether a certain public
message from another Player was seditious.
The valid responses to a Sedition Hearing are "Perhaps he's only a light
shade of pink." and "Commie traitor!". If the verdict of the Hearing shows
that the message was seditious, the Player who sent it is tarred and
feathered until Ackanomic is no longer paranoid. If it shows that it was
not seditious, the person who called the hearing is tarred and feathered
for one day. Being tarred and feathered is identical to being in gaol
except that a tarred and feathered player cannot cease to be tarred and
feathered except as specified in this rule.
Proposal 2646 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 20:00 EST
A humble and humbling token of our appreciation
else...if (Henry Towsner)
Decision: rejected
Declared harfy by Slakko (Duncan Richer) on Sun 1 Feb 1998 04:36 EST
The 20th of February will be know as Harfer Day. Some time during
the calender week containing Harfer-Day the President may give a speech
commemerating the hard work of the Harfers throughout the history of
Ackanomic. If e does so, e will recieve 5 points for it. This day will
not count towards the time limit for a harfer to complete eir duties. All
players are encouraged to personally thank the harfers who make Ackanomic
possible on this day. The holder of each functional office will recieve a
salary as if it were the first monday of the month on this day.
Proposal 2647 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 20:00 EST
Radishes
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: accepted
Proposal 2648 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 20:01 EST
Play it again, Sam
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected
{{[the current points values seem a little low to me, considering that the
magic number is almost four hundred. This system will allow players to keep
the trombone for longer in a long drawn-out points cycle.]}}
Proposal 2649 - Sun 25 Jan 1998 20:03 EST
Sleepwalking
else...if (Henry Towsner)
Decision: rejected
DREAM
A player may announce that they believe an Alternatively Defined
Reality by informing all players of this belief (for example by sending it
to the main mailing list.) An ADR must be a series of facts about the game
state. The ADR will be "dubious" for one week. During that week, players
may disbelieve it by informing all players that they are doing so. If, at
the end of the week, at least one quarter of all active players have
disbelieved it, then it will be discarded and the player who initially
believed it will lose 15 points. However if this does not happen, then the
game state will be changed such that the statements specified in the ADR
are true. This rule has precedence over all other rules.
(ADR's should consist of statements, such as "no player commited a
crime between date x and date y" If this passed, then it would be true
that no player commited a crime during that period.)
DREAM
Proposal 2650 - Mon 26 Jan 1998 03:19 EST
Self-Defence
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
Decision: accepted
6) Before the result of a CFCJ is made public the player who is alleged
to have committed a crime may add their own reasoning and claims of
mitigating circumstance to the official publication of the result by
sending it either to the person in charge of CFCJs, or to the public
forum.
DEFENCE