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The MacroNomic FAQ v1.8Changes:May 11, 1998: authored by Ed Murphy May 26, 1998: updated by Philo June 2, 1998: updated by Philo June 15, 1998: converted to HTML and updated by Lambda June 30, 1998: updated by Lambda July 17, 1998: updated by Lambda August 10, 1998: updated by Lambda August 17, 1998: updated by Lambda August 28, 1998: updated by Lambda I. General1. How do I join?Send a message to the Secretary of Membership saying that you intend to join, and giving your name and e-mail address. You may optionally give a nickname as well; if you don't, your real name is used. [Section 2-0-0] Then subscribe to the mailing list. To do this, send a message to <macronomic-request@dragoncat.net> with the text "subscribe" in either the subject of the message or the body of the message. Once you have joined, you should vote on any Active Proposals. If you joined because a specific player caused you to, you should also mention this fact, since e will get a bonus for each player who joins and stays more than a month because of eir advertising. [Section 2-0-0-0] 2. How do I get a copy of the rules?The rules are available at the following URLs: <http://world.std.com/~lambda/macronomic/rules.html> You can also send a request to the mailing list, and someone will probably be nice and send you a copy. 3. How do I vote?Send a message to the Secretary of Truth. Valid votes are FOR, AGAINST, LOYAL, or NONE; all votes are initially NONE unless changed. A Vote of LOYAL supports the majority opinion of the Revolutionary Party, and may only be cast on proposals that are created by members of the Revolutionary Party; members of the Party may not vote LOYAL. [Section 3-1-0] 4. How do I submit a proposal?Send a message to the Secretary of Truth containing your proposal. Indicate clearly that it is a proposal. The proposal must explicitly and unambiguously describe a change to the gamestate. You must have the required number of Proposal Commodities. The Secretary of Truth will distribute your proposal by the next Wednesday; voting lasts for 5 days following distribution. [Section 3-1] 5. How do I leave?Send a message to all players saying that you intend to do so. [Section 2-0] II. Official Positions1. What official positions exist? What do they do?
Secretary of the Central Committee - Fills any Secretarial
position that would otherwise be vacant. [Section 1-1] 2. How are these positions filled?The SoCC is always the most Loyal member of the Revolutionary Party. Any other Secretarial position is filled by the SoCC whenever it would otherwise be vacant, and may be transferred to another consenting player at any time. If a player goes on vacation, e may specify who temporarily takes over the position. If e doesn't, or if the person refuses, the SoCC temporarily takes over the position. Secretaries may also delegate certain portions of their duties to Secretarylets. [Section 1] III. Other Specifics1. What is the Revolutionary Party? What do they do?On April 1, 1998 (really!), the Revolutionary Party took over MacroNomic. There are at most three members. If a non-member is at least twice as Loyal as a member, then e may replace that member by informing the Secretary of Membership. [Section 2-2] The Revolutionary Party always holds the position of Secretary of the Central Committee, and can veto any proposal if all members vote against it. 2. What is Loyalty?Each player's Loyalty is a number (minimum 100 for members of the Revolutionary Party, 0 for non-members). [Section 2-1] At the end of a proposal's voting period:
3. What are Vote Farms, Proposal Commodities and Vouchers?Vote farms are measured in integral numbers of acres. They are essentially the weight that is given to your votes. When you join, if there are already fewer than 200 acres of vote farms you are given 10; otherwise, you are given none. You may also buy them from The State at a rate of 5 Vouchers per acre of farmland. When you vote, the total number of vote farms voting FOR is compared with the number AGAINST, and if there are more FORs then the proposal passes. For example, if player A has 15 vote farms and player B has 20, and they are the only two that vote, player B's vote will win. [Section 3-1] Proposal Commodities come from The State, and are bought using Vouchers. There are three types of proposal commodities. The types are Word, Idea, and Terminology, or Term for short. In order to make a proposal, you must use up one of each type of Commodity. You always have at least one pf each kind unless you have just traded them away. [Section 3-1] Vouchers are gained by some Secretaries and are recieved whenver a proposal passes. They are the unit of currency in MacroNomic. [Section 6-1-0-0] 4. What's with the two dates on proposals?Proposals are shown with two dates, separated by a slash. The first is the date the proposal was submitted; the second is the date the proposal was distributed. 5. What is a Protoproposal?Submitting the text of a proposal for discussion without acutally proposing it. Whether this is generally a good idea is somewhat controversial. 6. What's with all these acronyms?The common MacroNomic-specific acronyms are as follows:
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