During the three days after the Speaker posts the Proposal, the player who submitted the Proposal has the right to amend the text of the Proposal, provided
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 7.ii.1997.]
P2 Repeal 375.
[Proposed by Terry Boon, 11.ii.1997.]
P4 Any player who entices a non-player into becoming a player shall receive a reward of CV20 and 20 points.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 13.ii.1997.]
P5 Any player joining partway through a game shall be awarded 10% of the highest score in that game.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 13.ii.1997.]
P14
[Amending 209]
For a Proposal to be adopted, the number of votes cast FOR
the Proposal must exceed the Quotas of all the
Items in the Proposal.
The Turnout shall be defined as the total number of votes cast FOR and AGAINST the Proposal. For each Item of the Proposal, its Quota of votes shall be determined as follows. If the Item is a rule change which would directly alter the actions which are required of and/or forbidden to the Speaker, the Quota shall be one-half of the Turnout if the Speaker consents, and two-thirds of the Turnout if the Speaker does not consent. If the Item is a proposal to transmute to immutable a rule which claims precedence over an immutable rule then the Quota shall be 100% of the turnout. If the item involves changing the number assigned to any rule then then the Quota shall be 100% of the Turnout if the new number is to be less than 200. If the Item is a rule change of any other sort then its Quota shall be one-half of the Turnout. If the Item is a Motion then its Quota shall be one-half of the Turnout.
[Proposed by Gordon Aickin, 14.ii.1997.]
P15
[Amending 438]
Players may only cast votes during the voting period. The voting period
for any proposal shall be a period of 168 hours starting at the moment
the speaker makes the proposal public.
During the first 72 hours of the voting period the proposer may make changes to the proposal provided that:
If any changes were made to the proposal then the proposer must make a clear announcement when the 72 hours are up.
If the proposal is adopted then it will be adopted in the form wich was posted nearest to the end of the first 72 hours.
During 72 hours after the Speaker posts the Proposal, the player who submitted the Proposal has the right to withdraw the Proposal if this is allowed by the rules, and the player shall incur no penalty for doing so.
The voting period will never be less than 96 hours.
[Proposed by Gordon Aickin, 19.ii.1997.]
P16 No player shall incur a penalty in respect of a rule, or violation of the rules, if the offence concerned can be identified as having taken place before the current game of OxNomic started or more than two weeks before the suggested time for the application of the penalty.
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 19.ii.1997.]
P17 Any player may leave the game at any time by informing the Speaker of their desire to do so.
Any player not in Suspended Animation who has failed to cast a vote on the previous ten Proposals by the end of their voting periods may be removed from the game, and the Speaker shall inform remaining players of their removal.
An Officer who leaves the game shall be deemed to have resigned from each of the Offices which they hold.
Players may only leave, or be required to leave, the game as defined in the rules.
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 19.ii.1997.]
P18
[Amending 381]
Replace the first sentence with
`If a Proposal is adopted then the player who proposed it shall receive 2
points for each Item of the Proposal, other than transmutations,
repeals and Motions, which contains fifty words or fewer.'
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 19.ii.1997.]
If the voting period for the Proposal to which the Bribe applies has not been completed, and the nominated Voter is eligible to vote on the specified Proposal, then the counting vote of that Voter on that Proposal shall be the vote which the player giving the Bribe decided.
This rule takes precedence over any other rule determining the counting vote of any player.
Each rule currently in effect shall have an identifying label, called the Reference Number. Each label shall consist of two natural numbers, and shall be written in the form x(n) for some natural numbers x and n. The first number shall be called the Rule Number; no two rules currently in effect shall have the same Rule Number. The second number shall be called the Version Number.
Where a rule refers to the "number" of a rule without specifying which number it intends, it shall be interpreted as referring to the Rule Number of the rule. Where a rule or player refers to rule x (for some natural number x), (s)he/it shall be deemed to be referring to the (uniquely determined) rule with Rule Number x.
When this rule is enacted, each rule currently in effect shall immediately be assigned a Reference Number, according to the following formula: for each ordinal n, any rule in effect is currently assigned the ordinal n shall receive the Reference Number n(0). If, at any time, all rules have a Reference Number, then this paragraph (consisting of the text starting from the first occurence of "When this rule is enacted" and ending at the end of this rule) shall be repealed.
P21 Amend rule 449 [Bribes] by appending to the end of the first paragraph:
Each player may use a Bribe on a Proposal at most once during the voting period for that Proposal.
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 7.iii.1997.]
P24 Rules may be enacted, repealed or amended without a proposal if, and only if, the rules currently in force allow it. Any such enactment, repeal or amendment has the same authority as one which has been proposed and upon which a successful vote has been cast. For the purposes of rule 108, any rule changed in this manner shall be deemed to have been voted upon at the same time as this rule.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 24.x.1997.]
P25 Repeal 334(0).
[Proposed by Ian Collier, 24.x.1997.]
If the Speaker believes a violation has occurred, they may decree that the situation currently obtaining in Oxnomic shall be that which would have been the case had the rules not been violated. Such a decree shall have instant effect from the moment all players have received details of it.
In any case, the decision of the Speaker shall be final.
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 27.x.1997.]
P27 In any case where a player has a non-integral number of any form of scoring (points, CV points, or any other forms, which should be added to this rule when they are created), this should be rounded up, unless specifically stated otherwise in the rules.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 2.xi.1997.]
P28 A Judge may propose a Fast-Track Proposal after a Judgement. A Fast-Track Proposal is a Proposal differing from normal Proposals in only the manners detailed in this rule.
A Fast-Track Proposal needs no quorum, and has a voting period of only two days. A simple majority is all that is needed to pass a Fast-Track Proposal. The Proposer cannot be penalised in the result of the failure of the vote. Fast-Track Proposals shall be given a reference in the form FTn, in the same manner as normal Proposals, but with a separate numbering system. Fast-Track Proposals may not be used in any other cases.
For a week after the implementation of a Fast-Track Proposal, the contents of the Proposal shall be valid as if it were a full rule. Its effects shall be listed in a separate section of the ruleset, under the heading Probationary Rules. The Probationary Rule shall be referred to as PRn, where n is the Reference and Version number the rule would have were it a full rule. Probationary Rules must also list which part of the ruleset is invalid during the Probationary period, and after a week the full implementation of the Probationary Rule shall take place.
However, the implementation of a Fast-Track Proposal may be Overturned, by any player, during the Probationary period. The grounds for Overturning are either (a) a voting player did not have the chance to vote on the Proposal, and objects to it, or (b) a player has spotted a problem with the Probationary rule which had not been considered due to the swift nature of the Fast-Track Proposal.
To Overturn the implementation of a Fast-Track Proposal, the player who wishes to Overturn the implementation informs the Speaker of this desire. This is a valid Motion, and shall consist of the text "I call for the Overturn of PRn." This Motion is called a Motion for Overturning. A Motion for Overturning acts as another Fast-Track Proposal, with all the same conditions, with the exception that in the event of the Overturn of PRn, however, this Overturn does not go through a Probationary period.
These are the only methods for calling a Fast-Track Proposal.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 2.xi.1997.]
P29
[amending 401(1)]
Append: `A Judgement may also be called for in the case where a player
feels a rule is in contrast to the intention of the proposer. If the
Judge feels the rule should be corrected, a Fast-Track proposal should
be used, if they exist.'
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 2.xi.1997.]
P30 A player who leaves a game of OxNomic may not rejoin for at least one term unless that game has ended or the Speaker allows them to. If they do rejoin they will be counted as a new player for the purposes of all other rules.
[Proposed by Helen Broadie, 5.xi.1997.]
P33 After a judgement has been delivered, it may be appealed by any player (except the judge him or herself) as long as they inform the speaker that they wish to do so within one voting period of the time when Judgement was delivered.
When a Judgement is appealed three new Judges are selected (who may not be the player who originally called for Judgement, the first Judge to judge the statement, the player appealing, or the Speaker).
These three Judges then independently judge the original statement to be judged, and report their Judgement to the Speaker. When the speaker has received the Judgement from all three Judges the result is distributed.
The majority decision is the judgement made. In the case of a tie then the Speaker will also make a judgement and that judgement will be binding.
If the original judgement is found to be correct then the player who appealed shall be fined 10 points and CV6.
[Proposed by Gordon Aickin, 6.xi.1997.]
After the enactment of a Probationary Rule, the Probationary Rule exists in a Probationary Period. The Probationary Period is equal in length to one normal voting period. During the Probationary Period, the rule shall have full power as if it were a full rule. A Probationary Rule shall be referred to as PRn, where n is the full Reference number the rule would have had it been immediately given full rule status. If the Probationary Rule is an amendment to an existing rule then the Probationary Rule must state the entire rule of which it is part; during the Probationary Period, the unamended rule is kept within the ruleset, but it has no power. If the Probationary Rule is the repeal of an existing rule, then the existing rule shall be kept within the ruleset for the duration of the Probationary Period, but it has no power.
When the Probationary Period has been properly completed, the Probationary Rule takes on its status as a full Mutable rule, replacing if necessary any unamended rule, and if the Probationary Rule is the repeal of an existing rule, then that rule shall be removed from the ruleset. At any point during the Probationary Period, any player may call for the repeal of the Probationary Rule. This repeal is a valid Motion, and is called a Motion for Overturning. It shall consist of the text "I call for the Overturn of PRn". A Motion for Overturning acts as a Fast-Track Proposal, with the exception that if the vote passes, the Probationary Rule is immediately repealed, and the Motion does not go through its own Probationary Period.
A Fast-Track Proposal needs no quorum. The Voting Period for a Fast-Track Proposal is two days, provided this is not more than a normal Voting Period, in which case the Voting Period for a Fast-Track Proposal shall be the same length as a normal Voting Period. The Proposer cannot be penalised if the vote does not pass. Fast-Track Proposals shall be given a separate numbering system from normal Proposals, referred to as FTn in the same manner as normal Proposals.
If the vote for a Fast-Track Proposal passes, any rules, amendments or repeals take the form of Probationary Rules.
Fast-Track Proposals may only be made by players under conditions stated explicitly in the rules.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 10.xi.1997.]
P36
[Amending 439(1)]
For the purposes of every Proposal divisible by 25, the Speaker shall be
an honorary Voter, with full rights.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 10.xi.1997.]
P38 There exists a procedure to be referred to as a Referendum. The plural of Referendum, for the purpose of this game, is Referendux. This procedure works in the same way that a normal vote did at the time of proposal of this rule with the following amendments:
[Proposed by Chris Dickson, 11.xi.1997.]
P41
[amending 444]
For a Proposal to be adopted the number of votes FOR the proposal
must exceed the minimum allowed Quota of every item in the
Proposal.
The Turnout shall be defined as the total number of votes cast FOR and AGAINST the Proposal. For each Item of the Proposal, its Quota of votes shall be determined as follows:
[Proposed by Gordon Aickin, 14.xi.1997.]
P42
[amending 401 [Form of Judgement]]
Change the word `should' in the first line to `must'.
[Proposed by Gordon Aickin, 14.xi.1997.]
P43
[amending 433(0)]
There is an Office called Scribe. The Scribe shall be required to write,
and make available to all players, an OxNomic newsletter. All Players may
submit articles or points of interest to the Scribe for possible
inclusion in a newsletter. The Scribe shall receive CV2 for each
newsletter they write; this counts as a salary.
The Scribe shall write at most one newsletter per week. If the Scribe fails to write at least one newsletter in any term then the Speaker shall table a Motion of No Confidence in the Scribe.
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 14.xi.1997.]
FT1
[amending 453 [Unproposed Rule Changes]]
Insert the word `explicitly' before the word `allow' in the first
sentence.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 20.xi.1997.]
P44 Without Dusty Bin.
[Proposed by Nick Fortescue, 20.xi.1997.]
The Speaker shall distribute the names of the candidates to all players either three days after the notification of the Election or as soon as possible after at least one player has informed the Speaker of their candidature, whichever is later.
If there is only one candidate at this point then they shall be declared elected. Otherwise a vote shall be held; the voting period shall be equal to that for a normal Proposal, commencing at the point when the Speaker publishes the list of candidates. Each player has one vote, which may only be cast by sending the name of a candidate to the Speaker before the end of the voting period. At the end of the voting period, the Speaker shall choose a candidate at random from those receiving most votes and declare that candidate elected.
The elected candidate shall take on the Vacant Office.
P47 "Change the Reference Number of Rule x(n) to y(p).", where x, n, y and p are replaced by natural numbers, x(n) is the Reference Number of some rule and y is not the Rule Number of any rule, is a valid Motion which shall be called a Motion of Renumbering. If the Motion is carried then Rule x(n) shall immediately have its Reference Number changed to y(p).
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 22.xi.1997.]
P48 Any player may officially tell a joke by mailing it, suitably labelled, to the speaker, who will then distribute it to all the players. A Referendum is then held on whether the joke is thought to be amusing or not. If the joke is thought to be amusing, the player whose joke it was becomes the Joker (any previous Joker loses their status) and immediately earns 5 CV points. If the joke is not thought to be amusing, the player whose joke it was immediately loses 5 CV points. The speaker is entitled (but not obliged) not to distribute a joke, at their discretion, if a Referendum is currently taking place, or if a Referendum has taken place too recently in their opinion.
[Proposed by Chris Dickson, 22.xi.1997.]
P50
[Amending 207(0)]
Voters may cast a vote on any Proposal within its
prescribed voting period by informing the Speaker. The possible legal
votes are: double-for, for, abstain, against and double-against
(denoted ++, +, A, - and --, respectively). Any vote on a particular
Proposal which is received by the Speaker outside the prescribed voting period
for that Proposal but before the result of the vote is announced may
be accepted or rejected at the discretion of the Speaker. The Speaker
may not reveal any votes until the end of the prescribed voting
period.
A Voter who casts a vote which is ++ or + on a Proposal will be deemed to have voted FOR the Proposal. A Voter who casts a vote which is -- or - on a Proposal will be deemed to have voted AGAINST the Proposal. A voter who casts a vote which is A on a Proposal, or who neither casts a legal vote within the prescribed voting period nor has a vote accepted by the Speaker in any other manner on that Proposal, will be deemed to have voted neither FOR nor AGAINST the Proposal.
If the vote of any Voter may be defined in two or more different ways by any rule or set of rules (including cases in which a Voter sends two or more votes to the Speaker) then the vote whose definition came into effect at the latest time will be the ruling vote and the other votes will be deemed invalid. This takes precedence over all other rules, but only in the event that no other rule determines a unique vote for the Voter.
Any vote so defined by this rule shall be a counting vote.
[Proposed by Ian Collier, 25.xi.1997.]
P53 The Speaker will assign each Referendum a reference number of the form Rx, where x is usually a positive integer, and generally speaking one more than the x used in the previous reference number.
[Proposed by Simon Cozens, 26.xi.1997.]
FT2
Amend 449(2) [Bribes] by inserting the
following paragraph before the last:
If any Voter is Bribed more than once on any Proposal in an otherwise
legal manner the counting vote of that Voter shall be the vote which
the player giving the latest legal Bribe decided.
[Proposed by Helen Broadie, 4.xii.1997.]
FT3 [amending 398(0) [Judgement]]
Append "A judgement can only be invoked by a player who isn't in
Suspended Animation."
[Proposed by Colin Batchelor, 9.xii.1997.]
If the Speaker is Acting then the Election shall be called by the next Speaker to be elected.and replacing the final sentence of the penultimate paragraph with:
At the end of the voting period, the player with most C.V. points amongst those receiving most votes shall be declared elected; if there is no such player, the Speaker shall choose a player at random from amongst those receiving most votes and declare that player elected.
If, at any point, there would be no Speaker then the player who was most recently Speaker shall be appointed Acting Speaker and they must notify all players of an Election for the position of Speaker as soon as possible. The Election shall be held according to the rules currently in force for an Election, except that "Speaker" shall be interpreted as "Acting Speaker" throughout and the elected candidate shall become the Speaker.
P62 A Player may be awarded the Courtesy Title of Pedant if, in the majority opinion of a Referendum initiated by the Speaker upon receipt of a nomination by a Voter other than the Voter who is the possible recipient of the Courtesy Title, any posting of theirs on the newsgroup ox.games.nomic is thought to be overly pedantic, and upon receipt of this title the recipient of the Courtesy Title receives an immediate award of CV10, unless the aforementioned posting contained a spelling or grammatical error, in which case the recipient is immediately penalised CV10.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 19.i.1998.]
P63 There is an Office of Recorder. The Recorder receives a salary of CV1 every 4 days. The Recorder shall maintain and make public a list of all Calls for Judgement and the Judgements delivered on them and shall record Black Marks against players' names.
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 26.i.1998.]
P65 An Item which is a transmutation shall be considered as an amendment.
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 26.i.1998.]
P67
Amend 402(1) by adding this to the end of the
last sentence:
but the Speaker may refuse to accept it as Fast-Track if it involves more
than just clarifying the situation.
[Proposed by Helen Broadie, 26.i.1998.]
The Master of any particular puppet is defined to be the Deputy Master of Puppets appointed for that Puppet if one exists, and the Master of Puppets otherwise. When the rules refer to the Master and the Puppet, this shall refer to all Masters and all Puppets unless specified; the rules shall refer to Puppets by name if the rules are specific to a Puppet and its Master. No Puppet may have the name `the Puppet'.
If the Office of Master of Puppets is vacant at any time, all Deputy Masters of Puppets lose their status until re-appointed by a Master of Puppets. Any Puppet which has no Master or whose Master is in Suspended Animation will be placed in Suspended Animation until a new Master is appointed or the current Master leaves Suspended Animation.
The Master is to be paid a salary for the Puppet as specified. The Master shall send the votes of the Puppet to the Speaker inside the voting period. If the Master fails to do this, the Puppet who has cast no vote shall abstain and, for the Puppet failing to vote, the Master shall be fined the sum of CV10 and 10 points. The Master must also carry out all other Actions pertaining to the Puppet, including notifying relevant Officers when required, such as the Banker if CV points are modified by the Puppet.
A Puppet may be created by any Player eligible to make a Proposal. The set of Instructions for a single Puppet must be fully contained within one rule. This rule must also contain the name of the Puppet, and the salary due to the Master for the Puppet. It must make clear that the rule refers to a Puppet, and it must contain explicit Instructions on how the Puppet is to vote. Any other Instructions relating to the actions must also be strictly defined; a Puppet may take no actions except as explicitly stated in its Instructions. Puppets may never be the Speaker nor hold any Offices. A situation may never arise where the Puppet is required to a do anything not covered by its Instructions; this rule takes precedence over all other rules covering such situations. If the preceding sentence would make further play impossible then the Actions of the Puppet will be decided by its Master until further play becomes possible. The Instructions of a Puppet may not allow a decision to be made by a human except in this instance; the actions of a Puppet must be either random, with given probabilities for various actions, or automated. The salary paid to the Master for a Puppet must be paid in either four-day periods or eight-day periods, and may never exceed CV2 for every four days.
If a proposed rule change is clear from context to be one to create a Puppet and it does not fulfil these guidelines, then it has not been proposed in the proper manner, and so is disregarded; if there is disagreement over whether a Proposal is one to create a Puppet or not, then a Referendum shall be held to decide the issue.
P69
Amend rule 201 such that its complete text reads:
Quorum for a proposed rule change is defined to be 20% of all human
Voters at the beginning of the prescribed voting period for that
proposal. Quorum is achieved if, and only if, the number of votes from
human Players equals or exceeds the quorate number of votes.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 1.ii.1998.]
P71
Amend Rule 465 to read:
"Change the Reference Number of Rule x(m) to y(n).", where m, n, x and
y are replaced by natural numbers, is a valid Motion, called a Motion
of Renumbering. If the Motion is carried then any rule with Reference
Number x(m) shall immediately have its Reference Number changed to
y(n), provided y is not the Rule Number of any rule other than x(m).
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 3.ii.1998.]
P73 At all times, each player shall be exactly one of Green, Purple and Colourless. This is called the player's Shade and shall be recorded and made public by the Speaker.
Each player shall be required to send a message to the Speaker declaring themselves to be exactly one of Green, Purple and Colourless. Any player who has not done so seven days after the enactment of this Proposal shall be allocated a Shade by the Speaker. The Speaker shall keep the Shades chosen secret until all players have a Shade. When this is done, this paragraph shall be repealed from this rule.
When a Proposal is made, the Speaker shall deem it Green with probability 1/2 and Purple with probability 1/2. The Speaker shall keep this secret until the Proposal is declared adopted or rejected. Each Green player gains 2 points for voting FOR a Green Proposal and loses 2 points for voting AGAINST a Green Proposal. Each Purple player gains 2 points for voting FOR a Purple Proposal and loses 2 points for voting AGAINST a Purple Proposal. No Colourless player shall gain or lose points as a result of this rule.
The Speaker may change the probabilities of a Proposal being declared Green or Purple and the points gained or lost by Green or Purple players. Such a change must be distributed to all players and takes effect only on Proposals made after its distribution.
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 3.ii.1998. Adopted as Rule 477(0) because 476(0) had been briefly used by P70.]
P74 There exists a Puppet called Chris Dickson. The Master of Chris Dickson is to be paid CV1 every eight days for Chris Dickson. Chris Dickson's Instructions are as follows:
P75 There exists a Puppet called Death. For the purposes of OxNomic, Death is female. The Master of Death is to be paid CV1 every four days for Death. Death's Instructions are as follows:
On Monday of each week of Full Term, the Master of Death shall choose a rule at random from the ruleset. If the rule selected is immutable then Death makes a Proposal to transmute it to mutable. If the rule selected is mutable then Death makes a Proposal to repeal it. Death is always able to make a Proposal. Death will cast a vote of ABSTAIN on all Proposals except as determined by the rules. Death may not be Bribed.
Death may not win the game. This takes precedence over any rule determining the winner of the game.
[Proposed by Owen Massey, 10.ii.1998.]
P78
Amend 469(0) [Recorder] by appending the text:
The Recorder will also maintain a list of Referendux and their results.
[Proposed by Ian Collier, 13.ii.1998.]
P80 Amend rules 328(1), 398(1), 401(3) and 458(0) by replacing the word "Speaker" with "Recorder" throughout.
[Proposed by Colin Batchelor, 17.ii.1998.]
P82
Amend 358(1) to read:
If a Proposal is adopted then:
There shall be no rule which prevents a Proposal from being adopted if no vote is cast against it, provided a Quorate number of votes is cast on it and the Proposal has not been withdrawn.
FT6
Amend 327(0) to read:
Any Judge selected shall be randomly selected from those Voters who are
either human or who are automated but have explicit instructions on how to
make Judgements, excluding the player most recently selected as Judge for
that statement and the player who invoked judgement.
[Proposed by Helen Broadie, 25.ii.1998.]
P88 Modify 439(3) by inserting " and Motions of No Confidence where their tabling is part of the Speaker's duties" between "by 25" and ", the Speaker".
[Proposed by Colin Batchelor, 25.ii.1998.]
P89
Amend 313(1) to read:
If a Proposal contains an amendment of a rule, an amendment to which is
currently being voted upon, the Speaker may at his or her discretion
reject the Proposal or force it to be withdrawn at any time up to the
the closing of the vote on the earlier amendment. The Speaker must do
this if requested by the proposer of the earlier amendment.
If a Proposal is adopted which contains an amendment to a rule which does not exist at the time of adoption then the amendment in question will be ignored.
[Proposed by Ian Collier, 25.ii.1998.]
P91 Amend 472(0) such that where it reads "CV10 and 10 points" it shall instead read "CV2 and 2 points".
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 28.ii.1998.]
P96 Repeal 450(0).
[Proposed by Death, 9.iii.1998.]
[Proposed by Colin Batchelor, 10.iii.1998.]
FT10 Judgements are not binding on play.
[Proposed by Stephen Gower, 18.iii.1998.]
FT11
Amend paragraphs 2-4 of 458(2) to read:
When a judgement is appealed three new Judges are selected. All the normal
rules for the selection of Judges apply, except that the Player who
originally called for Judgement, the Judge whose Judgement is being
appealed
and the Player calling for appeal are ineligible for selection. Each Judge
will send a Judgement of the original statement to the Recorder within the
usual time limit. When the Recorder has received the Judgement from all
three Judges the result is distributed.
If two or more Judges agree then the result of the Appeal will be their Judgement; otherwise the Recorder will also make a Judgement and the result of the Appeal will be that Judgement. In either case this result supersedes the original Judgement.
[Proposed by Ian Collier, 20.iii.1998.]
FT14 I call for the Overturn of PR483.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 1.v.1998.]
P102 Amend 434 such that the final list element is removed, the word "title" in the first duty of the Rule Clerk is replaced by "unique title" and then the following paragraph is appended as a non-nested list element.
The unique title of each rule may be used by any Player as an identifying label, but should preferably be used on its own only when for some reason the Reference Number of a rule is not appropriate to the situation. In any case where both the Reference Number and the title of a rule have both been specified but apply to different rules, then the title shall be assumed to be the correct identifying label, as this is less likely to fall foul of a typographical error confusing the rule with another.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 27.iv.1998.]
P103 Append to the last paragraph of 401 the text "Only one Judgement may be made per Call for Judgement."
[Proposed by Colin Batchelor, 27.iv.1998.]
P104 Enact new rule:
If a Call for Judgement applies to a Rule or situation which is covered by
a pending Call for Judgement, the Recorder is required to consult the
author of the pending Call for Judgement on whether the new Call for
Judgement should be accepted.
[Proposed by Colin Batchelor, 27.iv.1998.]
P105 There shall exist a puppet called Ron. The Master of Ron is to be paid CV1 every time an election is called. Ron's instructions are as follows:
[Proposed by Colin Batchelor, 27.iv.1998.]
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 27.iv.1998.]
P112
For 315(0) replace all occurrences of "proposed rule" with "proposal",
replace all occurrences of "person who proposed the rule" with "proposer",
replace the
occurrence of "player's" with "proposer's" and append the following
sentence:
If the proposer enters Suspended Animation during this week before
nominating another player, then he/she shall have the same amount of time
after return from
Suspended Animation to nominate another player without penalty as he/she
had remaining before entering Suspended Animation.
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 4.v.1998.]
P114
Enact the following rule:
This Proposal is doomed to failure.
[Proposed by Simon Cozens, 4.v.1998.]
P116 Amend 406 by replacing "Black" with "White", removing the word "both" and then replacing "and loses 10 points" with "loses 10 points and is given 1 Black Mark".
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 7.v.1998.]
P117 Change the Reference Number of Rule 480 to 200(2).
[Proposed by Ian Snell, 11.v.1998.]
P124 Amend 328 by replacing "If a judgement is not delivered" with "If a legal Judgement is not delivered".
[Proposed by Colin Batchelor, 12.v.1998.]
P126 Modify rule 430 by inserting at the end: "What holds here for the Speaker with respect to proposals shall also hold for the Recorder with respect to Calls for Judgement and Judgements."
[Proposed by Colin Batchelor, 12.v.1998.]
P129
Enact new rule:
No Proposal may be made which explicitly alters the score of one or
more players, or specifies once-only conditions for the alteration of
a score.
[Proposed by Colin Batchelor, 14.v.1998.]
P131 Transmute 453 to immutable.
[Proposed by Gordon Aickin, 15.v.1998.]
P132
Amend 444 by changing the first sentence to:
For a Proposal to be adopted the number of votes FOR the proposal must
be equal to, or greater than the minimum allowed Quota of every item in
the Proposal.
[Proposed by Gordon Aickin, 15.v.1998.]
P133
Amend 445 by removing the following text:
If any changes were made to the Proposal then the proposer must make a
clear announcement when the 72 hours are up.
[Proposed by Gordon Aickin, 15.v.1998.]
P134
Amend 470 to read:
An Item which is a transmutation shall be considered as an amendment for
the purposes of any rule that does not specify its effect on
transmutations, but does specify an effect for amendments.
[Proposed by Gordon Aickin, 15.v.1998.]
P135
Enact a new rule:
Whenever exactly three players have the same score, and two of them have
the same Shade, the Shade of the third shall be changed to be the same as
the other two.
[Proposed by Gordon Aickin, 15.v.1998.]
P136
Enact a new rule:
No player's Shade may change except when it is explicitly stated in the
rules that it should or may.
[Proposed by Gordon Aickin, 15.v.1998.]
P138 Repeal 477 [Proposed by Death, 20.v.1998.]
[Proposed by Death, 27.v.1998.]
