Radio Free Nomic
Proosals 501 - 550

Proosal 501 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by illuminati fnord

Amend rule 201, "What Is A Rule Change?", by replacing "or (4) the re-numbering of a rule" with "(4) the renumbering of a rule; or (5) the renaming of a rule"

Renumber Rule 484, "Randomness", to 140.

Amend Rule 601, "Bug Hunting", by replacing the current text with the following @@@ delimited text:

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If, in the judgement of the Speaker, there is a Bug in one of the rules, he may publicly distribute a Bug-Hunt, which must consist of a rule change that will fix that Bug. The Speaker should give each Bug-Hunt a unique integral number to identify it.

If a non-Vegetable player disagrees with the Bug-Hunt, he may object to it by announcing that he is doing do.

If, after three days, no player has objected to the Bug-Hunt, then the amendment in the Bug-Hunt will be applied.

[Examples of Bugs include:
(1) Extraneous or missing punctuation.
(2) Misspelled words.
(3) The use of an incorrect word, e.g. using "tradeable" where "transferable" is intended.
(4) A badly named or numbered rule.
(5) The complete crash of the game.]
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Proosal 502 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by illuminati fnord

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The entrance requirements of all non-Common Ground Zones which are owned by players become the quoted string "To enter this Zone, one must be the owner of this Zone." and this paragraph is then removed from the rules.

After this rule has been created, any player may publicly choose a Zone to which they wish to be transported.

72 hours after this rule was created, the following numbered actions are performed in the order in which they appear.

1: Any players who have chosen a Zone as described above are transported to the Zone they chose if they meet the entrance requirements for that Zone.

2: All other players are transported to (1,1).

3: This rule is repealed.
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Proosal 503 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by CowJason

REST_IN_PIECES
Animate entities are entities which are meant to represent or resemble things capable of thought within the game; inanimate entities are all other entities.  Rules which create entities may, as an alternative to utilizing this definition, declare the entities they create as either animate or inanimate.  Players are animate entities.

Animate entities must either be living or dead.  Unless otherwise stated in the rules, animate entities are living when created.  If the rules declare an animate entity to be immortal, it can not be dead.

Players become dead if they are murdered by another player or themselves.  A player can murder another player only if the player being murdered is not a vegetable, the player being murdered is living, and is located on the same zone.

This rule in no way condones murder; it only recognizes that it is possible.

In this paragraph, quotes are understood to be delimiters.  Amend rule 1101 by replacing the final sentence with "Electric Ants are non-transferable, animate, immortal entities.".  Amend rule 1105 by replacing the first sentence with "There exists a non-transferable, animate, immortal entity named Karma Police."  Amend rule 1120 by replacing the first sentence with "There exists a animate, non-transferable entity named the Voting Whore."  Amend rule 1125 by replacing the second sentence with "Game Mechanics are nameless, animate, immortal, non-transferable, unownable entities."  Amend rule 1202 by appending the following as a new paragraph "(5) Players must not murder other players."  All animate entities are made living and then remove this paragraph.
REST_IN_PIECES

Proosal 504 - accepted
Submitted by Head

"
Should this occur, that Judge is deemed to have refused appointment and a new Judge should be selected using the same method outlined in rule 302.
"

Tic0 is deemed to have refused appointment on the CFJ's numbered 136 and 138.

Randomly select a new Judge for these from the set of all players eligible for this appointment.

Proosal 505 - retracted
Submitted by Head

Create a new rule named "Senility and Decrepitude", numbered 115, with the following text:

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If an error in any public report of the game state is not pointed out by any player in the fortnight following that report, that error becomes instead a correct representation of the game state.

This rule takes precedence over all rules with which it would otherwise conflict.
"

Proosal 506 - accepted
Submitted by illuminati fnord

Amend rule 201, "What Is A Rule Change?", by replacing "or (4) the re-numbering of a rule" with "(4) the renumbering of a rule; or (5) the renaming of a rule"

Renumber Rule 484, "Randomness", to 140.

Amend Rule 601, "Bug Hunting", by replacing the current text with the following @@@ delimited text:

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If, in the judgement of the Speaker, there is a Bug in one of the rules, he may publicly distribute a Bug-Hunt, which must consist of a rule change that will fix that Bug. The Speaker should give each Bug-Hunt a unique integral number to identify it.

If a non-Vegetable player disagrees with the Bug-Hunt, he may object to it by announcing that he is doing do.

If, after three days, no player has objected to the Bug-Hunt, then the amendment in the Bug-Hunt will be applied.

[Examples of Bugs include:
(1) Extraneous or missing punctuation.
(2) Misspelled words. (4) A badly named or numbered rule.
(5) The complete crash of the game.]
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Proosal 507 - accepted
Submitted by illuminati fnord

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The entrance requirements of all non-Common Ground Zones which are owned by players become the quoted string "To enter this Zone, one must be the owner of this Zone." and this paragraph is then removed from the rules.

After this rule has been created, any player may publicly choose a Zone to which they wish to be transported.

72 hours after this rule was created, the following numbered actions are performed in the order in which they appear.

1: Any players who have chosen a Zone as described above are transported to the Zone they chose if they meet the entrance requirements for that Zone.

2: All other players are transported to (1,1).

3: This rule is repealed.
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Proosal 508 - accepted
Submitted by CowJason

REST_IN_PIECES
Animate entities are entities which are meant to represent or resemble things capable of thought within the game; inanimate entities are all other entities.  Rules which create entities may, as an alternative to utilizing this definition, declare the entities they create as either animate or inanimate.  Players are animate entities.

Animate entities must either be living or dead.  Unless otherwise stated in the rules, animate entities are living when created.  If the rules declare an animate entity to be immortal, it can not be dead.

Players become dead if they are murdered by another player or themselves.  A player can murder another player only if the player being murdered is not a vegetable, the player being murdered is living, and is located on the same zone.

This rule in no way condones murder; it only recognizes that it is possible.

In this paragraph, quotes are understood to be delimiters.  Amend rule 1101 by replacing the final sentence with "Electric Ants are non-transferable, animate, immortal entities.".  Amend rule 1105 by replacing the first sentence with "There exists a non-transferable, animate, immortal entity named Karma Police."  Amend rule 1120 by replacing the first sentence with "There exists a animate, non-transferable entity named the Voting Whore."  Amend rule 1125 by replacing the second sentence with "Game Mechanics are nameless, animate, immortal, non-transferable, unownable entities."  Amend rule 1202 by appending the following as a new paragraph "(5) Players must not murder other players."  All animate entities are made living and then remove this paragraph.
REST_IN_PIECES

Proosal 509 - accepted
Submitted by CowJason

*
Democracy Sucks

This rule has precedence over all other rules, especially those involving the retroactive application of rules. In this rule double quotes are delimitors.

All aspects of the game recorded at the web site:
"http://www.gavin.force9.co.uk/rfn/" and web sites that can be reached from the previously mentioned web site five seconds before this proosal was submitted are recognized to be the true aspects of the game. This includes, but is not limited to, the rules listed, the proosals listed, the CFJs listed (including their verdicts), entity ownership, scores, points, entity locations, bug-hunts, shocks, and game history.

Rule 215 is replaced with the following:

"
Quorum

Quorum is achieved if 50% or more of the non-Vegetable players cast a vote. Non-player voters do not count for the purpose of achieving quorum.

"

The period of time when it was impossible to make quorum is officially forgotten. Player CowJason is given the title "A Regular Don Juan".

This rule is repealed.

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Proosal 510 - accepted
Submitted by CowJason

"(5) The final paragraph of rule 605 is removed, with the exception of the first sentence. (If rule 605 is ever renumbered all references to rule 605 in this paragraph will likewise be changed; If rule 605 is ever repealed this paragraph shall be removed.)"

Proosal 511 - rejected
Submitted by CowJason

Proosal 512 - retracted
Submitted by mr stuart park

At any point in the rules where the term electronic ants exists the term will be removed and the following text inserted "Electronic Sheep".

Proosal 513 - rejected
Submitted by Jesus Christ

[This should result in a verdict of undecided only being given in a case of indecision, whereas currently some judges (usually me) are deciding that the correct verdict is undecided. ]

Proosal 514 - rejected
Submitted by CowJason

Repeal rule 217, entitled the quote delimited "One Voter One Vote".

Proosal 515 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by bacon

at the end of a cycle the wining player shall recieve the amazing bubble gum flavoured can of Irn-Bru and be declared as 'the man who can drink 16 gallons of Irn-Bru an hour'. this grand honour will be immediatly revoked if and only if the player breaks any of the guidelines set BEFORE the date of the 15 Nov 1998

#irnbru#

Proosal 516 - accepted
Submitted by illuminati fnord

At the beginning of every calendar week, The Big Giant Stomping Foot of Death shall move to a randomly determined Zone adjacent to the one it is in.

Any animate, living, mortal entities in the same Zone as The Big Giant Stomping Foot of Death become dead.

Regardless of any other entrance requirements of the Zone the The Big Giant Stomping Foot of Death is in, no player may voluntarily enter that Zone, nor may any player pass through that Zone while going to another Zone. This paragraph takes precedence over all other rules governing the movement of players that would otherwise conflict with it.

Those players who have been made dead by The Big Giant Stomping Foot of Death are permitted to use the phrase "When you think Giant Stomping Feet of Death, think The Big Giant Stomping Foot of Death" in public messages, CFJs and proosals, a privilege denied to all other players.
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Proosal 517 - rejected
Submitted by CowJason

Create a new rule, numbered 1002, entitled the quote delimited "Metaphysics", with the following METAPHYSICS_SUCK delimited text:

METAPHYSICS_SUCK

An entity's existence in the game universe is directly connected and reliant upon the entity's existence being recognized in the rules. If the rules do not state that the entity exists, either by stating that it as a specific entity exists or that a group of entities exist of which the entity in question is a part, the entity does not exist.

METAPHYSICS_SUCK

Proosal 518 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan

1. He is the oldest vamire.
2. The price to recieve his embrace is 100 donuts. He can also enter any zone he chooses regardless of enterance requirements, he also does not need to be invited.
3. He can Fly for unlimited periods at no blood point cost. 4. Once a week he will pick a zone at random to land in, any non-vampire player in that zone will be fed on - this means they will lose a random number of points (determined by the speaker) between 1 and 10.
5. He has a overpowering personality, no one with less than 30 wisemoon apples may resist him. He starts with 40 wise moon apples and has 100 blood points, and 100 donuts.

Proosal 519 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan

> Vampires exist in the rfn world. Vampires have the following bans/
> abilities. Any animate entity may become a vampire, which is neither
>currently a vampire or an immortal entity.

1. They can fly- this costs them 4 blood points per zone they wish to travel over. Flying over a zone does not include entering, therefore vampires are not subject to the entrance requirements of any zone they fly over. If a vampire wishes to enter a zone he must land, and then is subject to any entrance requirements that may exist.
2. They cannot enter a zone, owned by an entity, without either owning it themselves or being invited in specifically by Email, by the owner. This ban does not include common ground, or any zone owned by an entitty which has no entry requirements at all.
3. Any points they have are converted into blood points, should at any time a vampire have negative blood points, he must eat a donut, 2 donuts equals 1 blood point, . Until they have at least 5 blood points- failure to do this results in the player becoming torpored.
4. Torpor is a state in which a vampire is not allowed to take any activity in the game, except to convert his donut's into blood. 2 donut's equal one blood point. A vampire may only exchange donut's for blood in this way to bring the player out of negative points, and only then to a maximum of 10 blood points. A vampire in torpor may be picked up by any animate entity in the same zone as him and moved about.
4.To feed a vampire most satisfy the following;
1. He must be in the same zone as the entity he is feeding on.
2. He must announce by email that he is feeding.
3. If he is not taking a resisted action, the vampire can specify how many blood points he is taking.

Failure to do so means a vampire cannot feed for that day.
5. Upon a vampires creation the date, and time is noted. The oldest vampire (ie the one with the earliest creation date) is called the Count, and has a servant named Igor. To create a new vampire,
both the vampire and the wannabe vampire must be in the same zone- note when the count de magpye creates a vampire it is assumed that he flies to the zone the entity is currently in. The wannabe vampire must satisfy any conditions that the vampire has on creating progeny (ie they must pay the donuts to the count de magpye - however between players this decision is entirely up to them.) The vampire then emails the speaker that he has created progeny on that date. Note a vampire may create progeny against the progeny's will providing they above conditions are met.

6. All vampires are technically dead- but being tragically hip they suffer none of the side effects that affect other animate entities. Any additional powers are unique to that vampire and must be specified in the rules as such.

7. Upon creation a vampire may get a special ability, there is a 1 in 5 chance of a vampire gaining a special ability, but a 1 in 10 chance of gaining a specific ability.. The vampire either gains potence, granting him supreme strength (effectively acting as a +10 modifier to his wise apple total), or presence, which means his personality is powerful, and he can only be resisted at all with players with 15 wise moon apples (regardless of the vampires own level of wise moon apples he will automatically succeed in feeding on the victim below this level)

Proosal 520 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan

Vampires may only feed on 'points'. The most points that are 'gambled' during feeding is randomly determined between 1 -10 points by the speaker. Therefore although a vampire may feed on any entity, he will gain no nourishment.
Any entity with wise moon apples may resist an attempted feeding. Unless a special ability exists, this is a straight contest the entity with the largest amount of wise moon apples wins the fight. The victor gains the points 'gambled at the same time the loser, loses the same number of points.

Proosal 521 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan

Igor is the servant of the oldest vampire.
His abilities are as such,

1. He speaks with a lisp, walks in a stoop, and creates cobwebs.
2. He has a dog named fang
3. He is in love with Nanny Ogg.
4. He can 'grant' his master 25 blood points a month to bring his master out of torpor.
5. If his master is in torpor he will carry him back to the nearest zone he owns, or the donut warehouse at no cost.
6. He always follows his master everywhere, he will always be in the same zone as his master. If his master is attacking, Igor adds a modifier of +10 wise moon apples to his total.

Proosal 522 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan

Payment.

Every 28 calender days all players recieve wages the base wage that all players are entitled to is initially 25 donuts. Their may be additional payments to specific players but these must be specified within the rules. The payment is given out at 5pm GMT. The first payment will occur on the first friday after this rule is accepted.

Proosal 523 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan

The following text is to be added to the end of the rule

There must be a minimum amount of 10000 donuts in the donut warehouse at any time. If the level of donuts falls below this level new donuts are created to restore the donut warehouse to this level.

Proosal 524 - rejected
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan

The following text is to be added after the phrase "created, or destroyed, in the rule,

"unless a rule explicitly says this is the case."

Proosal 525 - accepted
Submitted by Head

SLICK
The game of Radio Free Nomic is played by obeying the rules. If any person performs an action which is not in accordance with the rules as they currently exist (interpreted in accordance with currently accepted game custom) then that action has no effect on the game state.
SLICK

Proosal 526 - accepted
Submitted by illuminati fnord

Repeal all rules numbered 10000 or above.

Create a new rule, numbered 10000, with the following @@@ delimited text:
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Let N be the number of this rule.

Create a new rule, number N+1, with identical text to this rule, where all instances of N in this sentence are replaced with the appropriate value.

Amend this rule to have the following ### delimited text, where N is replaced by the appropriate value:
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This is rule N. It grants precedence to all other rules.
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Proosal 527 - accepted
Submitted by illuminati fnord

Amend rule 301, Invoking Judgement, by replacing the first paragraph with the quoted text below:

"Any Player who has a question or complaint about any matter concerning the gamestate, or the rules and their interpretation, may send a statement to the Speaker asking for a call for judgement on that statement. Optionally, the player may include reasons and arguments with that statement, but any such reasons and arguments form no part of the statement itself. The Speaker will then publicly distribute the statement, and any accompanying reasons or arguments, thus incurring a call for judgement on that statement."

Proosal 528 - accepted
Submitted by illuminati fnord

Amend rule 405, Public Announcements, by replacing
"the appropriate message must be sent to all non-Vegetable players and observers."
with
"the appropriate message must be sent to all non-Vegetable players. It is considered good form to also send the message to all observers."

Proosal 529 - accepted
Submitted by illuminati fnord

Create a new rule, numbered 415, and named "For the Jedi It Is Time to Vegetate As Well!", with the following @@@ delimited text:

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If at any time it is the case that a non-Vegetable player has abstained on the 5 proosals whose voting periods ended most recently, and that player has not become a Vegetable since the distribution of the most recent of those proosals, then any public message (from another player) pointing out these facts will cause the player to become a Vegetable, with a start date of the current date and a finish date of the 21st of April, 2048.
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Proosal 530 - rejected
Submitted by bacon

"RFN: "

If the message concerns a Call For Judgement...then this additional text is used:

..."CFJ: "

If the message is concerns a Bug-Hunt the additional text is:

..."BH##: " where # is the appropriate number

If the message is a RFC then the additional text is:

..."RFC: "

These are merely guidelines and do not require to be inserted within the subject line of the email
letter.

Proosal 531 - rejected
Submitted by bacon

Except for the Speaker and this rule, Irn-Bru shall be refered to as the drink of RFN. This proosal
may be changed at anytime as long as the first sentence still contains the word Irn-Bru.

Proosal 532 - rejected
Submitted by bacon

Proosal 533 - rejected
Submitted by bacon

Proosal 534 - rejected
Submitted by Head

Proosal 535 - rejected
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan

1109 - "The courthouse."

There is a building named the courthhouse. It is located in zone (1,1), unless stated otherwise any action within the rules that requires a 'legal' process is enacted here. These actions include CFJ's and supreme court judgements.

   309 - "Due process".

To request a CFJ the initiator must travel to the courthouse. He must remain at the courthouse for as long as it takes for the cfj to be resolved, either by retraction or judgement. The same is true, should a player wish to request a court appeal he must traveel to the courthouse, and wait there until the matter is resolved.

Judges and supreme court members must travel to the courthouse to give their verdict. They may travekl by any method convenient to them, and any costs they meet as a result of this are paid from the donut warehouse. They must also wait in the courthouse for a day after they give their judgement.

Proosal 536 - rejected
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan

  1121 - "The Springfield Monorail."

The Monorail in Radio Free Nomic is owned collectively by all players. Its terminus is located in zone (1,1). Each player is issued with a station upon the purchase of their first zone. Players who already own zones must nominate a zone which they own within 72 hours of this rule coming into effect. Failure to do so will result in their station being placed in one of their zones at random. If at any time a plyer does not have a monorail staion one will be issued to them upon the purchase of their next zone.

The monorail can only transfer entities between zones that there is a station located in. The cost to use the monorail is 5 donuts which is transferred into the collective kitty.

The monorail is comprised of stations. These stations once situated in a zone cannot be moved. Stations are a non-animate, non-transferrable entity.

1112 -"The collective Kitty."

The collective kitty is a small biscuit tin hidden away in the donut warehouse. Whenever a rule states that the proceeds go to the collective kitty the donuts go here. On the first friday after the rule comes into effect any remaining revenues in the collective kitty are distributed equally amongst the non-vegetable players. Should these revenues result in a remainder, or the division of a donut the moneys remain in the collective kitty, until the next 28 day period.

The collective Kitty is maintained by Mayor Joe Quimby.

1113 - "Mayor Joe Quimby"

Mayor Joe Quimby is the title given to the player who maintains the collective kitty. He has the following responsibilities - 1. Monitoring the use of all collectively owned entities. 2. Ensuring all revenues are collected, and distributed fairly.

Mayor Joe Quimby is corrupt, as a consequence he takes a 'skim' of 10 % of all the revenues raised in this manner. These are taken before the distribution of donuts.

The term of office for a joe quimby is 3 calendar months. The position is randomly selected at the start of each period, from among all the players.

1114 - "Expense Chits"

Any player who has expenses paid as the consequence of a rule must submit an expenses chit to Mayor Joe Quimby within 72 hours of using the service, otherwise the costs shall be removed from them, rather than from the donut warehouse.

1205 - "Warrants"

Any player who has a supreme court appeal raised against him must travel to zone (1,1) immediately and wait there until he is judged.

Retract rule 1401

9999 - University Of Nomic.

There exists in zone (1,1) the University of Nomic. The University of Nomic issues degrees of recognition to the efforts of players. The deans of the university of nomic are the players known as Gavin Doig, Stuart Park and Gavin Logan. Should a player believe they merit recognition for their work in the game they may submit evidence openly of this, they should also submit the degree and subject area they wish to be considered for.. The three deans may then decide upon what ,if any, merit that degree, by a majority vote the only responses to this are black ball (no), or white ball (yes). If the deans are in favour of awarding the title, the player will recieve that title.

Proosal 537 - accepted
Submitted by Grimace

Enact as rule 1650 with the double-quote delimited name "Still a pretty neat idea", the text delimited by @@@.

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Status in Radio Free Nomic is denoted by Digital Wristwatches, often referred to merely as Watches. Watches are indestructable, non-transferable, non-discardable entities. Players should be proud of their collection of Digital Wristwatches. The opposite to Watches are Pants - no Players are proud of their Pants. If you are proud of your Pants, something is wrong. Pants are also indestructable, non-transferable, non-discardable entities. They are referred to singly as 'a pair of Pants'.

All players gain a Digital Wristwatch of Playership, then this sentence removes itself from this rule.

Should amendment to the rules create new varieties of Watches or Pants, or if Watches or Pants are removed from the rules, the starred table in this rule is immediately updated to reflect such changes.

Currently, the following Watches and Pants exist:

* The Digital Wristwatch of Playership. (Rule 1651)

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Enact as rule 1651 with the double-quote delimited name "The Wristwatch of Playership" the text delimited by ###

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All players gain a single Digital Wristwatch of Playership upon joining the game.

All players must own, at all times, a single Digital Wristwatch of Playership. Should they not own such a Watch, one is immediately created in their possession. Should they own multiple, all but one is destroyed. No player may ever discard a Digital Wristwatch of Playership.

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Proosal 538 - accepted
Submitted by Grimace

Enact as rule number 1652 with the double-quote delimited name "The good, the bad and the useless", the text delimited by @@@, unless rule 1650 does not exist, in which case do nothing.

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The player who has had the highest number of their proosals rejected, immediately gains a pair of Useless Pants. If multiple players qualify for Useless Pants, they all gain Useless Pants.

Should a player stop qualifying - ie, has no longer had the most proosals rejected - any Useless Pants they may have owned are removed from the game.

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Proosal 539 - accepted
Submitted by illuminati fnord

Amend rule 302 by removing the last sentence.

Amend rule 303 by appending the quoted sentence "When a Judge posts an official judgement, they gain 5 Wise Moon Apples.".

Proosal 540 - accepted
Submitted by CowJason

THESECONDLONLIESTNUMBER

In all game communications, when the double quote delimited word "to" is used unambiguously as an adjective, it is considered polite to imagine that it is the double quote delimited word "too". Likewise, it is considered impolite to mention this usage.

THESECONDLONLIESTNUMBER

Proosal 541 - rejected
Submitted by CowJason

Overturn CFJ 146.

Proosal 542 - accepted
Submitted by Head

"
At 6pm GMT on 4th March 1999, all dollars are destroyed unless they are regulated by a rule. This rule is then repealed.
"

Proosal 543 - accepted
Submitted by Head

Amend rule 1301 ("Locations") by replacing the quoted text:

"If a Zone has no entrance requirements, then any entity may freely enter that Zone. If a Zone has entrance requirements, then only entities which meet those conditions may enter that Zone."

with the quoted text:

"If a Zone has no entrance requirements, then any player may freely enter that Zone. If a Zone has entrance requirements, then only players which meet those conditions may enter that Zone." Upon this proosal being enacted, the Karma Police and all Game Mechanics are moved to zone (1,1). All owned entities other than zones are moved to the location of their owners.

Proosal 544 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by Head

"
If at any time, only one player is not dead, then that player wins the current Major Cycle. This method of winning is called Winning by Assassination.
"

Amend rule 510 ("Winning By Paradox") By replacing the quoted text "is declared the winner of the current Major Cycle" with the quoted text "wins the current Major Cycle."

Amend rule 502 by renaming it the quoted name "Winning By Points" and replacing its entire text with the quoted text "If at any time, only one player has a score of 300 points or more then that player wins the current Major Cycle. This method of winning is called Winning by Points."

Amend rule 501 ("Major Cycles in RFN") by adding the following quoted text between the last and penultimate paragraphs: "(6) All players are made living."

Sinister Finnigan gains 2 Wise Moon Apples. Head loses 2 Wise Moon Apples.

Proosal 545 - rejected
Submitted by a rule or set of rules

Proosal 546 - accepted
Submitted by Head

Create a new rule numbered 512 with the quoted name "Royal Assassination" with the following quoted text:

"
If at any time, only one player is not dead, then that player wins the current Major Cycle. This method of winning is called Winning by Assassination.
"

Amend rule 510 ("Winning By Paradox") By replacing the quoted text "is declared the winner of the current Major Cycle" with the quoted text "wins the current Major Cycle."

Amend rule 502 by renaming it the quoted name "Winning By Points" and replacing its entire text with the quoted text "If at any time, only one player has a score of 300 points or more then that player wins the current Major Cycle. This method of winning is called Winning by Points."

Amend rule 501 ("Major Cycles in RFN") by adding the following quoted text between the last and penultimate paragraphs: "(6) All players are made living."

Sinister Finnigan gains 2 Wise Moon Apples. Head loses 2 Wise Moon Apples.

Proosal 547 - rejected
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan

"rows and columns are each identified by the numbers 1 to 9. (1,1)"

replace with

"rows and coloumns are each identified by the number -9 to 9. (-9,-9)"

Replace

"Players may buy an onowned zone which is not common ground by specifying the location of such a zone, and paying 100 donuts. For this to take place the player must be the only player in the specified zone."

with

"Players may buy any unowned zone which is not common ground by sending an email to the Realtor, stating the location of the zone they wish to purchase, and the bid they offer for the zone. The realtor will then announce that a bid has been made on that zone, but not the bidder, or the price bid and any other player who wishes to make a bid for that zone has 48 hours to respond with a counter offer by the same method as above. The realtor will then announce that a counter offer has been made. The realtor may not announce who the other bidder is, or the price bid. If no other player makes a bid, the first bidder is sold the zone at the bid he made. If there are opposing bids the highest legal bid is given the zone.

A player may retract his bid at any time within the first 48 hours of making that bid. The cost of this is 10% (or the nearest whole donut to 10%) of the bid price. A player may increase his bid at any time within the 48 hours of the initial bid.

A legal bid constitutes the following - it must be in donuts, and it must be made within 48 hours of the initial bid, also the player must be able to pay the bid price in donuts. A bid may not be in the form of X+1 donuts - where X= highest bid, any form of this sort of bidding is forbidden."

Add the following text to the end of the rule.

"The realtor is a title given to the player who performs the following tasks within the game; Checks bid values, keeps the record of ownership of zones, supplies information as regards the current owners of zones. For this the realtor recieves 5% commission in every land sale that occurs. <The initial relator is the player known as Gavin Logan this text enclosed in the <> is then removed upon adoption>.

<All zones purchased prior to Midnight GMT, Sunday 10th January 1999 are henceforth turned in to common ground. The current owners of these zones are paid 150 donuts each per zone owned, unless they are members of the four horsemen in which case they recieve 250 donuts per zone owned."

Proosal 548 - rejected (failed to meet quorum)
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan

Proosal 549 - retracted
Submitted by illuminati fnord

Proosal 550 - retracted
Submitted by Sinister Finnigan