proposal add 430/0 8 Mar 2001 00:02:09 10 Mar 2001 19:29:18 Poulenc Against a monopoly of power 1. Enact a new rule entitled "Banker/Tax Collector division of powers" with text as follows: The Agent holding the office of Banker may never be nominated in an election for Tax Collector, nor may the Tax Collector ever be nominated in an election for Banker. Should the Offices of Tax Collector and Banker ever be held by the same agent the powers of those offices shall be subject to the following restrictions: 1. All variable awards adjustable by the Banker or Tax Collector from voting, all salaries, and all fines or payments resulting from voting or the proposal process, shall be immediately set to zero, and shall remain at zero until such time as the duties of the two offices are no longer to be performed by the same agent. 2. The holder of both offices may not approve any motion that requires the approval of the holder of both offices. ---- player forfeit Josh Kortbein 8 Mar 2001 04:50:31 ---- proposal add 431/0 8 Mar 2001 14:19:49 10 Mar 2001 19:29:18 Poulenc Go Stones 1. Enact a new rule entitled "Stones" with text as follows: Stones are objects. They can be created, destroyed, transferred, and otherwise manipulated only as allowed by the rules. Stones have three states: "Reserve", "In Play", and "Captured". Newly created Stones are always Reserve Stones. 2. Enact a new rule entitled "Stone Purchase" If a game of Political Go is in progress a player may, at any time, purchase a Stone from the bank. This purchase transfers the purchase cost of that stone in points to the bank, and creates a new Stone [[Reserve]] owned by that player. The purchase price is equal to 5 raise to the power of the number of stones already purchased by that player in that nweek. 3. Enact a new rule entitled "Reserve Stones" Ownership of Reserve Stones is transferable at will by the owner of the stone. 4. Enact a new rule entitled "Stones In Play" Stones In Play acquire the property "location". The location of an In Play stone is specified when it becomes In Play and may not change. 5. Enact a new rule entitled "Captured Stones" Captured Stones may be sold to the Bank for 1 point each. This sale destroys the stone and transfers 1 point from the Bank to the stone's owner. ---- proposal add 432/0 9 Mar 2001 11:57:09 10 Mar 2001 19:29:18 jonno let's vote ourselves rich 1) At the conclusion of every voting period (except for the voting period during which this proposal is voted on), after payments of the opposed minority awards, the failed proposal fines and the adopted proposal award, if the bank is in posession more than 250 points, the banker shall distribute all points in excess of 250 amongst all players who voted in the affirmative for at least one proposal in the voting period just concluded. Points will be distributed according to the following formula: (points allocated to a player) = ((total affirmative votes made by that player in the voting period just concluded) / (total affirmative votes made by all players in the voting period just concluded)) * (total points owned by the bank at the end of the voting period and after payments of the opposed minority awards, the failed proposal fines and the adopted proposal award - 250) 2) Anyone voting for this proposal shall receive a special one off peace dividend of 15 points, to be paid from the bank by the banker at the conclusion of the voting period where this proposal is voted on. ---- proposal add 433/0 9 Mar 2001 21:33:04 10 Mar 2001 19:29:18 PurpleBob Money for Nothing Create a rule called "Money for Nothing" with the following text: At the beginning of each nweek, the score of the Bank shall be increased by five points for each player who voted in the previous nweek. [[ I want my MTV. ]] ---- proposal add 434/0 10 Mar 2001 01:08:53 10 Mar 2001 19:29:18 Joel Thug Fix Amend the last paragraph of R344 to read as follows: "Following the conclusion of each voting period in which the Thug has been used, or whenever the Thug has no empoyer, the Bean Counter shall randomly select the Thug's new employer from among those Players who voted during the previous nweek." ---- proposal add 435/0 10 Mar 2001 05:00:26 10 Mar 2001 19:29:18 Dave Just Because It's A Bank, Doesn't Mean It Should Be Bankrupt Create a new rule with the following text: Each time a new Player joins the game, five hundred points shall be created in the possession of the Bank. ---- proposal add 430/0 10 Mar 2001 07:17:11 10 Mar 2001 19:29:18 Poulenc Tax the Rich! 1. Enact a new rule entitled "Taxation" with text as follows: The Property Tax Rate is a variable associated with the Game. It can be changed only as described in the rules. At the end of each nweek each agent, but not the Bank, whose score is greater than 100 points, owes the Tax Rate times their score at the beginning of that nweek, rounded down, in points to the bank. If, at the end of an nweek, the score of that one or more agents as of the beginning of that nweek is not known, the Official Bean Counter is fined 20 points, and calculation of the taxation for that agent or agents is put off until such time as eir score is calculated. ---- proposal add 430/0 10 Mar 2001 07:17:11 10 Mar 2001 19:29:18 Poulenc Debt Overdue Charges 1. Enact a new rule entitled "Overdue Debts" with text as follows: Upon the creation of a debt, the parties involved may specify a Debt Overdue Fee, to be paid to the owner of the debt by the debtor at the end of every nweek in which the debt is past due. Unless specified, this value is 0. 2. Enact a new rule titled "Bank Overdue Debts" with text as follows: For debts owed to the Bank the debt overdue fee is always 0.05 of the value of the debt. ----