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Everytime a Player casts a vote in support of a new rule - and only a new rule - for it to be enacted, that Player will gain one point above and beyond any other bonuses or penalties he/she may incur.This rule complements rule 207, 208, 379 when and if they are in effect.
Proposal 402- Sat Feb 10 4:45pm 1996
Fostering Ethical Behavior
Thierry Joffrain (aka Calvin N Hobbes)
Decision: Rejected
Any member of a Political Party must sign not only his name, but also his specify his affiliation with any such organizations at the end of every communications that involve Players not in his Party.
Proposal 403- Sat Feb 10 4:45pm 1996
Impartialism, or the Special Case of Rule 212
Thierry Joffrain (aka Calvin N Hobbes)
Decision: Accepted
Any call for judgement that is required on a rule or propostion that involves a member of a political party, cannot have as its judge a member of that political party. Furthermore, neither can the judge be a member of any other political party.In the event a judge cannot be found, then the standard rule (212) is then used, disregarding this special case. Any judge, however selected, will act in accordance with the rules governing a judge's behavior, most notably rules 213, 214, 215, 216, 217.
This rule only takes precendence over rule 212 as outlined above.
Proposal 404- Sat Feb 10 4:45pm 1996
Definition of Rules, Constitution and Law
Thierry Joffrain (aka Calvin N Hobbes)
Decision: Rejected
A RULE is a proposition that has been voted on and passed.The CONSTITUTION is the set of all the immutable RULES that are in effect at any given time.
The LAW is the set of all the mutable RULES that are in effect at any given time, together with the CONSTITUTION.
Their can be no RULE that is not part of the LAW.
Proposal 405- Mon Feb 12 3:00pm 1996
Reference to Proposals
Gumby (aka Neil Griffin)
Decision: Accepted
No Proposal, A, may be submitted when the voting for a Proposal, B, has not been completed, if the Rule Change described by Proposal A has any effect which depends upon the Adoption or rejection of Proposal B.Voting for Proposal B shall be deemed to have been completed when the Tabulator reports the outcome to the Players.
Proposal 406- Mon Feb 12 7:45pm 1996
Paul Swan
Decision: Rejected
On the passing of this proposal, all players scores will become zero, except the person who proposed this rule. That person's score will become 100. This rule takes precedence over all applicable rules.
Proposal 407- Mon Feb 12 7:45pm 1996
Paul Swan
Decision: Rejected
All players when sending any message publicly, to other members of the game, must send their messages in pig latin, with each word written backwards. Any player who does not follow this rule will suffer a loss of 6 points.
Proposal 408- Mon Feb 12 8:00pm 1996
57, although not "officially prime by ackanomic terms" is still good
Paul Swan
Decision: Rejected
upon the passing of this rule, every proposal after this one must contain exactly 57 words. in addition, one of these words must have 57 letters in it, even if this necessitates making up a nonsensical word. any proposal not meeting these standards will not be considered.
Proposal 409- Mon Feb 12 8:15pm 1996
multiple voting
Paul Swan
Decision: Rejected
any player who wishes to have more than one vote at any given time may recieve multiple votes if they follow the following rules:1. they first send a message to the speaker, and the tabulator, stating what proposals they intend to have multiple votes on, and how many votes they intend to use.
2. a public message be sent which violates the politeness moon rule.
3. the number of votes they give themselves must be prime.
upon carrying out these requirements, the player can then use the given number of votes on said proposals.
Proposal 410- Tue Feb 13 5:00pm 1996
Transmute Rule 114 to Mutable
Gumby (aka Neil Griffin)
Decision: Accepted
I propose to transmute Rule 114 from Immutable to Mutable.
Proposal 411- Tue Feb 13 5:45pm 1996
Office of the Web-Harfer
Robert Sevin (aka Mitchell Harding)
Decision: Accepted
The office of the Web-Harfer is hereby created. The Web-Harfer will be chosen by the Speaker on a volunteer basis. In the case of multiple volunteers, the officer will be chosen using random selection. In the event that no volunteers come forth, the Speaker will hold the office of the Web-Harfer.The Web-Harfer is in charge of keeping the information on the Ackanomic WWW page up to date. It is the responsibility of the other officers to send the information the Web-Harfer requires in order to update the WWW page.
Proposal 412- Thu Feb 15 2:45pm 1996
Getting to Know One-Another
Gumby (aka Neil Griffin)
Decision: Rejected
The Registrar shall maintain a file of biographical information on all Players. New Players must send this information about themselves to the Registrar on Registration as a Player, and current Players must do so within 7 days of the adoption of this Rule.The Record for each Player must contain at least i) the Player's real name, ii) the Player's AckaNomic Name, iii) the Player's email address and iv) the Player's town and state/country of current residence. Any further information the Player wishes to send may be included, so long as the whole record is not in excess of 20 lines of text.
Players may update their entry at any time by sending the new information to the Registrar.
The information shall be made available to any Player on request. The information shall not be made available to anyone who is not a Player of AckaNomic.
Proposal 413- Thu Feb 15 3:00pm 1996
Repealing Rule 206
Gumby (aka Neil Griffin)
Decision: Accepted
I propose to repeal Rule 206.
Proposal 414- Fri Feb 16 4:15pm 1996
Amending Rule 329
Wayne (aka Wayne Sheppard)
Decision: Accepted
Let there be an officer called the Tabulator. If there is no Tabulator, a Tabulator will be selected on a volunteer basis. In the case of multiple volunteers, the Speaker will choose a Tabulator by random selection. In the event that there is no Tabulator, the duties of the Tabulator shall be carried out by the Speaker.The Tabulator is responsible for counting votes on each proposal, and reporting the results to the players. The Tabulator shall be responsible for maintaining the voting records for each player on each proposal. When the conditions are met so that a proposal can be decided on, the Tabulator will report the outcome and how each player voted to all players.
Proposal 415- Fri Feb 16 4:15pm 1996
Transmuting Rule 109 to Mutable
Gumby (aka Neil Griffin)
Decision: Accepted
I propose that Rule 109 be transmuted from Immutable to Mutable.
Proposal 416- Sat Feb 17 6:30pm 1996
Ammending Rule 405
Gumby (aka Neil Griffin)
Decision: Accepted
I propose to amend Rule 405 from:"No Proposal, A, may be submitted when the voting for a Proposal, B, has not been completed, if the Rule Change described by Proposal A has any effect which depends upon the Adoption or rejection of Proposal B.
Voting for Proposal B shall be deemed to have been completed when the Tabulator reports the outcome to the Players."
to:
"No submitted Proposal, A, shall be considered valid, when the voting for a Proposal, B, has not been completed, if the Rule Change described by Proposal A has any effect which depends upon the Adoption or rejection of Proposal B. On completion of voting for Proposal B, Proposal A shall not regain validity.
Voting for Proposal B shall be deemed to have been completed when the Tabulator reports the outcome to the Players."
Proposal 417- Sat Feb 17 6:30pm 1996
Ammending Rule 114
Wayne (Wayne Sheppard)
Decision: Deemed invalid by CFJ 115
I propose to amend Rule 114 to read as follows:Players may vote either for or against any proposal during the prescribed voting period. Voters should send their vote by email to the Tabulator before the end of the voting period. Players who do not vote within the prescribed voting period shall be deemed to have abstained.
Proposal 418- Tue Feb 20 11:30pm 1996
Amending Rule 323
Gumby (Neil Griffin)
Decision: Rejected
I propose to amend Rule 323 from:"Each week the Speaker must send a message to all players which contains the names and numbers of all proposals voted on in the past week, and how each player and the speaker voted (yes, no, or abstain) on each said proposal."
to:
"Each week the Tabulator must send a message to all Players which contains the names and numbers of all Proposals voted on in the past week, and how each Player voted (yes, no, or abstain) on each said Proposal."
Proposal 419- Tue Feb 20 11:30pm 1996
Amending Rule 410
Gumby (Neil Griffin)
Decision: Accepted
I propose that Rule 410 be amended from:"Players may vote either for or against any proposal during the prescribed voting period. Voters should send their vote by electronic mail to the Speaker before the end of the voting period. Players who do not vote within the prescribed period shall be deemed to have abstained."
to:
"Players may vote either for or against a proposal, or they may abstain, during the prescribed voting period. Players who do not vote within the prescribed period shall be deemed to have abstained."
Proposal 420- Wed Feb 21 12:15am 1996
Amending Rule 343
Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
Decision: Rejected
I propose to amend Rule 343 (Unanimity is a Great Thing) from:"Any proposal that is passed unanimously automatically becomes an immutable rule."
to:
"Any proposal that is passed unanimously, or is unanimously voted against, will become an immutable rule at the end of the official voting period."
Proposal 421- Wed Feb 21 12:30am 1996
Proposal Revision
Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
Decision: Accepted
If the author of a proposal discovers that it contains a flaw, he may write to the Speaker and inform them of what the correct version of the proposal ought to be. The Speaker will suspend voting on the proposal at this time, and will treat the matter as if it were a call for judgement. The Speaker will select a judge according to the rules for doing so, and the judge must return one of the allowed verdicts.If the verdict is True, then the revision will be applied to the proposal. All votes cast on the proposal, in it's previous form, will be void and will not be counted. The proposal will then be voted on for the remainder of the voting period that was previously left to it (prior to the change), or for 4 days, whichever is longer.
If the verdict is False, then the revision will not be applied to the proposal. All votes cast on the proposal will remain valid, and the proposal will continue its voting period as normal.
If the verdict is Undecided, another judge will be selected according to the rules for doing so.
If the players disagree with the verdict, they may overturn the judgement by the standard rules for doing so. Voting on the altered proposal will be suspended while the overturning process is being undertaken.
If the decision is overturned, the proposal will be returned to its original form, and the voting will begin again, with all old votes not counted. The proposal will then be voted on for the remainder of the voting period that was previously left to it (prior to the change), or for 4 days, whichever is longer.
If the decision is not overturned, the proposal will continue its voting period as normal.
There can be no more than one attempt to overturn a given decision. No proposal may be revised more than 3 times. A suggested revision that is not implemented does not count against this tally. The judge will base his decision off the following guidelines: If revision meets one or more of the following criteria, it is acceptable:
1) The revision is merely a cosmetic change (i.e. correction of a typo, misspelling, etc)
2) The revision retains the general idea of the proposal, only changing the details
3) The revision is desired by a majority of the players (more than 50%)
4) The revision makes the proposal make sense where it did not before.
Proposal 422- Tue Feb 21 12:45am 1996
Amending Rule 209
Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
Decision: Accepted
Rule 209 shall be amended from:"The winner is the first player to achieve a score of 100 points."
to
"The winner is the first player to achieve a score of exactly 257 points (no more or no less)."
Proposal 423- Wed Feb 21 1:00am 1996
Retracting Proposals
Wayne (Wayne Sheppard)
Decision: Accepted
A player may retract their own proposal by making a request to the public forum. The proposal may be retracted only if the results have not been publicly announced. All votes cast on a retracted proposal shall be ignored. The player retracting the proposal shall suffer a 1 point penalty.
Proposal 424- Wed Feb 21 1:00am 1996
Amending Rule 399
Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
Decision: Accepted
Rule 399 shall be amended from:"Let there be officer called the Registrar. The Registrar would be selected on a volunteer basis. In the case of multiple volunteers, the Speaker will choose by random selection. In the event of there being no volunteers for the office of Registrar, the duties of the Registrar are to be carried out by the Speaker.
The Registrar shall be responsible for maintaining a list of all registered players. The Registrar may have other duties as assigned by other rules."
to:
"Let there be an officer called the Registrar. The Registrar is selected on a volunteer basis. In the case of multiple volunteers, the Speaker will choose by random selection. In the event of there being no volunteers for the office of the Registrar, the duties of the Registrar are to be carried out by the Speaker.
The Registrar shall be responsible for the following:
1. Maintaining a list of all registered players.
2. Adding new players to the game if they wish to join.
3. Furnishing new players with any game information they need (current rules, player list, etc)
4. Removing players from the game if they wish to quit.
5. Keeping track of all of the titles and offices the players hold (this includes keeping track of who is the Gnome Buddy and who has the Magic Potato)
6. Keeping track of the Ackanomic Names of the players.The Registrar may have other duties as assigned by other rules."
Proposal 425- Wed Feb 21 1:15am 1996
Amending Rule 398
Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
Decision: Accepted
Rule 398 shall be amended from:"Office of Scorekeepor
Let there be officer called the Scorekeepor. The Scorekeepor would be selected on a volunteer basis. In the case of multiple volunteers, the Speaker will choose by random selection. In the event of there being no volunteers for the office of Scorekeepor, the duties of the Scorekeepor are to be carried out by the Speaker.
The Scorekeepor shall be responsible for detecting and announcing as soon as possible when a player has won the game by points."
to:
"Office of Scorekeeper
Let there be an officer called the Scorekeeper. The Scorekeeper will be selected on a volunteer basis. In the case of multiple volunteers, the Speaker will choose by random selection. In the event of there being no volunteers for the office of Scorekeeper, the duties of the Scorekeeper are to be carried out by the Speaker.
The Scorekeeper shall be responsible for the following things:
1. Detecting and announcing as soon as possible when a player has won the game by points.
2. Keeping track of each player's score and recording it.
3. Keeping track of all score changes and recording them.
4. Determining who is the Gnome Buddy and announcing this whenever the title is transferred.The Scorekeeper may have additional duties assigned by other rules."
Proposal 426- Wed Feb 21 1:30am 1996
Office of the Publicist
Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
Decision: Accepted
Let there be an officer called the Publicist. The Publicist is selected on a volunteer basis. In the case of multiple volunteers, the Speaker will choose by random selection. In the event of there being no volunteers for the office of the Publicist, the duties of the Publicist are to be carried out by the Speaker.The Publicist shall be responsible for the following:
1. Advertising the game of Ackanomic.
2. Attempting to find new players for Ackanomic.
3. Directing new players to the Ackanomic web page, and to whoever is in charge of signing up new players.The Publicist may have other duties as assigned by other rules.
Proposal 427- Thu Feb 22 8:30pm 1996
Vice Versa
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Accepted
Any player voting for a proposal that does not pass will be awarded 3 points above and beyond any other bonuses or penalties.This rule complements rule 207, 208, 379 if and when they are in effect.
Proposal 428- Thu Feb 22 8:30pm 1996
Acka-Entities
Wayne (Wayne Sheppard)
Decision: Rejected
Any object or entity may be designated by the Rules to be an Acka-Entity. Acka-Entities may not be changed except as permitted in the Rules. Points, Votes, Rules and Proposals are all Acka-Entities.
Proposal 429- Thu Feb 22 8:45pm 1996
Repealing Rule 381
Wayne (Wayne Sheppard)
Decision: Accepted
I propose to repeal Rule 381.
Proposal 430- Thu Feb 22 8:45pm 1996
The Official Ackanomic Theme Song
Wayne (Wayne Sheppard)
Decision: Rejected
There shall be a contest to write the official Ackanomic Theme Song. All active players shall be eligible to participate. To submit a song for consideration, a player must submit a Proposal to the Promoter. The proposal must state that it is an entry for the Theme Song Contest. It also must include all of the lyrics of the song. If the proposal passes, then the lyrics shall be considered the Official Ackanomic Theme Song. The author of the Official Ackanomic Theme Song shall be awarded 10 points for his efforts.
Proposal 431- Thu Feb 22 8:45pm 1996
Amending Rule 304
Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
Decision: Accepted
I propose to amend Rule 304 from :"No player may vote NO to proposals more than 7 times consecutively. Abstention from a vote does not count as making a series of votes nonconsecutive. In other words, no one can vote NO for more than 7 proposals before having to vote YES for one."
to:
"No player may cast a vote of no more than 7 times consecutively. Abstention from a vote does not count as making a series of votes nonconsecutive. In other words, no one can vote No for more than 7 proposals before having to vote Yes for one. The "ordering" of the votes cast will be ordered based on the numbering of the proposals. Therefore you could not vote No for Proposals 401-408 and Yes for Proposal 409, no matter what order the votes were cast in. The chronological ordering of the votes is unimportant, only the numbering of the proposals that were voted on."
Proposal 432- Sat Feb 24 5:00am 1996
The Secret Poetic Truth
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Rejected
No one may incacerate comedians if staging gory odes on destruction.
Proposal 433- Sat Feb 24 5:00am 1996
The Hidden Truth For Everyone To Read
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Rejected
Fabricating 'One Of Zen' badges as legitimate license in seeking Enlightened Vision is lawful.
Proposal 434- Sat Feb 24 5:00am 1996
Underground Call To Arms
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Rejected
Five immaterial graphical holographic texts for 'One Of Zen' bring amazingly long lines.
Proposal 435- Sat Feb 24 5:00am 1996
Twinks
Magika (Wes Contreras)
Decision: Rejected
Create a Rule which reads:
There shall exist a type of entity called Twinks which shall be an Acka-Entity. Twinks exist only in the possession of Players. The Scorekeeper shall keep an accurate record of how many Twinks are owned by each Player. A Player may transfer Twinks to any other Player by sending a message to the Scorekeeper.Any Player who possesses a Twink may use that Twink to Twinkle another Player, immediately after which the Twink is destroyed. If a Player is Twinkled, they must either use a Twink in their possession to counter that Twinkling within 3 days or they shall be required to send a 50 or more word original poetic piece to all Players within one week.
If at any time there is a Player who has never possessed any Twinks, 2 Twinks shall be created and given to that Player.
Proposal 436- Sat Feb 24 5:00am 1996
More Twinks...
Magika (Wes Contreras)
Decision: Rejected
Create a Rule which reads:
If a Player wishes, he may send a message to all Players declaring their intent to Twinkify themselves. During the next 72 hours, any other Player may send to that Player a single word which has been identified as a Proscribed Word.After the 72 hours, but before one week has passed, the Player may successfully Twinkify themselves by sending to all Players an original poetic peice of at least 100 words which contains at least one instance of each Proscribed Word which was sent to that Player. If the Player fails to successfully Twinkify themselves, they shall lose 2 Points.
Proposal 437- Sat Feb 24 4:30pm 1996
Rewarding Vision
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
Decision: Rejected
The first player that can find a message/text in a rule that exists in a logical fashion within that rule, will immediately earn 17 points.
Proposal 438- Sun Feb 25 8:45pm 1996
Repealing Rule 343
Simon Marty Harriman (Andy Swan)
Decision: Deemed invalid by CFJ 120
I propose to repeal rule 343.
Proposal 439- Sun Feb 25 8:45pm 1996
Amending Rule 339
Simon Marty Harriman (Andy Swan)
Decision: Rejected
Rule 339 shall be amended from:
Any Player whose score is below -60 automatically has it reset back to 0. Any Player whose score reaches exactly -60 has their score changed to 20.To:
Any Player whose score is below -124 automatically has it reset back to 0. Any Player whose score reaches exactly -124 has their Ackanomic name changed to Mikey until such a time that a proposal is passed to amend their name to its original form.
Proposal 440- Sun Feb 25 8:45pm 1996
Amending Rule 415's number
Simon Marty Harriman
Decision: Rejected
I propose that the rule 415 reading:
"I propose that Rule 109 be transmuted from Immutable to Mutable."
Have it's number changed from 415 to 737.
Proposal 441- Mon Feb 26 9:00pm 1996 (revised Fri Mar 1 3:00am 1996)
Amending Rule 205
Gumby (aka Neil Griffin)
Decision: Rejected
I propose that rule 205 be amended from:"The prescribed voting period on a proposal is seven days, starting from the moment that the proposal is distributed by the Speaker."
to read
"The prescribed voting period on a proposal is seven days, starting from the moment that the proposal is distributed by the Player assigned to the task by the Rules."
Proposal 442- Tue Feb 27 1:15am 1996
Repealing 315
Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
Decision: Rejected
I propose to repeal Rule 315.
Proposal 443- Tue Feb 27 1:30am 1996
Transmuting Rule 102 to Mutable
Ross Bohlen (Paul Leonard)
Decision: Accepted
I propose a mutability change on rule #102(immutable), which readsRule 102/0 (Immutable)
The Speaker and VotersEach Player shall be either a Voter or the Speaker; no Player may be both at the same time. There will always be one Speaker. The term "Player" refers to any Voter or the Speaker.
Proposal 444- Tue Feb 27 9:45am 1996
Overturning CFJ 118
Dr McSpong (Julian Richardson)
Decision: Accepted
Overturn CFJ 118.My reasoning.
It is my opinion that CFJ 118 should have been judged to be TRUE, for several reasons.
1) I claim that the phrase "rule change" which appears numerous times in the Rules of Ackanomic means "change to the set of rules". Thus, it includes all kinds of proposals as defined in rule 103.
2) In my opinion, the CFJ hangs on the meaning of the phrase "upon becoming a Rule" in rule 343. If we interpret this to mean "when it becomes a rule", then 343 is inconsistent with 103, since amendments, for example, do not become rules. However, if we interpret it to mean "if it becomes a Rule", then rule 343 will only affect the mutability of new rules, not of amendments etc. From this point of view, it is clear that the spirit of the game requires that CFJ 118 should be judged TRUE.
Proposal 445- Wed Feb 28 12:30pm 1996
Repealing Rule 323
Gumby (Neil Griffin)
Decision: Accepted
I propose to repeal Rule 323.
Proposal 446- Thu Feb 29 11:45am 1996
Amending Rule 343
Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
Decision: Accepted
I propose to Amend Rule 343 from"Any proposal that is passed unanimously automatically becomes an immutable rule."
to:
"This rule does not apply to proposals that amend, repeal, or transmute rules. It only applies to proposals that create new rules. When such a proposal passes unanimously, creating a mutable rule, that new rule automatically becomes an immutable rule, retaining the same rule number it had prior to this transmutation. Any proposal that is voted against unanimously creates a new rule as if it had been voted for unanimously. This rule then becomes an immutable rule, following the procedure described previously."
Proposal 447- Thu Feb 29 11:45am 1996
Definition of Unanimous
Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
Decision: Accepted
A vote is said to be unanimously voted for if all of the votes cast (ignoring abstentions) were Yes votes, and a quorum of players cast votes other than abstentions. A vote is said to be unanimously voted against if all of the votes cast (ignoring abstentions) were No votes, and a quorum of players cast votes other than abstentions.
Proposal 448- Tue Mar 5 2:15pm 1996
Amending 208
Gumby (Neil Griffin)
Decision: Rejected
I propose to amend Rule 208 from:When a proposed rule change is defeated, the player who proposed it loses 10 points.
to:
When a proposed rule change is defeated, the player who proposed it loses 5 points.
Proposal 449- Thu Mar 7 5:30pm 1996
New Players
Wayne (Wayne Sheppard)
Decision: Rejected
When a person registers as a player, they shall have full rights as a player. They may cast votes on any proposal that are currently in thier voting period.Newly registered players shall start out with a number of points equal to the average of the rest of the active players.
Proposal 450- Thu Mar 7 6:00pm 1996
Blackballing
Wayne (Wayne Sheppard)
Decision: Rejected
When a player submits a CFJ, the player submitting the CFJ may "blackball" up to two players. The blackballed players shall not be eligible to judge the CFJ. The CFJ must clearly indicate which players are to be blackballed.If there are no eligible players left to judge a CFJ, then no one shall be blackballed.
This Rule takes precedence over all other Rules that deal with selecting a Judge.