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acka-voting-digest       Friday, August 7 1998       Volume 03 : Number 124




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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 02:40:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <nomicbot@muppetlabs.com>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3382

Proposal 3382
Swings of Otzma
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)

Ammend R1044 if the following ways:
I.Renumber section 4 to 5.
II.Insert the following text as section 4:
"
 The actions described in section 3 fail if the Player owns fewer
Swingpoints than he is attempting to convert. All action except for (a) 
fail if the player has performed any Swingpoint conversion within the past
seven days, or if the Player has performed the same type of Swingpoint
conversion within the past fourteen days. 
"

III. amend section 3.e to read in full:
"A player may convert 8 of eir Swingpoint into a randomly selected Otzma
Card that will be created in eir possession. The type of Card will be
determined as described in the Otzma Card Rule Suite. A player may convert
12 or eir Swingpoint to a Common Otzma Card of eir choice that will be
created in eir possession. A player may convert 16 or eir Swingpoints into
a Normal Otzma Card of eir choice that will be created in eir possession.
A player may convert 20 of eir Swingpoints into a Rare Otzma Card of eir
choice that will be created in eir possession.
"

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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 02:41:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <nomicbot@muppetlabs.com>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3383

Proposal 3383
What's in a Name
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[All this proposal does is replace Inactive with Vacationing, which
IMIUMO is more poetic :)]}}

Amend Part a of Section V 'Upon Becoming (and while) Inactive' of Rule
250 'Players and Player States' by replacing the following phrase:
"
Their expected duration of inactivity is set at 28 days if unspecified
"
with:
"
The expected duration of their Vacation set at 28 days if unspecified
"

Amend Part c of Section V 'Upon Becoming (and while) Inactive' of Rule
250 'Players and Player States' by replacing the following sentence:
"
Upon being Inactive for a period of time in excess of their expected
duration of inactivity, their state is changed to On Ice.
"
with:
"
Upon having been on vacation for a period of time in excess of the
expected duration of eir vacation, their state is changed to On Ice.
"

Amend Section iii of Rule 403 (Functional Offices, Commonalities) to
replace the following sentence:
"
An inactive Functional Officer is considered to have vacated eir Seat
for the duration of the inactivity, after which he shall
hold the Seat once again.
"
with:
"
A Vacationing Functional Officer is considered to have vacated eir Seat
for the duration of eir vacation, after which he shall
hold the Seat once again.
"

Rename Rule 403 (Functional Offices, Commonalities) to "Functional
Offices, Commonalties".

Amend the following phrase from Section XI of Rule 1209 (The Machine
That Goes *ping*):
"
within three days of returning from inactivity.
"
by replacing it with:
"
within three days of returning from Vacation.
"

Amend Section I of Rule 1213 (Grab-a-Donkey) to replace the following
phrase:
"
has not yet returned from inactivity
"
with:
"
has not yet returned from Vacation
"

Amend Part c of Section II (Player-related Definitions) of Rule 250
(Players and Player States) by replacing 'an "inactive" player' with 'a
"Vacationing" player'.

Replace all occurrences of "an inactive" in the rules with "a
Vacationing"

Replace all occurrences of "becomes inactive" with "goes on Vacation"

Replace all occurrences of "becoming Inactive" and "becoming inactive"
with "going on Vacation"

Replace all occurrences of "become Inactive" and "become inactive" with
"gone on Vacation"

Replace all occurrences of "inactive" with "vacationing" except in Rule
594.24 (Blueprint: Finger of Justice) if it exists.

Replace all occurrences of "Inactive" with "Vacationing"

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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 02:43:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <nomicbot@muppetlabs.com>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3384

Proposal 3384
And I replied to Thing-a-me-bob, Occasionally
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.
Amend Section VIII (Traveling Exhibitions) of Rule 850 (Museum) to read
in full:
"
Players can make temporary donations to the Museum so that objects of
great historical value that would otherwise not be seen by
the public can be put on display. Any player can state that they wish to
give to the Museum any trinket or Majik e owns that was created more
than six months previously to add to the Private
Collection Room. It is good form for the donor to give a brief
description of the gifts. The Curator can accept or decline such gifts.
Although the Museum is pleased to be able to display these artifacts,
the donor's Benefactor Value is not changed. However, the
player can get back any donation he made to the Private Collection Room
by making a public request for it.
"

{{[Makes the Private Room a little more Select]}}

{{[Current Text:

Players can make temporary donations to the Museum so that objects of
great historical value that would otherwise not be seen by
the public can be put on display. Any player can state that they wish to
give to the Museum a trinket or Majik to add to the Private
Collection Room. It is good form for the donor to give a brief
description of the gifts. The Curator can accept or decline such gifts.
Although the Museum is pleased to be able to display these artifacts,
the donor's Benefactor Value is not changed. However, the
player can get back any donation he made to the Private Collection Room
by making a public request for it.
]}}

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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 02:44:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <nomicbot@muppetlabs.com>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3385

Proposal 3385
Just Like It Too
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

Amend Rule 506.1 (Magik) to read in full:
This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[I should be permissible for both expensive and old trinkets to be
Majik, IMIUMO]}}

"
An existing Trinket can be made into a Majik by the Archaeologist. A
player who owns a Trinket worth more than A$99 or which has existed for
at least six months can ask in a public message if that Trinket is
special. If the Archaeologist replies publicly within 3 days "This
Trinket is Majik", then the Trinket becomes a Majik. [It is considered
good form to give the Archaeologist a 10% fee for this service.]

Majiks are no longer Trinkets but keep the value, name and description
they had when Trinkets. Majiks are tradeable entities.
"

{{[Current Text
An existing Trinket can be made into a Majik by the Archaeologist. A
player who owns a Trinket worth more than A$99 can ask
in a public message if that Trinket is special. If the Archaeologist
replies publicly within 3 days "This Trinket is Majik", then the
Trinket becomes a Majik. [It is considered good form to give the
Archaeologist a 10% fee for this service.]

Majiks are no longer Trinkets but keep the value, name and description
they had when Trinkets. Majiks are tradeable entities.
]}}

{{[For consistency]}}
Rename Rule 506.1 (Magik) to "Majik".

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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 02:45:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <nomicbot@muppetlabs.com>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3386

Proposal 3386
One
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal

Append to the following sentence of Section VI. (Bonus Vote) of Rule 850
(Museum):
"
Each benefactor's probability of receiving this Vote is their BV divided
by the total BV.
"
the following:
"
of all currently active players
"

{{[Those players who are absent may still have a BV and while they may
not be randomly selected, inclusion of eir BV in the calculation results
in probabilities which don't sum to 1]}}

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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 02:46:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <nomicbot@muppetlabs.com>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3387

Proposal 3387
32 Footsteps (Count 'em to Myself)
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Grandiose Proposal.

{{[This proposal (if it passes) will gut points from the rules. Almost
without exception the offending points/score references have simply been
removed leaving many etities defined but without function.

Why? I just want to see what develops if points are repealed. We can
always bring em back, this is nomic after all :)

The Side effect of this proposal is that the only way to gain points
from it is to vote yes and hope it doesn't pass, 'cause if it does no
one will gain any points. ]}}

Repeal Rule 205 (When Score Changes Take Effect).

Amend Rule 206 (Keep 'Em In The Game) to read in full:
"Wobble"

Amend Rule 207 (Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported)
by renaming it "Definite Proposals" and causing it to read in full
(GONZO delimited):
GONZO
I. Effect of Proposals which do not meet Quorum

If a proposal does not meet quorum, each voting player who abstained on
the proposal shall receive a Puppet Head (a non-tradeable entity), if e
does not already have one. A player with a Puppet Head may get rid of it
by saying "Memo to myself: Do the dumb things I gotta do. Touch the
puppet head." [They Might Be Giants, "Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet
Head", "They Might Be Giants"] in a public message. After a player has
possessed a Puppet Head for seven consecutive days, e immediately
becomes a non-voting player. The Puppet Head is then destroyed.

II. Null Proposals

If an accepted proposal does not become a new rule or generate at least
one valid effect under Rule 104, then it is a "Null Proposal".

III. Boring Proposals

A proposal is Boring if and only if at least half of the votes cast on
the proposal were Baa! votes.
GONZO

Amend Rule 207.1 (That's just silly) to read in full:
- ---
The Silly Phrase is "contains monosodium glutamate".

If an accepted proposal contains the Silly Phrase and the phrase is not
part of a comment, then the player who submitted the proposal is said to
be silly. However, if the proposal was also distributed by the Promoter
on April First (All Fool's Day), the player is instead said to be
foolish.

Any player who scores points in the above manner may publicly announce,
in the seven days following the proposals acceptance, "The new silly
phrase is ****", where **** is a three word phrase. All quoted instance
of the phrase "contains monosodium glutamate" in this rule will be
replaced by the three word phrase chosen by that player.
- ---

Remove from Section c of Rule 207.3 (Foolishness) the following sentence
(if it exists):
"
If the original author is still a player of Ackanomic, it is considered
good form to transfer some of the points gained through the resubmitted
proposal's Foolishness to em.
"

Remove the following sentence from Rule 207.3 (Foolishness):
"
Whenever a Foolish Proposal is accepted or rejected, all scoring effects
from rule 207 related to its acceptance or rejection shall be doubled.
"

Delete Section II of Rule 210 (Literature) and renumber the
roman-numeral numbered Sections that follow it.

Delete the following phrases from Rule 210 (Literature):
"
All players who voted against a Great Work that was accepted will lose 7
points, for their poor taste, in addition to any other bonuses or
penalties caused by the passage of the proposal.
"
and
"scorekeeper, unless the scorekeeper submitted the proposal, in which
case it should be adjudicated by the"

Replace the following text from Rule 210 (Literature):
"
If the scorekeeper and president are the same person then it will be
adjudicated by any other random active player (as selected by the
OiCoRT).
"
with:
"
If the president submitted the proposal then it will be adjudicated by
any other random active player (as selected by the OiCoRT).
"

Amend Rule 213 (Delivering Judgement) to remove the phrase "penalized 10
points, eir name to be".

Delete Section III of Rule 217 (Overturning Judgements) and renumber the
roman numeral-numbered Sections that follow it.

Amend part d of Section VI of Rule 250 (Players and Player States) to
read:
"d)Players who are On Ice never gain entities."

Delete Section III of Rule 313 (Proposal Bribery) and renumber the
sections that follow.

Delete part C of Section V of Rule 313 (Proposal Bribery) and re-letter
the parts that follow it in the same section.

Amend Rule 319 'Unanimity Is Lovely (although not so lovely as it used
to be)' to delete the following sentences:
"
If more than one player is tied for lowest score, all of their scores
change to 2. If this would cause a player to lose points, that player
will instead have their score increased by 3 points.
"

Amend Rule 330 (Retractions) to delete the following sentences:
"A player who retracts his own proposal in this manner loses 2 points."
and
"The player retracting the CFJ does not lose any points unless the CFJ
was a paradox win CFJ in which case e loses 3 points."
and
"The player retracting the submission loses 1 point."
and
"Newbies shall not lose points as a result of this rule."

Delete the following phrase from Rule 344 (Weasel Words):
"gain one extra point and"

Amend Rule 374 (Politeness Moon) to replace the following text:
"
If the verdict of the Hearing shows that the message was not polite, the
Player who sent it loses 3 points. If it shows that it was polite, its
author gets the nickname Jazz JackRabbit for the next 3 days, and the
player who called the hearing loses 2 points.
"
with
"
If it shows that it was polite, its author gets the nickname Jazz
JackRabbit for the next 3 days.
"

Amend section vi of Rule 404 (Offices, Impeachment) to read:
"
(vi) If the IP is REJECTED, the Player named in the IP is restored to
Office.
"

Repeal Rule 410 (Scorekeeper).

Amend Section III of Rule 419.2 (Internomic Interface) by deleting the
following text:
"
If said Proposal is adopted by InterNomic, the player who requested it
receives 7 points upon the Liaison reporting the fact of its adoption to
Ackanomic.
"

Amend Rule 437 (Providing Meaning Where We Can) by replacing the
following text from Section III:
"
If a majority is against, then the senator who made that call loses 10
points and may not issue a call for seven days.
"
with:
"
If a majority is against, then the senator who made that call may not
issue a call for seven days.
"

Amend Rule 431 (Illuminatus) by replacing the following text:
"It is a privilege of the Illuminatus that e achieves a Winning
Condition if it is publicly knowable that e has a score that is greater
than 5/6 times the Magic Number."
with:
"It is a privilege of the Illuminatus to receive the Standard Harfer Fee
upon the completion of step g."

Repeal Rule 508 (Fortnightly Dividends).

Amend Rule 540.1 (Characteristic: Harf) by replacing the following text:
"
Whenever a Player gains points from Rule 1112, eir Harf Value goes up by
the number of points e gains thereby.
"
with:
"Whenever a Harfy proposal [See Rule 1112] is accepted, the author's
Harf Value goes up by five."

Amend Section C of Rule 593 (Ackanomic Research Guild) to read:
"The Office of Archaeologist has one seat which is always vacant."

Amend Section III of Rule 593 (Ackanomic Research Guild) to read:
"
III. An Impeachment Paper against a Scientist requires no quorum and a
simple majority of votes in favor to be accepted.
"

Delete the following sentence from Rule 600 (Winning Conditions):
"
A Cycle Win CFJ shall be judged INVALID if the Scorekeeper has judged
its author to have achieved a Winning Condition within the last 3 days,
and no-one has yet objected to the Scorekeeper's announcement.
"

Amend Rule 603 (Winning by Points) by renaming it "The Magic Number" and
causing it to read in full:
"The base value of the Magic Number is 419."

Delete the following sentence from Rule 605 'Winning is Inherently
Amusing (or Winning by Palindrome)':
"
This win, if it occurs, shall occur immediately after the score changes
as a result of the Proposal being accepted are applied.
"

Amend Rule 607 (Winning by Agenda) by deleting the following phrases:
", and that player's score is greater than or equal to the sum of the
weights of all of the agenda hats e owns,"
and
"Additionally, any player who had owned a Nemesis Eggplant that was
destroyed as above has eir score reset to -40 rather than 0 when scores
are reset at the start of the next cycle. [See Rule 666]"

Replace the following phrase from Rule 620 (Chartreuse Goose):
"single active player with the lowest score."
with:
"newest player."

Remove the following phrases from Rule 620 (Chartreuse Goose):
"This option is not available if more than one active player has the
lowest score."
and
"If this payment would force a player to go into debt, the Standard
Harfer Fee is not paid, but instead the Goose becomes grumpy and bites
its owner, inflicting a 9-point penalty."

Delete section d,f,g and i from Rule 666 (End of Cycle) and re-letter
the sections appropriately.

Remove the following phrase from Rule 668 (Eggs and Fruit):
"A player who owns a Chartreuse Goose Egg may reduce his own score to
zero at any time by informing the Scorekeeper that he is doing so,
provided that his score is greater than zero."

Amend Rule 670 (Commission d'Arts) by deleting the following sentence
from Section 4:
"All other Commissioners are fined 2 points."

Amend Rule 670 (Commission d'Arts) by deleting the following phrase from
Section 7:
", and they will lose 5 points for detracting from the festivities
(although they still receive the above awards, of course)."

Amend Rule 709 (Gaol) by deleting the following phrase:
"gaining points,"

Delete Part a of Section 5 of Rule 710 (Criminal Justice) which reads:
"a) a DEDUCTION of 0 or more points from Player X's score."

Delete the following sentence from Section 5 of Rule 812 (Down the
river):
"All members of the team also gain 7 points."

Delete the following sentences from Rule 901 (The Magic Potato):
"
The Player that currently holds the Magic Potato will gain three extra
points for each proposal of his that is accepted while he holds the
Magic Potato.
"
and
"
The holder of the Great Tuba scores one extra point whenever one of his
proposals passes.
"

Remove the following phrases from Rule 909 (Steel Flea):
", and will gain 6 points for being so generous"
and
", and e will lose the 6 points awarded previously, and will be fined
another 6 points for selfishly keeping Phoebe's wisdom to emself"
and
"and is fined 3 points for being so careless"

Replace all text that follows "The Known Pages of The Ackanomicon:" in
Rule 910 (The Ackanomicon) with the following:
"
Arcane Trivia (15 pages): These pages contain many tantalising but
ultimately uneducating bits of information on all manner of things
ancient and occult. They have no effect on the reader.

Inner workings (5 pages): These pages give glimpses into some of the
basic workings of the universe of mortal men, at a price. The reader
gains A$50.

Arcane Lore (5 pages): These pages describe ceremonies and rites used in
the far distant past to gain special powers. A new Otzma card is created
in the possession of the reader. The type of card shall be determined by
the Speaker using the Probabilistic Method. If the type selected is at
or above its instance limit, the Speaker will select a new type using
the Deterministic method.

Ancient artefact (1 page): A page describing the workings of a powerful
ancient device. The reader loses A$50, and receives a newly created
random Qualified Gadget, which, if it's a mechanical Gadget, breaks when
the reader receives it. This page has no effect on a player without
sufficient A$.

Mutation (2 pages): The contents of this page warps the reader's mind
and body. He gains a new Extra head, surly and mean-spirited in
temperament.

Dark Domain (2 pages): Reading these pages opens a portal to a terrible
realm of darkness and nightmare. The reader is treated as if he was in
Gaol for the next 48 hours, except that he may not be released in any
fashion before this period is up. The reader has not, however, actually
committed a Crime, nor is he actually in Gaol.

Long lost treasure (2 pages): These pages describe the locations of long
lost treasure troves. The reader gains A$250 and an Otzma Card of Type
Map Shard, provided no Otzma limits would be exceeded. This card will be
destroyed within 3 days of receipt if not used.

Forbidden Fruit (1 page): Knowledge no man was meant to know. The
becomes Enlightened.

Catastrophe (1 page): Reading this page unleashes a Tornado into Acka,
as described by the Rule Tornado. The reader is considered to be
sheltered.

Not so Forbidden Fruit (4 pages): The player has an out of body
experience in which he is transported to an primordial jungle where he
is worshiped as a god by the natives. Upon waking up, he will find that
all he has left to remember it by is an Amber Banana.

Ancient One (1 page): The player warps time and space with a terrifying
incantation of power, summoning the Ancient Powers into his presence.
The Chartreuse Goose is immediately transferred into his possession, and
it's not happy. If the reading player was already in possession of the
Chartreuse Goose, then it goes Somewhere Else (and is REALLY not happy).

Judgement Day (2 pages): These pages relate the days following the end
of the world and impart to the reader the ability to judge eir fellows.
The Purple Robe of Justice is transferred to the reader.
"

Amend Rule 911 (The Great Trombone of Ackanomia) to read in full:
"The Great Trombone is a unique entity."

Remove the following phrases from Rule 913 (Parades):
"Failure to comply with this requirement, if and when proved, will
result in ten points being deducted from the score of the Guest of
Honour."
and
", and will receive one point for so doing."
and
", if such an entity exists,"
and
"and receive not one but ten points"
and
", so any points they would have received as a result of the Parade will
be withheld"

Delete the following phrase from Rule 915 (Prosthetic Foreheads):
"and the player who described it loses two points"

Amend Rule 919 (Brass Monkey) to replace:
"shall be awarded 5 bonus points!"
with
"are hoopy froods"
and
"With that, each Player shall receive 5 points for each proposal he or
she submitted that was accepted during the Streak (including those that
were accepted before it was Chrome), up to a maximum of 15 points per
Player."
with
"With that, each Player shall receive the title 'Hoopy Frood'".

Amend Rule 927 (The Chocolate Frog) to remove the following sentence:
"
Any players who vote against a proposal made by the First Citizen will
receive no points for anti-voting.
"

Replace the following sentence of Rule 933 (Purple Robe of Justice):
"
If the owner of the Robe is ever penalized some number of points for
failing to deliver a verdict on a CFJ, failing to respond to a CFJ, or
for having a CFJ overturned, they immediately lose the priceless Robe,
and it goes Somewhere Else.
"
with
"
If the owner of the Robe ever deadbeats on a CFJ or has verdict on a CFJ
overturned, they immediately lose the priceless Robe, and it goes
Somewhere Else.
"

Amend Rule 950 (Ackanomic Sound System Rule Suite) by replacing the
following sentence (DING delimited):
DING
[For example, if the Magic Potato were defined in such a Rule, its owner
would no longer get its bonuses once it left, but would keep any points
e had gained from it while the Song ("Don't pick it up, pick it up, pick
it up") was playing.]
DING
with (DONG delimited):
DONG
[For example, if the Magic Potato were defined in such a Rule, its owner
would no longer get its bonuses once it left, but would keep any Brass
Razoos e had gained from it while the Song ("Don't pick
it up, pick it up, pick it up") was playing.]
DONG

Replace the following sentence of Rule 950 (Ackanomic Sound System Rule
Suite)(BONK delimited):
BONK
[e.g. "Four or more players have a score of above 300."]
BONK
with(BOINK Delimited):
BOINK
[e.g. "Four or more players have a Harf of above 300."]
BOINK

Amend Rule 961 (Curse of the B-Ack) by deleting the following phrases:
"Posting such a description earns a player 6 points."
and
", and gain 2 points for doing so,"

Replace both instances of "(d)" in Part e of Section 3 of Rule 1044
(Swingpoints) with "(c)".
Delete Part a of Section 3 of Rule 1044 (Swingpoints) which reads:
"
a. A Player may, as a public action, convert any positive number of his
own Swingpoints into twice as many points (which are added to his
score).
"
and re-letter the alphabetical list in that section.

Remove the following phrases from Rule 1112 (Let there be Harf!):
", its author gains 5 points (a score change based on proposal content)
and"
and
"When a player is designated "Funky and Stylish", they gain 5 points."

Remove the following phrases from Rule 1129 (Crazy French-Scotsmen):
"points or"
and
"If the penalty involved a loss of points, the penalized player's score
(after having the penalty revoked) will be raised to the first prime
number higher than their current score."

Delete the following paragraph of Rule 1131 (Happiness)
"
If any time it is publically knowable that a player has a score exactly
equal to the Happy Number, that player may point this fact out by
publically stating: "Happy! Happy! Happy!". E then gains a
probabilistic Boon of the Ancients and the Happy Number becomes a random
integer between -60 and the Magic Number.
"

Delete the following phrase from Rule 1211 (Boons of the Ancients):
"and the player who described it loses 11 points"

Delete the following phrase from Rule 1213 (Grab-a-Donkey):
"
The Belt Holder shall be awarded 3 Points plus the number of donkeys he
successfully grabbed that game.
"

Delete the following paragraph from Rule 1215 (Duels):
"
When the Duel is over, the winner of the Duel receives 6 points in
addition to any rewards or penalties he may have received as part of the
Contest itself. The loser of the Duel loses 6 points in addition to any
rewards or penalties he may have received as part of the Contest itself.
The winner's Second receives 3 points, the loser's Second loses 3
points.
"

Delete Section 3 of Rule 1215 (Duels) and renumber the Sections that
follow it.

Delete Section 4 of Rule 1216 (Feuds) and renumber the Sections that
follow it.

Amend Rule 1313 (Tornado) to read in full:
"
A Tornado shall sweep though Acka at the time of the Summer Solstice,
Winter Solstice, Vernal Equinox, and Autumnal Equinox. Tornadoes are
dangerous entities.

Players in the Ackanomic Afterlife and Gaol are Sheltered. If a Bomb
Shelter exists, all players are Sheltered, regardless of their Location.
A True Prophet and his Location are Sheltered.

A Bomb Shelter may only be created by methods specified in the Rules.
Players may only become Sheltered by methods specified in the Rules.

The Rules may specify other ways or times that a Tornado sweeps through
Acka.

Whenever a Tornado sweeps through Acka, each player's or haunted house
that is dangling from its emergency tether stands a separate 50% chance
of losing its tether and being swept off the face of Acka. The player or
undead shall retain possession or haunt of the land the building was
sitting on. A player so bereaved of shelter may rebuild his house for
A$100, and he must name it upon its reconstruction. Until such time, he
shall be issued a small tent for use as his Home.

If the house belonged to a player who was absent, that player shall be
assumed to be vacationing in a far-off land with a two-letter name. Upon
his return, he may submit a report containing the name of this far-off
land and a summary of his journeys there.
"

Amend Rule 1350 (La Luna) by deleting the following text:
"
A player in Kansas gains 5 points the first time (on any given trip to
Kansas) that they send a message, describing the moon Kansas and all its
strangeness, containing at least 250 words, none of which are a colour,
except for white, sepia, and black, should black ever be a colour.
"

{{[Now for the rule suites]}}
Delete the following phrase from Rule 594.1 (Blueprint: Scroll of
Crumble):
"
If the gadget was indestructible, three points are deducted from the
score of the Scroll of Crumble's owner.
"

Debunk Rule 594.3 (Blueprint: Whamiol).

Delete the following phrase from Rule 594.5 (Blueprint: Automatic
Sculpture):
"e shall lose one point and"

Delete the following sentence from Rule 594.15 (Blueprint: Pulse Laser):
"The Laser will also deduct 5 points from the author of the Proposal's
score, if the author is a player."

Delete the following sentence from Rule 594.21 (Blueprint: Good Ballot
Stuffer)(LALA delimited):
LALA
4. The game state is changed such that any player who posts a public
message in the next week that does not contain the word "harf" (or a
derivative of it) shall lose one point for every such message.
LALA

Delete the following sentence from Rule 594.23 (Blueprint:
Nyarlathotep):
"The Player that currently holds Nyarlathotep will gain three extra
points for each proposal of his that is accepted while he holds
Nyarlathotep."

Delete the following sentence from Rule 594.26 (Blueprint: Saaremaa's
Codex of Wizardry):
"The first Scientist to ridicule an incompetent Novice receives 3 points
(per separate instance of Novice incompetence as described in this
paragraph)."

Delete the following sentence from Rule 950.1 (ASS Song: Chess Piece
Face)
", and a player shall gain 6 points the first time e publically
describes all four of the above."

Repeal Rule 1240.5 (Otzma Card of Type Rod & Staff)

Delete the following phrase from Rule 1240.14 (Otzma Card of type
Scientist for a Day):
", and its creator loses 10 points. "

Delete part d of Section VI of Rule 1250.1 (Games & Contests). and
re-letter the parts that come after it in Section VI.

Delete the following phrase from part s of Section VII of Rule 1250.1
(Games & Contests):
", no points".

Amend Section 5 of Rule 1250.7 (Game of Pure Skill) to read:
"
5) Upon a winning condition being met and a winner being declared, the
winner receives A$16, and the referee receives A$8. The winner receives
a standard Trophy.
"

Amend Section 5 of Rule 1250.9 (Ghost) to read:
"
When a winner is found, the referee shall receive 8 A$. If this game
took place as a Duel, the winner shall receive no additional
compensation. If it was not a Duel and fewer than four players began the
game, the winner receives A$ 8. If from four to eight players began the
game, the winner receives A$ equal to the number of players that began
the game times two, up to a maximum of A$ 16.
"

Replace the following text from Rule 1250.14 (Diplomacy):
"Upon a winning condition being achieved, the game ends. All winners
split 8 points evenly. If the number of winners does not divide evenly
into 8, however, the number of points split is the greatest positive
multiple of the number of winners that is less than 8. If no such number
exists, no points are awarded. The Golden Knife is awarded as a Trophy.
If the game ends without a winner or winners being declared, however, no
points are awarded.
"
with:
"Upon a winning condition being achieved, the game ends. All winners
split A$ 16 evenly. If the number of winners does not divide evenly into
8, however, the number of A$ split is the greatest positive multiple of
the number of winners that is less than 8. If no such number exists, no
points are awarded. The Golden Knife is awarded as a Trophy.
If the game ends without a winner or winners being declared, however, no
A$ are awarded. 
"

Amend Section 5d of Rule 1250.10 (Fictionary) to read:
"5d) Default: The Speaker or Acting Speaker becomes acting Brainiac to
adjudicate step 5. If there is no such officer, the game ends with no
winner and no payoff. "

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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 02:56:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <nomicbot@muppetlabs.com>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3388

Proposal 3388
But was it worth it?
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 432 (Son I am able though you scare me / Watch beloved /
Watch me scare you though / Able am I son) by replacing "functional"
were ever it appears with "political".

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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 02:57:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <nomicbot@muppetlabs.com>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3389

Proposal 3389
The Swingers' Duty Roster
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Delete Section 4 of Rule 1044.
[This section makes it the Chess-Ump's duty to track Swingpoints.
Unnecessary, as the Financier must already track these tradeable
entities.]

Replace Section 3a of Rule 1044 with the following OT-delimited text:

OT
a. Otzma Card Conversions
(i) A Player may convert 10 Swingpoints into any Otzma Card with an
F-Designation of Common.
(ii) A Player may convert 15 Swingpoints into any Otzma Card with an
F-Designation of Normal.
(iii) A Player may convert 20 Swingpoints into any Otzma Card with an
F-Designation of Rare.
The above three conversions may only occur if no Otzma Card instance
limits are violated by the conversion.
OT

[This replaces the points conversion with another, more intriguing,
conversion type.]

Replace Section 3c of Rule 1044 with the following OT-delimited text:

OT
A player may convert N Swingpoints into a Party Chess Piece, provided that
the material value of that Party Chess Piece is no more than (5*N)/7, and
provided no instance limits are violated by the conversion.
OT

[A simpler way to use Swingpoints to get Pieces, without changing the
"value" of each Swingpoint for that purpose.]

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