From: owner-acka-voting-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-voting-digest) To: acka-voting-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #127 Reply-To: acka-voting@muppetlabs.com Sender: owner-acka-voting-digest@muppetlabs.com Errors-To: owner-acka-voting-digest@muppetlabs.com Precedence: bulk acka-voting-digest Wednesday, August 12 1998 Volume 03 : Number 127 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:47:16 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3411 Proposal 3411 Say What You Mean Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler) This is a Modest proposal. Amend Rule 550 ("Honor System Rule Suite") by replacing the text "a range of -1000000 to 1000000" with the following Q-delimited text: Q a range encompassing all integers [i.e. from "negative infinity" to "positive infinity"]" Q ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:48:26 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3412 Proposal 3412 Cycle=Duel? Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler) This is a Modest proposal Amend Rule 550.1 ("Honorable Acts") by replacing the text "1 honour : Winning a Cycle" with the text "2 honour : Winning a Cycle". ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:49:14 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3413 Proposal 3413 Just Like It Too K 2 (Kelly Kelly) This is a Modest Proposal. {{[It should be permissible for both expensive and old trinkets to be Majik, IMIUHO]}} Amend Rule 506.1 (Magik) to read in full: " 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. ]}} ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:50:06 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3414 Proposal 3414 The Motherload K 2 (Kelly Kelly) This is a Modest Proposal. {{[Not _another_ hearing :) ]}} Insert as a new Section after Section III of rule 1217 (Buried Treasure!) the following text (--- delimited): - --- IV. If a player believes that a particular treasure map, for a treasure which was discovered within the previous three days, is not in keeping with the spirit of treasure hunting e may call for a Hostile Takeover. A Hostile Takeover is a Hearing for which the valid responses are: "Right up there with the Jukkasjarvi Treasure" and "the accumulation of money is a great evil and a burden to the soul" [Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad]. The player who called it is the Hearing Harfer for it and is called the Gold Digger while it is in session. For the purposes of this section those entities which were buried in the treasure and any entities created from them since the discovery of the treasure are referred to as The Motherload. The map writer and recipient of the Treasure against which the Hostile Takeover was called are not permitted to vote in the Hostile Takeover. In the event that the verdict of the Hostile Takeover is "Right up there with the Jukkasjarvi Treasure", the Gold Digger shall transfer The Standard Harfer Fee to the map writer. In the event that the verdict is "the accumulation of money is a great evil and a burden to the soul" [Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad], then all entities in The Motherload, which are of types normally accepted by the Museum, are transferred to the North Wing of the Museum with the map writer as beneficiary. Any entities in the Motherload which were not transferred to the Museum's North wing by the previous sentence are transferred to the Treasury. Additionally the map writer shall pay The Standard Harfer Fee to the Gold Digger. - --- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:51:37 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3415 Proposal 3415 Spell - Charm Person Slakko (Duncan Richer) [This proposal creates the basic structure of enthrallments. It sets up the definition of Thrall, the method of claiming Thrall through proposals, the Office of Thrallmaster, and the method of claiming a Win from Thrall. Other Thrall-related items are less central to the concept, and so better belong in separate proposals.] Create a new Rule, numbered 750, titled "Thrall: Definition", with the following 1ST-delimited text: 1ST Each Player has a Thrall Attribute. At all times a Player's thrall attribute is either the name of a Player or the null string (i.e. ""). If a Player (A) changes their name, then any players whose thrall attribute was the old name of Player (A), then their thrall attribute becomes the new name of Player (A). When a new player joins the game, their Thrall Attribute is set to "". When a Player (B) leaves the game, any Player whose Thrall Attribute is the name of Player (B) has their Thrall Attribute set to "". If Player (C) has Thrall Attribute which is the name of Player (D), then Player (C) may be referred to as Player (D)'s Overlord. {{All Players' Thrall Attributes are set to "".}} 1ST Create a new Rule, numbered 440, titled "Thrallmaster", with the following 2ND-delimited text: 2ND There is a Functional Office of Thrallmaster. The Duties of the Thrallmaster are: (i) To maintain a list of player Thrall Attributes. (ii) To publicly announce whenever a Thrall Attribute has changed. 2ND Create a new Rule, numbered 755, titled "Enthrallments", with the following 3RD-delimited text: 3RD Players may indicate Potential Enthrallments by privately notifying the Thrallmaster. A Potential Enthrallment consists of a Player and a Proposal, provided that the author of the Proposal and of the Potential Enthrallment are the same, and the Proposal is in its voting period. Each Proposal may only appear in a single Potential Enthrallment; if a Proposal appears in multiple supposed Potential Enthrallments, only the first one which satisfies the above conditions shall be valid. When a Proposal which is part of a Potential Enthrallment is accepted, the Player mentioned in the Potential Enthrallment has their Thrall Attribute set to the name of the author of that Proposal. When a Proposal which is part of a Potential Enthrallment is rejected, the author of that Proposal has their Thrall Attribute set to the name of the Player mentioned in the Potential Enthrallment. 3RD Create a new Rule, numbered 615, entitled "Win By World Domination", with the following 4TH-delimited text: 4TH If a single Player (A) is Overlord of more than 60% of all Active Players, then Player (A) achieves a Winning Condition, provided that Player (A) did not win the previous Cycle by achieving a Winning Condition under the provisions of this rule. Player (A) also receives the title of Small Lab Mouse, if e does not already have it. If anyone wins a Cycle by this method, then at the end of that Cycle all Thrall Attributes are set to "". 4TH {{Slakko's Thrall Attribute is set to the name of the Player who has had the Ackanomic Name of "Publius".}} [That's for the groovy name suggestion - Thrallmaster] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:52:45 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3416 Proposal 3416 Multi-proposals Publius (Brandon Ray) Create a new rule with the number 304 and the title “Multi-proposals”, consisting of the following BINARY-delimited text: BINARY A player may submit multiple proposals (or Multi-proposals) with the intention that only one of them (at most) be adopted. Only proposals submitted as described in this Rule shall be considered as Multi-proposals. A Multi-proposal shall consist of two or more independent and complete proposals, written and submitted as described in the Rules governing proposals. In addition to this, each of the proposals must abide by the following: 1. All proposals in a Multi-proposal must be submitted by the same author. 2. There may be no more than five individual proposals contained in any given Multi-proposal. 3. All proposals in a Multi-proposal must address substantially the same subject matter. The Promoter may declare Invalid any part of a Multi-proposal, if e believes that this requirement has not been met. There shall be no penalty to the author if part of a Multi-proposal is declared Invalid under the terms of this paragraph. 4. Each proposal in a Multi-proposal must begin with the following CAVEAT-delimited text: CAVEAT This proposal is part of Multi-proposal NAME. CAVEAT Where NAME is any legal name. 5. No more than one hour may separate the submission of the first proposal of a Multi-proposal from the submission of the last proposal, and all proposals within a Multi-proposal must be submitted on the same calendar day. Individual proposals contained in a Multi-proposal shall be processed by the Promoter in all respects as if they were regular proposals, except that the Promoter shall make a reasonable effort to place the individual proposals of a Multi-proposal next to each other on the voting queue, and to give them sequential Proposal numbers. Individual proposals contained in a Multi-proposal shall be voted upon by the players in all respects as if they were regular proposals. In tabulating the vote, however, only that proposal with the greatest percentage of YES votes shall be accepted, and all other proposals from the same Multi-proposal shall be rejected, regardless of eir vote totals and quorum status. To be accepted,a proposal must also meet all other requirements prescribed by the Rules for acceptance of a regular proposal. In the event that two or more proposals within the same Multi-proposal shall receive the same percentage of YES votes, and both meet the requirements to be accepted, the proposal with the lowest Proposal number shall be accepted, and the other proposal(s) shall be rejected. As long as one proposal within a Multi-proposal is accepted, the author shall receive the points to which e would be entitled if the accepted proposal had been presented and accepted as a regular proposal. If none of the proposals are accepted, the author shall lose one point for each Modest Proposal contained in the Multi-proposal; five points for each Grandiose proposal contained in the Multi-proposal; and three points for each immodest, non-grandiose proposal contained in the Multi-proposal. Individual proposals within a Multi-proposal may be retracted by the author in the same manner as prescribed in the Rules for regular proposals. Each individual proposal within a Multi-proposal may be Modest, Grandiose, or neither, without regard to the status of any other individual proposal within the same Multi-proposal. BINARY ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:53:52 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3417 Proposal 3417 YAEF (Yet another Eleusis Fix) JT (JT Traub) Amend rule 1250.23 (Eleusis) as follows. Replace section 2a which currently reads 'This game is played with 5-8 players and one optional Referee.' with 'This game is played by 4-8 players and one optional Referee.' {{[This is what it was supposed to be initially]}} {{[If there is no game of Eleusis currently in existance known as game 1 that has as it's players exactly the entities known as (or formerly known as) Mr. Tambourine Man, /dev/joe, 867-5309 and else...if, then this game now exists with the state of the game being that declared by the referee, the position of which is filled by JT]}} ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:54:37 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3418 Proposal 3418 Tomfoolery 867-5309 (Eric Plumb) While enjoying our compatibility, I am cognizant of its fragility, And I question the advisability Of relying on its durability. You're aware of my inflexibility And my quintessential volatility And the total inconceivability Of my showing genuine humility. Though your undeniable nubility May excuse a certain puerility, Your alleged indispensability Underestimates my versatility, And your boyish irresponsibility And what now is charming juvenility Will in time lose their adorability And appear much more like juvenility. {{ Add "Artist: Tom Lehrer" to the Literature List. 867-5309 loses 2 points; Attila the Pun gains 2 points. }} ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:55:32 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3419 Proposal 3419 Characteristic Tests JT (JT Traub) Create a rule numbered 541 titled 'Characteristic Tests' with the following TESTY delimited text TESTY Other rules may call for a test of a characteristic. A test of a characteristic is only valid if all objects to be tested contain the characteristic to be tested, and if the characteristic is defined as Testable. When a rule calls for a Characteristic Test, the following proceedure is performed. For each object to be tested, a Characteristic Roll is performed. A Characteristic Roll is defined as a random number generated such that it has the same distribution as that characteristic. [For instance to generate a characteristic roll for Strength one would use 3d6]. For each object the Characteristic Roll is compared subtracted from the Characteristic Value. The resulting number is the Test Value. The object with the maximum Test Value is declared to have won the test. [Example: JT has a STR of 12 and Alfvaen has a STR of 17. The Characteristic Roll for JT is 7 and the Characteristic Roll for Alfvaen is 14. The Test Value for JT is 5 (12-7) and the Test Value for Alfvaen is 3 (17 - 3). Therefor JT would win this hypothetical test.] TESTY Make the following amendments to rule 540.2 (Basic Player Characteristics). In the first paragraph replace 25 with 18. {{[This gives an even distribution of 3d6 whereas 3-25 was strange.]}} Append the following TESTABLE delimited text to the end of the first paragraph TESTABLE The Basic Player Characteristics are Testable. TESTABLE Append the following DM delimited text to the end of the rule DM It is the responsibility of the DM to track any characteristics of players that are not explicitly tracked by any other officer. DM {{[Basically this means these and Harf since Honour is tracked by the Herald.]}} ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:56:39 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3420 Proposal 3420 Three's A Crowd Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey) I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now. This is a Grandiose proposal. Create a new Rule, numbered 775, named "Vagueness", with text as follows(delimited by SEQ): SEQ It is a crime to talk in a public dorum about publicly unknowable things. SEQ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:57:25 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3421 Proposal 3421 Duelling Banjos Would Be More Effective Slakko (Duncan Richer) This is a Modest Proposal. Amend Rule 1250.13, "Single Capture Go", by replacing the text "minimum players: 2" with "minimum players: 3". [This game is almost always a draw when played as a duel.] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:27:50 -0400 (EDT) From: JT Subject: Acka: Proposal 3417 I hereby retract Proposal 3417. [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ End of acka-voting-digest V3 #127 *********************************