From: owner-acka-voting-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-voting-digest) To: acka-voting-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #132 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 19 1998 Volume 03 : Number 132 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 20:23:52 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3408 accepted Results of Proposal 3408 20/26 votes: Quorum achieved 19/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted YES: Rig R. Mortis /dev/joe (Vulcan) Robin Hood (AVPP) breadbox IdiotBoy (AVPP) Vynd (Vulcan) K 2 (AVPP) two-star Rex Mundi (Klingon) else...if rufus (SPAM) Attila the Pun (AVPP) Publius Slakko (SPAM) 867-5309 (Boomerangs) J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) Piz Ethelred (AVPP) AVPP Unity Vote NO: Mr. Tambourine Man BAA!: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) ABSTAINED: Calvin N Hobbes (Harf) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) ThinMan (Vulcan) Fortunato JT (Boomerangs) Studge VACATIONING: Wild Card Ayla Horny Protoceratops Zaknafein Dourden > Proposal 3408 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 15:55 EDT > Should've CSRed it ;) > K 2 (Kelly Kelly) > > This is a Modest Proposal. > > Amend Rule 721 (Annoyances) by replacing the following text: > " > Attempting through the format of a public message (i.e. excessive > whitespace) to conceal part or all of its text is Annoying. > " > with: > " > Attempting through the format of a public message (e.g. excessive > whitespace) to conceal a public action is Annoying. > " > > {{[Reduced scope - public actions (ie game state effects) only. Placing a > retraction in the middle of a lengthy discussion of a proposal's merits is > still Annoying, since if the Harfer is uninterested in the discussion e may > miss it and if the discussion is not taking place on research.... same goes > with financial transactions. 'Cource prosecution is still a matter of _how_ > annoying it was :)]}} ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 20:25:07 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3409 accepted Results of Proposal 3409 20/26 votes: Quorum achieved 16/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted YES: Rig R. Mortis /dev/joe (Vulcan) Robin Hood (AVPP) Mr. Tambourine Man K 2 (AVPP) two-star Rex Mundi (Klingon) else...if Alfvaen (MetaMorph) rufus (SPAM) Attila the Pun (AVPP) Publius Slakko (SPAM) 867-5309 (Boomerangs) J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) Ethelred (AVPP) NO: breadbox IdiotBoy (AVPP) Vynd (Vulcan) Piz BAA!: ABSTAINED: Calvin N Hobbes (Harf) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) ThinMan (Vulcan) Fortunato JT (Boomerangs) Studge VACATIONING: Wild Card Ayla Horny Protoceratops Zaknafein Dourden > Proposal 3409 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 15:56 EDT > Building Better Homes > K 2 (Kelly Kelly) > > This is a Modest Proposal. > > {{[ Building prices are ridiculously high. Either we don't want entities to > purchase those buildings or they should cost less. New Cost = (No > Kaa*10)^2/2. At least now after someone has won by museum e can save up and > buy an Extravagant building. Additionally, Headquarters are introduced and > the building rules are consolidated.]}} > > Amend Rule 839 (Buildings) to read in full (BABEL Delimited): > BABEL > I. Definition > i) Buildings are a class of named tradeable entity. > ii) Each type of building has the following land requirements and > construction costs: > Size Land Construction > Small 1 A$50 > Cosy 2 A$200 > Classy 3 A$450 > Lavish 4 A$800 > Sumptuous 5 A$1250 > Extravagant 12 A$7200 > > iii) Buildings may have a description. > iv) A Building is either Attached, Tethered or Floating and may only change > between these states as described in the rules. A building is in which ever > state it was most recently placed in by the rules. If a building is > reattached it becomes Attached. > v) Attached and Tethered buildings are said to occupy the number of kaa > required for eir size (as stated above). Floating buildings occupy no land. > > {{All buildings which are dangling by eir emergency tethers become > Tethered. All buildings which are floating free become Floating. All > buildings which did not change state as a result of the previous two > sentences become Attached.}} > > II. Construction > i) Provided that e owns enough unoccupied land to accommodate the new > building, an entity may construct a building by paying the appropriate fee, > as a public action, at which time an Attached building is created in eir > possession. > ii) An entity may increase the size of a building e owns by paying the > difference in the construction costs between its current size and its > intended size, provided that e owns sufficient unoccupied land to > accommodate the extra land the building will take up. Extravagant buildings > cannot be upgraded > iii) The land occupied by an Attached building always forms a contiguous > block unless the rule permit otherwise for a particular building. > > III. Real Estate Act 1842 > i) An action which would cause a building and the land to which that > building is attached to belong to more than one entity is impossible. This > section has precedence over any rule which would allow such a action. > ii) Buildings which are unowned are destroyed unless they are defined in > the rules. > iii) A building which occupies a group of kaa which is not wholly owned by > the owner of the building starts Floating. > iv) Only one Building (except for towers) may exist on any given kaa of > land. > v) Regardless of ownership, land and the buildings that reside on it are > not considered to be in the treasury. > > IV. Description > i) The owner of a building may change its name or description as a public > action provided e unambiguously identifies the affected building. Giving a > description of the house which is not in accord with the rules is the Crime > of Acting Like a Realtor. > ii) A player may designate a single building e owns as eir home. A building > designated as a player's home is a Common Location that may only be entered > with the permission of its owner. > iii) An organisation may designate a single building it owns as its > Headquarters. A building designated as an organisation's Headquarters is a > Common Location that may only be entered by member's of that organisation. > > V. Destruction > i) The entity which owns a building may destroy it as a public action. > ii) When a building is destroyed any towers attached to it are also > destroyed. > iii) If a building is destroyed its owner receives 10% of its construction > costs and it no longer exists. > iv) An entity may reduce the size of a building e owns, however, e shall > only receive 10% of the difference in the construction costs between its > current size and its new size. > > VI. Rule Defined > The following buildings are common locations and may never be smaller that > as defined originally but can be greater: > i) The Senate Building is lavish. > ii) The FM building is a classy place. > iii) The Courthouse is a cosy building. > BABEL > > Repeal Rule 846 (Constructions and Architectural Aesthetic). > > > Amend Rule 1309 (We don't need Gravity) if it exists by replacing the > penultimate paragraph with the following text: > " > In the event that any item loses its suction cups, which may only happen in > accordance with the rules, it shall fall off of the earth and dangle from > its surface by the attached emergency tether, in the case of a building it > shall become Tethered. > " > > Amend Rule 1313 (Tornado) by replacing the following text: > " > 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. > " > with: > " > Whenever a Tornado sweeps through Acka, each player's or haunted house that > is Tethered stands a separate 50% chance of losing its tether and being > swept off the face of Acka, were upon it becomes Floating. 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. > " ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 20:26:05 -0400 (EDT) From: nomicbot Subject: Acka: Proposal 3410 rejected Results of Proposal 3410 20/26 votes: Quorum achieved 7/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected YES: /dev/joe (Vulcan) Robin Hood (AVPP) Mr. Tambourine Man K 2 (AVPP) Rex Mundi (Klingon) 867-5309 (Boomerangs) Ethelred (AVPP) NO: breadbox IdiotBoy (AVPP) Vynd (Vulcan) else...if Alfvaen (MetaMorph) rufus (SPAM) Publius Slakko (SPAM) J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) Piz Tammany [breadbox bribed Tammany A$50] [Alfvaen bribed Tammany A$25 (NO)] BAA!: Rig R. Mortis two-star Attila the Pun (AVPP) ABSTAINED: Calvin N Hobbes (Harf) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) ThinMan (Vulcan) Fortunato JT (Boomerangs) Studge VACATIONING: Wild Card Ayla Horny Protoceratops Zaknafein Dourden > Proposal 3410 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 15:59 EDT > Hunting Mu > K 2 (Kelly Kelly) > > This is a Modest Proposal. > > Create a new rule numbered 13 Titled "Hunting Mu" with the Text: > " > This rule has precedence over all rules pertaining to actions, players, > officers and proposals. > > For the purposes of this rule the proposal which is still in the queue > which has the number closest to the proposal that created this rule of all > proposals still in the queue shall be referred to as "The Decoy". > > An infinitesimal period of time after this rule is created a document > containing an exact copy of the text of The Decoy shall be created. The > document created in the previous sentence shall be refereed to as the "The > Proto-Hunter" for the purposes of this rule. Any proposal created as a > result of The Proto-Hunter shall be referred to as The Hunter for the > purposes of this rule. > > For no reason whatsoever shall either The Decoy or The Hunter be considered > Invalid. > > The following effects shall occur in order (no player need take any action > to fulfill these effects, they are deemed to have occurred immediately with > out the need for a player action or public message, however, for the > purposes of everything other than this rule the player or office named, or > implied, shall be deemed to have performed the specified action in each > case): > 1. The Proto-Hunter shall be submitted to the promoter by the author of The > Decoy. > 2. The Promoter shall distribute The Hunter with a proposal number 0.1 > greater than The Decoy. > 3. The Hunter's voting period shall commence. > 4. All active voting players shall vote No on The Hunter. > 5. The Hunter's voting period shall end. > 6. This rule shall repeal itself. > " ------------------------------ End of acka-voting-digest V3 #132 *********************************