acka-voting Digest Friday, November 27 1998 Volume 03 : Issue 206 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3735 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:43:46 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3735 Votes: 15/24 (13 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 13/15: proposal accepted Yes: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Slakko (SPAM) /dev/joe (Vulcan) Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) Vynd else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Euphrates K 2 Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3735 > >Proposal 3735 >Fixing the BV/Otzma Scam >JT >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:56:07 1998 > >This is a modest proposal >Amend rule 1045 (Alternative uses for points), by inserting the following >NO_SCAM delimited text into section a so that numbering of the sub-points >is maintained. >NO_SCAM > (iv) This type of conversion may only be performed if a conversion > of this type has not been performed by the player attempting it > during the prior 14 days. >NO_SCAM > >Amend rule 1045 (Alternative uses for points), by inserting the following >NO_SCAM_II delimited text into section b so that the numbering of the >sub-points is maintained. >NO_SCAM_II > (ii) This type of conversion may only be performed if a conversion of > this type has not been performed by the player attempting it > during the prior 14 days. >NO_SCAM_II > >Amend rule 1045 (Alternative uses for points) by inserting the following >text as delimited by NO_NEG_POINTS immediately before subsection a. >NO_NEG_POINTS > >Regardless of anything else, a player may not make a conversion in >accordance with this rule which would result in eir having negative >points after the conversion. > >NO_NEG_POINTS ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3736 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:43:57 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3736 Votes: 15/24 (12 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 12/14: proposal accepted Yes: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates smallpox blanket (Klingon) /dev/joe (Vulcan) Vynd else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Slakko (SPAM) K 2 Baa: Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3736 > >Proposal 3736 >Agenda hat resets and No Agendas for the Illuminated >JT >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:56:18 1998 > >This is a modest proposal. > >Amend rule 607 (Winning by Agenda) by inserting the following X_X >delimited text at the end of the rule >X_X >At the end of a cycle won by this method, all Agenda Hats and Nemesis >Eggplants are destroyed. >X_X > >Amend rule 431 (Illuminatus) by replacing the following BAVARIAN delimited >text >BAVARIAN > During this time, any voting player may submit a number of Agenda > Conditions equal to three minus the number of Agenda Hats e owns by > sending them to the Illuminatus. >BAVARIAN > >with the following GNOMES_OF_ZURICH delimited text >GNOMES_OF_ZURICH > During this time, any voting player other than the Illuminatus may submit > a number of Agenda Conditions equal to three minus the number of Agenda > Hats e owns by sending them to the Illuminatus. >GNOMES_OF_ZURICH ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3737 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:44:07 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3737 Votes: 15/24 (11 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 11/14: proposal accepted Yes: smallpox blanket (Klingon) Slakko (SPAM) /dev/joe (Vulcan) Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) Vynd else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates K 2 Baa: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3737 > >Proposal 3737 >Small State Changes >JT >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:56:28 1998 > >This is a modest proposal. > >Amend rule 250 (Players and Player States) by replacing the following >text as delimited by SAY_WHAT? >SAY_WHAT? > III. Changing State > > A Player may change eir state as a public action by announcing the new > player state, provided eir state has not changed within the past 3 > days, and provided no other rule places any restrictions on eir > ability to change to a particular state. Whenever a player's state is > changed, the appropriate following section applies to them: >SAY_WHAT? >with the following WILBUR delimited text >WILBUR > III. Changing State > > A Player may change eir state as a public action by announcing the new > player state, provided e has not changed eir state as a public action > during the past 3 days, and provided e follows all other restrictions > placed on eir ability to change states. When a player voluntarily > ceases to be Vacationing if e did not specify a new player state, e > enters the state e had before going on Vacation. A player may never > voluntarily change eir state to Non-Player, but may have eir state > changed to Non-Player through the action of the rues. Whenever a player's > state is changed, the appropriate following section applies to them: >WILBUR ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3738 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:44:17 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3738 Votes: 15/24 (12 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 12/13: proposal accepted Yes: Euphrates smallpox blanket (Klingon) Slakko (SPAM) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) Vynd else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Baa: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) sIRE (Klingon) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3738 > >Proposal 3738 >Small fixes to Commie Taxes >JT >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:56:39 1998 > >This is a modest proposal. > >Amend rule 666 (End of Cycle) by replacing the following COMMIE delimited >text >COMMIE > ii) All entities with a Total Wealth greater than zero, shall be > placed on The List in decreasing order of Total Wealth. > > iii) The entity appearing highest on The List, shall transfer 5% of > eir total wealth to the player lowest on The List and both entities > shall be removed from The List. > > iv) If there are at least two entities and at least one player are > still on The List step iii is repeated. >COMMIE >with the following STILL_COMMIE delimited text >STILL_COMMIE > ii) All entities with a Total Wealth greater than zero and all players > with a negative Total Wealth, shall be placed on The List in decreasing > order of Total Wealth. If there is a tie for Total Wealth, the Financier > shall make the random determination necessary to order the entities on > the list. > > iii) The entity appearing highest on The List, shall transfer 5% of > eir total wealth to the player lowest on The List and both entities > shall be removed from The List. > > iv) If there are at least two entities still on The List, one of which is > a player and the other of which has postive wealth, the go to step iii. >STILL_COMMIE ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3739 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:44:28 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3739 Votes: 16/24 (12 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 13/15: proposal accepted Yes: Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Euphrates Slakko (SPAM) /dev/joe (Vulcan) Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Vynd **** Bonus Vote (Niccolo Flychuck) **** ThinMan (Vulcan) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) K 2 Baa: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) sIRE (Klingon) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3739 > >Proposal 3739 >Fixing Orgs Slightly >JT >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:56:49 1998 > >This is a modest proposal. >{{[ > This proposal is meant to fix the problem with Swingers who lost their > Swingerships during the aftermath of P3724, and to reset players into > their castes. The only orgs I'm 'repairing' are placing swingers back > into their parties, and the grey councilors/caste members who > lost their seats due to P3724. I'm leaving the Senate along since it > will get fixed by the current election, even though two of the members > seats shouldn't have been up for election. I'm also modifying the 70% > H-Sim rule so that it doesn't apply to parties or unique orgs at all. >]}} >Amend rule 1003 (Organizations) section 6 by replacing the following >text as delimited by SIMILAR >SIMILAR > No player may become a member of an Organisation such that the H > Similarity between that Organisation and any other would be greater > than 70%. >SIMILAR >with the following text as delimited by STILL_SIMILAR >STILL_SIMILAR > No player may become a member of an Organization other than Parties or > Unique Organizations such that the H Similarity between that Organization > and any other Organization other than Parties and Unique Organizations > would be greater than 70%. >STILL_SIMILAR >{{ > All players who were Party Swingers at the instant prior to enactment > of Proposal 3724 who are not currently members of a Party, are made > members of the Party they were in immediately prior to the enactment of > Proposal 3724, and have the Party Swingership for that Party > transferred to them. > > All players who were members of the Worker or Warrior Caste immediately > prior to the enactment of Proposal 3724 become members of the caste to > which they belonged immediately prior to the enactment of Proposal 3724. > > All players who held a seat on the Grey Council immediately prior to the > enactment of Proposal 3724, regain the seat they held on the Grey Council. >}} ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3740 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:44:38 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3740 Votes: 17/24 (11 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 13/18: proposal accepted Tammany Bribes: Niccolo Flychuck A$25 yes Yes: else...if Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates **** Bonus Vote (JT) **** /dev/joe (Vulcan) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) Tammany sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Slakko (SPAM) K 2 Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Vynd Baa: The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3740 > >Proposal 3740 >The Zeroth proposal in my proposal list >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:57:39 1998 > >this is a modest proposal > >{{[it's nothing but a scam org]}} > > >In rule 670 (Commission d'Arts), replace >"The Senators shall be the Commissioners" >with >"The Historian, the Poet Laureate, the President, and two active players >chosen >at random shall be the Commissioners" >and replace >"decided on using the standard procedures for Senatorial decision making" >with >"created as if the Commisioners were an organization and creating such a >report >was an organizational action permitted to this organization" > > >Repeal rules 411 (Senate) and 437 (Providing Meaning Where We Can) > >The office of Senator is destroyed > >In rule 403, replace "Senators concur with the impeachment by so notifying the >President" with "Supreme Court (sans the player being impeached if e is a >Justice) concurs with the impeachment by publicly agreeing" > >remove section VI-i of rule 825 and renumber VI-ii and VI-iii to VI-i and >VI-ii >respectively. > >remove "near the Senate" from rule 837 (Nothing Important) > > >in rule 841, replace the following PARTHENON-delimited text > >PARTHENON >1) There are two types of towers: Ostentatious Towers and Public Towers. An >Ostentatious Tower is a tower that a player adds to a building they own, or >builds as >a stand-alone tower not attached to any building (the term "Ostentatious >Tower" >is always with respect to a particular player). A Public Tower is a tower that >a player adds to a public building, (that is, a building defined by the rules >which is owned by no player), or to a kaa of public land. > >2) A player is always said to be 'permitted' to build (or extend) an >Ostentatious Tower associated with them. A player is said to be permitted to >build (or extend) a >Public Tower provided they submit a plan to the Senate, and the Senate votes >approval of that plan. Such a plan must describe a tower that could legally be >built (or >a legal extension of an extant Public Tower). The Public Tower so built (or >extension thereof) as a result of this permission must accord with the plan >approved by the >Senate. >PARTHENON > >with the following TAJ-delimited text > >TAJ >1) A player may build an Ostentatious tower to add to any building that e >owns. >An Ostentatious Tower is a tower that a player adds to a building they own, or >builds as >a stand-alone tower not attached to any building (the term "Ostentatious >Tower" >is always with respect to a particular player). >TAJ > >and > >renumber 3 through 8 to 2 through 7 respectively > > >In rule 905, replace ", Proconsul, or Senator" with "or Speaker" and remove >"or >Senator" wherever it appears in the rule. > >In rule 1250.1, replace ", President, or Senate" with "or President" wherever >it appears > > >Replace "Senator" with "Grey Councillor" wherever it appears in the ruleset >(215, 320) > >replace "Senate" with "Grey Council" wherever it appears in the ruleset >(416) > ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3741 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:44:48 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3741 Votes: 16/24 (11 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 11/15: proposal accepted Yes: else...if Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Vynd ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Euphrates Slakko (SPAM) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Baa: Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3741 > >Proposal 3741 >It's getting old >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:57:49 1998 > >{{[I think I was the only one to use this last time.., it's just not as harfy >now that it's less scammy]}} >repeal rule 1136 (Harf the Mail) ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3743 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:44:59 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3743 Votes: 16/24 (14 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 14/16: proposal accepted Yes: else...if Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) /dev/joe (Vulcan) Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Vynd JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Euphrates K 2 Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3743 > >Proposal 3743 >Castes and Characteristics are hard work >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:58:10 1998 > >this is a modest proposal >append "iii to receive a monthly salary of the Standard Harfer Fee." to rule >441 (Dungeon Master) ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3744 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:45:09 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3744 Votes: 15/24 (14 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 14/15: proposal accepted Yes: else...if Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Vynd JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Euphrates Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3744 > >Proposal 3744 >I got betrayed before the cock crowed even once >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:58:20 1998 > >this is a modest proposal >Repeal rule 1240.52 (Fel Pop) ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3745 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:45:20 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3745 Votes: 15/24 (12 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 12/15: proposal accepted Yes: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Vynd JT (The Razor Boomerangs) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: else...if Slakko (SPAM) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3745 > >Proposal 3745 >It doesn't even work >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:58:30 1998 > >{{[getting rid of that irritating "ability" of go fish]}} >this is a modest proposal >in rule 1240.2(go fish), remove section 2b and renumber 2c to 2b ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3746 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:45:30 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3746 Votes: 16/24 (13 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 13/15: proposal accepted Yes: else...if Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Vynd JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Euphrates Slakko (SPAM) Baa: Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3746 > >Proposal 3746 >Whamiol Fix >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:58:41 1998 > > >{{[they have a wording from before a lot of this stuff was defined as it is >currently, so they need to be smacked into accordance with intent]}} > >in rule 594.3 (Whamiol), replace the following phrase: >"new Player enters the game and becomes an active player" >with: >"player ceases to be pending for the first time" > >remove the following phrase: >" (effective the time it is publicly knowable the new player voted for the >first time)" >{{[unnecessary and maybe just a tiny bit contradictory]}} ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3747 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:45:41 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3747 Votes: 16/24 (14 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 14/16: proposal accepted Yes: else...if Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates Slakko (SPAM) /dev/joe (Vulcan) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Vynd JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: K 2 Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3747 > >Proposal 3747 >points or gamepoints? >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:58:51 1998 > >{{[just a little hole, but still...]}} > >In rule 1250.10(fictionary), replace "points" with "Gamepoints" in section >IV-5-a-i > >In rule 1250.19(word unassociation), replace " points " with " Gamepoints " in >the 5th paragraph of section IV. > >In rule 1250.21(abstract crescent), replace "points" in the second >paragraph of >part 3 with "Gamepoints" > >In rule 1250.25(frog frog frog mouse), replace "game points" with "Gamepoints" >wherever it occurs. ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3748 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:45:51 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3748 Votes: 16/24 (13 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 13/15: proposal accepted Yes: else...if Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates Slakko (SPAM) /dev/joe (Vulcan) Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Vynd JT (The Razor Boomerangs) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: K 2 Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Baa: Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3748 > >Proposal 3748 >Bringin' Home the Bacon >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:59:02 1998 > > >In rule 1250.22(Bacon), Replace >" >If one player thinks that the other player's chain is invalid, then e may >challenge it up to three days after the chains are posted. The referee will >check each link in the >Movie Database, and determine whether the chain is valid. Otherwise, a chain >will be assumed to valid if it goes unchallenged for the three days. (If a >player did not >submit a Bacon chain for that round, then eir chain is considered invalid.) >" >with >" >If one player thinks that the other player's chain is invalid, then e may >challenge it up to three days after the chains are posted. The referee will >check each link in the >Movie Database, and determine whether the chain is valid. Otherwise, a chain >will be assumed to valid if it is accepted publically by the opposing >player or >if it goes unchallenged for the three days. (If a player did not submit a >Bacon >chain for that round, then eir chain is considered invalid.) > >If a player challenges and the challenged chain is valid, the challenger's >chain is deemed invalid. {{[there is currently no penalty for frivolous >challenge. Also, this way, if both challenge incorrectly, neither wins the >round]}} >" ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3749 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:46:03 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3749 Votes: 15/24 (8 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 8/11: proposal accepted Yes: Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) /dev/joe (Vulcan) else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Euphrates K 2 Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Vynd sIRE (Klingon) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3749 > >Proposal 3749 >come on, silly elements >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:59:12 1998 > > >{{[order is not a characteristic; alignment is...]}} > >in rule 540.3 (The Elements), replace the following DELIMITER-delimited text: > >DELIMITER >Order represents the eternal battle between Law and Chaos. Order is >represented >symbolically by the Tetrahedron, that polyhedron which is its own dual. Unlike >the >other elements, Order has two sides, and some may define a third side among >those who refuse to choose a side. Players whose Order is -1, 0, or 1 are >considered >Neutral; those whose Order is less than -1 are considered Chaotic, and those >whose Order is greater than 1 are considered Lawful. Whenever a harfy proposal >is >accepted, its submitter's Order decreases by one. Whenever a grandiose >proposal >is accepted, its submitter's Order increases by one. Whenever a TRUE >verdict of >a CFCJ becomes final, the Order of the player named in its statement is >decreased by one. Whenever a player wins a cycle of Ackanomic, eir Order is >increased by >one. >DELIMITER > >with the following DUH-delimited text >DUH >Order represents the eternal battle between Law and Chaos. Order is >represented >symbolically by the Tetrahedron, that polyhedron which is its own dual. Unlike >the >other elements, Order has two sides, and some may define a third side among >those who refuse to choose a side. Players whose Alignment is -1, 0, or 1 are >considered >Neutral; those whose Alignment is less than -1 are considered Chaotic, and >those whose Alignment is greater than 1 are considered Lawful. Whenever a >harfy >proposal is >accepted, its submitter's Alignment decreases by one. Whenever a grandiose >proposal is accepted, its submitter's Alignment increases by one. Whenever a >TRUE verdict of >a CFCJ becomes final, the Alignment of the player named in its statement is >decreased by one. Whenever a player wins a cycle of Ackanomic, eir >Alignment is >increased by >one. >DUH >{{Each player who has won a cycle, had a harfy or grandiose proposal accepted, >or had a CFCJ against them become final in between the creation of rule 540.3 >and the passage of this proposal gains or loses as much alignment as they >would >have if the rule had been worded as it is following the passage of this >proposal}} > ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3750 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:46:13 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3750 Votes: 15/24 (11 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 11/14: proposal accepted Yes: Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) /dev/joe (Vulcan) Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Euphrates K 2 Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Baa: Vynd Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3750 > >Proposal 3750 >These references are OLD >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:59:22 1998 > >this is a modest proposal >{{[this hasnt been updated since it was first put in the ruleset in mid-1996. >Most of these are hopelessly out of date]}} >In rule 205(When Score Changes Take Effect), remove sections 1e, 2b, 3c, >and 4b >remove the a) heading on sections 2 and 4 ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3751 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:46:24 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3751 Votes: 15/24 (13 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 13/15: proposal accepted Yes: Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates Slakko (SPAM) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Vynd else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3751 > >Proposal 3751 >Mommy: what's a Synod? >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:59:33 1998 > >this is a modest proposal >in rule 594.17 (BWG Laser), remove "to the Synod, if such an entity exists, >otherwise the trinket will be transfered" ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3752 accepted Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:46:34 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3752 Votes: 15/24 (10 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 10/14: proposal accepted Yes: Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Pol Pot (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) /dev/joe (Vulcan) Vynd else...if Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE (Klingon) Wild Card (SPAM) No: Euphrates K 2 Gromit (The Razor Boomerangs) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Wallace Calvin N Hobbes (HARF) rufus (SPAM) Thomas Jute (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) The Green Ripper (The Razor Boomerangs) two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Red Barn Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3752 > >Proposal 3752 >That was scammy of us >Pol Pot >Due: Fri Nov 27 01:59:43 1998 > >in rule 506 (Trinkets), replace >", and a player points this fact out publicly, it is a forgery" >with >"it is a forgery as soon as it is publically knowable" ------------------------------ End of acka-voting Digest V3 #206 *********************************