acka-voting Digest Saturday, December 05 1998 Volume 03 : Issue 216 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gabe Drummond-Cole Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3822 accepted Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 12:36:42 -0500 (EST) and, of course, slakko was right, and this proposal is null. In fact, because it is never added to the ruleset, MTM is NOT Emperor. >> >>Create a rule as a new member of the Governments Rule Suite with the title >>"Government Type: Puppet Dictatorship" and the following LITHIUM-delimited >>text: >> >>LITHIUM >>During a Puppet Dictatorship, one player is selected to be the Supreme >>Overlord of all Ackanomic. When Puppet Dictatorship is the >>Proto-Government the OiCoRT should make a random determination of a single >>Player among all voting Players. This player shall become known as the >>Supreme Overlord for the duration of this Government. However, it is >>well known that the Supreme Overlord has no actual power whatsoever, and >>eir only function is to draw attention away from those who actually wield >>the power -- the people. To this end, the Supreme Overlord may also be >>referred to as the Stalking Horse. >> >>During eir reign, the Supreme Overlord must either Approve or Disapprove >>of each Proposal under voting consideration. If e Approves, the Proposal >>is accepted, and if e Disapproves, it is rejected. The above, of course, >>has no bearing whatsoever on the actual outcome of the Proposal, which is >>passed as is normal in any Democracy, but it helps the Supreme Overlord >>feel better about emself. >> >>Additionally, while the Overlord rules Supreme, e is allowed to make any >>amendment e chooses to the Rules of Ackanomic. These changes have no >>actual effect, and all other players are free to laugh, scoff, sneer, or >>kindly indulge the Supreme Overlord's whimsies as they see fit. >> >>The Supreme Overlord may renounce eir powerlessness at any time by stating >>publically, "OK, this is all very silly and we're going to stop this >>nonsense now." In this event, one of the following events will happen, >>with the probabilities given below: >> >>1. With the sudden removal of their figurehead, the ruling cabal gives up >>in frustration and the Government reverts to Democracy. (50% chance) >>2. The powers that be simply replace their puppet with another randomly >>chosen individual from among the voting players and go on with their >>nefarious Puppet Dictatorship. (45% chance) >>3. The entire conspiracy is exposed and all voting players except the >>Supreme Overlord are guilty of the Crime of Making X a Laughingstock, >>where X is replaced by the name of the Supreme Overlord. In the ensuing >>chaos, the Government becomes an Anarchy. (5% chance) >> >>This Rule defers to all other Rules. >> >>{{ The current Government is set to Puppet Dictatorship, with the >>submitter of this Proposal as Emperor of Ackanomic. [ Well, I've already >>done it once. ] }} >>LITHIUM >> > -- Trent Crazy French-Scotsman, Daring Adventurer, Dungeon Master, Really Weird, Rules-Harfer, Worker Caste, Weird ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3853 Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 13:09:23 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3853 BOOM! Trent Due: Sat Dec 12 13:09:23 1998 Insert the following KABLOOIE-delimited text as Rule 1190, “Mad Bomber Rule Suite” KABLOOIE A player who has lost at least 3 honour and has been in gaol during the current cycle may become a Mad Bomber by publically expressing eir desire to do so. A Mad Bomber can make a mad bomb through the following procedure: 1) E must renounce the world and technology, and spend a week in the Wilds. During this time, e may not post more than 3 messages per day [as if e were in gaol]. At the commencement of this time, e must compose a haiku stating eir intent to do so. A player may not attempt this step more than once per calender month. 2) E must make the bomb and attatch a fuse. This can only be done if e owns a mechanical gadget, an antiquity worth at least A$50 [before the 30% interest], and a garment out of which to make the fuse. While still in the Wilds, e publicly posts a sonnet describing the process of making the bomb out of these components. At this time, if the action succeeds, the garment and gadget are destroyed and the trinket is given to the treasury. Then the Mad Bomber is given a Mad Bomb. Mad Bombs are nonunique, tradeable entities. If e leaves the wilds before making the bomb, e must fulfill the first step again. A Mad Bomber can only make one Bomb per creation, and must fully specify which e is making in eir sonnet. If e does not, the creation fails. To use a Mad Bomb, it must be thrown. Only a Mad Bomber may throw a Mad Bomb. To do so, e must compose a sestina describing the throwing of the bomb, and specify a target that is a location in Ackanomic other than the location of the Mad Bomber. When a bomb is thrown, it has a chance of hitting its target of twice the value of the dexterity characteristic of the Mad Bomber. It has a chance of hitting a random target equal to the value of the strength characteristic of the Mad Bomber. It has a chance of going off as if it had not been thrown anywhere, in the location of the Mad Bomber, equal to the greater of 10 and (40 - the intelligence and wisdom characteristics of the Mad Bomber). The denominator for the determination is equal to the sum of the chances. Once a bomb hits its target, it goes off and is destroyed A Member of the Mad Bomber Rule Suite with the title “Mad Bomb Type: XXX”, where XXX is replaced with some string, defines XXX as a type of Mad Bombs. Such rules may include restrictions on the materials used to make the bomb, the effects that various bombs have on various locations, and any other effect related to the Bomb. If no effect is defined for an interaction of a Mad Bomb type and a location, then the bomb is a dud and explodes harmlessly in a scented cloud of potpourri. The Scaremonger is Custodian of the Mad Bomber Rule Suite and makes all random determinations (unless otherwise specified) KABLOOIE Add the following STINK-delimited text as rule 1190.1 , “Mad Bomb Type: Fertilizer Bomb” STINK Fertilizer Bomb Effects on Locations: The Library: The Vault of the Book gets all stinky and covered with fertilizer and no one can enter it for the rest of the month. The Wilds: Bombing The Wilds causes a Wildebeest Stampede. During a Wildebeest stampede, all the animals rumble bandy through Acka. When this happens: The Goose, the Little Lamb, and Phoebe and her Matchbox go Somewhere Else , and all donkeys bray noisily. Then Wildebeests stampede over all unsheltered Ackans, causing em to lose 10 points. Any Player who has a lariat may attempt to lariat a Wildebeest. This is a test of dexterity against the Wildebeest's 17. If this succeeds, the player must wrestle the wildebeest. This is a test of strength against the wildebeest's 20. If a player successfully wrestles a wildebeest, e gets to keep it as a nonunique, tradeable enitity, and becomes a Daring Adventurer. The owner of a Wildebeest may make Wild Wooly Wildebeest Milk as a public action. WWWM is a Frink. The owner of a Wildebeest may also pay the treasury A$10 to make a Wooly Fur Sweater. If a Wildebeest lariating fails, the player who attempted to lariat loses another 15 points for more trampling. Finally, at the end of a stampede, The Brass Monkey climbs to the top of the tallest building in Acka and proclaims "The Makers of the Wildebeest Stampede shall be awarded 10 bonus points!" With that, the Mad Bomber who made the bomb and the Mad Bomber who thew the bomb each gain 10 points. If the same bomber did both, e gets all 20 points. The Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication If hit by a fertilizer bomb, a hole is blown in the containment chamber and the mutants are let loose. There are a total number of mutants equal to twice the number of active players, and they run around until all of them are caught. Mutants are Pesky. Mutants are entities. If a player catches a mutant, e is deemed to have returned it, and is given a random Boon of the Ancients. A player may catch at most one mutant each day. A mutant can be caught by: Hiding in the wilds near the river and luring a mutant with food or frink has a 20% chance of capturing a mutant. A player may try to lariat mutants if e has a lariat. This costs the SHF for a lassoing licence and has a 50% chance of working. A player may try to catch a mutant if e has a BWG Laser or a Highlander's Sword. This has a half chance of destroying the mutant and a half chance of catching it. The above may be tried at most once per day A random active player who has not yet caught a mutant that day automatically catches a mutant each tuesday at noon. Ackanomic Printing Guild two rules are randomly chosen. The Scaremonger picks a adjective from the lower numbered rule, and the Harfmeister picks a adjective from the higher numbered rule. The two adjectives switch places in the rules. A Moon of Ackanomic: A chunk of cheese is blown off the moon, and a random player is awarded a random cheese STINK ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3854 Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 13:28:22 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3854 Well if we can all vote, who needs anarchy? Trent Due: Sat Dec 12 13:28:21 1998 {{[now that there are no drastically abusable things (fel pop, govs/paradigms where only an elect few can vote, etc... there's no reason for 3 days of anarchy. Anarchy sucks, as i'm sure we all remember. 2 weeks (3 weeks for most of us) without proposals wasnt any fun, and even 3 days per rebellion is a bit much for me.]}} In rule 320 (Paradigms), replace the text beginning with the 5th paragraph and continuing to the end of the rule with the following LIKE_BUTTER delimited text LIKE_BUTTER If ever more than 50% of all voting players have a rebelliousness characteristic of "on" and any player points this out publicly, then the following events will happen: 1. All players have their rebelliousness characteristic changed to "off". 2. The OiCoRT should pick a Random Paradigm Type other than the Paradigm type active imediately before the Revolution. If that Paradigm Type specifies any other random determinations are to be made at this point then e should do that too. This Paradigm shall become active immediately All rules in this rulesuite take precedence over all other rules. This rule takes precedence over all other rules in this rulesuite. [Link to the paradigms] LIKE_BUTTER repeal rule 320.1 (Paradigm Type: Anarchy) -- Trent Crazy French-Scotsman, Daring Adventurer, Dungeon Master, Really Weird, Rules-Harfer, Worker Caste, Weird ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3855 Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 13:42:15 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3855 Generic Proposal Title #3855 else...if Due: Sat Dec 12 13:42:14 1998 Create rule 860, "Ackanomic Records" with the following POLYGRAM-delimited text POLYGRAM The Ackanomic Records Headquarters is a small building located in the city. It houses Ackanomic Records (a division of InterNomic Alcohol). It has three labels, Ackanomic Records, Harfy Sounds, and Steel Flea Music. Ackanomic Records and Steel Flea Music specialize in songs about Ackanomic, while Harfy Sounds specializes in anything else. Any player may publicly post the lyrics to parody of a real song and the name of the band which plays it (a made up band for the parody, not the real band). That player then receives 2 points unless their score is greater than 2/3 of the magic number. A player may not submit more than five songs per week. The DJ then assigns one of the labels to publish the song. E is also responsible for making a list of Ackanomic Record's songs publicly available. If one player thinks another is abusing this, they may call a Hearing hearing against a song or multiple songs by that player. The accusing player becomes the Hearing Harfer. The valid responses are "It's a perfectly good, original song" and "How dare you place a copy in our totally original records." If the result is the former than the Hearing Harfer must pay the player who wrote the songs A$5 for every song the Hearing was called against. If the result is the latter then the accused songs are no longer to be published by the DJ and that songs' author is fined 5 points for each song so removed and transfers A$5 per song the the Hearing Harfer. POLYGRAM Reduce else...if's score by three points, increase Trent's score by two points and JT's by one. ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3823 accepted Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:44:48 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3823 Votes: 16/23 (10 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 10/15: proposal accepted Yes: Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Jenny (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) else...if Vynd Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) ThinMan (Vulcan) MTM (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates Slakko (SPAM) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) sIRE Baa: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Calvin N Hobbes rufus IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Ballot Stuffer Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) saaremaa (Vulcan) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3823 > >Proposal 3823 >Humph >K 2 >Due: Sat Dec 5 16:02:39 1998 > >This is a Modest Proposal. > >{{[The previous version deleted Jt's unscam section.]}} > >{{[The intent of this proposal is that points may be converted to a >random otzma. If the random otzma exceeds limits its destroyed.]}} > >Replace sub-sections i, ii and iii of section a (Otzma Card Conversion) >of Rule 1045 (Alternative uses >for points) with: >" >(i) A Player may convert 10 points into an Otzma Card randomly selected >from those types with an F-Designation of Common. > >(ii) A Player may convert 15 points into an Otzma Card randomly selected >from those types with an F-Designation of Normal or Common. > >(iii) A Player may convert 20 points into an Otzma Card of a randomly >determined type. >" > ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3824 accepted Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:44:59 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3824 Votes: 16/23 (13 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 13/15: proposal accepted Yes: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Jenny (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Vynd Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE No: Euphrates Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Baa: MTM (The Razor Boomerangs) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Calvin N Hobbes rufus IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Ballot Stuffer Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) saaremaa (Vulcan) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3824 > >Proposal 3824 >Generic Proposal Title #3824 >K 2 >Due: Sat Dec 5 16:02:52 1998 > >Amend Rule 560 (Contracts) in the following ways: > >I. replace the following paragraph: >" >A Contract may specify a penalty clause for breaking any of the terms of >the Contract. This penalty clause may only specify the loss of a >positive number of points, tradeable entities or some combination >thereof. If a penalty clause is not specified explicitly, it is >considered to specify the loss of 5 points. If the clause specifies >entities and the player who broke the terms of the Contract does not own >that number or type of entities then that player shall lose 5 points in >addition to any points specified by the penalty clause. >" >with: >" >A Contract may specify a penalty clause for breaking any of the terms of >the Contract. If a penalty clause is not specified explicitly, it is >considered to specify the loss of 5 points. > >A contract's penalty clause(s) may only specify the loss of a positive >number of points, tradeable entities or some combination thereof. If a >clause specifies entities and the player who broke the terms of the >Contract >does not own that number or type of entities then that player shall lose >5 points in addition to any points specified by the penalty clause. >" > >II. replace the following paragraph: >" >No Contract will have any game effect until it has been signed by at >least two players (including the creator) >" >with: >" >A player may unsign any contract e has signed as a public action >provided that the contract permits such an action. At the time a player >unsigns a contract any penalty for unsigning specified by the contract >is applied and the player is no longer considered to have signed the >contract. > >No Contract will have any game effect while less than two players have >signed it. >" > ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3825 accepted Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:45:10 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3825 Votes: 16/23 (13 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 15/18: proposal accepted Tammany Bribes: MTM A$25 yes Yes: The Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Jenny (The Razor Boomerangs) else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Vynd Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) ThinMan (Vulcan) Tammany sIRE MTM (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Euphrates Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Calvin N Hobbes rufus IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Ballot Stuffer Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) saaremaa (Vulcan) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3825 > >Proposal 3825 >XXXX >K 2 >Due: Sat Dec 5 16:03:06 1998 > > >This is a Modest Proposal. > >{{[Repeal of the amber banana]}} > >Replace the following text from Rule 613 "Winning is pretty harfy >(Winning by doing a lot of stuff)": >"18 Jazz JackRabbit, Passive Contemplator, or Owner of the Amber Banana >Tree" >with: >"18 Jazz JackRabbit or Passive Contemplator" > >Replace the following text from Rule 910 (The Ackanomicon): >" >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. >" >with: >" >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 a pint of lager. >" > >Repeal Rule 921 (Acid Rain Dance). > >Repeal Rule 923 (The Amber Banana). > >Replace the phrase "eating an Amber Banana" with "frinking Ali'i >Macadamia Nut Ale" in Rule 943 (Hula!). > >Replace the phrase "III. If a player is in the Wilds of Ackanomic, he >receives an Amber Banana" in Rule 975 (Yes Virginia) with "III. If a >player is in the Wilds of Ackanomic, he receives a pint of lager." > >{{All Amber Bananas are turned into a pint of lager.}} > ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3826 accepted Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:45:21 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3826 Votes: 16/23 (12 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 12/14: proposal accepted Yes: Euphrates Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Slakko (SPAM) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Jenny (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Vynd Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) sIRE No: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) ThinMan (Vulcan) Baa: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) MTM (The Razor Boomerangs) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Calvin N Hobbes rufus IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Ballot Stuffer Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) saaremaa (Vulcan) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3826 > >Proposal 3826 >On the subject of Tax >K 2 >Due: Sat Dec 5 16:03:26 1998 > > >Replace subsection ii of Section e of Rule 666 (End of Cycle) which >currently reads: >" >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. >" >With >" >ii) All entities with a Total Wealth greater than zero and all players >with a Total Wealth of zero or less, 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. >" > ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3827 accepted Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:45:32 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3827 Votes: 16/23 (10 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 10/16: proposal accepted Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Jenny (The Razor Boomerangs) Vynd Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) sIRE MTM (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Slakko (SPAM) smallpox blanket (Klingon) else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) ThinMan (Vulcan) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Calvin N Hobbes rufus IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Ballot Stuffer Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) saaremaa (Vulcan) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3827 > >Proposal 3827 >More like a Cyclone less like the Cayman Islands >K 2 >Due: Sat Dec 5 16:03:36 1998 > > >Replace subsection iii of Section e of Rule 666 (End of Cycle) which >currently reads: >" >ii) 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. >" >with: >" >iii) A random entity appearing in the first half of The List, shall >transfer 5% of eir total wealth to the active player lowest on The List >and both entities shall be removed from The List. >" > ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3828 accepted Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:45:43 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3828 Votes: 15/23 (9 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 9/15: proposal accepted Yes: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) K 2 Jenny (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) Vynd Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) MTM (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) /dev/joe (Vulcan) else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Calvin N Hobbes rufus IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Ballot Stuffer Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) saaremaa (Vulcan) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3828 > >Proposal 3828 >As if Winning wasn't enough >K 2 >Due: Sat Dec 5 16:03:47 1998 > > >This is a Modest Proposal. > >Replace subsections i of Section e of Rule 666 (End of Cycle) which >currently reads: >" >i) Excluding the winner, all entities with a Total Wealth greater than >zero shall transfer 10% of eir Total Wealth to the Treasury. >" >with >" >i) All entities with a Total Wealth greater than zero shall transfer 10% >of eir Total Wealth to the Treasury. >" > ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3856 Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:45:54 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3856 Out with the Old Hosed, in with the New Hosed JT Due: Sat Dec 12 19:45:53 1998 {{[ This removes the dependence on Hosing from being tied to the subject line and makes it a perogative of the postmaster. ]}} In rule 422 (Postmaster) replace the following WATER_GUN delimited text WATER_GUN If a player posts a public message with a subject line that does not contain either "Ackanomic:" or "Acka:", the Postmaster may declare that player to have Gone Postal. A player who has Gone Postal is treated as if e is Hosed for one day; this period is extended by another day for each additional message lacking the aforementioned strings that is posted while e has Gone Postal. WATER_GUN with the following text as delimited by GARDEN_HOSE GARDEN_HOSE It is a privilege of the Postmaster to declare that a player has Gone Postal if that player posts a message to a list which is an inappropriate (in the opinion of the Postmaster) list for that message according to the Postal Code. Such a player has Gone Postal for one day following the announcement; this period is extended by another day for each additional message sent to an inappropriate forum which is pointed out by any player during the time the player has Gone Postal. While a player has Gone Postal, e is treated as if e is Hosed. GARDEN_HOSE ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3829 accepted Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 21:57:25 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3829 Votes: 16/23 (11 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 12/16: proposal accepted Yes: The Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Slakko (SPAM) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Jenny (The Razor Boomerangs) else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) sIRE MTM (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Euphrates smallpox blanket (Klingon) Vynd ThinMan (Vulcan) Baa: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Calvin N Hobbes rufus IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Ballot Stuffer Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) saaremaa (Vulcan) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3829 > >Proposal 3829 >Debunking the OiCoRT >K 2 >Due: Sat Dec 5 21:09:46 1998 > > >1. Append the following text to Rule 412 (Financier and Free Market) as >a new section: >" >e) To perform any random determinations involved in a process related >solely to the transfer of tradable entities. >" > >1.1 Delete the following text from section e.iii in Rule 666 (End of >Cycle): >" >If there is a tie for Total Wealth, the Financier shall make the random >determination necessary to order the entities on the list. >" > >{{[This duty will cover any random determinations encountered during EOC >taxes and as the result of a successful Gold Digger - easier than >waiting for the OiCoRT before harfing a particular event. As a side >effect Guardian Angel random determinaions will need to be made by the >financier as well. Since Museum Theft can involved "being caught" >hopefully it isn't "a process related solely to the transfer of tradable >entities".]}} > > >2. Append the following text to Rule 410 (Scorekeeper) as a new section: >" >(d) To perform any random determinations involved in a process solely >involving Points. >" > >2.1 Delete the following text from Rule 1313 (Tornado): >" >The Scorekeeper is responsible for carrying out this procedure, when the >Rules call for it to occur. >" > >{{[Different Officer similar effect]}} > > >3. Amend Rule 441 (Dungeon Master) by: > >3.1 replacing the following text: >" >(i) to generate Basic Player Characteristics when required to do so. >" >with: >" >(i) to perform any random determinations that only effect >Characteristics. >" > >3.2 replacing the following text: >" >(iii) to track the membership of each of the Castes [See rule 1030]. >" >with: >" >" >(iii) to assign players to Castes and track the membership of each of >the Castes [See rule 1030]. >" > >{{[Essentially random determinations effecting the things they track - >The DM does get paid now after all :)]}} > ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3830 rejected Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 21:57:36 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3830 Votes: 16/23 (7 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 7/14: proposal rejected Yes: Euphrates Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) MTM (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) Jenny (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) ThinMan (Vulcan) sIRE Baa: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Vynd Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Calvin N Hobbes rufus IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Ballot Stuffer Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) saaremaa (Vulcan) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3830 > >Proposal 3830 >Higher! I want to go higher! >K 2 >Due: Sat Dec 5 21:09:56 1998 > >This is a Modest Proposal. > >Delete the following text from section i of rule 666 (End of Cycle) : >" >If the last two cycles were not won by points, then amend Rule 603 to >change the base value of the Magic Number to the smallest prime number >greater than (the current Magic Number*0.9). >" ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3831 accepted Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 21:57:46 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3831 Votes: 15/23 (9 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 9/14: proposal accepted Yes: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates Slakko (SPAM) K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) sIRE No: smallpox blanket (Klingon) Vynd ThinMan (Vulcan) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) MTM (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: Jenny (The Razor Boomerangs) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Calvin N Hobbes rufus Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Ballot Stuffer Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) saaremaa (Vulcan) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3831 > >Proposal 3831 >Generic Proposal Title #3831 >Wild Card >Due: Sat Dec 5 21:24:52 1998 > >"{{Wild Card is given sufficient > A$ from the treasury to make his sum total of A$ non-negative}}" ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3857 Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 22:23:49 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3857 Umble. IdiotBoy Due: Sat Dec 12 22:23:48 1998 {{[Hi, I know this won't pass. I just like to see my name in the queue.]}} Repeal Rule 309 ("Substantially Similar Proposals ") Repeal Rule 315 ("Tammany") Repeal Rule 330 ("Retractions") Repeal Rule 431 ("Illuminatus") Repeal Rule 440 ("Thrallmaster") Repeal Rule 507 ("Magicks") Repeal Rule 607 ("Winning By Agenda") Repeal Rule 615 ("Win By World Domination") Repeal Rule 671 ("Nemesis Eggplants and Agenda Hats") Repeal Rule 675 ("Mercury Poisoning") Repeal Rule 750 ("Thrall: Definition") Repeal Rule 753 ("Thrall-Related Etymology") Repeal Rule 755 ("Entrallments") Repeal Rule 760 ("Purchasing Thralls") Repeal Rule 765 ("Circularity in Enthrallments") Repeal Rule 850 ("Museum") Repeal Rule 933 ("Purple Robe of Justice") {{[Sadly, I will have continue my repulsion as another time.]}} ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3832 accepted Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 23:52:19 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3832 Votes: 15/23 (12 YES votes): Quorum met Yes votes: 12/15: proposal accepted Yes: Alfvaen (MetaMorph) Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Euphrates K 2 /dev/joe (Vulcan) Jenny (The Razor Boomerangs) smallpox blanket (Klingon) else...if Vynd Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) ThinMan (Vulcan) MTM (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Slakko (SPAM) sIRE JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Calvin N Hobbes rufus Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: Danek scout Ballot Stuffer Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Ethelred J. M. Bear (MetaMorph) saaremaa (Vulcan) >Subject: Acka: Proposal 3832 > >Proposal 3832 >Police State >K 2 >Due: Sat Dec 5 23:46:41 1998 > > >Create a new rule as part of the the rule suite numbered 320 >(Governments Rule Suite) with the title "Government Type: Police State" >and the following text: >" >The following shall apply while the Police State is active: >i) Tammany will not vote on any proposal. >ii) All Proposals are guarded. >iii) All proposal bribes are invalid. >iv) Political parties will not generate unity votes. >" > >If rule 923 (The Amber Banana) exists append the following text to the >end of the list in the rule that was just created by this proposal: >" >v) Eating an Amber Banana shall have no effect on the owner of the Amber >Banana Tree. >vi) The Amber Banana Tree can not vote on any proposal >" > ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3858 Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 23:52:30 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3858 And I long to go out in the world beyond! K 2 Due: Sat Dec 12 23:52:28 1998 This is a modest proposal. Repeal Rule 760 (Purchasing Thralls) ------------------------------ From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu Subject: Acka: Proposal 3859 Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 23:52:47 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3859 The Broom and the Shovel, the Poker and Tongs K 2 Due: Sat Dec 12 23:52:46 1998 {{[The Commission d'Arts becomes a unique organization which players my leave if they do not wish to participate in the nomination process. ]}} Amend Rule 670 (Commission d'Arts) in the following ways: A. Replace Section 1 with the following text: " 1) Upon the end of a cycle which exceeded 30 days in length The Commission d'Arts shall be called. The Commission d'Arts is a unique organization also referred to as The Commission. The only time The Commission has members (Commissioners) is while it is in session. When the rules call for a Commission d'Arts it shall begin session and the Historian, Poet Laureate and President and sufficient randomly selected players to give it 5 members automatically join, unless a call was made less than 60 days previously, in which case the call shall have no effect. When a player leaves the Commission a random player who is not already a member and has not been a member since the commission came into session shall automatically join. The Commission shall remain in session for 7 days after its newest member joined or until a report is produced which ever is sooner. When the commission ceases to be in session all players are removed from it. " B. Replace the following text in section 2: " 2) The Commission (as represented by one of its members) shall publicly post a report listing 4 Silver Moon Nominees, which the Commission created as if the Commissioners were an organization and creating such a report was an organizational action permitted to this organization. " with: " 2) The Commission shall publicly post a report listing 4 Silver Moon Nominees as an organizational action. " ------------------------------ End of acka-voting Digest V3 #216 *********************************