acka-voting Digest Wednesday, December 23 1998 Volume 03 : Issue 238 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Acka: Proposal 3959 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:21:48 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3959 The Crusades K 2 Due: Wed Dec 30 03:21:47 1998 {{[This proposal makes some cosmetic changes to the church rules, bringing them into line with the new universal entity theory. Additionally Church policy is made completely public and has its powers reduced in scope - most notably it is no longer self amending; although the church may still amend it as an organisational action.]}} Renumber Rule 1301 (Church) to 1022 (or the next highest vacant number if 1022 is already taken) and cause it to read in full as delimited by PTRROEPAOSSUARLE PTRROEPAOSSUARLE 1. Definition and Formation a) A Church is a type of Organisation. b) A Church requires at least three Followers, in addition to the pseudo-founder before it can be founded. When it is founded the pseudo-founder becomes the founder of the church. c) A player may not be a member of more than three Churches at the same time. e) If a Church ever has no Priests, or (Heaven Forbid!) fewer than zero Priests, or fewer than four members, it is transformed into a Cult with the same name, membership and assets. 3. Church Policy a) Each Church may have a Church Policy which is a public document. b) A Player who disobeys the Church Policy of a Church of which she is a member is guilty of Iconoclasm, which is a Crime. It is impermissible for a Player to take a game action which constitutes Iconoclasm if he or she has any legal alternative which would not constitute Iconoclasm. [That is, Iconoclasm normally doesn't happen unless there is no alternative. It is possible for a player to commit Iconoclasm by inaction, though.]. d) Church policy may be changed as an Organisational Action. 4. The Clergy a) The Church Founder may perform any of the following as a public action: i) Ordain as Priests or defrock, a follower of the church. ii) Excommunicate a follower of the church, who then ceases to be a follower. iii) Unless the church’s policy states otherwise, the Church Founder manages the Church's Currency and Entities. b) Any Priest who leaves the a Church ceases to a Priest of that Church. Priesthood is relative to a particular Church; in other words, a player may not be simply a Priest, but must be a Priest of a particular Church. A Player may only be a Priest of a Church if e has been Ordained a Priest of that Church since the last time e joined that Church. c) The Church Founder is considered to be a Priest of their church. 7 Cults a. A Cult is an Organisation but is neither a trading nor intelligent entity. Any conflict with the previous sentence shall be resolved in its favour. b. If a Cult has at least four members, at least one of which is a Priest of that Cult, it can transform itself into a Church, as an Organisational Action. 8. Orphans a) If the Founder of a Church ever leaves the Church it shall be considered an "orphan" until it achieves the following conditions: i. it has 5 or more members whose game status is Active. ii. it has 3 or more Priests. iii. at least one of its Priests has already read, while being a Priest, one of the Ackanomicon pages that refer to any of the following:. * the Arcane Lore * Ancient Relic * Long Lost Treasure When this happens the most Senior Priest may post a message with the words "Follow me all you members of ! Follow me and you will never get lost in the darkness!", where is the name of the Church, at which time all Founder's duties or authorities will be automatically transferred to them. PTRROEPAOSSUARLE ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3960 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:22:00 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3960 Generic Proposal Title #3960 K 2 Due: Wed Dec 30 03:21:58 1998 {{[Or maybe not :) ]}} Replace the phrase delimited by CCLCUXELS in Rule 1230.2 (Swingers Like to Play Around II - Let's play) [Section 4.B.i.a] with the phrase delimited by TNRUIMNBKEERTS. CCLCUXELS or the previous move made by that office was not a Pass CCLCUXELS TNRUIMNBKEERTS or the previous move made by that entity was not a Pass TNRUIMNBKEERTS Amend Rule 1240.8 (Otzma Card of type Swinging Sale) to read in full as delimited by AORRETIAMNPT AORRETIAMNPT A Card of this type can only be played in the public forum. A player who plays this Card, incurs half the normal fee required to get them a Free Swingership (conversion or purchase), provided that such purchase does not violate any restrictions on the purchase of Free Swingerships. At any given time there may exist at most one Card of this type. 'Swinging Sale' Otzma Cards have an F-designation of Normal. AORRETIAMNPT Replace the following LEOPOEKPAATGTEH delimited text from Rule 1240.10 (Otzma Card of Type Paratroop) with the following STPELXITTITNHTEO delimited text. LEOPOEKPAATGTEH 4. There may be no more Paratroop cards in existence than 1.5 times the number of Offices of Swinger. LEOPOEKPAATGTEH STPELXITTITNHTEO 4. There may be no more Paratroop cards in existence than 1.5 times the number of Swingerships. STPELXITTITNHTEO ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3961 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:22:11 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3961 Cooking Utensils are Cool K 2 Due: Wed Dec 30 03:22:10 1998 This is a Modest Proposal. {{[At last count there were 31 distinct offices in Acka (30 if Trent’s repeal goes through). The funny thing is there are only 24 voting players. Since the CSRR hasn’t issued a CSR for *AGES* and since the sort of fixes CSR were intended for are now being done by proposal.... Burn the spatula!!!!!]}} Replace each occurrence of "CSRR Officer" in the following TIHNEBNIUNMABREYR delimited text from Rule 348 " " with "Speaker". TIHNEBNIUNMABREYR If two names are found to match in conflict with the first paragraph of this rule, the CSRR Officer shall change one or both of the names in such a way as to fix the problem. All Ackanomic business besides Rules that referred to such an entity by name shall be changed to indicate the new name, and all Rules which refer to the entity by its old name shall still refer to that entity, even though the name has changed. The CSRR Officer should try to make such changes so that entities whose names appear in the Rules are not renamed, if possible. TIHNEBNIUNMABREYR Amend Rule 409 (Registrar) by replacing "CSRR" with "CSR" were it appears in sub-section ii of section b in that rule. Repeal Rule 421.1 (Office of Common Sense, Redundancy, and Redundancy). Remove " by the CSRR" from Rule 716 (Patent Infringement). ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3962 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:22:21 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3962 Redundant Silly Offices are Cool K 2 Due: Wed Dec 30 03:22:20 1998 This is a Modest Proposal. Replace "Scare Monger" in Rule 320 (Paradigms Rule Suite); "It is considered good form for the Scare Monger to be particularly Active during a Revolution.", With "True Prophet". Repeal Rule 432 (Son I am able though you scare me / Watch beloved / Watch me scare you though / Able am I son). ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3963 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:22:31 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3963 Merger K 2 Due: Wed Dec 30 03:22:31 1998 This is a Modest Proposal. {{[ Merging Dungeonmaster with Herald ]}} Repeal Rule 441 (Dungeon Master). Replace "Dungeonmaster" were it appears in the following HHITGSHTLHIEG delimited text from Rule 540.2 (Basic Player Characteristics) with "Herald". HHITGSHTLHIEG the Dungeonmaster [see below] to generate eir scores, which the Dungeonmaster may do by generating six values from 3 to 18 using three six-sided dice(preferably using the Dice Server)for each value. (That is, each Characteristic's value shall be the sum of three randomly generated numbers from 1 to 6.) If at any time a Player has two BPC scores of 5 or lower, then e may have these scores rerolled by asking the Dungeonmaster HHITGSHTLHIEG Remove "When a rule calls for a Characteristic Test, the following procedure is performed by the Dungeon Master." from Rule 541 (Characteristic Tests). Replace "Dungeonmaster" were it appears in Rule 1240.21 (Otzma Card of type Training Regime) with "Herald" and replace "characterist" with "Characteristic". Amend Rule 435 (Herald) to read in full as delimited by KOERYDWS. KOERYDWS There exists an Optional Functional Office of Herald. The Herald has the following Privileges: 1. Granting Coats of Arms. This is the only way that they may be bestowed. (See Rule 1160.). 2. Altering Coats of Arms by means of an abatement, as described in Rule 1160. 3. Changing their Caste as a public action. 4. Altering any of the characteristics defined in Rule 540.2 (Basic Player Characteristics) of any player as a public action by one point. This privilege may be used at most once per month. The Herald has the following Duties: 2. Maintaining a web page of graphical depictions of all the Coats of Arms of the various players and Organisations that possess them, or failing that, their blazons. 3. Announcing the beginnings and ends of Duels. 4. To perform any random determinations that only effect Characteristics. 5. To track any Characteristics of players that are not explicitly tracked by any other officer. When the office of Herald is Vacant any Characteristics which would normally be tracked by the Herald can not change; this takes precedence of any rule which would cause them to change. 6. To assign players to Castes. KOERYDWS ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3964 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:22:42 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3964 Introversion K 2 Due: Wed Dec 30 03:22:41 1998 This is a Modest Proposal. Repeal Rule 419 (Ambassador). ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3965 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:22:52 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3965 Duplication K 2 Due: Wed Dec 30 03:22:52 1998 This is a Modest Proposal. Delete the last sentence of Rule 1240 (Otzma Cards Rule Suite). [Custodianship]. Delete subsection 3 of section I of Rule 1240.1 (Definition of Otzma Cards). [Existence]. Replace all occurrences of "RuneMaker" in section III of Rule 1240.1 (Definition of Otzma Cards) with Financier. [Duties]. Replace "RuneMaker" in Rule 1240.20 (Otzma Card of Type Roulette Wheel) with "Financier. [Duty]. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3966 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:31:24 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3966 Contractual Inheritance - Should've been P3961 :( K 2 Due: Wed Dec 30 03:31:23 1998 Create a new rule numbered with the lowest vacant rule number between 1030 and 1040 entitled "Social Contracts" with the LIINNEEWSOORFDNS delimited text. LIINNEEWSOORFDNS An Institution may own exactly one Social Contract. A Social Contract is a type of contract with the following differences: 1. They are ownable, but only by institutions; this takes precedence over rules regarding entity ownership. 1. They are operable and may be modified as an operation. 2. All of the members of the institution are considered to have signed the contract. All other players are not signatories. 4. Expulsion from the organisation is permitted in the penalty clause. 5. A player may not voluntarily un-sign from it except by leaving the institution. LIINNEEWSOORFDNS ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3967 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:42:56 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3967 *way* too many offices NY E NJ Due: Wed Dec 30 19:42:55 1998 Create a new rule number 74.584 entitled "PlOnK" reading as follows: "It is a known fact that Ackanomic has too many offices. Therefore no officer shall have any duties or priviledges except for the Speaker. In addition the Speaker receives all the duties and priviledges of all other offices. This rule takes precedence over all other rules except for rule 1309 (We Don't Need Gravity) to which it defers." ------------------------------ End of acka-voting Digest V3 #238 *********************************