acka-voting Digest Wednesday, January 13 1999 Volume 04 : Issue 013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Acka: Proposal 3986 rejected From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:26:17 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3986 Yes votes: 5/11: proposal rejected Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Slakko (SPAM) Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) Danek smallpox blanket (Klingon) ThinMan (Vulcan) Baa: O Olde Alpha Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3986 Proposal 3986 more like a romulan Trent Due: Tue Jan 12 21:14:12 1999 Status: rejected repeal rule 4-9 ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3987 rejected From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:26:27 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3987 Yes votes: 6/12: proposal rejected Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) ThinMan (Vulcan) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Slakko (SPAM) Calvin N Hobbes Danek smallpox blanket (Klingon) else...if O Olde Alpha Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3987 Proposal 3987 does ANYONE use this anymore? Trent Due: Tue Jan 12 21:14:23 1999 Status: rejected repeal the rule 'Prophets and Prophecies' ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3988 rejected From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:26:37 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3988 Yes votes: 5/11: proposal rejected Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) Danek smallpox blanket (Klingon) O Olde Alpha Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: ThinMan (Vulcan) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3988 Proposal 3988 vote yes this time Trent Due: Tue Jan 12 21:14:33 1999 Status: rejected this is a modest proposal [please don't vote no. It rids the ruleset of stupid useless rules that do absolutely nothing, aren't harf, and will confuse newbies.] repeal rules 99-1 and 99-2 ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3989 accepted From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:26:47 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3989 Yes votes: 6/10: proposal accepted Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) ThinMan (Vulcan) Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) Danek JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: O Olde Alpha Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3989 Proposal 3989 Let's fix Chess Trent Due: Tue Jan 12 21:32:15 1999 Status: accepted remove all but the second sentence of rule 12-8 in rule 12-8-1, replace section 2G with "the word 'piece' means Party Chess Piece in all descendants of rule 12-8, unless otherwise specified." replace section 3Aii with "it is a child of this rule." ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3990 rejected From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:26:58 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3990 Yes votes: 5/10: proposal rejected Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) ThinMan (Vulcan) Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Slakko (SPAM) Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) Danek JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: O Olde Alpha Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3990 Proposal 3990 let's fix paradigms Trent Due: Tue Jan 12 22:01:03 1999 Status: rejected rename rule 1-7 to 'Paradigms' replace the first sentence of the second paragraph of rule 1-7 with: All existing Paradigm Types are defined by children of this rule, and then only by rules with a name "Paradigm Type: X" where X is replaced by a legal Ackanomic name. replace the second-to-last paragraph of rule 1-7 with: This rule takes precedence over its descendants. All descendants of this rule take precedence over rules which are not this rule or its descendants. remove the last paragraph of rule 1-7. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3991 accepted From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:27:08 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3991 Yes votes: 5/9: proposal accepted Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) Danek JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: ThinMan (Vulcan) O Olde Alpha Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3991 Proposal 3991 let's fix Honour Trent Due: Tue Jan 12 22:03:35 1999 Status: accepted rename rule 4-4-5 to 'Honour' remove the first, second to last, and last paragraphs of rule 4-4-5 remove the second sentence of the third paragraph of rule 4-4-5-1 and of rule 4-4-5-2 ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3992 rejected From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:27:18 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3992 Yes votes: 5/10: proposal rejected Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) ThinMan (Vulcan) Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Slakko (SPAM) Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) Danek JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: O Olde Alpha Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3992 Proposal 3992 let's fix Quests Trent Due: Tue Jan 12 22:07:03 1999 Status: rejected rename rule 4-8 to 'Quests' replace the second paragraph of rule 4-8 with: Each child of this rule defines a specific quest which may be undertaken by the players of Ackanomic. replace the seventh paragraph of rule 4-8 with: Each quest must be defined within a child of this rule. remove the first paragraph and the '.X' both times it appears in rule 4-8 ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3993 rejected From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:27:29 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3993 Yes votes: 4/9: proposal rejected Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Slakko (SPAM) Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) Danek JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: ThinMan (Vulcan) O Olde Alpha Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3993 Proposal 3993 let's fix Otzma Cards Trent Due: Tue Jan 12 22:13:06 1999 Status: rejected in rule 7-14, replace section IV 1 with: Otzma Card types may be defined by other rules which explicitly claim that they are defining Otzma Card Types, and are children of this rule. This rule takes precedence over any rule which defines an Otzma Card type. in rule 7-14-1, replace section 4 with: This rule takes precedence over all its siblings except rule 7-14-2 to which it defers precedence. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3994 accepted From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:27:39 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3994 Yes votes: 5/9: proposal accepted Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) Danek JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: ThinMan (Vulcan) O Olde Alpha Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3994 Proposal 3994 let's fix the ASS Trent Due: Tue Jan 12 22:23:43 1999 Status: accepted rename rule 7-16 to 'Ackanomic Sound System' replace section I of rule 7-16 with: There exists a unique, unownable entity known as the Ackanomic Sound System (also known as the ASS.) There exists a class of named unownable entities known as Ackanomic Sound System Songs (also known as Songs.) Songs may be either Mundane or Esoteric, but not both. A Mundane Song is one that has no trigger or game effects defined a child of this Rule. An Esoteric Song is one that has a Trigger and Effect defined by a child of this Rule. replace the first two paragraphs of section IV of the same rule with: Any player who submits a Proposal which successfully adds one or more Esoteric Songs to the Ruleset shall gain one Token upon the acceptance of such a Proposal. This Token shall be created in eir possession upon the announcement of this fact by the DeeJay. Tokens are tradeable Entities. The act of placing a Token into the banna-shaped slot of the ASS' control panel destroys that Token. Esoteric Songs are defined by children of this Rule, and nowhere else. A Child of this Rule may define more than one Esoteric Song. Any definition of an Esoteric Song must include at least the following four lettered attributes of the song: replace the second paragraph of section VI of the same rule with: All children of this Rule defer precedence to any Rules with which they might conflict, except as stated explicitly in children of this Rule. remove section VII and the bracketed link in the same rule. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3995 accepted From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:27:49 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3995 Yes votes: 5/8: proposal accepted Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: ThinMan (Vulcan) O Olde Alpha Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 Danek smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3995 Proposal 3995 let's fix Games Trent Due: Tue Jan 12 22:38:38 1999 Status: accepted rename rule 12 to 'Games Metarule' and replace its text with: [Games & Contests include sub games and gaming equipment that can be used in subgames. Some of them are maintained on a separate web page.] in rule 12-1, replace section I with: There exists a class of entities known as Games & Contests, hereafter, for the purposes of this rule and its children, known as "Games" (Game). replace section II with: Descendants of rule 12 may define entities to be used as General Equipment in the games defined by descendants of rule 12. Unless otherwise specified, these entities have no influence outside the instance of the Game in which they are being used. The term 'General Equipment', as used elsewhere in the descendants of rule 12, shall be construed to mean instances of any or all of these defined entities, as appropriate. replace section IIIa with: Unless otherwise specified, the name of a Game is the name of the rule that defines it. Any descendant of this rule that defines more than one game is void. A descendant of this rule defines a Game if and only if it specifies all the information as detailed below (b thru h) (even if the specification for a particular piece of information is the word 'none'). This rule does not define a Game: replace section IVa and b with: a. Games may not manipulate any Ackanomic entity outside this rule and its descendants, except as defined in this Rule, and with the following specific exceptions: b. Games may specify transfer of currency between participants in the specific Game, as entry fees, rewards or penalties, subject to restrictions elsewhere in this rule and its descendants. replace section IVf with: f. All descendants of this rule defer precedence to all those external to it, unless otherwise specified. This rule has precedence over all its descendants. replace section Va with: Games and General Equipment may be added to the ruleset as descendants of this rule via the following procedure (in addition to any other procedures that are defined in the rules for creating rules). A non-accepted Game or General Equipment Submission has no authority to manipulate Acka entities in any way. replace section Vei with: as a descendant of this rule, in the case of a Game Submission, or replace the final sentence of VIe with: This paragraph defers precedence to all descendants of this rule. replace the final sentence of XI with: Paradoxes arising wholly within the descendants of this rule suite do not qualify as paradoxes for the purposes of satisfying the winning condition described in rule 8-3; this clause has precedence over rule 8-3. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3996 rejected From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:27:59 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3996 Yes votes: 4/8: proposal rejected Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Slakko (SPAM) Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: ThinMan (Vulcan) O Olde Alpha Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 Danek smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3996 Proposal 3996 let's fix the last little bit of Rule Suites Trent Due: Tue Jan 12 22:39:42 1999 Status: rejected this is a modest proposal. remove the final sentence of the first paragraph of rule 6-4-11-1 ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3997 rejected From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:28:10 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3997 Yes votes: 5/11: proposal rejected Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) O Olde Alpha Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Slakko (SPAM) Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) ThinMan (Vulcan) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) K 2 Danek smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3997 Proposal 3997 Black Angel's Death Song smallpox blanket Due: Tue Jan 12 23:27:15 1999 Status: rejected Declared Harfy at Sat Jan 9 10:07:06 1999 by O Olde Alpha Repeal all rule whose first paragraph contains an even number of vowels. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3998 rejected From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:28:20 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3998 Yes votes: 4/11: proposal rejected Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) O Olde Alpha Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Slakko (SPAM) Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) ThinMan (Vulcan) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) K 2 Danek smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3998 Proposal 3998 Poisoned by Rainbows smallpox blanket Due: Tue Jan 12 23:29:02 1999 Status: rejected Repeal all rule whose first paragraph contains an odd number of vowels. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 3999 accepted From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:28:30 -0500 (EST) Proposal 3999 Yes votes: 8/11: proposal accepted Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Slakko (SPAM) else...if JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) O Olde Alpha Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: Calvin N Hobbes NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) ThinMan (Vulcan) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) K 2 Danek smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 3999 Proposal 3999 Repeal of PW Trent Due: Wed Jan 13 01:04:21 1999 Status: accepted {{[Paradox Wins are attainable in 3 ways: a) changing the rules is impossible b) the legality of a player action that would affect the game state cannot be determined with finality c) a player action which would affect the game state appears equally legal and illegal Now, if a) is true, we're in a world of hurt. And it's highly unlikely that we could be in that state, have it not be an obvious Hubert situation, and have CFJs be submittable b) is the weasally version I put back in. It makes paradoxes way too easy. I highly suspect that with a slightly different paradox, else...if could have won with treasure. I also think there is a similar possibility with contracts, and perhaps with trust funds. All in all, b) is much too easy, and it was right to take it out. c) is just about impossible to achieve. If a player action is indeterminate with respect to the rules, Game Custom and/or the Spirit of the Game can be used by the judge to make an "arbitrary" ruling. so...]}} remove the final paragraph of rule 3 (invoking judgement) remove " unless the CFJ was a paradox win CFJ or a cycle win CFJ in which case e loses 3 points" from rule 1-8 (retractions) remove "and Paradox Win CFJs " from rule 8 (Winning Conditions) repeal rule 8-3 (Winning by Paradox) remove the final sentence of section XI of rule 12-1 ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4001 accepted From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:28:40 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4001 Yes votes: 7/9: proposal accepted Yes: Trent (Giant Objectionable Potato) Slakko (SPAM) NY E NJ (The Razor Boomerangs) else...if Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) O Olde Alpha Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: ThinMan (Vulcan) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Abstain r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) K 2 Calvin N Hobbes Danek smallpox blanket (Klingon) 404 Not Found Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot Euphrates /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 4001 Proposal 4001 Spiro Agnew: Grow a WHAT?!? Eric. Due: Wed Jan 13 13:11:54 1999 Status: accepted There exists a unique tradeable entity known as the The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really. The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really shall always have dimensions slightly larger then those of the location in which it's owner is located (which causes horrific problems when transporting The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really). It is initially Baby Blue, though the shade of blue can be changed at the whim of the owner. The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really changes shape. On Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday it is round. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday it is shaped similarly to a 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback. No matter what shape or size The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really is, it shall always have a button somewhere upon it marked "ENERGIZE." The owner of The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really may use it to change the player name of any active player to another name which is an anagram of the original. This is a public action. In order to fully specify this action, the owner must state that he has pointed The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really at x (where x is the name of the player being renamed) and pressed the ENERGIZE button, and he must give an anagram of the original name. If this action is successful then The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really changes x's name to the specified anagram, and The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really is transferred to the possession of x. The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really runs on rechargeable 9 volt batteries, and may be used no more than once every two weeks, or the batteries will overheat and explode before The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really is able to change a players name (and thus causing The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really to be transferred to a random player for recharging). Should The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really remain unused for a period of longer than a week, it will transfer itself to the possession of the first player to point this out publically. {{ Renumber this Rule to a number of the Rule-Harfer's choosing. [ Sorry, I have no idea how the new rule numbers work. ] Change its authorship credit to "snowgod (Phil Ackley)". The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really is transferred to the possession of an active player. }} ------------------------------ End of acka-voting Digest V4 #13 ********************************