Proposal Archive (3351-3400)

Proposal 3351 - Sun 02 Aug 1998 09:11 EDT
Eliminating Quorum Paradoxes
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 107, "Quorum", by replacing its last sentence with the following TECHIE-delimited text:

TECHIE
Then, quorum is met if either (a) at least 60% of the players in the head count have cast a vote, or (b) at least 36% of the players in the head count have voted YES, or both. In no other circumstances is quorum met.
TECHIE

[The reason for this? As things stand, it is possible for the addition of one NO vote to the results of a proposal to convert a rejection into an acceptance. This is extremely counter-intuitive. The above definition avoids this problem, while still requiring a significant quorum.]

Proposal 3352 - Sun 02 Aug 1998 09:12 EDT
13^2=169
Publius (Brandon Ray)
Decision: accepted

This is a modest proposal.

Replace the term "144" with the term "169" wherever it may appear in Rule 820.

Proposal 3353 - Sun 02 Aug 1998 09:13 EDT
Getting rid of some stuff
J. M. Bear (Frank Schmidt)
Decision: rejected

Repeal rule 594.7. [Evil Ballot Stuffer]
Repeal rule 597.19. [Pyraic Frobnotzer]
Repeal rule 597.21. [Good Ballot Stuffer]

Proposal 3354 - Sun 02 Aug 1998 09:14 EDT
Other scientists are mad as well
J. M. Bear (Frank Schmidt)
Decision: accepted

Repeal rule 596. [Mad Scientist]
Repeal rule 597. [Frankenstein Monsters]
Repeal rule 594.23. [Nyarlathotep]

Proposal 3355 - Sun 02 Aug 1998 09:15 EDT
An End To Tyranny
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Status: retracted

Create a new Rule, numbered 705, entitled "A Kinder, Gentler System", with the following SLAP-delimited text:

SLAP
Crimes fall into two categories: Whiffles and Felonies. If it is not explicitly specified which category a Crime falls into, it is a Whiffle.

It is a privilege of a Justice to issue Whiffle Notices (WN). No player may issue more than one WN in any one Calendar week. A Whiffle Notice contains the following items:

(1) its number, which must be an integer distinct from those used in all previous Whiffle Notices.
(2) the name of a player who committed a Whiffle in the last week (this player may be referred to as the transgressor).
(3) the Whiffle they committed.
(4) the punishment for committing that Whiffle.

Issuing a document which purports to be a WN, but does not satisfy the above conditions, is the Whiffle of Whiffling.

A punishment is exactly one of the following:
(1) A public apology of between 1 and 10 lines, to be performed by the transgressor within 3 days of the issuance of the WN.
(2) An amount of money no more than A$25, to be transferred from the transgressor to the Treasury.
(3) A deduction of at most 10 points from the score of the transgressor.

If a punishment of types (2) or (3) is specified, the transfer or point loss takes place at the time of issuance of the WN.

It is good form to impeach Justices who are abusing their privilege of issuing Whiffle Notices.
SLAP

Amend Rule 709, "Gaol", by replacing the text "CFJ or CFCJ" in Section 10 with "CFJ", and by removing Section 2, then renumbering all higher-numbered sections to eliminate the gap thereby produced.

Repeal Rule 710, "Criminal Justice".
Repeal Rule 711, "Appeal for Pardon".

Proposal 3356 - Sun 02 Aug 1998 09:16 EDT
Greater Poobah and Lesser Poobah
Publius (Brandon Ray)
Status: retracted

{{After the following DISTRIBUTE-delimited text in Rule 408:

DISTRIBUTE
(d) to be the Substitute for the Office of Count Tabula.
DISTRIBUTE

Add the following NEWDUTY-delimited text:

NEWDUTY
(e) Proclaim the identities of the Greater Poobah and the Lesser Poobah.
NEWDUTY}}

{{Create a new rule with the number being the lowest integer greater than 400 which is not already in use, to read as follows:}}

A. There shall be two new Functional optional offices, the Greater Poobah and the Lesser Poobah.

B. The Greater Poobah shall be that player who had the greatest number of proposals accepted during the most recent calendar week, as determined by the Tabulator. The Lesser Poobah shall be that player who had the fewest number of proposals rejected during the most recent calendar week, as determined by the Tabulator. For purposes of this rule only, the Tabulator shall count only those proposals for which voting expired during the most recent calendar week.

C. The identity of the Greater Poobah and the Lesser Poobah shall be proclaimed by the Tabulator no more than three days after the end of each calendar week. Each Poobah shall take office immediately, and shall hold office for exactly seven days from the moment e is proclaimed by the Tabulator, or until a new Poobah is proclaimed, whichever happens sooner. The Tabulator may proclaim only one Greater Poobah and one Lesser Poobah during each calendar week.

D. A player may not be proclaimed to be either the Greater Poobah or the Lesser Poobah if any of the following are true:

1. The player was Inactive at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the most recent calendar week.

2. The player was in Gaol at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the most recent calendar week.

3. The player had no proposals acted upon during the most recent calendar week.

E. In the event that two or more players shall be equally qualified to be proclaimed Greater or Lesser Poobah, the Tabulator shall resolve the tie using the Ackanomic dice, with each player’s chance of selection (among those qualified) being equally weighted.

F. In the event that no player shall be qualified to be proclaimed Greater or Lesser Poobah, the Tabulator shall proclaim that the office for which no player qualified will remain vacant for that calendar week. The other office, however, shall be filled in the normal manner.

G. In the event that one player qualifies for both offices, the player shall be proclaimed to be the Greater Poobah, and the office of Lesser Poobah shall be proclaimed to be vacant for that calendar week.

H. The Greater Poobah shall have the following duties:

1. Sign all is posts with the phrase: “So spake the Greater Poobah, may his name be revered!”

2. To proclaim imself to be co-sponsor of at least one but not more than three proposals written by other players, and for which voting expires during the seven days following the moment e was proclaimed to be Greater Poobah.

a. If any proposal for which the Greater Poobah is co-sponsor shall be accepted, e shall receive two points fewer than the number of points received by the proposer (but not less than zero points).

b. If any proposal for which the Greater Poobah is co-sponsor shall be rejected, e shall lose a number of points equal to the number lost by the proposer.

I. The Lesser Poobah shall have the following duties:

1. To sign all posts with the phrase, “So spake the Lesser Poobah, legend in song and story!”

2. To proclaim imself to be in Opposition to at least one but not more than three proposals written by other players, and for which voting expires during the seven days following the moment e was proclaimed to be Lesser Poobah.

a. If any proposal to which the Lesser Poobah is in Opposition shall be rejected, e shall receive two points fewer than the number of points the proposer would have received if it had been accepted (but not less than zero points).

b. If any proposal to which the Lesser Poobah is in Opposition shall be accepted, e shall lose a number of points equal to the number the proposer would have lost if it had been rejected.

J. Neither the Greater Poobah nor the Lesser Poobah shall receive any salary.

H. Where conflicts occur, this rule takes precedence over all other rules pertaining to Offices.

Proposal 3357 - Sun 02 Aug 1998 09:17 EDT
This Year's Model
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
Status: retracted

This is a Modest proposal.

Repeal Rule 596, "The Mad Scientist". Repeal Rule 597, "The Frankenstein Monster(s)".

Proposal 3358 - Sun 02 Aug 1998 09:18 EDT
Two small naming fixes
JT (JT Traub)
Decision: accepted

Append the following TIMEOUT delimited text to the end of rule 251 (Player Names)
TIMEOUT
If a player changes eir Ackanomic name twice and the second change is acked by the Registrar while the first one has not been, then the first change will not occur.
TIMEOUT
{{[
This fixes the problem where as possibly recently happened, the first name change was possibly objected to, (but possibly not), a second one occured and now it is unclear what the current Ackanomic name of the two players really is.
]}}

Replace the paragraph of rule 251 (Player Names) currently existing as delimited by SIMPLE
SIMPLE
A player may change eir Ackanomic name, so long as the new name complies with all applicable rules. If a player attempts to change eir name to something not in compliance with the Rules, that attempt fails. In addition, if the name change has not yet been accepted as described in the following paragraph, the Registrar may object to the name change if e feels that the new name is either a) too close to an existing player name(i.e. differs by only one or two characters), or b) is intended only to exploit Malenkai's Loophole(see Rule 721).
SIMPLE
with the following paragraph as delimited by BETTER
BETTER
A player may change eir Ackanomic name, so long as the new name complies with all applicable rules. If a player attempts to change eir name to something not in compliance with the Rules, that attempt fails. In addition, if the name change has not yet been accepted as described in the following paragraph, the Registrar may object to the name change if e feels that the new name is not within the spirit of the game. When the player changing eir name is the Registrar, the President or any Senator can object to or ack the name change as if e were the Registrar. The Registar may not ack eir own name change.
BETTER
{{[
This change gives the registrar slightly broader authority to object to the name change. It also gives someone to check the registrars ability to change eir own name.
]}}

Proposal 3359 - Sun 02 Aug 1998 09:19 EDT
Don't Think You Can Make Me Nervous
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
Decision: accepted

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 909, "Steel Flea", as follows:

Replace the following text(delimited by GUANTANAMO):

GUANTANAMO
If it is ever the case that Phoebe has been on a Leave Of Absence for 30 days or more, then Phoebe may choose at any time to end her Leave of Absence. The Officer in Charge of Random Things shall determine whether or not this happens, again using whatever method e chooses. If e determines that Phoebe has chosen to end her Leave of Absence, then e must announce this fact publicly. Upon doing so, Phoebe and Phoebe's matchbox will no longer be Somewhere Else, and Phoebe's matchbox shall immediately be missing. [And thus the Officer in Charge of Random Things should then determine which player finds Phoebe next....]
GUANTANAMO

with the following text(delimited by MONTEGO);

MONTEGO
When Phoebe has been on a Leave of Absence for 30 days or more, then Phoebe may choose to end her Leave of Absence. The Officer in Charge of Random Things shall determine whether or not this happens; this determination shall occur not more than once per calendar week. If e determines that Phoebe has chosen to end her Leave of Absence, then e must announce this fact publicly. Upon doing so, Phoebe and Phoebe's matchbox will no longer be Somewhere Else, and Phoebe's matchbox shall immediately be missing. [And thus the Officer in Charge of Random Things should then determine which player finds Phoebe next....]
MONTEGO

Also, delete the text ", using whatever method e chooses" from the previous paragraph(where it has no value, being superseded by "Level Playing Field").

{{ If Phoebe is on a Leave of Absence, then her Leave of Absence is ended, Phoebe and her matchbox are no longer Somewhere Else, and her matchbox is missing. }}

{{[ It's entirely possible that we can eliminate the leave of absence thing completely, but I wanted to fix Phoebe's indeterminate nature first. As I read the original version of this Rule, the OICORT should be continually determining whether Phoebe returns every moment of every day after the end of the Leave of Absence... ]}}

Proposal 3360 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:02 EDT
Grease is the Word
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: accepted
Declared harfy by Vynd (John McCoy) on Wed 05 Aug 1998 23:51 EDT

This is a modest proposal.

{{[Remember me saying I wanted revenge on K 2 and JT for making work for me when I was acting Speaker? Well here's the start of it.]}}

The nation of Ackanomia is a cultural wreck. After long research this researcher has discovered that the best possible cure for this would be for Ackanomic to have an official word. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to determine which word would be best suited for this task. Therefore, within three days of this rule being created the OiCoRT must select a random word from the official dictionary to be the official word. If possible this should be done with the dice server. Once this has been done this rule will amend itself such that it reads in its entirety:

"The official word of Ackanomic is <word>"

where <word> is replaced by whatever word the OiCoRT determined.

Proposal 3361 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:03 EDT
Pages Made From Days of Open Hand
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
Decision: accepted

Create a new Rule in the Otzma Card Rule Suite, numbered with the smallest subrule number not being used in that Rule Suite, named "Otzma Card of Type Roulette Wheel", with text as follows(delimited by EMPATH):

EMPATH
A Card of this type may only be played in the public forum. A player who plays this card must name a Gadget or Otzma Card that is in eir possession.

If a Gadget is named, then that Gadget is converted to another Qualified Gadget of a randomly determined type. If the original Gadget is broken, then if possible, the new Gadget is also broken. If it would be illegal for that player to own the new Gadget for some reason, then the original gadget is destroyed instead.

If an Otzma Card is named, then that Otzma Card is converted to another Otzma Card of a type determined by the RuneMaker by the Deterministic Method. If the instance limits for the new type of Otzma Card would be violated by its creation, or it would be illegal for that player to own the new Otzma Card for some reason, then the original Otzma Card is destroyed instead.

At any time, there may be at most 5 Cards of this type in existence. 'Roulette Wheel' type Otzma Cards have an F-Designation of Normal.
EMPATH

Proposal 3362 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:04 EDT
Eleusis Sudden Death
JT (JT Traub)
Decision: accepted

Amend rule 1250.23 (Eleusis) by replacing part 5, sections k) and l) which currently read as delimited by OLD
OLD
k) If there is no prophet, mark every 10th card played with a '*'. After forty cards, the round enters 'sudden death'.

l) If there is a prophet, mark every 10th card since they became the prophet with a '!'. After 30 cards (3 '!') the round enters sudden death.
OLD
with the following text as delimited by NEW
NEW
k) If there is no prophet, mark every 10th card played with a '*'. After forty cards, (4 '*') the round enters 'sudden death'. This count is suspended while there is a Prophet.

l) If there is a prophet, mark every 10th card since they became the prophet with a '!'. After 30 cards (3 '!') the round enters sudden death. This count is reset whenever a new Scientist becomes Prophet.
NEW

Proposal 3363 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:05 EDT
Greater Poobah and Lesser Poobah
Publius (Brandon Ray)
Decision: rejected

{{After the following DISTRIBUTE-delimited text in Rule 408:

DISTRIBUTE
(d) to be the Substitute for the Office of Count Tabula.
DISTRIBUTE

Add the following NEWDUTY-delimited text:

NEWDUTY
(e) Proclaim the identities of the Greater Poobah and the Lesser Poobah.
NEWDUTY}}

{{Create a new rule with the number being the lowest integer greater than 400 which is not already in use as a rule number in Ackanomi, to read as follows:}}

A. There shall be two new Functional optional offices, the Greater Poobah and the Lesser Poobah.

B. The Greater Poobah shall be that player, from among those eligible to be a Poobah, who had the greatest number of proposals accepted during the most recent calendar week, as determined by the Tabulator. The Lesser Poobah shall be that player, from among those eligible to be a Poobah, who had the fewest number of proposals rejected during the most recent calendar week, as determined by the Tabulator. For purposes of this rule only, the Tabulator shall count only those proposals for which voting expired during the most recent calendar week.

by the Tabulator, or until a new Poobah is proclaimed, whichever happens

sooner. The Tabulator may proclaim only one Greater Poobah and one Lesser Poobah during each calendar week.

D. A player is not eligible to be proclaimed to be either the Greater Poobah or the Lesser Poobah if any of the following are true:

1. The player was Inactive at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the most recent calendar week.

2. The player was in Gaol at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the most recent calendar week.

3. The player had no proposals acted upon during the most recent calendar week.

G. In the event that one player qualifies for both offices, the player shall be proclaimed to be the Greater Poobah, and the office of Lesser Poobah shall be filled from the remaining pool of eligible candidates.

H. The Greater Poobah shall have the following duties:

1. Sign all is posts with the phrase: “So spake the Greater Poobah, may

his name be revered!”

2. To proclaim emself to be co-sponsor of at least one but not more than three proposals written by other players, and for which voting expires during the seven days following the moment e was proclaimed to be Greater Poobah.

a. If any proposal for which the Greater Poobah is co-sponsor shall be accepted, e shall receive two points fewer than the number of points received by the proposer (but not less than zero points).

b. If any proposal for which the Greater Poobah is co-sponsor shall be rejected, e shall lose a number of points equal to the number lost by the proposer.

3. In the event that no proposals sponsored by other players shall be scheduled to expire during the Greater Poobah’s term, e shall be excused from this duty, provided that before es term expires, the Greater Poobah shall post as a public action a rant of at least 50 and not more than 100 words complaining of the lack of creativity of the current active players.

I. The Lesser Poobah shall have the following duties:

1. To sign all posts with the phrase, “So spake the Lesser Poobah, legend in song and story!”

2. To proclaim emself to be in Opposition to at least one but not more than three proposals written by other players, and for which voting expires during the seven days following the moment e was proclaimed to be Lesser Poobah.

a. If any proposal to which the Lesser Poobah is in Opposition shall be

rejected, e shall receive two points fewer than the number of points the proposer would have received if it had been accepted (but not less than zero points).

b. If any proposal to which the Lesser Poobah is in Opposition shall be

accepted, e shall lose a number of points equal to the number the proposer would have lost if it had been rejected.

3. In the event that no proposals sponsored by other players shall be scheduled to expire during the Lesser Poobah’s term, e shall be excused from this duty, provided that before es term expires, the Lesser Poobah shall post as a public action a rant of at least 50 and not more than 100 words complaining of the lack of creativity of the current active players.

J. Neither the Greater Poobah nor the Lesser Poobah shall receive any salary solely for serving as a Poobah. This shall not prohibit a player from receiving salaries, payments, gifts, or any other benefit to which the Rules may entitle em.

K. In the event that either the office of the Greater Poobah or the office of the Lesser Poobah shall become vacant for any reason, it shall remain vacant until the next regular proclamation by the Tabulator. There shall be no acting Poobah, and duties described in this Rule shall not devolve on any other player. This paragraph takes precedence over all other Rules.

L. The Greater and the Lesser Poobah shall be chosen only by the means described in this Rule; no other means of selection shall be permitted. This paragraph takes precedence over all other Rules.

Proposal 3364 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:06 EDT
When the Votes Were Cast the Winner Was: Mr. James K. Polk
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected

In rule 313 replace:

"A. Casting a legal vote as defined by rule 106.
B. Bribing Tammany by rule 315.
C. Being part of a political party that gets a unity vote.
D. Using a Bonus Vote by rule 317. "

with

"A. Casting a legal vote as defined by rule 106.
B. Being part of a political party that gets a unity vote."

----

In rule 667 replace:

"Upon doing so, a Bonus Vote shall be created and transferred to the player."

with:

"Upon doing so the player shall receive a random boon of the ancients."

----

In rule 850 replace:

"VI. Bonus Vote

On the first day of each month, the Museum throws a party honoring its benefactors. This is a private gathering. There are door prizes, but as the Museum is always tight on funds, they are pretty lame. The only one of note is a Bonus Vote, which is awarded to a random benefactor as determined by the Financier. Each benefactor's probability of receiving this Vote is their BV divided by the total BV. If the total BV is zero, however, no award is bestowed. "

with:

"VI. Door Prize

On the first day of each month, the Museum throws a party honoring its benefactors. This is a private gathering. There are door prizes, but as the Museum is always tight on funds, they are pretty lame. The only one of note is a random Otzma Card, which is awarded to a random benefactor as determined by the OiCoRT. Each benefactor's probability of receiving this Card is their BV divided by the total BV. If the total BV is zero, however, no award is bestowed."

{{[Changed to OiCoRT since they then have to deterrmine the otzma card.]}}

----

In rule 855 replace:

"4) When a player has completed 7 levels of the Monolith, e receives a Boon of the Ancients, and is granted the title of Assistant Monolith Meister. This title gives no additional benefits. When a player has completed 10 levels of the Monolith, e receives a Bonus Vote, and is granted the title of Monolith Meister. This title gives no additional benefits. "

with:

"4) When a player has completed 7 levels of the Monolith, e receives a Boon of the Ancients, and is granted the title of Assistant Monolith Meister. This title gives no additional benefits. When a player has completed 10 levels of the Monolith, e receives ann Otzma Card of eir choice, and is granted the title of Monolith Meister. This title gives no additional benefits."

----

In rule 975 replacce:

"IV. If a player is in his home, and his home has a tower, he receives a Bonus Vote. If this would give the player more Bonus Votes than he can legally own, he instead receives a Blue Cross Bonus."

with:

"IV. If a player is in his home, and his home has a tower, he receives a random Otzma Card. If this would give the player more Otzma Cards than he can legally own, he instead receives a Blue Cross Bonus."

----

In rule 1044 remove the text:

"b. A Player may, as a public action, convert four of his own Swingpoints into one Bonus Vote. "

and then replace:

"c. A Playe"

with:

"b. A Playe"

and then replace:

"d. A Pl"

with:

"c. A Pl"

and finally replace:

"e. Actions (a) through (d) fail if the Player owns fewer Swingpoints than he is attempting to convert. Actions (b) through (d) fail"

with:

"d. Actions (a) through (c) fail if the Player owns fewer Swingpoints than he is attempting to convert. Actions (b) through (c) fail".

----

In rule 1211 replace:

"9) Boon list [weights sum to 100 in this case]:

a) The player has found an ancient artifact. A random Qualified Gadget, such that no instance limits are exceeded for any particular Gadgets, is bestowed (45).

b) The player has found an ancient scroll. A random Otzma Card, all cards having the same probability, such that no instance limits are exceeded for any particular Otzma Card, is bestowed (25).

c) The gods smile upon the player. 1 Bonus Vote is bestowed (10).

d) An ancient relic. A Trinket of value A$75 which the player Must Describe. In this case, A$75 in the Treasury is transmuted into the Trinket when it is bestowed as above (7).

e) Ancient knowledge. A Discovery is created (not owned by the player, but said to be created by the player), as named and described by the player (Must Describe) (5).

f) Ancient wisdom. An Otzma Card is added to the Otzma Card Rule Suite, which the player Must Describe (5).

g) The gods are bored. The player is given pointy ears (2).

h) The gods are grouchy. The Chartreuse Goose is transferred to the player. (1). "

with:

"9) Boon list [weights sum to 90 in this case]:

a) The player has found an ancient artifact. A random Qualified Gadget, such that no instance limits are exceeded for any particular Gadgets, is bestowed (45).

b) The player has found an ancient scroll. A random Otzma Card, all cards having the same probability, such that no instance limits are exceeded for any particular Otzma Card, is bestowed (25).

c) An ancient relic. A Trinket of value A$75 which the player Must Describe. In this case, A$75 in the Treasury is transmuted into the Trinket when it is bestowed as above (7).

d) Ancient knowledge. A Discovery is created (not owned by the player, but said to be created by the player), as named and described by the player (Must Describe) (5).

e) Ancient wisdom. An Otzma Card is added to the Otzma Card Rule Suite, which the player Must Describe (5).

f) The gods are bored. The player is given pointy ears (2).

g) The gods are grouchy. The Chartreuse Goose is transferred to the player. (1)."

----

In rule 594.15 replace:

"e) Immediate After effects of the zapping: If the Proposal in question was Guarded, the Laser will short out and explode, destroying the Tower it is being aimed from, and then destroying itself in a radioactive fireball. Otherwise, if the Proposal in question's number was prime, the Laser will backfire and break. These Ancients, poor quality control, silly design, and odd choice of component materials :(."

with:

"e) Immediate After effects of the zapping: If the Proposal in question's number was prime, the Laser will backfire and break. These Ancients, poor quality control, silly design, and odd choice of component materials :(."

----

In rule 594.21 replace:

"2. One bonus vote is created in the possession of all current players. "

with:

"2. Five Swingpoints are created in the possession of all current players."

----

Replace the entire text of rule 594.7 with the following:

"The Evil Ballot Stuffer (EBS) is a mechanical gadget. When created it is not broken.

The Evil Ballot Stuffer is green and has a small lever.

The lever is used to have the EBS cast an extra vote in Hearings and Elections. Whenever the possessor of an EBS casts a vote in a Hearing or and Election, they may announce along with that vote that they are flipping the small of the EBS, and it will cast another vote that is identical to the vote they made the announcement with. Only one such vote will be cast per Hearing or Election in this way per EBS.

The lever may not be used if the EBS is broken, and only the player who possesses an EBS may use it, the previous provisions of this Blueprint notwithstanding. A broken EBS may only be fixed as described in the rules or by another Gadget empowered to do so."

----

Repeal any rule with a title "Blueprint: Guardian Angel".

Repeal rules 315, 594.11 and 317. [Tammany, Bonus Votes, and the bonus vote add on.]

Proposal 3365 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:08 EDT
specifying a counter action
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: accepted

This is a modest proposal.

In rule 1240.18 replace:

"Counter-Action: The Gadget the card was played on is destroyed, unless it was indestructible in which case nothing happens."

with:

"Counter-action: A Scroll of Crumble may once again be used to destroy the gadget in question."

[[{I don't like this counter action. It makes the card fairly pointless since all it does is changes the entity which can destroy the gadget.]}}

Proposal 3366 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:09 EDT
Ending the Tyranny
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 611, "Le Grand Fromage", by replacing the text

"A player receives a brie if no CFCJ called against em has returned a final verdict of TRUE in the last two months. At the instant a verdict of TRUE on a CFCJ against a player can no longer be legally appealed, any brie they may have is destroyed. "

with the following FIGHT-delimited text:

"A player receives a brie when they win a Duel. If a player owns a brie when they lose a Duel, that brie is destroyed."

Proposal 3367 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:10 EDT
An End To Tyranny
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: rejected

Create a new Rule, numbered 705, entitled "A Kinder, Gentler System", with the following SLAP-delimited text:

SLAP
Crimes fall into two categories: Whiffles and Felonies. If it is not explicitly specified which category a Crime falls into, it is a Whiffle.

It is a privilege of a Justice to issue Whiffle Notices (WN). No player may issue more than one WN in any one Calendar week. A Whiffle Notice contains the following items:

Issuing a document which purports to be a WN, but does not satisfy the above conditions, is the Whiffle of Whiffling.

A punishment is exactly one of the following:
(1) A public apology of between 1 and 10 lines, to be performed by the transgressor within 3 days of the issuance of the WN.
(2) An amount of money between A$1 and A$25, to be transferred from the transgressor to the Treasury.
(3) A deduction of between 0 and 10 points from the score of the transgressor.

If a punishment of types (2) or (3) is specified, the transfer or point loss takes place at the time of issuance of the WN.

It is good form to impeach Justices who are abusing their privilege of issuing Whiffle Notices.
SLAP

Amend Rule 709, "Gaol", by replacing the text "CFJ or CFCJ" in Section 10 with "CFJ", and by removing Section 2, then renumbering all higher-numbered sections to eliminate the gap thereby produced.

Repeal Rule 710, "Criminal Justice".
Repeal Rule 711, "Appeal for Pardon".

Proposal 3368 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:11 EDT
...and the Swingers Shall Lead.
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Decision: rejected

This is a Modest proposal.

If R411 replace the string "Senators" in the third sentence with the string "Swingers"

Proposal 3369 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:12 EDT
Scientific Evolution
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted

[Aim: To make Discoveries accessible to anyone. We have too many Officers as it is - reducing the number of Officers will make the game simpler to play. The new system allows anyone to define a Discovery for A$100, and also eliminates the penalties to Churches for using Secret Labs, as the loss of Scientists makes it harder to create the Gadgets themselves (although the ACME Insta-Gadget card will now become easier to get).]

Rename Rule 593 to "Ackanomic University", and amend it to read as delimited by STAFF below:

STAFF
The Ackanomic University is the home of the wizardly arts.
The Office of Wizard is a Capital Office with one seat. When the office is in the Treasury or Somewhere Else, it is auctioned in a public Auction, with a minimum bid of A$100.
STAFF

{{Each Scientist for a Day Otzma Card is transformed into A$100.}}

Amend Rule 594 to read as delimited by PUBLIC below:

PUBLIC
I. Discoveries are unownable entities. Players may create Discoveries by posting their name and text, and paying A$100 to the Treasury for research and development. The text must describe the behaviour of exactly one new type of Gadget, and the name must be legal and unique, or the creation fails.

II. A Discovery is said to be made by the player who posted its text. If a Rule creates a Discovery, authorship credit is given as listed by that Rule. If that Rule gives no authorship credit, then no authorship credit shall be given.

III. A Discovery is Debunked if, within 7 days of its creation, at least 4 different players have protested its creation in a public forum. Whenever a Discovery is Debunked, it is destroyed. If a Discovery is not Debunked after 7 days of its creation, then a new rule is created as a member of this rule suite, with the title "<name>" where <name> is the name of the Discovery, with authorship credit as described in section II, and with text identical to the text of the Discovery. The Discovery is then destroyed. Creation of a Blueprint does not create any instances of the type of Gadget described by that Blueprint.

IV. The term "Blueprint", as used in the rules, means a member of this rule suite.

V. The custodian of the Blueprint Rule Suite is the Wizard.

VI. All Blueprints defer precedence to rules which are not Blueprints.

[Follow this link for the Blueprints]
PUBLIC

Amend Rule 595, "Gadgets", to read as delimited by ANYONE below:

ANYONE
I. A Gadget's Blueprint is the Blueprint that defines the class of Gadget to which that Gadget belongs. If a Gadget's Blueprint exists, the Gadget behaves in the manner defined by the Blueprint, and may be manipulated in accordance with it. If a Gadget's Blueprint is repealed, the Gadget is destroyed.

II. Gadgets are tradeable entities. The owner of a Gadget may destroy it.

III. Gadgets may be created by rules, provided the rule specifies the quantity created, the Blueprint which defines its behaviour, and how ownership is to be determined. If ownership is to be determined by Auction, The Auction shall be conducted by the process described in Rule 516.
ANYONE

Amend Rule 1013, "Secret Laboratories", to read as delimited by EASIER below:

EASIER
A Secret Laboratory is an Organizational Power. An Organization may buy a Secret Laboratory for A$ 1000. An Organization may own at most one Secret Laboratory.

An Organization may, as an action, use any Secret Laboratory it owns to build a Gadget from any existing Blueprint. A member of the Organization must be specified as the recipient of this gadget at the time the action is declared. Three days after the action is announced, the Gadget is created in the specified player's possession. Each Secret Laboratory may be used to build a Gadget at most once each calendar month.
EASIER

Repeal Rule 1240.14, "Otzma Card of type Scientist for a Day".

Amend Rule 1240.51, "Otzma Card of type ACME InstaGadget", by replacing all instances of the word "Rare" with the word "Normal".

Proposal 3370 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:13 EDT
Clean Out Your Desks, Please
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: rejected

[We have an awful lot of Offices in this game. The current average is more than 1 per player. Some of these have very small roles, and are not really used that much these days. Such offices are to be repealed in this proposal.]

Repeal Rule 712, "Gaoler".

Amend Rule 716, "Patent Infringement" to read as delimited by FASTTRACK below:

FASTTRACK
When a rule change occurs that causes a new named entity or named class of entities to exist, and a Player owns an entity with the same name as the new entity or class, and said entity was created after the rule change was publically declared(i.e. after a Proposal was distributed by the Promoter, a CSR was announced by the CSRR, a State of Crisis Resolution Document was issued by the President, etc.)but before the rule change took effect, that Player shall be Guilty of Patent Infringement.

When a Player becomes Guilty of Patent Infringement they shall also be held in Contempt.
FASTTRACK
[This eliminates the Gaoler reference, plus it makes Patent Infringement a slightly more serious crime.]

Repeal Rule 420, "Historian".
[breadbox has done a great job as the main historian, but I think that the need for this as a separate office is questionable.]

Proposal 3371 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:15 EDT
A Moment of Silence
else...if (Henry Towsner)
Decision: accepted

Create a new rule numbered 399 and titled "Remembrance Day" and give it the following ALLOVER delimited text
ALLOVER
July 31st is an Ackanomic holiday known as Remembrance Day, commemorating the day the last unchanged rule from the original ruleset was repealed. Regardless of bribes, on Remembrance Day Tammany will vote FOR all proposals which repeal at least one rule. This paragraph takes precedence over rule 315
ALLOVER
_________________________________________________________
DO YOU YAHOO!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Proposal 3372 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:16 EDT
Repeal 1
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: accepted

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 1317 (Codex of Kra)

Proposal 3373 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:17 EDT
Repeal 2
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 1311 (If we don't need Gravity we'd better have pressure) and Rule 1309 (We don't need Gravity)

Proposal 3374 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:18 EDT
Repeal 3
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 1301 (Church)

Proposal 3375 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:19 EDT
Repeal 4
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 1209 (The Machine that goes *ping*)

Proposal 3376 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:20 EDT
Repeal 5
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 1142 (Reincarnating into the third cat)

Proposal 3377 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:21 EDT
Repeal 6
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 1013 (Secret Laboratories)

Proposal 3378 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:22 EDT
Repeal 7
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 1006 (When you don't get a say)

Proposal 3379 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:23 EDT
Repeal 8
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 929 (Baaa)

Proposal 3380 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:24 EDT
Repeal 9
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 903 (Gumball)

Proposal 3381 - Wed 05 Aug 1998 11:25 EDT
Repeal 10
Brie Clump (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: accepted

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 859 (Wall Street)

Proposal 3382 - Fri 07 Aug 1998 02:40 EDT
Swings of Otzma
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)
Status: retracted

Ammend R1044 if the following ways:
I.Renumber section 4 to 5.
II.Insert the following text as section 4:
"
The actions described in section 3 fail if the Player owns fewer Swingpoints than he is attempting to convert. All action except for (a) fail if the player has performed any Swingpoint conversion within the past seven days, or if the Player has performed the same type of Swingpoint conversion within the past fourteen days.
"

III. amend section 3.e to read in full:
"A player may convert 8 of eir Swingpoint into a randomly selected Otzma Card that will be created in eir possession. The type of Card will be determined as described in the Otzma Card Rule Suite. A player may convert 12 or eir Swingpoint to a Common Otzma Card of eir choice that will be created in eir possession. A player may convert 16 or eir Swingpoints into a Normal Otzma Card of eir choice that will be created in eir possession. A player may convert 20 of eir Swingpoints into a Rare Otzma Card of eir choice that will be created in eir possession.
"

Proposal 3383 - Fri 07 Aug 1998 02:41 EDT
What's in a Name
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
Decision: accepted

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[All this proposal does is replace Inactive with Vacationing, which IMIUMO is more poetic :)]}}

Amend Part a of Section V 'Upon Becoming (and while) Inactive' of Rule 250 'Players and Player States' by replacing the following phrase:
"
Their expected duration of inactivity is set at 28 days if unspecified
"
with:
"
The expected duration of their Vacation set at 28 days if unspecified
"

Amend Part c of Section V 'Upon Becoming (and while) Inactive' of Rule 250 'Players and Player States' by replacing the following sentence:
"
Upon being Inactive for a period of time in excess of their expected duration of inactivity, their state is changed to On Ice.
"
with:
"
Upon having been on vacation for a period of time in excess of the expected duration of eir vacation, their state is changed to On Ice.
"

Amend Section iii of Rule 403 (Functional Offices, Commonalities) to replace the following sentence:
"
An inactive Functional Officer is considered to have vacated eir Seat for the duration of the inactivity, after which he shall hold the Seat once again.
"
with:
"
A Vacationing Functional Officer is considered to have vacated eir Seat for the duration of eir vacation, after which he shall hold the Seat once again.
"

Rename Rule 403 (Functional Offices, Commonalities) to "Functional Offices, Commonalties".

Amend the following phrase from Section XI of Rule 1209 (The Machine That Goes *ping*):
"
within three days of returning from inactivity.
"
by replacing it with:
"
within three days of returning from Vacation.
"

Amend Section I of Rule 1213 (Grab-a-Donkey) to replace the following phrase:
"
has not yet returned from inactivity
"
with:
"
has not yet returned from Vacation
"

Amend Part c of Section II (Player-related Definitions) of Rule 250 (Players and Player States) by replacing 'an "inactive" player' with 'a "Vacationing" player'.

Replace all occurrences of "an inactive" in the rules with "a Vacationing"

Replace all occurrences of "becomes inactive" with "goes on Vacation"

Replace all occurrences of "becoming Inactive" and "becoming inactive" with "going on Vacation"

Replace all occurrences of "become Inactive" and "become inactive" with "gone on Vacation"

Replace all occurrences of "inactive" with "vacationing" except in Rule 594.24 (Blueprint: Finger of Justice) if it exists.

Replace all occurrences of "Inactive" with "Vacationing"

Proposal 3384 - Fri 07 Aug 1998 02:43 EDT
And I replied to Thing-a-me-bob, Occasionally
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
Decision: accepted

This is a Modest Proposal.
Amend Section VIII (Traveling Exhibitions) of Rule 850 (Museum) to read in full:
"
Players can make temporary donations to the Museum so that objects of great historical value that would otherwise not be seen by the public can be put on display. Any player can state that they wish to give to the Museum any trinket or Majik e owns that was created more than six months previously to add to the Private Collection Room. It is good form for the donor to give a brief description of the gifts. The Curator can accept or decline such gifts. Although the Museum is pleased to be able to display these artifacts, the donor's Benefactor Value is not changed. However, the player can get back any donation he made to the Private Collection Room by making a public request for it.
"

{{[Current Text:

Players can make temporary donations to the Museum so that objects of great historical value that would otherwise not be seen by the public can be put on display. Any player can state that they wish to give to the Museum a trinket or Majik to add to the Private Collection Room. It is good form for the donor to give a brief description of the gifts. The Curator can accept or decline such gifts. Although the Museum is pleased to be able to display these artifacts, the donor's Benefactor Value is not changed. However, the player can get back any donation he made to the Private Collection Room by making a public request for it.
]}}

Proposal 3385 - Fri 07 Aug 1998 02:44 EDT
Just Like It Too
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
Status: retracted

Amend Rule 506.1 (Magik) to read in full:
This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[I should be permissible for both expensive and old trinkets to be Majik, IMIUMO]}}

"
An existing Trinket can be made into a Majik by the Archaeologist. A player who owns a Trinket worth more than A$99 or which has existed for at least six months can ask in a public message if that Trinket is special. If the Archaeologist replies publicly within 3 days "This Trinket is Majik", then the Trinket becomes a Majik. [It is considered good form to give the Archaeologist a 10% fee for this service.]

Majiks are no longer Trinkets but keep the value, name and description they had when Trinkets. Majiks are tradeable entities.
"

{{[Current Text
An existing Trinket can be made into a Majik by the Archaeologist. A player who owns a Trinket worth more than A$99 can ask in a public message if that Trinket is special. If the Archaeologist replies publicly within 3 days "This Trinket is Majik", then the Trinket becomes a Majik. [It is considered good form to give the Archaeologist a 10% fee for this service.]

Majiks are no longer Trinkets but keep the value, name and description they had when Trinkets. Majiks are tradeable entities.
]}}

{{[For consistency]}}
Rename Rule 506.1 (Magik) to "Majik".

Proposal 3386 - Fri 07 Aug 1998 02:45 EDT
One
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
Decision: accepted

This is a Modest Proposal

Append to the following sentence of Section VI. (Bonus Vote) of Rule 850 (Museum):
"
Each benefactor's probability of receiving this Vote is their BV divided by the total BV.
"
the following:
"
of all currently active players
"

{{[Those players who are absent may still have a BV and while they may not be randomly selected, inclusion of eir BV in the calculation results in probabilities which don't sum to 1]}}

Proposal 3387 - Fri 07 Aug 1998 02:46 EDT
32 Footsteps (Count 'em to Myself)
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
Decision: rejected

This is a Grandiose Proposal.

{{[This proposal (if it passes) will gut points from the rules. Almost without exception the offending points/score references have simply been removed leaving many etities defined but without function.

Why? I just want to see what develops if points are repealed. We can always bring em back, this is nomic after all :)

The Side effect of this proposal is that the only way to gain points from it is to vote yes and hope it doesn't pass, 'cause if it does no one will gain any points. ]}}

Repeal Rule 205 (When Score Changes Take Effect).

Amend Rule 206 (Keep 'Em In The Game) to read in full:
"Wobble"

Amend Rule 207 (Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported) by renaming it "Definite Proposals" and causing it to read in full (GONZO delimited):
GONZO
I. Effect of Proposals which do not meet Quorum

If a proposal does not meet quorum, each voting player who abstained on the proposal shall receive a Puppet Head (a non-tradeable entity), if e does not already have one. A player with a Puppet Head may get rid of it by saying "Memo to myself: Do the dumb things I gotta do. Touch the puppet head." [They Might Be Giants, "Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head", "They Might Be Giants"] in a public message. After a player has possessed a Puppet Head for seven consecutive days, e immediately becomes a non-voting player. The Puppet Head is then destroyed.

II. Null Proposals

If an accepted proposal does not become a new rule or generate at least one valid effect under Rule 104, then it is a "Null Proposal".

III. Boring Proposals

A proposal is Boring if and only if at least half of the votes cast on the proposal were Baa! votes.
GONZO

Amend Rule 207.1 (That's just silly) to read in full:
---
The Silly Phrase is "contains monosodium glutamate".

If an accepted proposal contains the Silly Phrase and the phrase is not part of a comment, then the player who submitted the proposal is said to be silly. However, if the proposal was also distributed by the Promoter on April First (All Fool's Day), the player is instead said to be foolish.

Any player who scores points in the above manner may publicly announce, in the seven days following the proposals acceptance, "The new silly phrase is ****", where **** is a three word phrase. All quoted instance of the phrase "contains monosodium glutamate" in this rule will be replaced by the three word phrase chosen by that player.
---

Remove from Section c of Rule 207.3 (Foolishness) the following sentence (if it exists):
"
If the original author is still a player of Ackanomic, it is considered good form to transfer some of the points gained through the resubmitted proposal's Foolishness to em.
"

Remove the following sentence from Rule 207.3 (Foolishness):
"
Whenever a Foolish Proposal is accepted or rejected, all scoring effects from rule 207 related to its acceptance or rejection shall be doubled.
"

Delete Section II of Rule 210 (Literature) and renumber the roman-numeral numbered Sections that follow it.

Delete the following phrases from Rule 210 (Literature):
"
All players who voted against a Great Work that was accepted will lose 7 points, for their poor taste, in addition to any other bonuses or penalties caused by the passage of the proposal.
"
and
"scorekeeper, unless the scorekeeper submitted the proposal, in which case it should be adjudicated by the"

Replace the following text from Rule 210 (Literature):
"
If the scorekeeper and president are the same person then it will be adjudicated by any other random active player (as selected by the OiCoRT).
"
with:
"
If the president submitted the proposal then it will be adjudicated by any other random active player (as selected by the OiCoRT).
"

Amend Rule 213 (Delivering Judgement) to remove the phrase "penalized 10 points, eir name to be".

Delete Section III of Rule 217 (Overturning Judgements) and renumber the roman numeral-numbered Sections that follow it.

Amend part d of Section VI of Rule 250 (Players and Player States) to read:
"d)Players who are On Ice never gain entities."

Delete Section III of Rule 313 (Proposal Bribery) and renumber the sections that follow.

Delete part C of Section V of Rule 313 (Proposal Bribery) and re-letter the parts that follow it in the same section.

Amend Rule 319 'Unanimity Is Lovely (although not so lovely as it used to be)' to delete the following sentences:
"
If more than one player is tied for lowest score, all of their scores change to 2. If this would cause a player to lose points, that player will instead have their score increased by 3 points.
"

Amend Rule 330 (Retractions) to delete the following sentences:
"A player who retracts his own proposal in this manner loses 2 points."
and
"The player retracting the CFJ does not lose any points unless the CFJ was a paradox win CFJ in which case e loses 3 points."
and
"The player retracting the submission loses 1 point."
and
"Newbies shall not lose points as a result of this rule."

Delete the following phrase from Rule 344 (Weasel Words):
"gain one extra point and"

Amend Rule 374 (Politeness Moon) to replace the following text:
"
If the verdict of the Hearing shows that the message was not polite, the Player who sent it loses 3 points. If it shows that it was polite, its author gets the nickname Jazz JackRabbit for the next 3 days, and the player who called the hearing loses 2 points.
"
with
"
If it shows that it was polite, its author gets the nickname Jazz JackRabbit for the next 3 days.
"

Amend section vi of Rule 404 (Offices, Impeachment) to read:
"
(vi) If the IP is REJECTED, the Player named in the IP is restored to Office.
"

Repeal Rule 410 (Scorekeeper).

Amend Section III of Rule 419.2 (Internomic Interface) by deleting the following text:
"
If said Proposal is adopted by InterNomic, the player who requested it receives 7 points upon the Liaison reporting the fact of its adoption to Ackanomic.
"

Amend Rule 437 (Providing Meaning Where We Can) by replacing the following text from Section III:
"
If a majority is against, then the senator who made that call loses 10 points and may not issue a call for seven days.
"
with:
"
If a majority is against, then the senator who made that call may not issue a call for seven days.
"

Amend Rule 431 (Illuminatus) by replacing the following text:
"It is a privilege of the Illuminatus that e achieves a Winning Condition if it is publicly knowable that e has a score that is greater than 5/6 times the Magic Number."
with:
"It is a privilege of the Illuminatus to receive the Standard Harfer Fee upon the completion of step g."

Repeal Rule 508 (Fortnightly Dividends).

Amend Rule 540.1 (Characteristic: Harf) by replacing the following text:
"
Whenever a Player gains points from Rule 1112, eir Harf Value goes up by the number of points e gains thereby.
"
with:
"Whenever a Harfy proposal [See Rule 1112] is accepted, the author's Harf Value goes up by five."

Amend Section C of Rule 593 (Ackanomic Research Guild) to read:
"The Office of Archaeologist has one seat which is always vacant."

Amend Section III of Rule 593 (Ackanomic Research Guild) to read:
"
III. An Impeachment Paper against a Scientist requires no quorum and a simple majority of votes in favor to be accepted.
"

Delete the following sentence from Rule 600 (Winning Conditions):
"
A Cycle Win CFJ shall be judged INVALID if the Scorekeeper has judged its author to have achieved a Winning Condition within the last 3 days, and no-one has yet objected to the Scorekeeper's announcement.
"

Amend Rule 603 (Winning by Points) by renaming it "The Magic Number" and causing it to read in full:
"The base value of the Magic Number is 419."

Delete the following sentence from Rule 605 'Winning is Inherently Amusing (or Winning by Palindrome)':
"
This win, if it occurs, shall occur immediately after the score changes as a result of the Proposal being accepted are applied.
"

Amend Rule 607 (Winning by Agenda) by deleting the following phrases:
", and that player's score is greater than or equal to the sum of the weights of all of the agenda hats e owns,"
and
"Additionally, any player who had owned a Nemesis Eggplant that was destroyed as above has eir score reset to -40 rather than 0 when scores are reset at the start of the next cycle. [See Rule 666]"

Replace the following phrase from Rule 620 (Chartreuse Goose):
"single active player with the lowest score."
with:
"newest player."

Remove the following phrases from Rule 620 (Chartreuse Goose):
"This option is not available if more than one active player has the lowest score."
and
"If this payment would force a player to go into debt, the Standard Harfer Fee is not paid, but instead the Goose becomes grumpy and bites its owner, inflicting a 9-point penalty."

Delete section d,f,g and i from Rule 666 (End of Cycle) and re-letter the sections appropriately.

Remove the following phrase from Rule 668 (Eggs and Fruit):
"A player who owns a Chartreuse Goose Egg may reduce his own score to zero at any time by informing the Scorekeeper that he is doing so, provided that his score is greater than zero."

Amend Rule 670 (Commission d'Arts) by deleting the following sentence from Section 4:
"All other Commissioners are fined 2 points."

Amend Rule 670 (Commission d'Arts) by deleting the following phrase from Section 7:
", and they will lose 5 points for detracting from the festivities (although they still receive the above awards, of course)."

Amend Rule 709 (Gaol) by deleting the following phrase: "gaining points,"

Delete Part a of Section 5 of Rule 710 (Criminal Justice) which reads:
"a) a DEDUCTION of 0 or more points from Player X's score."

Delete the following sentence from Section 5 of Rule 812 (Down the river):
"All members of the team also gain 7 points."

Delete the following sentences from Rule 901 (The Magic Potato):
"
The Player that currently holds the Magic Potato will gain three extra points for each proposal of his that is accepted while he holds the Magic Potato.
"
and
"
The holder of the Great Tuba scores one extra point whenever one of his proposals passes.
"

Remove the following phrases from Rule 909 (Steel Flea):
", and will gain 6 points for being so generous"
and
", and e will lose the 6 points awarded previously, and will be fined another 6 points for selfishly keeping Phoebe's wisdom to emself"
and
"and is fined 3 points for being so careless"

Replace all text that follows "The Known Pages of The Ackanomicon:" in Rule 910 (The Ackanomicon) with the following:
"
Arcane Trivia (15 pages): These pages contain many tantalising but ultimately uneducating bits of information on all manner of things ancient and occult. They have no effect on the reader.

Inner workings (5 pages): These pages give glimpses into some of the basic workings of the universe of mortal men, at a price. The reader gains A$50.

Arcane Lore (5 pages): These pages describe ceremonies and rites used in the far distant past to gain special powers. A new Otzma card is created in the possession of the reader. The type of card shall be determined by the Speaker using the Probabilistic Method. If the type selected is at or above its instance limit, the Speaker will select a new type using the Deterministic method.

Ancient artefact (1 page): A page describing the workings of a powerful ancient device. The reader loses A$50, and receives a newly created random Qualified Gadget, which, if it's a mechanical Gadget, breaks when the reader receives it. This page has no effect on a player without sufficient A$.

Mutation (2 pages): The contents of this page warps the reader's mind and body. He gains a new Extra head, surly and mean-spirited in temperament.

Dark Domain (2 pages): Reading these pages opens a portal to a terrible realm of darkness and nightmare. The reader is treated as if he was in Gaol for the next 48 hours, except that he may not be released in any fashion before this period is up. The reader has not, however, actually committed a Crime, nor is he actually in Gaol.

Long lost treasure (2 pages): These pages describe the locations of long lost treasure troves. The reader gains A$250 and an Otzma Card of Type Map Shard, provided no Otzma limits would be exceeded. This card will be destroyed within 3 days of receipt if not used.

Forbidden Fruit (1 page): Knowledge no man was meant to know. The becomes Enlightened.

Catastrophe (1 page): Reading this page unleashes a Tornado into Acka, as described by the Rule Tornado. The reader is considered to be sheltered.

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.

Ancient One (1 page): The player warps time and space with a terrifying incantation of power, summoning the Ancient Powers into his presence. The Chartreuse Goose is immediately transferred into his possession, and it's not happy. If the reading player was already in possession of the Chartreuse Goose, then it goes Somewhere Else (and is REALLY not happy).

Judgement Day (2 pages): These pages relate the days following the end of the world and impart to the reader the ability to judge eir fellows. The Purple Robe of Justice is transferred to the reader.
"

Amend Rule 911 (The Great Trombone of Ackanomia) to read in full:
"The Great Trombone is a unique entity."

Remove the following phrases from Rule 913 (Parades):
"Failure to comply with this requirement, if and when proved, will result in ten points being deducted from the score of the Guest of Honour."
and
", and will receive one point for so doing."
and
", if such an entity exists,"
and
"and receive not one but ten points"
and
", so any points they would have received as a result of the Parade will be withheld"

Delete the following phrase from Rule 915 (Prosthetic Foreheads):
"and the player who described it loses two points"

Amend Rule 919 (Brass Monkey) to replace:
"shall be awarded 5 bonus points!"
with
"are hoopy froods"
and
"With that, each Player shall receive 5 points for each proposal he or she submitted that was accepted during the Streak (including those that were accepted before it was Chrome), up to a maximum of 15 points per Player."
with
"With that, each Player shall receive the title 'Hoopy Frood'".

Amend Rule 927 (The Chocolate Frog) to remove the following sentence:
"
Any players who vote against a proposal made by the First Citizen will receive no points for anti-voting.
"

Replace the following sentence of Rule 933 (Purple Robe of Justice):
"
If the owner of the Robe is ever penalized some number of points for failing to deliver a verdict on a CFJ, failing to respond to a CFJ, or for having a CFJ overturned, they immediately lose the priceless Robe, and it goes Somewhere Else.
"
with
"
If the owner of the Robe ever deadbeats on a CFJ or has verdict on a CFJ overturned, they immediately lose the priceless Robe, and it goes Somewhere Else.
"

Amend Rule 950 (Ackanomic Sound System Rule Suite) by replacing the following sentence (DING delimited):
DING
[For example, if the Magic Potato were defined in such a Rule, its owner would no longer get its bonuses once it left, but would keep any points e had gained from it while the Song ("Don't pick it up, pick it up, pick it up") was playing.]
DING
with (DONG delimited):
DONG
[For example, if the Magic Potato were defined in such a Rule, its owner would no longer get its bonuses once it left, but would keep any Brass Razoos e had gained from it while the Song ("Don't pick it up, pick it up, pick it up") was playing.]
DONG

Replace the following sentence of Rule 950 (Ackanomic Sound System Rule Suite)(BONK delimited):
BONK
[e.g. "Four or more players have a score of above 300."]
BONK
with(BOINK Delimited):
BOINK
[e.g. "Four or more players have a Harf of above 300."]
BOINK

Amend Rule 961 (Curse of the B-Ack) by deleting the following phrases:
"Posting such a description earns a player 6 points."
and
", and gain 2 points for doing so,"

Replace both instances of "(d)" in Part e of Section 3 of Rule 1044 (Swingpoints) with "(c)".
Delete Part a of Section 3 of Rule 1044 (Swingpoints) which reads:
"
a. A Player may, as a public action, convert any positive number of his own Swingpoints into twice as many points (which are added to his score).
"
and re-letter the alphabetical list in that section.

Remove the following phrases from Rule 1112 (Let there be Harf!):
", its author gains 5 points (a score change based on proposal content) and"
and
"When a player is designated "Funky and Stylish", they gain 5 points."

Remove the following phrases from Rule 1129 (Crazy French-Scotsmen):
"points or"
and
"If the penalty involved a loss of points, the penalized player's score (after having the penalty revoked) will be raised to the first prime number higher than their current score."

Delete the following paragraph of Rule 1131 (Happiness)
"
If any time it is publically knowable that a player has a score exactly equal to the Happy Number, that player may point this fact out by publically stating: "Happy! Happy! Happy!". E then gains a probabilistic Boon of the Ancients and the Happy Number becomes a random integer between -60 and the Magic Number.
"

Delete the following phrase from Rule 1211 (Boons of the Ancients):
"and the player who described it loses 11 points"

Delete the following phrase from Rule 1213 (Grab-a-Donkey):
"
The Belt Holder shall be awarded 3 Points plus the number of donkeys he successfully grabbed that game.
"

Delete the following paragraph from Rule 1215 (Duels):
"
When the Duel is over, the winner of the Duel receives 6 points in addition to any rewards or penalties he may have received as part of the Contest itself. The loser of the Duel loses 6 points in addition to any rewards or penalties he may have received as part of the Contest itself. The winner's Second receives 3 points, the loser's Second loses 3 points.
"

Delete Section 3 of Rule 1215 (Duels) and renumber the Sections that follow it.

Delete Section 4 of Rule 1216 (Feuds) and renumber the Sections that follow it.

Amend Rule 1313 (Tornado) to read in full:
"
A Tornado shall sweep though Acka at the time of the Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice, Vernal Equinox, and Autumnal Equinox. Tornadoes are dangerous entities.

Players in the Ackanomic Afterlife and Gaol are Sheltered. If a Bomb Shelter exists, all players are Sheltered, regardless of their Location. A True Prophet and his Location are Sheltered.

A Bomb Shelter may only be created by methods specified in the Rules. Players may only become Sheltered by methods specified in the Rules.

The Rules may specify other ways or times that a Tornado sweeps through Acka.

Whenever a Tornado sweeps through Acka, each player's or haunted house that is dangling from its emergency tether stands a separate 50% chance of losing its tether and being swept off the face of Acka. The player or undead shall retain possession or haunt of the land the building was sitting on. A player so bereaved of shelter may rebuild his house for A$100, and he must name it upon its reconstruction. Until such time, he shall be issued a small tent for use as his Home.

If the house belonged to a player who was absent, that player shall be assumed to be vacationing in a far-off land with a two-letter name. Upon his return, he may submit a report containing the name of this far-off land and a summary of his journeys there.
"

Amend Rule 1350 (La Luna) by deleting the following text:
"
A player in Kansas gains 5 points the first time (on any given trip to Kansas) that they send a message, describing the moon Kansas and all its strangeness, containing at least 250 words, none of which are a colour, except for white, sepia, and black, should black ever be a colour.
"

{{[Now for the rule suites]}}
Delete the following phrase from Rule 594.1 (Blueprint: Scroll of Crumble):
"
If the gadget was indestructible, three points are deducted from the score of the Scroll of Crumble's owner.
"

Debunk Rule 594.3 (Blueprint: Whamiol).

Delete the following phrase from Rule 594.5 (Blueprint: Automatic Sculpture):
"e shall lose one point and"

Delete the following sentence from Rule 594.15 (Blueprint: Pulse Laser): "The Laser will also deduct 5 points from the author of the Proposal's score, if the author is a player."

Delete the following sentence from Rule 594.21 (Blueprint: Good Ballot Stuffer)(LALA delimited):
LALA
4. The game state is changed such that any player who posts a public message in the next week that does not contain the word "harf" (or a derivative of it) shall lose one point for every such message.
LALA

Delete the following sentence from Rule 594.23 (Blueprint: Nyarlathotep):
"The Player that currently holds Nyarlathotep will gain three extra points for each proposal of his that is accepted while he holds Nyarlathotep."

Delete the following sentence from Rule 594.26 (Blueprint: Saaremaa's Codex of Wizardry):
"The first Scientist to ridicule an incompetent Novice receives 3 points (per separate instance of Novice incompetence as described in this paragraph)."

Delete the following sentence from Rule 950.1 (ASS Song: Chess Piece Face)
", and a player shall gain 6 points the first time e publically describes all four of the above."

Repeal Rule 1240.5 (Otzma Card of Type Rod & Staff)

Delete the following phrase from Rule 1240.14 (Otzma Card of type Scientist for a Day):
", and its creator loses 10 points. "

Delete part d of Section VI of Rule 1250.1 (Games & Contests). and re-letter the parts that come after it in Section VI.

Delete the following phrase from part s of Section VII of Rule 1250.1 (Games & Contests):
", no points".

Amend Section 5 of Rule 1250.7 (Game of Pure Skill) to read:
"
5) Upon a winning condition being met and a winner being declared, the winner receives A$16, and the referee receives A$8. The winner receives a standard Trophy.
"

Amend Section 5 of Rule 1250.9 (Ghost) to read:
"
When a winner is found, the referee shall receive 8 A$. If this game took place as a Duel, the winner shall receive no additional compensation. If it was not a Duel and fewer than four players began the game, the winner receives A$ 8. If from four to eight players began the game, the winner receives A$ equal to the number of players that began the game times two, up to a maximum of A$ 16.
"

Replace the following text from Rule 1250.14 (Diplomacy):
"Upon a winning condition being achieved, the game ends. All winners split 8 points evenly. If the number of winners does not divide evenly into 8, however, the number of points split is the greatest positive multiple of the number of winners that is less than 8. If no such number exists, no points are awarded. The Golden Knife is awarded as a Trophy. If the game ends without a winner or winners being declared, however, no points are awarded.
"
with:
"Upon a winning condition being achieved, the game ends. All winners split A$ 16 evenly. If the number of winners does not divide evenly into 8, however, the number of A$ split is the greatest positive multiple of the number of winners that is less than 8. If no such number exists, no points are awarded. The Golden Knife is awarded as a Trophy.
If the game ends without a winner or winners being declared, however, no A$ are awarded.
"

Amend Section 5d of Rule 1250.10 (Fictionary) to read:
"5d) Default: The Speaker or Acting Speaker becomes acting Brainiac to adjudicate step 5. If there is no such officer, the game ends with no winner and no payoff. "

Proposal 3388 - Fri 07 Aug 1998 02:56 EDT
But was it worth it?
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)
Decision: accepted

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 432 (Son I am able though you scare me / Watch beloved / Watch me scare you though / Able am I son) by replacing "functional" were ever it appears with "political".

Proposal 3389 - Fri 07 Aug 1998 02:57 EDT
The Swingers' Duty Roster
Slakko (Duncan Richer)
Decision: accepted

This is a Modest Proposal.

Delete Section 4 of Rule 1044.
[This section makes it the Chess-Ump's duty to track Swingpoints. Unnecessary, as the Financier must already track these tradeable entities.]

Replace Section 3a of Rule 1044 with the following OT-delimited text:

OT
a. Otzma Card Conversions
(i) A Player may convert 10 Swingpoints into any Otzma Card with an F-Designation of Common.
(ii) A Player may convert 15 Swingpoints into any Otzma Card with an F-Designation of Normal.
(iii) A Player may convert 20 Swingpoints into any Otzma Card with an F-Designation of Rare.
The above three conversions may only occur if no Otzma Card instance limits are violated by the conversion.
OT

[This replaces the points conversion with another, more intriguing, conversion type.]

Replace Section 3c of Rule 1044 with the following OT-delimited text:

OT
A player may convert N Swingpoints into a Party Chess Piece, provided that the material value of that Party Chess Piece is no more than (5*N)/7, and provided no instance limits are violated by the conversion.
OT

[A simpler way to use Swingpoints to get Pieces, without changing the "value" of each Swingpoint for that purpose.]

Proposal 3390 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:50 EDT
Who cares?
Publius (Brandon Ray)
Decision: rejected

Rule 214 is modified by striking the following XXX-delimited text

XXX
or (4) Invalid
XXX

and replacing it with the following YYY-delimited text:

YYY
(4) Invalid; or (5) Moot
YYY

Add the following new ZZZ-delimited text to the end of Rule 214:

ZZZ
The original Judge shall not be penalized for an overturned verdict on a CFJ that e finds to be Moot.

For purposes of this Rule, the term “Moot” means that the Judge finds there would be no change in the state of play by a verdict of True or False.
ZZZ

Proposal 3391 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:51 EDT
Harf Extension
Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)
Decision: rejected

Amend rule 1112 by appending to it the following HARFALOAF-delimited text:

HARFALOAF

Any player other than the Harfmeister and the author of a proposal may praise a proposal's harfiness. If five or more players praise the harfiness of the same proposal, the Harfmeister does not publically object to the harfiness of the proposal, and any active player correctly notes that the above conditions are true, the proposal becomes Harfy.

HARFALOAF

Proposal 3392 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:52 EDT
I Come To Praise Your Berries, Not To Seize Them
Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)
Decision: accepted
Declared harfy by Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey) on Tue 11 Aug 1998 02:01 EDT

Create a new rule, numbered 1195 and titled "Honoring The Bard", with the following TOBE-delimited text:

TOBE

If any public message posted on April 23 is not solely in the form of blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter), the poster of that message shall be fined A$3.

TOBE

Proposal 3393 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:53 EDT
Ruby Slippers
Publius (Brandon Ray)
Decision: rejected

This is a Grandiose Proposal
{{[I don't really expect this to pass, but with all the chaos and upheaval being proposed, it seems worth a shot.]}}

The Rules of Ackanomic shall immediately revert to their state immediately prior to the acceptance of the very first proposal ever made in the game of Ackanomic.

This Rule takes precedence over all other Rules

Proposal 3394 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:54 EDT
Disaster Approacheth
Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)
Decision: rejected
Declared harfy by Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey) on Tue 11 Aug 1998 02:01 EDT

Create a new rule, numbered 1389 and titled "Doom 'n Gloom", with the following HELP!-delimited text:

HELP!

On October 23, 1998, Ackanomia will experience a vast Cataclysm. The following events will occur:

a) At 3:28 AM, amazingly high winds will sweep up half of all the A$ owned by each entity. 16/17 of the A$ swept up in this way will be transferred to the Treasury; the remaining 1/17 will be buried as a treasure, with the map "On November 6, 1998, a randomly selected entity eligible to do so shall find this treasure."

b) At 5:46 AM, the ground shall open. Five kaas shall be randomly selected by the Map-Harfer; all buildings wholly or partially on those kaas shall be destroyed. If any rule-mandated buildings are destroyed, they shall be rebuilt at 11:59 PM on October 23, 1998. Simultaneously, because of the disturbances, there is a 5% chance that any given treasure which is then buried shall be found by a randomly selected entity eligible to do so; this determination is to be made by the Map-Harfer.

c) At 8:27 AM, a fire shall sweep through the Library. As a result, no new mundane songs will be able to be played on the ASS for the next week, all players become nameless [and are then renamed "Nameless Thing #X" for some X], and one randomly selected rule from the Miscellaneous Rule Suite will be repealed.

d) At 12:35 PM, there will be a leakage of toxic waste from the sewers of Ackanomia. All players of Ackanomic shall gain one randomly selected mutation which no other rule prevents them from gaining.

e) At 3:49 PM, an asteroid shall strike the Lonely Mountain, sending shock waves throughout the surrounding area. As a result of these shock waves, all trinkets shall be damaged, and their worth shall be only 50% of what it was previously.

f) At 4:59 PM, the President shall make a speech advising everybody to remain calm. The ensuing riot shall cause all players to flee to the Wilds of Ackanomic.

g) At 8:27 PM, the pressure on the interior of the planet shall cause the earth to become shaped like a truncated icosahedron. All previously defined locations shall be located on a hexagonal side of the earth.

h) At 9:58 PM, the material expelled from the earth when it became a truncated icosahedron shall coalesce into a moon. The following LUNA- delimited text shall become Rule 999 (entitled "Fred"):

LUNA

Fred is a moon of Acka. It was formed during the Cataclysm on October 23, 1998. If any four players publically object to the name "Fred", while suggesting another name for this moon, and all four suggest the same name, this rule shall be amended to read "--name-- is a moon of Acka. It was formed during the Cataclysm on October 23, 1998." and renamed to "--name--", where --name-- is replaced with the name suggested by the four players who objected.

LUNA

i) At 12:00 AM, October 24, 1998, this rule amends itself to read "No players may play a new Mundane Song on the ASS. This rule repeals itself at 8:27 AM on October 31, 1998."

Proposal 3395 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:55 EDT
Removing the vestiges of anti-voting
JT (JT Traub)
Decision: rejected

Amend rule 207 (Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported) as follows.
Replace the sentence 'All players who voted on any proposal receive one point.' in section III with 'Any player who voted YES, NO or BAA on the proposal recieve 1 point'
{{[This fixes the potential problem that Alfvaen pointed out]}}

Replace Section V (Newbie Author Bonus/Soft Penalty) which currently reads as delimited by ANTI-REFERENCE
ANTI-REFERENCE
V. Newbie Author Bonus/Soft Penalty

Newbies shall receive a bonus equivalent to the points which would be gained by anti-voting[one point for Modest proposals, five points for Grandiose proposals, three points otherwise] whenever one of their non-Modest proposals is accepted or any one of their proposals is rejected.
ANTI-REFERENCE
with the following KINDER-GENTLER delimited text
KINDER-GENTLER
V. Newbie Author Bonus/Soft Penalty

Newbies shall receive an additional point whenever a proposal they author is either accepted or rejected.
KINDER-GENTLER

In rule 927 (The Chocolate Frog)
replace the following ANTI delimited text
ANTI
Any players who vote against a proposal made by the First Citizen will receive no points for anti-voting. Any player who publicly insults the First Citizen will be guilty of the Crime of Disrespect.
ANTI
with the following STILL-BAD delimited text
STILL-BAD
Any non-newbie players who vote against a proposal made by the First Citizen will lose 1 point [countering the point gain for voting]. Any player who publically insults the First Citizen will be guilty of the Crime of Disrespect.
STILL-BAD

Proposal 3396 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:56 EDT
Your Powers are Weak Old Man
Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)
Decision: rejected

Whenever a player wins a cycle by any method other than paradox the rule that gave em a winning condition shall be repealed.

Proposal 3397 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:57 EDT
Weasel Word Slayer Slayer
JT (JT Traub)
Decision: accepted

Repeal rule 344. {{[It's been used once, and attempted twice more. It doesn't seem to serve any real purpose other than to take up space in the rule set and to cause extra CFJ's and Proposals when it's attempted and only for 1 extra point. Be done with it.]}}

Proposal 3398 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:58 EDT
Removing extraneous gizz
JT (JT Traub)
Decision: accepted

This is a modest proposal.

{{[

In a lot of functional offices it contains words which grant the priveledge of recieving a certain salary. This is already covered in the functional office definition, so need not be repeated. This proposal removes this redundancy.
]}}

In rule 407 (Web-Harfer), remove the text ', in addition to receiving the customary salary'.

In rule 412 (Financier) remove the text
"
The Privileges of the Financier are:

a) To receive the usual salary for a Functional Officer.
"

In rule 419 (Ambassador) remove the text "2) To receive the standard salary for a functional office."

In rule 422 (Postmaster) remove the text "The Postmaster shall receive the usual salary for a Functional Office."

In rule 427 (Org-Harfer) remove the text
"
The Privileges of the Org-Harfer are:

(a) to receive the normal salary for a Functional Office.
"

Proposal 3399 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:59 EDT
No more Bombs
JT (JT Traub)
Decision: accepted

{{[All this proposal does is remove bomb shelters.]}}
In rule 415 (Presidential Decisions) remove section II which currently reads as delimited by BOMBS
BOMBS
II. Bomb Shelter

The President may build a Bomb Shelter for the community. In addition to any other requirements of this rule to do so, however, the President must also pay A$850 in construction costs, or it will not be built. Any Bomb Shelter is destroyed 7 days after it is built by a rare species of acidic mold.
BOMBS

In rule 1313 (Tornado) remove the following text delimited by BOMBS
BOMBS
If a Bomb Shelter exists, all players are Sheltered, regardless of their Location.
BOMBS

{{[I also want to repeal the tornados, but that's another proposal :)]}}

Proposal 3400 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 03:40 EDT
Removing the last vestiges of the undead
JT (JT Traub)
Status: retracted

In rule 510 (Voluntary Debt Prohibited), remove the text ', Undead,' from the first sentence in the rule.

In rule 505 (Treasury and AckaDollars) remove the text ', Undead,' from the first sentence of section VI.

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