Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #102
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Ackanomic Voting Digest     Sunday, June 29 1997     Volume 02 : Number 102

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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 23:37:21 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2176

Proposal 2176
Volunteers For Science
/dev/joe

{{[ Here is how I think the literature should work. ]}}

Create a new rule, numbered 1132, titled "Alien Abductions of Players"

Within 3 days after a rule is abducted by Sinister Aliens, any player may
make a call for Alien Volunteers by announcing publicly "There has been a
spacecraft sighted, flying high above the sky." [They Might Be Giants,
"For Science", 1st verse]

After such a call, players may volunteer to meet the aliens by posting
publicly "Yes, I will kiss the girl from Venus, for science."
[They Might Be Giants, "For Science", 3rd verse] until either 3 days
have elapsed or there are 3 such volunteers, whichever comes first.

However, at any time before this procedure ends, any player may announce
"Now listen all you swingers, don't you try to tag along." [They Might
Be Giants, "Absolutely Bill's Mood", line 12]  After a player does so, no
additional Swingers may volunteer in the above manner for that abduction,
though any Swingers who have already volunteered are not affected and
non-Swingers may continue to volunteer.

When the aliens return the rule whose abduction prompted the call for
Alien Volunteers, if there are any volunteers, one is selected at random
to be abducted in the Aliens' spaceship (in addition to any rule that
might be abducted).  Within 3 days of being abducted, the abducted
volunteer should announce the spaceship launch together with the name
of a moon; the player is then transported to that moon.  If he fails to
do so within this time, he is found to be left behind by the Aliens in
a far-off field in the Wilds of Ackanomia.  [You didn't think they landed
in the middle of downtown, did you?]

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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 23:37:43 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2177

Proposal 2177
Pipes
Niccolo Flychuck

I. Create a new rule entitled "Pipes" which contains the following text:
"
Pipes are ownable tradable entities.
Only entities with Pipe Operating Licenses may operate a Pipe. Any entity
may request a Pipe Operating License. An entity receives such a license
only if its request is approved by Party Hall. 
Pipes are the only means by which extra Ackanomic entities may be
transferred into Ackanomic, or entities from Ackanomic may be transferred
outside Ackanomic.  
Pipes come in three sizes, Single Entity, Six-Packers, and All-Purpose.
A Single Entity pipe can only be used to transfer a single type of entity.
A Six-Packer can be used to transfer up to six different kinds of
entities.
An All-Purpose Pipe can be used to transfer an kind of entity.
Any player may purchase a Pipe from the Treasury by posting a public
message to that effect, the size of the Pipe, and, if the Pipe is not an
All-Purpose Pipe, the type of entity or entities that it can transfer.

The prices for Pipes purchased from the Treasury are as follows:

Single Entity Pipe A$100
Six-Packer A$400
All-Purpose A$800

Whenever an entity is transferred into Ackanomic via a Pipe it receives
the following name in Ackanomic (OWNERNAME)ORIGINALNAME

Where OWNERNAME is replaced by the name of the owner of the Pipe, and
ORIGINAL NAME is replaced by the original name of the entity.
{{Renumber this rule to 520}}

"

II. In R500.1 "Entity Names"
After the string "and the space character." Insert a blank line, and
following the blank line insert the following text:
"Parantheses may be used as name characters only in the names of imported
entities."

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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 23:37:44 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2178

Proposal 2178
Otzma Card Type Garage Sale
Guy Fawkes

Create a new rule, a member of the Otzma Card Rule Suite, with text as
follows:

{{[ This card could get some cash back into circulation, if the
"stagnant" wealth of long-neglected Trinkets ever becomes too much for
the Ackonomy to bear ]}}

An Otzma Card of type Garage Sale is played in the public forum.  At the
same time as it is played, the player playing it may post a list of
Trinkets e wishes the card to affect.

None of these Trinkets may be in the Museum [protecting our cultural
treasures] or specifically mentioned in the rules [the Golden Frog's
Chalice Vault condition won't be broken; similar setups are also
protected].  Furthermore, the owner of any of the listed Trinkets may
object to the inclusion of one or more of eir Trinkets' inclusion on the
list.  Such an objection will remove those Trinkets from the list, as
per the owner's request.

Three days after the card was played, all Trinkets remaining on the list
are destroyed.  The value of a destroyed Trinket in A$ is awarded to its
owner at the time of its destruction; if unowned, the A$ go to the
Treasury.

Counter-action: If an Otzma Card of type Garage Sale is countered within
three days of it being played, the destruction mentioned in the previous
paragraph does not occur.  If it is countered after its destruction
of Trinkets takes place, the countering has no effect. [THAT would be
something I wouldn't want to un-harf].

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:04:34 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2179

Proposal 2179
Zuriti'ili
Mohammed

[Our first proposal.  :o)  Note that if you do not vote for this you
are an unpatriotic heathen pinko commie.]

  @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ |
|          |          / |  TTTTT  h      ee
|          |         /| |    T    h     e  e
|          |--------/ | |    T    hhh   eeee
|          |=======/  | |    T    h  h  e
|          |      |   | |    T    h  h   eee
|          |      |   | |
|          |------|   | |
|        o |======|   | |
|          |      |   | |   CCCCC         b     i          ee     t
|          |      |   | |   C   C   aa a  b        n nn   e  e  ttttt
|          |------|o  | |   C      a  aa  bbb   i  nn  n  eeee    t
|          |======|   | |   C      a  aa  b  b  i  n   n  e       t t
|          |      |   | |   CCCCC   aa a  bbb   i  n   n   eee     t
|          |      |   | |
|          |------|   |/
##################|   /
                  |  /
                  | /
                  |/

[I found the word zuriti'ili in an ancient Tome of Law I discovered in
the Library the other day.  The rest of the page was so faded that I
couldn't really make out the context, but it was clear that the
Ancients considered zuriti'ili the most heinous of crimes, an immense
danger to society, immoral, sacrilegious, and unfashionable (except in
certain, *very* perverse circles.)  I don't know what it is exactly,
but if the ancients held it in such ill repute, then it is my duty as
President and as a responsible citizen to bring about the absolute ban
of this reprehensible and nightmarish act in the still-young-
and-quite-impressionable democracy of Ackanomia.]

Rule 719, titled "Zuriti'ili", is created, reading:

```

Zuriti'ili is a Crime.

As it is not yet entirely clear what constitutes the heinous Crime of
Zuriti'ili, the judge of a CFCJ alleging that such a Crime has
occurred is granted an unusual amount of latitude in setting forth a
verdict.  He or she is encouraged to research ancient tomes before
reaching a decision, and in presenting the verdict may set forth a
single guideline relevant to the current case, to aid future judges in
similar situations.  Naturally, the guideline may not conflict with
the existing guidelines or other rules, and it must agree with the
verdict itself (otherwise it is ignored for the purposes of this
rule.)

[Recommended guidelines are of forms like "Xxxx does not constitute
Zuriti'ili," or "It is possible for an act of Zuriti'ili to involve
xxxx."  To stretch the fun, they should be broad and vague so that the
definition of Zuriri'ili sharpens slowly over time.]

On appeal, this guideline may be upheld (if the verdict is upheld) or
overturned and possibly replaced with another guideline (even if the
verdict itself is upheld) as long as the resulting guideline and
verdict agree with one another and with the rules.  When it becomes
illegal to appeal a Zuriti'ili CFCJ further, any guideline from that
CFCJ that was not overturned on appeal is added to the list of
guidelines below.

{{[Note that we're sort of counting on the Supreme Court to strike
down un-fun or scammy "guidelines".  I think this is safe because we
can impeach one or both Justices before the three allowed appeals run
out.  But if it's still shaky, speak up and I'll retract/resubmit.]}}

Guidelines:

. At least once in the history of Ackanomic, a player has committed
Zuriti'ili.

. Zuriti'ili may be related to one or more entities that can be owned.

'''

[how's that for vague?  :o) ]

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:16:25 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2180

Proposal 2180
By Anti-Gum
Alfvaen

If Rule 904, "The Anti-Gumball", does not exist, then create a Rule,
numbered 904, named "The Anti-Gumball", with the following
text(delimited by LEAPER):

LEAPER

There exists a unique entity called the Anti-Gumball, which may be
chewed only on days whose dates are prime numbers greater than seven.
It tastes much like the Gumball in many ways, but has a distinctly
opposite flavor.

If any player legally announces he is chewing both the Gumball and the
Anti-Gumball in the same message, the Officer in Charge of Random
Things shall determine which of the following equally probable events
happen:

1) Quantum Inflation: The fabric of the Universe strectches, forming
new mass-energy, and the chewing player is awarded a Boon of the
Ancients.

2) Thermonuclear Annhilation: A (REALLY) big explosion occurs. All
trinkets in the player's possession are obliterated (their monetary
value goes to the Treasury), along with all eir non-indestructible
Gadgets. In addition, e suffers a -10 point penalty for each player
(emself included) in eir current location, and e, along with all other
players in the same location, is sent to the Ackanomic Afterlife. It is
a Crime to cause Thermonuclear Annhilation where other players are
present. In addition, both the Gumball and the Anti-Gumball are blown
into the Stratosphere and cannot be chewed for the remainder of the
day.

LEAPER

Add the following text(delimited by KABOOM)to the bottom of Rule 904, "The
Anti-Gumball":

KABOOM

3) Ground Explosion: If the player is in a building, that building's
suction cups are damaged and it starts to dangle.  If the player is in an
empty kaa of land, a hole is blown in the surface of Ackanomic, and the
player is charged A$100 by the Frobozz Earthmoving Company for repairs,
which will be completed in seven days; in the meantime, no buildings may be
built there.  If the player is in the Wilds of Ackanomic, e is fined A$200
for disturbing the wildlife.

4) Ectoplasmic Eruption:  The W-File pair show up and take the player away
for questioning about "extradimensional forces" for 48 hours, with effects
like that in Rule 1118.

5) Gamma Ray Dosing:  The player becomes Radioactive, and remains so
for the next thirty days.  While the player is Radioactive, e may not
possess any living entities; for the purposes of this Rule, that
includes the Chartreuse Goose, the Little Lamb, and the Amber Banana
Tree, which go Somewhere Else, and Chartreuse Goose Eggs and Amber
Bananas, which are destroyed.  (The Steel Flea is luckily immune to these
effects.)  Furthermore, e may not enter any location where there are other
players, and must immediately leave such a location if e is in one at any
time while Radioactive.

6) Energy Vortex:  The player's score is exchanged with that of another
player, chosen at random, including non-active players.

7) Energy Spike:  If there are any Proposals which were submitted by
the player before chewing the Anti-Gumball, and whose voting periods
are not yet over, one is chosen at random, and a Bonus Vote is created
and instantly used to vote either for or against(chosen randomly)said
Proposal, subject to the limitations on Bonus Vote usage per proposal
in Rule 317.  (In other respects, though, this clause takes precedence
over Rule 317, as a non-player usage of a Bonus Vote.)

KABOOM

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:16:26 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2181

Proposal 2181
Magic Number Reset
Alfvaen

Modify Rule 666, "End of Cycle", as follows:

Reletter clauses k)-o) as l)-p), respectively.

Insert the text below(delimited by BIG)as a new clause k):

BIG

k) If the cycle was won by points, then amend Rule 603 to change the
base value of the Magic Number to the smallest prime number greater
than (the current Magic Number*1.2).  If the last two cycles were not
won by points, then amend Rule 603 to change the base value of the
Magic Number to the smallest prime number greater than (the current
Magic Number*0.9).  Reset the Magic Number to the base Magic Number.

BIG

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:52 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2137 rejected (Black Power)

Proposal 2137
Black Power
Vynd

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  6    No:  10     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Antimatter
	Robert Sevin
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Guy Fawkes
	Vynd

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	mr cwm
	breadbox
	two-star
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	fnord
	Mohammed
	Techno

PRESENT votes:
	Malenkai

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	CarsesraC
	ThinMan
	Karma

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:51 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2129 rejected (False Modesty)

Proposal 2129
False Modesty
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  4    No:  11     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Techno

NO votes:
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	two-star
	fnord
	mr cwm
	breadbox
	Malenkai
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	Rex Mundi

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	CarsesraC
	ThinMan
	Karma

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:50 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2127 rejected (No FALSE Houses)

Proposal 2127
No FALSE Houses
/dev/joe

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  8    No:  6     Present:  3   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	Antimatter
	two-star
	fnord
	Alfvaen
	breadbox
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Rex Mundi
	Malenkai
	Techno

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	CarsesraC
	ThinMan
	Karma

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:52 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2134 rejected (Looking For Insurance)

Proposal 2134
Looking For Insurance
Calvin N Hobbes

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  8    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Robert Sevin
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	Malenkai
	Vynd
	Techno

NO votes:
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	two-star
	mr cwm
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

PRESENT votes:
	fnord
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	CarsesraC
	ThinMan
	Karma

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:55 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2144 rejected (One Million Dollars? That's Right!)

Proposal 2144
One Million Dollars? That's Right!
Robert Sevin

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 19 = 78.947368%
Yes:  4    No:  10     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Robert Sevin
	ThinMan
	Techno
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	two-star
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	breadbox
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Mohammed

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes
	fnord
	Karma

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:55 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2143 rejected (Quark on Whole Wheat)

Proposal 2143
Quark on Whole Wheat
two-star

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  7    No:  8     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

two-star bribed Tammany A$ 7 to vote YES.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	two-star
	two-star's Bonus Vote
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Tammany
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Rex Mundi
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Techno
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	Malenkai

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes
	fnord
	Karma

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:56 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2146 accepted (End of Cycle Rebirth)

Proposal 2146
End of Cycle Rebirth
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 19 = 78.947368%
Yes:  10    No:  4     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2146, June 28

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Antimatter
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	two-star
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	ThinMan
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	Techno
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes
	fnord
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2146
End of Cycle Rebirth
Malenkai
Distributed at 22:11:19 on Friday, 20 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend rule 666, "End of Cycle", to replace

"
l) All players who are in Gaol are released from Gaol. 
"

with:

"
l) All players who are in Gaol are released from Gaol.  All players
who are in the Ackanomic Afterlife are relocated to their homes.
"

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:51 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2131 accepted (Too Much Generosity Can Be A Bad Thing)

Proposal 2131
Too Much Generosity Can Be A Bad Thing
Robert Sevin

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  11    No:  6     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Robert Sevin
	two-star
	fnord
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Techno

NO votes:
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Calvin N Hobbes
	breadbox
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	CarsesraC
	ThinMan
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2131
Too Much Generosity Can Be A Bad Thing
Robert Sevin
Distributed at 15:06:32 on Thursday, 19 June 1997

Amend Rule 207.2 by replacing the string delimited by * with the string
delimited by $

*Anyone whose score is below -60 automatically has it reset back to 0.*
$Anyone whose score is below -60 and above -1000000 [negative 1 million]
automatically has it reset back to 0.$

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:54 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2141 accepted (No Decanters of Endless RHG Juice)

Proposal 2141
No Decanters of Endless RHG Juice
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 19 = 84.210526%
Yes:  14    No:  3     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2141, June 28

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	fnord
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Vynd
	Malenkai
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	two-star
	Techno
	Mohammed

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2141
No Decanters of Endless RHG Juice
Malenkai
Distributed at 01:27:05 on Friday, 20 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------

Amend rule 668, "Eggs and Fruit", to replace: 

"(a tradeable, potable entity)"

with

"(a tradeable, potable entity; the action of frinking it destroys it)"

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:53 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2138 accepted (Slipping a proposal in edgeways)

Proposal 2138
Slipping a proposal in edgeways
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  13    No:  3     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2138, June 28

YES votes:
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	two-star
	fnord
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Malenkai
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Alfvaen
	Techno

PRESENT votes:
	Rex Mundi
	Vynd

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2138
Slipping a proposal in edgeways
Malenkai
Distributed at 00:04:56 on Friday, 20 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal.  

Repeal rule 904, "The Anti-Gumball".

{{[despite the harf of this rule, the game balance is not there,
given the ease with which the bad case can be dodged.  If someone
comes up with a better way to do that, I will retract this, otherwise
IMO it is not balanced well, and hence less fun]}}

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:50 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2128 accepted (Officializing Somewhere Else)

Proposal 2128
Officializing Somewhere Else
breadbox

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  13    No:  3     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	two-star
	fnord
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	breadbox
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	Malenkai
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	Techno

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	CarsesraC
	ThinMan
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2128
Officializing Somewhere Else
breadbox
Distributed at 12:24:56 on Thursday, 19 June 1997

{{[I really like the term "Somewhere Else", and I don't want to see
this bit of whimsy get turned into a chink in the armor. Thus this
proposal.]}}

Make the following changes to Rule 835 ("Locations").

I. Renumber section (7) to be section (8).

II. Insert the following immediately after section (6b):

7) Somewhere Else

7a) Somewhere Else is an unownable and unmappable Location. Entities
may not be transferred to and/or from Somewhere Else except whereas
such transfers are explicity permitted by the Rules. No player may
ever be Somewhere Else.

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:51 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2130 accepted (Sapphire Ballistics)

Proposal 2130
Sapphire Ballistics
ThinMan

Votes cast by active players:  14 / 19 = 73.684211%
Yes:  9    No:  3     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	two-star
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	Malenkai
	Mohammed
	Vynd

NO votes:
	Antimatter
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Guy Fawkes

PRESENT votes:
	fnord
	Techno

Active players who did not vote:
	breadbox
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2130
Sapphire Ballistics
ThinMan
Distributed at 14:48:35 on Thursday, 19 June 1997

This is a modest proposal.

Amend rule 2071 in the following ways:

Delete the first instance of the word "trinket" in the third
paragraph.

[This is a simple language fix.]

Change the sentence "The most recent, still existing Majik that has
the same number as that of a rule which exists is considered" to "A
random Majik is selected for consideration from among those existing
Majiks which have sapphire bullet numbers that match rule numbers of
existing rules."

[This avoids a possible Hubert situation, and makes it harder for
players to cause any particular selection to be made.]

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:54 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2142 accepted (Sapphire Ballistics mark II)

Proposal 2142
Sapphire Ballistics mark II
ThinMan

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 19 = 84.210526%
Yes:  12    No:  3     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	two-star
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Malenkai
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	Antimatter
	fnord
	Techno

PRESENT votes:
	Rex Mundi
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2142
Sapphire Ballistics mark II
ThinMan
Distributed at 09:43:05 on Friday, 20 June 1997

This is a modest proposal.

Amend rule 511 in the following ways:

Delete the first instance of the word "trinket" in the second
paragraph.

[This is a simple language fix.]

Change the sentence "The most recent, still existing Majik that has
the same number as that of a rule which exists is considered" to "A
random Majik is selected for consideration from among those existing
Majiks which have sapphire bullet numbers that match rule numbers of
existing rules."

[This avoids a possible Hubert situation, and makes it harder for
players to cause any particular selection to be made.]

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:53 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2140 accepted (Removing Red Barn from YORL)

Proposal 2140
Removing Red Barn from YORL
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 19 = 84.210526%
Yes:  14    No:  2     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2140, June 28

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	two-star
	fnord
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Malenkai
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	Techno
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2140
Removing Red Barn from YORL
Malenkai
Distributed at 01:10:16 on Friday, 20 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[Red Barn announced that he would be gone all summer, and regretted
joining YORL.  Lets remove him, and open up that bench.  I heard a
rumor that Elder Brinjal may come back as an NVP to play]}}

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

Create a new rule, numbered 1249, with the following text:

"
{{
This rule has precedence over all rules.

Red Barn is removed from the game of Ye Olde Rusty Lantern that was
in progress at the time the proposal that created this rule was 
distributed, if that same game is still in progress when this rule
was created.  His cards are transferred back into the deck.  He does
not win.
}}
"

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:55 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2145 accepted (Fix Them Otzma Cards)

Proposal 2145
Fix Them Otzma Cards
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 19 = 78.947368%
Yes:  12    No:  2     Present:  2   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Niccolo Flychuck: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2145, June 28

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	two-star
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Malenkai
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	Rex Mundi
	Techno

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox
	Vynd

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes
	fnord
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2145
Fix Them Otzma Cards
Niccolo Flychuck
Distributed at 18:11:03 on Friday, 20 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

In R1240.1 "Definition of Otzma Cards" Ammend section III subsection 5 to
read in full:

"
The maximum number of Otzma Cards that the RuneMaker may create on an
Otzma-Day is equal to the smallest integer equal to or greater
     than (LSAP-1)/2. If LSAP is equal to or greater than 10, then the
RuneMaker must create at least 1 Otzma Card, provided that the number of
     Cards created does not bring the total number of Cards in existence
over 100. If no Otzma Cards types are defined, or if the restriction on
the types which are defined make it illegal to create Cards of that type,
then the RuneMaker does not create any Otzma Cards, instead e posts a
message to the effect that it's too bad e can't create any Otzma Cards. 
"

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:53 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2139 accepted (More Game Balance Harfing)

Proposal 2139
More Game Balance Harfing
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 19 = 84.210526%
Yes:  15    No:  1     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2139, June 28

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	two-star
	fnord
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Malenkai
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	Techno

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2139
More Game Balance Harfing
Malenkai
Distributed at 00:59:05 on Friday, 20 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal.  

{{[The way this is set up, it seems fairly trivial for a scientist
to get powerful gadgets at minimal cost.  This makes the scientist role
far too powerful; again game balance seems out of whack, and when that
happens, so is fun]}}

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Amend rule 595, "Gadgets" to replace:

"
If it required no raw materials other than half the number of processing
chips (rounded up) used in creating the original blueprint, then it has
no owner. If the Treasury provided the raw materials, then the Treasury 
owns it. If a player provided the raw materials, then the player owns it.
"

with:

"
If the Treasury provided the raw materials, then the Treasury  owns it,
otherwise it is unowned.
"

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:52 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2133 accepted (Repent And Mend Thy Ways)

Proposal 2133
Repent And Mend Thy Ways
Calvin N Hobbes

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  12    No:  5     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Antimatter
	Robert Sevin
	two-star
	fnord
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	Malenkai
	Guy Fawkes
	Techno

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	breadbox
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	CarsesraC
	ThinMan
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2133
Repent And Mend Thy Ways
Calvin N Hobbes
Distributed at 22:47:38 on Thursday, 19 June 1997

{{This is a Modest proposal. Renumber to 1323

[Something that's been in a box a long time, perhaps it has become stale]}}

If there has not been a single flood in the past 6 months big enough to
detach the suction cups of at least 5 buildings, then Acka is said to be
experiencing a drought. A flood that detaches the suction cups of at least 5
buildings removes the drought status.

On the first day of the months following the month when the drought begun,
and on the first of every month after that while the drought is still in
effect, there shall be a plague of locusts. Locusts are annoying little
creatures that think only of eating. 

When there is a plague of locusts, 4 randomly selected buildings will have
their tethers eaten away (destroyed) by these locusts. Tethers can be
repaired at the cost of A$10 to the treasury, provided the thing the tether
was holding hasn't floated away.

After each plague of locusts, it is good form for priests to make a public
speech promising that the Acka will mend its evil ways and become virtuous
again. Heretics may giggle.

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 01:01:52 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2135 accepted (Abduction Go)

Proposal 2135
Abduction Go
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  10    No:  6     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	/dev/joe
	Robert Sevin
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	breadbox
	Malenkai
	Techno

NO votes:
	Antimatter
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	two-star

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	CarsesraC
	ThinMan
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2135
Abduction Go
Alfvaen
Distributed at 22:58:14 on Thursday, 19 June 1997

Amend Rule 1131, "The Sinister Alien Abduction Act", as follows:

Replace the text(delimited by GROOVE):

GROOVE

If the Alien Target Designation Number is not the number of a Rule, then a
new Alien Target Designation Number is selected as above, unless three such
Alien Target Designation Number(none of which is the number of a Rule)have
already been selected that week.

GROOVE

with the following text(delimited by DEEELITE):

DEEELITE

If the Alien Target Designation Number is the number of a Rule
Suite(that is, there exists a Rule Suite the base number of whose rules
is the Alien Target Designation Number), then one of the Rules in that
Suite(including, possibly, the Head of that Suite, if it exists),
determined at random, shall be abducted instead.  If the Alien Target
Designation Number is does not correspond to the number of a Rule or a
Rule Suite, then a new Alien Target Designation Number is selected as
above, unless three such Alien Target Designation Numbers(none of which
is the number of a Rule)have already been selected that week.

DEEELITE

{{[ I mean, otherwise, what would happen if 1250 came up one of these
times? ]}}

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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 12:24:36 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2147 accepted (Forgery)

Proposal 2147
Forgery
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  14 / 20 = 70.000000%
Yes:  11    No:  4     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2147, June 28

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Antimatter
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Malenkai
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	two-star
	breadbox
	Techno
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	Robert Sevin
	CarsesraC
	Guy Fawkes
	fnord
	Karma

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2147
Forgery
Malenkai
Distributed at 01:05:32 on Saturday, 21 June 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[The gist here is to allow players to create Trinkets of value
associated with their name, while preventing others from flooding
the market with cheap imitations, if for some reason, Trinkets associated
with a particular player have some sort of value.  This is not 
inspired so much from the lexical warfare, but more from the 
'Malenkai's Coin thing'.  It would be cool to have players be able
to create their own coins, etc, for treasure purposes, or
where ever imagination takes it, without needing to worry about
cheesy imitations.  This will not compromise anyone's ability to find
Treasure 166.]}}

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Amend rule 506, "Trinkets", to replace the following:

"
      Trinkets have no power to affect any entities except as specified
in the rules. 

      [What are Trinkets used for? Adding color, basically. Allowing
gifts of value other than Prosthetic Foreheads to be given, and for
possible use as Buried Treasure, or other uses.] 
"

with:

"
A player-created Trinket, whose name contains the name of a current
or former player other than that of the creating player, such that
the player name in question existed before the Trinket was created,
is a forgery.  The rules may define other circumstances under which
a Trinket is a forgery.  Upon it being discovered that a Trinket is
a forgery, it is transferred to the Treasury.  For the purposes of
this clause, the Trinket name "contains" a name N, if it contans a
word or phrase of the same length in words as N, that when stripped
of any conventional English morphological changes, matches N as
described in rule 348. [e.g. "Malenkai's Loophole" and  
"Malenkai-esque Statues" would be forgeries].
 
Trinkets have no power to affect any entities except as specified in
the rules. 
"

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Amend rule 1141 (referred to as 'CPPIA'), to replace:

"
the Trinket(s) are donated to the Treasury.
"

with:

"
the Trinkets(s), if they still exist, are forgeries.
"

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 12:24:36 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2182

Proposal 2182
RISC
Malenkai

{{[this will make processing chips trivial to harf; the bot could
now do it if we wanted to.  This seems a reasonable compromise over
their outright repeal]}}

This is a Modest proposal.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------

Amend rule 935, "Processing Chips" to read:

"
      The Tradeable Entities known as Processing Chips exist and are 
considered raw material. A Processing Chip is an eight pin dual-in-line
package (DIP) with the first two pins bent up at 180 degrees. The back
of the DIP is covered with scorching. It resembles a rather large,
distinctly ugly bug. 

      When a Proposal is accepted, a Processing Chip is created and
given to the author of that Proposal.
"

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