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acka-voting-digest        Friday, May 15 1998        Volume 03 : Number 073

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 08:11:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Frank Schmidt <[email-masked]>
Subject: retraction

I hereby retract my proposal 3054 ("Clutching at Straws").

[A new proposal is already on the way which avoids the
question what a 'game of Party Chess' really is. What it
should do is that the maximum-7-swinger-rule only holds
for such swingers who haven't played in the previous game
(or match, or whatever you might call it) and for such that
have been checkmated in the current game.

This should help a bit. Imagine a situation with 9 swingers
(we have 8 currently). Now one swinger (who needs just
one knife to win), moves, checkmates one other swinger,
wins the game, and lands on second-to-last-position on
the swinger list, which locks em out if none of the 7 other
swingers passes. The change should cure this paradox.
More important, it helps me reentering the game. :-) ]

J. M. Bear

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:17:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3011 rejected

Results of Proposal 3011

19/27 votes: Quorum achieved
6/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
H*bert               (SPAM)
else...if            (Klingon)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
Ayla

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Malenkai
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
rufus
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Astro
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3011 - Fri 08 May 1998 01:49 EDT
> Calendar
> H*bert (Jonathan David Amery)
> 
> {{All players are gifted a trinket of value A$1 with a description of
> "Voucher for one calendar." and a name of "<name>'s Calender", where <name>
> is replaced by the name of the player.}}
> 
> Create a rule entitled "TGW's idea" numbered with the lowest legal integer
> number and with the following PTERRY-delimited text.
> 
> [Sorry about the muck ups - can't read...]
> 
> PTERRY
> This rule takes precedence over all other rules, particually rule 313.
> 
> On the first Wednesday following the the creation of the trinkets created
> by the proposal which created this rule the following will happen:
> 
> Each of the trinkets mentioned above that were created in the possession of
> players who did not vote either YES or BAA! on the proposal that created
> this rule are destroyed.
> 
> Each of the trinkets mentioned above that were created in the possession of
> players who voted BAA! on the proposal that created this rule have their
> description changed to "This is just an example."
> 
> Each of the remaining trinkets mentioned above will be destroyed, and each
> of the players who had posessed one will recieve a trinket with the same
> name as the one that they had which had just been destroyed and the
> description "a calendar for the year surmounted by a rather angular picture
> of a beagle, standing on its hind legs." [Terry Pratchett, Interesting
> Times, p. 350 or 281] but with a value of A$200.
> 
> One Good Ballot Stuffer will be created in the possession of a randomly
> determined player who possesses one of the trinkets created in the
> paragraph above.
> 
> One Evil Ballot Stuffer will be created in the possession of a randomly
> determined player who possesses one of the trinkets created in the
> paragraph above.
> 
> This rule will repeal itself.
> PTERRY

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:19:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3012 accepted

Results of Proposal 3012

19/27 votes: Quorum achieved
17/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Ayla
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Malenkai
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
rufus
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Astro
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3012 - Fri 08 May 1998 01:50 EDT
> I may be wrong but it still needs changing
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Modify rule 252 (Joining the Game) by replacing the first paragraph
> 
> [I. For the purposes of this rule, a player whose most recent departure
> from Ackanomic caused him or her to become an Undead that still exists is
> considered a Returning player. All other players are considered New. ]
> 
> with the following SAAREMAA delimited text
> 
> SAAREMAA
> I. For the purposes of this rule, a person whose most recent departure from
> Ackanomic caused the creation of an Undead that still exists [i.e. has not
> decomposed] is able to join as a Returning Player. All other people are
> considered New Players.
> SAAREMAA
> 
> Also, modify section IV. (of the same rule)
> 
> [IV. A person able to join the game as a Returning player may do so by
> posting a public message to that effect. This message must include their
> Ackanomic and real life names, as well as a valid email address. The
> Registrar shall then record their return to the players list. ]
> 
> to read as follows (text delimited by TEXT)
> 
> TEXT
> IV. A person able to join the game as a Returning Player may do so by
> posting a public message to that effect. This message must include the
> Ackanomic name they most recently held when they were a player, their real
> life name, and a valid email address. The Registrar shall then record their
> return to the players list.
> TEXT
> 
> Thirdly, modify section V. 1) (again of the same rule)
> 
> [1) The Undead with that player's Ackanomic name changes from an Undead to
> a player. ]
> 
> to read:
> 
> "1) The Undead with the Ackanomic name provided by the person who is
> returning to the game changes from an Undead to a player. "
> 
> [I was considering trying to create a self deleting clause that would make
> saaremaa a player again (if he isn't already) but was having difficulty
> getting it to work. As it is I'll let him rejoin for himself.]

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:21:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3013 accepted

Results of Proposal 3013

20/27 votes: Quorum achieved
9/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
breadbox
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
IdiotBoy
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    BAA!:
UglyBigNose
H*bert               (SPAM)
Ayla
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Malenkai
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
rufus
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Astro

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3013 - Fri 08 May 1998 01:51 EDT
> Why wait around?
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> Modify rule 1230.40 (Winning a Hand) by replacing the RESPITE delimited
> text with the HILL delimited text:
> 
> RESPITE
> If, at any stage, the number of Stabber's Knives held by all current
> Swingers (excluding Swingers on Vacation) exceeds the number of Swingers
> (including Swingers on vacation), and there is a single Swinger (to be
> called the ChessChamp) with more Stabber's Knives than any other single
> Swinger, then the ChessChamp will be declared the Winner of this Game of
> Party Chess. The ChessChamp will receive the title "Winner of a game of
> Party Chess", a title of which multiple copies may be held simultaneously.
> RESPITE
> 
> HILL
> If, at any stage, the number of Stabber's Knives held by all current
> Swingers (excluding Swingers on Vacation) exceeds the number of Swingers
> (including Swingers on vacation), and there is a single Swinger with more
> Stabber's Knives than any other single Swinger, or a single Swinger holds a
> number of Stabber's Knives greater than the number of Swingers (including
> those on vacation) divided by two, then that player will be declared the
> Winner of this Game of Party Chess. E will also receive the title "Winner
> of a game of Party Chess", a title of which multiple copies may be held
> simultaneously.
> HILL

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:22:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3014 accepted

Results of Proposal 3014

20/27 votes: Quorum achieved
18/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
UglyBigNose
H*bert               (SPAM)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)
Klingon Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
IdiotBoy
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)

    PRESENT:
breadbox

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Malenkai
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
rufus
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Astro

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3014 - Fri 08 May 1998 01:52 EDT
> If you're gonna do it, do it right
> Ayla (Raquel Peres da Silva)
> 
> [As Proposal 2946 was accepted, the "The Secret" page of the Ackanomicon
> vanished in the haze. Then, all references to it should be removed from the
> rules.]
> 
> Amend Rule 1301 by removing the text "(c) The Secret", and by replacing the
> text "(d) Long Lost Treasure" with "(c) Long Lost Treasure".

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:23:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3015 accepted

Results of Proposal 3015

20/27 votes: Quorum achieved
17/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
UglyBigNose
H*bert               (SPAM)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Malenkai
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
rufus
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Astro

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3015 - Fri 08 May 1998 01:53 EDT
> A Sheep in Sheep's Clothing
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [Even though that doesn't do me a blind bit of good. This is going to amend
> Rule 207 - so, if it passes, no antivoting or sheep points will be scored.
> So there is no reason to anti-vote NO - as it is impossible to gain points.
> Just thought I'd remind people, as it might help this pass.]
> 
> Amend Rule 207 by replacing all instances of the text "(n-p)" with the text
> "(n+2-p)".
> 
> [This increases the points available to sheepish voters, to decrease the
> likelihood of negative points being earned, and thereby increase the
> incentives to both vote BAA! and PRESENT. As the rule stands, it is
> impossible to gain points by voting B or P on a Modest Proposal, and quite
> easy to lose them, if multiple people vote the same way. The points scoring
> was introduced as a sort of incentive - but the outcome is currently more
> of a disincentive. The addition of two points should fix it, while still
> not encouraging wholesale sheeping. I also appear to be trying for the
> longest comment / action ratio - have I succeeded yet?]

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:24:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3016 accepted

Results of Proposal 3016

19/27 votes: Quorum achieved
12/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
H*bert               (SPAM)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    NO:
breadbox
IdiotBoy
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Malenkai
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
rufus
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Astro
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3016 - Fri 08 May 1998 01:54 EDT
> Now it's history
> Ayla (Raquel Peres da Silva)
> 
> [I have recently asked what the purpose of Rule 1379 was. According to
> /dev/joe, who submited the Proposal that created it, it had a purpose when
> it was created, but not any more.]
> 
> Repeal Rule 1379

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:48:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3062

Proposal 3062
He knows you know
J. M. Bear (Frank Schmidt)

Renumber Rule 1230.41 to 1230.24

Amend Rule 1230.2 Section 4 ("Turns") Point B ("Warmth") by
replacing the text
"(iii) When there are 7 or more Swingers with on-board pieces,
the turn of any Swinger who has no on-board pieces is skipped
entirely." with the text
"(iii) When there are 7 or more Swingers with on-board pieces,
the turn of any Swinger who has no on-board pieces is skipped
entirely, unless the Swinger Office has a Chess Invitation."

Create a Rule, numbered 1230.35, titled "The value of being there",
with the text delimited by INTRODUCTION.

INTRODUCTION
Chess Invitations and Introductions are nameless, non-tradeable
entities. Only Swinger's Offices may own such entities.

When a Swinger's Office's type is changed, these entities are
not affected. When a Swinger's Office is destroyed, so are its
Chess Invitations and Introductions.

Whenever a Swinger places eir off-board king on the board,
e 'is introduced to the Chess Community' and this Swinger's
Office gains an Introduction unless it already has one.
INTRODUCTION

Append the INVITATION-delimited text to Rule 1230.40.

INVITATION
g) All Chess Invitations are destroyed. Then, all Swinger's
Offices that owned one or more Introductions gain a Chess
Invitation. Then, all Introductions are destroyed.
INVITATION

{{All Swinger's Offices which were extant in Round 34 gain
a Chess Invitation.}}

[I hope I got around the cliffs this time...]

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:49:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3063

Proposal 3063
He knows you know
J. M. Bear (Frank Schmidt)

Renumber Rule 1230.41 to 1230.24

Amend Rule 1230.2 Section 4 ("Turns") Point B ("Warmth") by
replacing the text
"(iii) When there are 7 or more Swingers with on-board pieces,
the turn of any Swinger who has no on-board pieces is skipped
entirely." with the text
"(iii) When there are 7 or more Swingers with on-board pieces,
the turn of any Swinger who has no on-board pieces is skipped
entirely, unless the Swinger Office has a Chess Invitation."

Create a Rule, numbered 1230.35, titled "The value of being there",
with the text delimited by INTRODUCTION.

INTRODUCTION
Chess Invitations and Introductions are nameless, non-tradeable
entities. Only Swinger's Offices may own such entities.

When a Swinger's Office's type is changed, these entities are
not affected. When a Swinger's Office is destroyed, so are its
Chess Invitations and Introductions.

Whenever a Swinger places eir off-board king on the board,
e 'is introduced to the Chess Community' and this Swinger's
Office gains an Introduction unless it already has one.

Whenever a Swinger surrenders, or eir king is captured, eir
Swinger's Office loses all eir Chess Invitations.
INTRODUCTION

Append the INVITATION-delimited text to Rule 1230.40.

INVITATION
g) All Chess Invitations are destroyed. Then, all Swinger's
Offices that owned one or more Introductions gain a Chess
Invitation. Then, all Introductions are destroyed.
INVITATION

{{All Swinger's Offices which were extant in Round 34
gain a Chess Invitation.}}

[I hope I got around the cliffs this time...]

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:51:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3064

Proposal 3064
Gorilla Grodd's Revenge
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal:

Amend Rule 721, "Annoyances", by appending the following text(delimited
by DANZA)as a new section, with the first line(the section title)preceded
by a capital Roman numeral section number one greater than the highest
such already existing(e.g. if the highest numbered section is III.,
then this will be added as section IV.).:

DANZA
Trinket Arrays

Creating(at one time)a group of Trinkets which differ in name only by
a differing numerical or alphabetical index, and which either have the
same description or descriptions which differ by the same means as the
title, is Annoying, unless each Trinket has a value greater than A$100.
DANZA

{{[ Arguably, this will just make people do things like Slakko's multiple
"$100" trinkets, which would not fall under this rule, but I'd like to
toss the idea out.  Also, I know I can get saaremaa's vote.  :-) ]}}

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:52:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3065

Proposal 3065
On Both Your Houses
Hubert (Eric Plumb)

[ Having RFCed this to resounding silence, I thought I'd put it to the
acid test already.  You know, full speed ahead, both feet forward, take
the bull by the horns and damn the torpedoes.  I would also like to point
out that since this is going to amend Rule 207, no anti-voting points
will be scored due to the Potato Paradox.  So there's no reason to
anti-vote NO. ]

[ This is a chess proposal.  Take two. ]

Create a rule as a new member of the Party Chess Rule Suite entitled
"Creation of a PartyChessPiece Locust" with the following
EXPONENTIA-delimited text:

EXPONENTIA
A Locust is a piece with a Material Value of the smaller of
a) 6, or
b) 1.5*N rounded down, where N is the number of on-board Locust pieces.

A Locust is depicted by the ASCII character '&'. {{ [ Hey, it kinda looks
like a Locust.  Gimme a break.  While I'm here, note that R1230.1 does not
prevent tabs or newlines from being chosen as character representations.
If I ever try to define a Boomerang piece... ] }}

A Locust may move up to N/2 squares, rounded up, in any horizontal,
vertical, or diagonal direction, and then N/2 squares, rounded down, in
a direction perpendicular to that of the first move, where N is the
number of on-board Locust pieces.  A Locust may not skip over pieces in
its path, and must make both halves of its move in order to move at all.

{{ Hubert loses 2 points.  Richard Garfield gains 2 points.  [ Attribution? ]}}
EXPONENTIA

Append the end of the second-to-last paragraph of Rule 1230.14, "Creation
of a PartyChessPiece HarfyBlob," the sentence "If the captured piece was
a Locust, the Hn of the HarfyBlob is increased by the number of Locust
pieces remaining on-board after the Capture." [ This actually increases
the Hn of the HarfyBlob by the number of Locust pieces on-board *before*
the capture, because it was increased by 1 by the first sentence. ]

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:53:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3066

Proposal 3066
Sanctuary must be accepted
JT (JT Traub)

Amend rule 1307 'Ackanomic Middle Ages' by appending the following SAFE
delimited text to the end of the final paragraph.
SAFE
The player who is being burnt as a witch is not saved unless e posts a
public message (before the witchhunt is resolved) stating, 'I am taking
the Sanctuary of the Church of', then the name of the church offering him
Sanctuary of Salvation, then 'and offering them this tithe of A$10'.  At
the time this message is posted, the Witchhunt shall be considered over
and the verdict discarded with no penalty to either the alleged witch or
the Witchfinder General.  The alleged witch is considered to have gifted
A$10 to the church which saved em from being burnt.
SAFE
{{[Part of this is to prevent people from saving people who want to be
burnt, the other part is just to get rid of a small ambiguity I saw in
the rules which said they were saved from being burnt, but not whether the
hearing was cancelled or not]}}

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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:54:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3067

Proposal 3067
Jeeves
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Modify rule 594.18 (Blueprint: Butler) by replacing the text:

"This duty is even more taxing to the Butler, however, and after it has
finished performing it one Processing Chip must be given to it for every ten
entities in the list (including any additions made after the initial list),
or the Butler will become Broken. "

with the text:

"This duty is even more taxing to the Butler, however, and after it has
finished performing it it must rest and recharge itself for longer. The
butler may then not be used until a period of rime equal to twice the time it
was performing this duty has passed."

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