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acka-voting-digest       Saturday, May 16 1998       Volume 03 : Number 074

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 18:59:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3017 accepted

Results of Proposal 3017

21/27 votes: Quorum achieved
13/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Astro
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Attila the Pun
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus

    PRESENT:
breadbox

    BAA!:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
H*bert               (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3017 - Sat 09 May 1998 09:45 EDT
> If it has to be Boring, let it be *really* Boring!
> Ayla (Raquel Peres da Silva)
> 
> Amend Rule 207 (Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported), so
> that its last sentence reads as follows:
> 
> The above provisions notwithstanding, no points are scored by any player as
> a result of a Boring proposal being accepted or rejected.

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:00:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3018 accepted

Results of Proposal 3018

21/27 votes: Quorum achieved
19/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
breadbox

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
IdiotBoy

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3018 - Sat 09 May 1998 09:46 EDT
> Deadbeats and CFJ's
> Ayla (Raquel Peres da Silva)
> 
> Amend Rule 212 (Selecting a Judge) by removing its last paragraph.
> 
> [The last paragraph of Rule 212 states that "Whenever a player is
> considered a deadbeat as per this rule or rule 213, their name is added to
> the CFJ Ineligibility List if it is not already there." (sic), but Rule 212
> says nothing about any player being considered a deadbeat. So, I think the
> cause-effect relationship between being considered a deadbeat and the CFJ
> Ineligibility List belongs to Rule 213 only]
> 
> Amend Rule 213 (Delivering Judgement) by changing its second sentence so
> that it looks as follows:
> 
> "A Judge who defaults is a deadbeat. This causes em to be penalized 10
> points, eir name to be added to the CFJ Ineligibility List, and the CFJ e
> defaulted on to be assigned to the Praetor."

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:01:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3019 rejected

Results of Proposal 3019

21/27 votes: Quorum achieved
5/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Astro
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Ayla

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Attila the Pun
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3019 - Sat 09 May 1998 09:47 EDT
> If it's public, it's public; if it's private, it's private
> Ayla (Raquel Peres da Silva)
> 
> Amend Rule 212 (Selecting a Judge) by removing the text "as a public action
> or" from the second paragraph.
> 
> [As most people agreed to add the text "or by mailing the Clerk of the
> Court" after the quoted text above, I think we might as well make it a
> private action. That would mean less mail in the public list - OK, not
> *that* less! - and anyone who can mail the public list can mail the Clerk
> of the Court.]

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:02:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3020 accepted

Results of Proposal 3020

21/27 votes: Quorum achieved
22/23 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
breadbox

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3020 - Sat 09 May 1998 09:48 EDT
> Removal of the Possible two-star Paradox
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [Current situation: If a Pending player is Rule 257'ed, and fails to
> respond, they are removed as if they never joined. This could be
> problematic if the Pending player is Pending because they just returned
> from vacation, but had previously been very active - what happens to all
> their rule changes, etc. It isn't quite clear, but a simple fix will avoid
> this. This simple fix allows only always Pending players to be booted off
> in such a way.]
> 
> Amend Rule 257 by replacing the text "unless eir player state was pending"
> with "unless eir player state has only ever been Pending" wherever it
> appears.
> 
> [There is another problem: How can you remove someone "as if they never
> joined"? - if they never joined they cannot be removed as they never
> joined. This need to eliminate players as if they never joined is obviated
> by Rule 256 - which creates an Undead only for players who have actually
> gone Active, or been Non-Voting for >= 2 weeks.]
> 
> Amend Rule 257 by replacing the text "e is removed from the game as if e
> never joined" with "e is treated as having left the game at that point, for
> the purposes of Rule 256", wherever it occurs.

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:03:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3022 rejected

Results of Proposal 3022

20/27 votes: Quorum achieved
7/13 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Attila the Pun
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    NO:
rufus
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
breadbox
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
Astro
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy

    BAA!:
H*bert               (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Ayla

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3022 - Sat 09 May 1998 09:50 EDT
> And The Twain Shall Meet
> Hubert (Eric Plumb)
> 
> [ This is almost identical to my RFC, if anyone indeed read that... The
> only change is the depiction of the Virus from '.' to '@'. I would still
> appreciate comments and suggestions for modifications if anyone has any.]
> 
> Append to the end of section 2 of Rule 1230.1, "Swingers Play Around I -
> the board and the playing pieces," the string "F. Individual
> PartyChessPieceDef rules may define other ways in which pieces may be
> created in a Swinger's possession."
> 
> Create a Rule as a new member of the Party Chess Rule Suite entitled
> "Creation of a PartyChessPiece UberVirus" reading as follows, delimited by
> UBERVIRUS:
> 
> UBERVIRUS
> The material value of an UberVirus is 8. When an UberVirus is placed on the
> Party Chess board, four off-board Virus pieces are created in the position
> of the Swinger who placed the UberVirus.
> 
> An UberVirus is represented by the ASCII character 'U'.
> 
> There is an instance limit of one UberVirus per player. {{ [ I don't know
> if this is necessary (I rather like the idea of having more of them) but it
> seemed prudent and made the Genesis part of the Rule easier. ] }}
> 
> An UberVirus may move any number of squares in any horizontal, vertical, or
> diagonal direction, as long as each square it crosses in doing so,
> including the destination square, is adjacent to at least one friendly
> Virus piece. An UberVirus may skip over friendly Virus pieces in its path,
> but no other pieces. An UberVirus can Capture using this move.
> 
> Unless the Swinger controlling an UberVirus has no on-board Virus pieces,
> an UberVirus is taken off-board and placed back into its Swinger's hand if
> at any time it is adjacent to no friendly Virus pieces.
> 
> As a Special Move, the Swinger controlling an on-board UberVirus can spend
> one Benefyt to cause that UberVirus to initiate a Genesis.
> 
> When an UberVirus initiates a Genesis, for each square on the Party Chess
> board adjacent to at least one friendly Virus piece (i.e., a Virus piece
> owned by the Swinger who controls the UberVirus undergoing the Genesis),
> one of the following three actions will happen, with the actions occurring
> simultaneously for all relevant squares:
> 
> a) If that square is unoccupied and adjacent to exactly three friendly
> Virus pieces, a new on-board Virus piece is created in that square in the
> possession of the Swinger who owns the UberVirus causing the Genesis.
> 
> b) If that square is occupied by a friendly Virus piece, the piece is
> destroyed if it is adjacent to more than three or fewer than two friendly
> Virus pieces.
> 
> c) If that square is occupied by a piece other than a friendly Virus piece
> and there are three or more Virus pieces adjacent to the square, the
> UberVirus initiating the Genesis is considered to have Captured the piece
> in that square, but the piece is not removed from the Party Chess board. [
> Basically, three or more Viruses can Infect a neighboring piece, bringing
> it under the control of their Swinger. ]
> 
> For the purposes of determining the number of Virus pieces adjacent to a
> given square, an UberVirus piece counts as a Virus piece. In other words,
> if a square is adjacent to an UberVirus piece, the count of Virus pieces
> adjacent to that square is increased by one.
> 
> If a Swinger A with an on-board UberVirus has more than 10 on-board
> Viruses, any other Swinger may spend one Benefyt to cause Swinger A's
> UberVirus to initiate a Genesis. [ Which might possibly get rid of some of
> the excess Viruses. ]
> 
> This Rule takes precedence over Rule 1230.1 where necessary.
> UBERVIRUS
> 
> Create a Rule as a new member of the Party Chess Rule Suite entitled
> "Creation of a PartyChessPiece Virus" reading as follows, delimited by
> VIRUS:
> 
> VIRUS The material value of a Virus is 1. In order to purchase a Virus, a
> Swinger must have a score of over 1000000. {{[ R1230.1 doesn't allow this
> Rule to forbid the purchase, but does allow horrendously unachievable
> conditions to be set in order to make the purchase. ]}}
> 
> A Virus is represented by the ASCII character '@'.
> 
> A Virus can move in any one of the following three ways:
> a) A Virus can move to an unoccupied square at a distance of 1 in any
> horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction.
> b) A Virus can move exactly two squares in any of the usual eight
> directions if and only if another piece occupies the square at a distance
> of 1 from the Virus in that direction.
> c) If all of the squares SQ1 through SQn (where n is a positive integer) in
> one of the usual eight directions from a Virus piece are occupied by
> friendly Virus pieces, the Virus may move to SQm in that direction, where m
> is one greater than n.
> 
> A Virus may not Capture other pieces.
> 
> If, at any time, the Swinger controlling an on-board Virus has no on-board
> UberVirus piece, that Virus piece is destroyed. If a Swinger owning one or
> more off-board Virus pieces can legally make a Placement move on eir turn,
> and does not place at least one Virus piece, one off-board Virus piece in
> eir possession is destroyed.
> 
> This Rule takes precedence over Rule 1230.1 where there is a conflict.
> VIRUS

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:04:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3024 accepted

Results of Proposal 3024

21/27 votes: Quorum achieved
12/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
H*bert               (SPAM)
rufus
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Attila the Pun
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Astro
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Ayla

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3024 - Sat 09 May 1998 09:52 EDT
> Fictionary Submission Ficx
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [Game custom dictates that inadvertent violations of the "verbatim
> description" requirement in Fictionary go unpunished. Come on people - it
> is cut and paste - you can get that right can't you?]
> 
> Amend Rule 1250.10, "Fictionary", by changing section IV subsection 3e to
> read as delimited by NOFREEBIE below:
> 
> NOFREEBIE
> 3e) Default: The Brainiac loses 4 Gamepoints, no other scoring occurs this
> round, and play proceeds to the next round. This default section is applied
> even if a list of definitions as described in sections 3c or 3d is posted,
> if the list does not include a legitimate Actual Definition, or modifies
> any of the submitted definitions in a manner not explicitly allowed above.
> NOFREEBIE

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:14:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3068

Proposal 3068
If anybody can take advantage of this within a week, go ahead.
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)

Amend Rule 506, "Trinkets" as follows:

1. Amend the following sentence [1st sentence, next-to-last paragraph]:
"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."

by inserting "and which has not been owned at some time by each player
whose name it contains, " before "is a forgery."

2. Change the sentence: "Upon it becoming publically knowable that a Trinket
is a forgery, it is transferred to the Treasury, unless the player name
contained in its name is that of a currently active player, in which case
it is transferred to that player."

to: "Upon it becoming publically knowable that a Trinket is a forgery, it
is transferred to the Treasury, unless it contains the name of exactly one
current player and no former players, in which case it is transferred to
that player."

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:15:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3069

Proposal 3069
I bite my tongue at you sir!
JT (JT Traub)

Create rule 1160.X where X is the lowest positive legal integer for a new
rule with the following HONOR delimited text

HONOR
Each player in Ackanomic has a certain amount of Honor.
The amount of Honor each player has is tracked by the Herald.
Honor may only be gained or lost as described by the rules.
Each player begins the game with 1 Honor.

The following ways exist to gain or lose honor:
 a) Whenever a player recieves a Blue Cross, a Silver Stripe, a Gold
    Stripe, or a Ruby Slipper.
 b) Gaining the first Blue Cross Bonus  or the first Bronze Torch, gains a 
    player 2 Honor.
 c) Whenever a player is convicted of committing a crime or is burnt as a
    heretic, they lose 1 Honor.
 d) When a player wins a duel they gain 1 Honor.
 e) When a player loses a duel they lose 1 Honor.
 f) A player may exchange 6 swing points for 1 Honor.

Other rules may define other methods by which honor is gained or lost.

{{ All existing players are given one Honor. }}
{{ All existing players with a Bronze Torch or Blue Cross Bonus are given
2 Honor for each }}
{{ All existing players with a Blue Cross, a Silver Stripe, a Gold Stripe
or a Ruby Slipper are given 1 Honor for each }}

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:16:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3070

Proposal 3070
Just in Case
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Modify rule 406 (Promoter) by replacing the following text:

"The Privileges of the Promoter are: 

a) To frob or tweak the proposal queue, as a public action. The proposal
queue remains in whichever state (frobbed or tweaked) it was last set to. 

b) To ignore any proposal submission by a player who already has three or
more proposals that are currently being voted on (i.e., in the voting queue).
This Privilege may only be exercised when the voting queue is frobbed.
[Furthermore, the Promoter shall only use this power for good, and never for
evil.] "

with the text:

"The Privileges of the Promoter are: 

a) To frob or tweak the proposal queue, as a public action. The proposal
queue remains in whichever state (frobbed or tweaked) it was last set to. 

b) To ignore any proposal submission by a player who already has three or
more proposals that are currently being voted on (i.e., in the voting queue).
This Privilege may only be exercised when the voting queue is frobbed.
[Furthermore, the Promoter shall only use this power for good, and never for
evil.] 

These two privileges may be exercised even by an acting Promoter."

Also, in rule 401 (Offices, Commonalities) by replacing the following text:

"In such a case, the Player is responsible for performing all of the Duties
without receiving any of the Privileges of the Office, except for Privileges
which are also explicitly defined to be Duties by the rules, or Privileges
required to perform explicitly defined Duties, or Privileges of the office
when the Acting officer is filling in for a vacationing player."

with the text:

"In such a case, the Player is responsible for performing all of the Duties
without receiving any of the Privileges of the Office, except for Privileges
which are also explicitly defined to be Duties by the rules, or Privileges
required to perform explicitly defined Duties, or Privileges of the office
when the Acting officer is filling in for a vacationing player, or the
Privilege is explicitly stated to be available to an Acting Officer."

[Anyone else realised that they could get round a frobbed voting queue by
filing an impeachment paper against the Promoter? Whilst I'm sure the
offending player would get slammed for being Annoying I don't think it ought
even to be possible.]

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:17:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3071

Proposal 3071
Coming home
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Modify rule 255 (Vacationing) by replacing the text:

"The only thing a player on vacation may legally do is take himself off
vacation and send public messages. A player shall take himself off vacation
by declaring to the public forum that he is back from his vacation. As soon
as the player makes this public declaration, he returns to the player state
besides Vacation he most recently had.. The one exception is that a player
who has been on vacation less than 2 days may not take themselves off
vacation. "

with the text:

"The only thing a player on vacation may legally do is take himself off
vacation and send public messages. A player shall take himself off vacation
by declaring to the public forum that he is back from his vacation. As soon
as the player makes this public declaration, he returns to the player state
besides Vacation he most recently had.. The one exception is that a player
who has been on vacation less than 2 days may not take themselves off
vacation unless they were placed on vacation involuntarily, in which case
they may remove themself from vacation at any time."

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:18:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3072

Proposal 3072
A Kind of Magic
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Modify rule 343 (Spellbooks) by replacing the text:

"Some Offices may include possession of Shimmering Spellbooks among their
privileges; in this case, if ever the holder of such an Office does not
possess a Shimmering Spellbook, one is created in eir possession. "

with the text:

"Some Offices may include possession of Shimmering Spellbooks among their
privileges; in this case, if ever the holder of such an Office does not
possess a Shimmering Spellbook, one is created in eir possession. If ever a
player leaves such an office through any means then their Shimmering
Spellbook is destroyed and a Dull Spellbook is created in their possession."

Also, in the same rule, replace:

" Both are nontradeable"

with:

" Both are nontradeable entities"

[May as well whilst I'm here. You can never be too safe with explicit
entityhood]

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:19:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3073

Proposal 3073
Lamb Chops
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Append the following SAVE-delimited text to Rule 931:

SAVE
Wool Sweaters are Tradeable, Mimsy Garments.  A player wearing a
Prosthetic Forehead may not put on (i.e. start wearing) or take off (i.e.
cease wearing) any Wool Sweater they may own.
SAVE

Repeal Rule 929, "Baaa".

[I will put the Lamb into the Harfonian at a later date.  Currently its
effects are minimal, only affecting the Magic Potato.  I'm saving the
garments - they have yet to have any use, but someone might come up with
something later.]

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:20:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3074

Proposal 3074
Bandwagoning
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Append the following text (as delimited by ITISGREEN) to the end of rule 721
preceded by the lowest integer Roman numeral not used as a label for any of
that rule's sections:

ITISGREEN
Jumping on the BandWagon

Exploiting a loophole in the rules after another player has pointed it out or
exploited it is Annoying.
ITISGREEN

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Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:21:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3075

Proposal 3075
One Coat of Arms is Enough
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 1160 by replacing the following LOOP-delimited text:

LOOP
If the response is "The flower of Knighthood would be proud to be
caparisoned thusly!", then the Coat of Arms is made the official Ackanomic
Coat of Arms. If the response is "I'd rather see 'Or, a gorges Purpure!'",
then the Coat of Arms is rejected. (If the blazon of the Coat of Arms is
actually "Or, a gorges Purpure", then the Coat of Arms is assumed to be
rejected without need for Hearing.) 
LOOP

with the following ONCEONLY-delimited text:

ONCEONLY
If the response is "The flower of Knighthood would be proud to be
caparisoned thusly!", then the Coat of Arms is made the official Ackanomic
Coat of Arms, the text "The Ackanomic Coat of Arms is: " shall be appended
to this rule, the blazon of the official Ackanomic Coat of Arms shall be
appended to this rule, and then this paragraph and the preceding paragraph
of this rule shall be repealed.
ONCEONLY

[Once we have a Coat of Arms, there's no need to keep submitting designs
for them.  The Coat of Arms can be recorded in the ruleset, and the
mechanism by which it was adopted can be removed.]

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