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acka-voting-digest        Monday, May 18 1998        Volume 03 : Number 075

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:14:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3025 rejected

Results of Proposal 3025

19/26 votes: Quorum achieved
6/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Astro
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    BAA!:
Ayla
IdiotBoy
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes
Attila the Pun

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3025 - Mon 11 May 1998 06:08 EDT
> Le traffic warden est encore mort, vive le traffic/
> Attila the Pun (Micah Smulker)
> 
> warden
> 
> Amend rule 313 in the following ways:
> 
> 1. by inserting the word "non-trinket" after the word "tradeable" in
> subsection D of section IV.
> 
> 2. by replacing the second occurence of the text "C." in section IV with
> the text "E."

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:17:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3026 accepted

Results of Proposal 3026

19/26 votes: Quorum achieved
12/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Ayla
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
rufus
JT                   (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy

    PRESENT:
Astro
breadbox

    BAA!:
Slakko               (SPAM)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes
Attila the Pun

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3026 - Mon 11 May 1998 06:09 EDT
> Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 207, "Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported", as
> follows:
> 
> In Section VII., "Boring Proposals", replace "Present" with "Present or
> Baa!".

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:20:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3027 rejected

Results of Proposal 3027

19/26 votes: Quorum achieved
8/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Astro
else...if            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy
Tammany                                 [breadbox bribed Tammany A$100]
                                        [K 2 bribed Tammany A$30 (NO)]

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes
Attila the Pun

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3027 - Mon 11 May 1998 06:10 EDT
> Anti-vote repeal
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> {{[This has been discussed on and off, and I (and some others I've talked
> to) really feel that it has lost the fun value it might have once had. It
> encourages in some cases good proposals to fail because people feel that
> the proposal was a shoe in. Voting should be based on what is best for the
> game, not as a way to increase points and or Ackadollars. One of the
> comments that Slakko made was that removing anti-voting would skew the
> economy. Therefore this proposal does away with anti-voting and replaces it
> with an incentive to vote the way you want the proposal to end up
> instead.]}}
> 
> All of the following changes should be applied to Rule 207 until noted
> otherwise.
> 
> In Section III paragraph 1, replace the phrase 'and every player who voted
> NO on it recieves 1 point' with the phrase 'and every player who voted YES
> on it, except for the author, recieves 1 point'.
> 
> In Section III paragraph 1, replace the phrase 'and every player who voted
> NO on it recieves 5 points' with the phrase 'and every player who voted YES
> on it, except for the author, recieves 5 points'.
> 
> In Section III paragraph 1, replace the phrase 'and every player who voted
> NO on it recieves 3 points' with the phrase 'and every player who voted YES
> on it, except for the author, recieves 3 points'.
> 
> In Section III paragraph 2, replace the phrase 'and every player who voted
> YES on it recieves 1 point' with 'and every player who voted NO on it,
> except the author, recieves 1 point'.
> 
> In Section III paragraph 2, replace the phrase 'and every player who voted
> YES on it recieves 5 points' with 'and every player who voted NO on it,
> except the author, recieves 5 points'.
> 
> In Section III paragraph 2, replace the phrase 'and every player who voted
> YES on it recieves 3 points' with 'and every player who voted NO on it,
> except the author, recieves 3 points'.
> 
> Replace the third paragraph of section III. {{[ current text is: "Voting NO
> on a proposal which is accepted or voting YES on a proposal which is
> rejected, is called "anti-voting". ]}} with the following FLOW delimited
> text.
> FLOW
> Voting YES on an accepted proposal or NO on a rejected proposal is called
> flow-voting.
> FLOW
> 
> In Section III paragraph 2, replace the word 'anti-voting' with the word
> 'flow-voting'.
> 
> In Section V paragraph 1, replace the 'anti-voting' with the word
> 'flow-voting'.
> 
> In rule 1140, remove the sentance 'Any players who vote against a proposal
> made by the First Citizen will recieve no points for anti-voting.'

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:21:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3029 accepted

Results of Proposal 3029

18/26 votes: Quorum achieved
11/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
rufus
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
Astro

    BAA!:

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

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes
Attila the Pun

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3029 - Mon 11 May 1998 06:12 EDT
> Heraldry modification
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[I think that the Herald is a cool office and think that it should have
> the ability to rotate every now and again. I also believe that the Herald
> will involve some work (at least at the beginning and possibly more later
> down the road) which is deserving of a Salary. ]}}
> 
> Append the following OFFICER delimited text to paragraph 2 of rule 1160
> OFFICER
> The Herald has a Minimum Term of Office of 6 months. The Herald has the
> priveledge of recieving a monthly salary of the Standard Harfers Fee less
> A$5.
> OFFICER

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:22:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3030 rejected

Results of Proposal 3030

16/26 votes: Quorum achieved
6/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Ayla
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy
Tammany                                 [breadbox bribed Tammany A$25]

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Malenkai
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Illusion
H*bert               (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Astro
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes
Attila the Pun

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3030 - Mon 11 May 1998 06:13 EDT
> A Boon on Thee!
> Attila the Pun (Micah Smulker)
> 
> {{[If you can recieve a Boon for guessing the Truth of the Machine, you
> should be able to recieve one for producing an unguessable Truth,
> especially since nobody has yet seemed to be able to do so. This proposal
> attempts to cause that to happen, as well as tidying up just what happens
> when the Machine goes *ping* for the thirtieth time.]}}
> 
> Replace section VIII of rule 1209 ("The Machine that goes *ping) with the
> following BANANA-delimited text:
> 
> BANANA
> VIII. The Machine shall go *ping* no more than thirty times in the term of
> any one Scholar; this paragraph takes precedence over any clause of this
> rule which would cause the Machine to go *ping* a thirty-first time. If the
> Machine has gone *ping* thirty times, and at least three days have passed
> since the last *ping*, the Scholar may post the undisguised Truth of the
> Machine.
> 
> When the Scholar posts the undisguised truth as directed by this section, e
> recieves a random Boon of the Ancients and the title "Master of *ping*, and
> the Machine randomly teleports itself to another active player's Home.
> BANANA
> 
> {{[Current wording:
> 
> VIII. If the Machine has gone *ping* thirty times during the current
> Scholar's term, the Scholar must, within three days of the 30th *ping*,
> publically post the Machine's truth in its undisguised form.
> 
> When the Scholar posts the undisguised truth as directed by this section,
> the Machine randomly teleports itself to another active player's Home.]}}

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:23:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3032 accepted

Results of Proposal 3032

17/26 votes: Quorum achieved
10/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Astro
else...if            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)

    PRESENT:
Koxvolio             (Harf)

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Malenkai
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Illusion
H*bert               (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes
Attila the Pun

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3032 - Mon 11 May 1998 06:14 EDT
> Removing ultra negative scores
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend rule 206 "Keep 'Em in the game" as follows. Remove the phrase 'and
> above -1000000 [negative one million]'.
> {{[It seems obvious to me, that the negative one million was a fairly
> arbitrary limit. Let's just remove it.]}}
> 
> Amend rule 999 to remove section d) from the first paragraph.
> {{[ which currently reads d) Reduce eir score to a number less than
> -1000000.]}}
> {{[This section was in there obviously to only circumvent rule 206.]}}

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:24:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3033 accepted

Results of Proposal 3033

17/26 votes: Quorum achieved
14/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Astro
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
rufus

    PRESENT:
Ayla
IdiotBoy

    BAA!:
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Malenkai
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Illusion
H*bert               (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes
Attila the Pun

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3033 - Mon 11 May 1998 06:15 EDT
> TAKE TWO!, take two
> breadbox (Brian Raiter)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal. {{[What K 2's proposal intended to do.]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 1217 ("Buried Treasure!") by replacing the second to last
> paragraph of section I, which currently reads:
> 
> An Organization which is able to transfer Entities (e.g. a Church, or an
> Organization with a Trade License) may bury Treasure as a public auction.
> Each member at the time the Treasure is buried is considered a Map
> Custodian for that Treasure, and therefore must have a copy of the Map.
> [The Map itself may be created in any way the members of the Organization
> wish among themselves.] Otherwise, the procedure is exactly the same as for
> a player.
> 
> with the following paragraph:
> 
> An Organization which is able to transfer Entities (e.g. a Church, or an
> Organization with an Excavation Permit) may bury Treasure as a public
> action. Each member at the time the Treasure is buried is considered a Map
> Custodian for that Treasure, and therefore must have a copy of the Map.
> [The Map itself may be created in any way the members of the Organization
> wish among themselves.] Otherwise, the procedure is exactly the same as for
> a player.
> 
> and by replacing the second to last paragraph of section IV, which
> currently reads:
> 
> An Organization which is able to transfer Entities (e.g. a Church, or an
> Organization with an Excavation Permit) may bury Treasure as a public
> auction. Each player assigned shall find the Treasure they are assigned to.
> 
> with the following paragraph:
> 
> If, on the other hand, at the time of the Expedition there are more
> Expedition members than Historical Artefacts, then the Archaeologist shall
> randomly determine one expedition member to be assigned to each Historical
> Artefact. Each player assigned shall find the Treasure they are assigned
> to.
> 
> {{[I also fixed the old typo in the first replaced paragraph ... although I
> must admit I was tempted to leave it there, if only to find out exactly how
> anyone was going to go about burying treasure as a "public auction".]}}

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:46:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3076

Proposal 3076
Elephant's Graveyard
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[ One thing that's bothered me for a long time is that if you vote
for your Proposal, and it doesn't pass, then you lose the same number
of points whether it's a normal Proposal or modest.  Not that I want
to get rid of anti-voting or anything... ]}}

Amend Rule 207, "Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported",
by replacing, in Section III, "Scoring on Proposals", the sentence

"If a Modest proposal is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who
proposed it loses 5 points, and every player who voted YES on it
receives 1 point."

with the sentence

"If a Modest proposal is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who
proposed it loses 4 points, and every player who voted YES on it
receives 1 point."

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:47:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3077

Proposal 3077
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 gain or lose honor: 
  a) Whenever a player receives a Blue Cross, a Silver Stripe,
     a Gold Stripe, or a Ruby Slipper they gain 1 honor. 
  b) Gaining the first Blue Cross Bonus or the first Bronze Torch,
     gains a player 2 Honor.  [These items can be gained multiple times.  I
     want to restrict the honor gain to the first time]
  c) Whenever a player is convicted of committing a crime, impeached,
     burnt as a heretic, or tarred and feathered, 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. 
  g) A player gains 1 honor for being inducted as an Elder.
Other rules may define other methods by which honor is gained or lost. 

When a player rejoins the game, if they have an Honor score already, that is
their honor score, otherwise they gain an honor score of 1 honor, plus 2 honor
for each of a Blue Cross Bonus or Bronze Torch, plus 1 honor for each Blue
Cross, or Silver Stripe, plus 3 honor for each Gold Stripe or Ruby Slipper.

{{ All existing players are given one Honor. }} 
{{ All existing players gain 2 honor for each Bronze Torch or Blue Cross
Bonus }}
{{ All existing players gain 1 honor for each Blue Cross, or Silver Stripe }}
{{ All existing players gain 3 honor for each Gold Stripe or Ruby Slipper }}

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:48:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3078

Proposal 3078
Words Don't Mean A Thing
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[ Before Vynd's recent Proposal, there was at least some possibility
of a check on name changing, if the Registrar refused to ack.  I think
we can have it both ways.  And I'm beginning to regret having allowed
H*bert to adopt eir current name...player names that only differ by one
characters lead to lots of mistakes. ]}}

Amend Rule 251, "Player Names", as follows:

Replace the last paragraph

{{[
   A player may change his Ackanomic name, so long as the new name
   complies with all applicable rules. The Registrar shall record and
   acknowledge each legal name change; a legal name change takes effect
   at the time of the Registrar's acknowledgement, at which time the
   player in question shall pay the standard Harfer Fee. If three days
   have passed, and the Registrar has yet to acknowledge a players
   attempt to change his name, and the new name complies with all
   applicable rules, then the name change takes effect. The Registrar is
   still required to record and announce that the change occurred. If a
   player attempts to change his name to something not in compliance with
   the rules, that attempt fails. Public notification of this failure by
   the Registrar is encouraged but not required. When a player changes
   their Ackanomic name, all Ackanomic business will be changed to follow
   their new name.
]}}

with the following text(delimited by NOWHERE):

{{[ A bit of rearrangement and sub-paragraphing might help too, I think. ]}}

NOWHERE
   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).

   If the Registrar acknowledges a legal name change, or after three
   days have passed if the Registrar neither acknowledges the change nor
   objects to it(and the new name complies with all applicable rules),
   then the name change is accepted and occurs, at which time the player
   in question shall pay the Standard Harfer Fee.

   The Registrar is required to record and announce any legal name
   changes, and is encouraged but not required to point out any failed
   name changes as well.

   When a player changes eir Ackanomic name, all Ackanomic business
   will be changed to follow eir new name.
NOWHERE

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:49:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3079

Proposal 3079
Use the Source Luke
JT (JT Traub)

Amend rule 210 by appending the following WORDUP delimited text as the final
paragraph in the rules.
WORDUP
"If a proposal that is a Great Work passes" [The Rules of Ackanomic, Rule 210]
"which contains a list of words which are" [The Rules of Ackanomic , Rule 346]
"in the Ackanomic Rule Set previous to" [The Rules of Ackanomic, Rule 605]
"the adoption of this rule, or the" [The Rules of Ackanomic, Rule 611] "Rules
of Ackanomic (known as the Official Rules Document)" [The Rules of Ackanomic,
Rule 407.1] "then the following steps occur, in order: " [The Rules of
Ackanomic, Rule 851] "the player who submitted the proposal is" [The Rules of
Ackanomic, Rule 207.1] "said to be foolish, and shall score 10 points" [The
Rules of Ackanomic, Rule 207.1], "the Rules of Ackanomic (known as the
Official Rules Document)" [The Rules of Ackanomic, Rule 407.1] "won't let
your proposal qualify as literature" [The Rules of Ackanomic, Rule 210]
"and this paragraph shall then be repealed." [The Rules of Ackanomic, Rule
1319]
WORDUP

{{Remove The Rules of Ackanomic from the Literature List}}

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:50:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3080

Proposal 3080
Good Samaritans
Astro (Roie Marianer)

[Why not? There is an "Alice in wonderland" law already]
Create a rule numbered 43 called "The Good Samaritans' Law"
with the following content as delimited by SEINFELD
SEINFELD
Any player that sees an entity in danger must help that entity if possible.
SEINFELD
Correct any unambigious spelling errors in Rule 43 and its title.

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:52:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3081

Proposal 3081
Now we can get swingpoints without playing chess
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Modify rule 1044 by replacing the text:

"4. It is the duty of the Chess-Umpire to track all aspects of Swingpoints.
If there is no Chess-Umpire, then it is the duty of the newest Swinger to
keep track of Swingpoints. "  

with the text:

"4. It is the duty of the Chess-Umpire to track all aspects of Swingpoints.
If there is no Chess-Umpire, then any player may volunteer to keep track of
Swingpoints, in which case it becomes eir duty to do so. If there is no such
volunteer then no swingpoints may be awarded or used."

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:53:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3082

Proposal 3082
Nameless Thing #1
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Warning Contains: fortnights.

Append the following text to the end of the first paragraph rule 1140:

"No player may receive the chocolate frog in two consecutive months."

Replace the second paragraph of rule 901 [The first Magic Potato will be
given out on the first Monday following the accepting of this Proposal into
law. ] with the following text:

"No player may receive the magic potato in two consecutive weeks."

Add the following text to rule 836 after the second paragraph:

"No player may have the great raft or great oars transferred to them in 2
consecutive fortnights. No player may be selected to have the great raft or
great oars transferred to them if they currently have the other (i.e. they
can't get the oars if they have the raft and vice versa)."

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:54:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3083

Proposal 3083
Nameless Horrors in the Proposal Queue: Film at 11
breadbox (Brian Raiter)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 301 ("Proposal and Rule Titles"), by replacing the sentence
that reads:

"If the player doesn't indicate a Title for the Proposal then the
Promoter shall select a Title."

with the following sentence:

"If the player doesn't indicate a legal Title for the Proposal then
the Promoter shall select a Title."

{{[Since Rule 301 was first drafted, it's become possible for a player
to specify an invalid Title. The Promoter needs to be able to supply a
title in those cases as well.]}}

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:55:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3084

Proposal 3084
Actually, Let's Just Straighten Out This Whole Title Thing Right Now
breadbox (Brian Raiter)

{{[Proposals and Rules are the original named entities by tradition.
Obviously, their names correspond to their titles. All well and good,
except that the rules never come out and state this. Titles are always
referred to as Titles, and the rules indicate that they are really
entity names only indirectly - mainly, by all the exceptions to the
restrictions that entity names are subject to (because we don't
usually think of them as names). So much of this stuff isn't in the
rules and is only upheld via game custom. It's past time to put this
stuff in writing, so to speak.]}}

I. [The following changes to Rule 301 codify current game practice,
and clear away some aniquated language.]

Replace the text of Rule 301 ("Proposal and Rule Titles") with the
following text as delimited by DELIMITED:

DELIMITED
Rules and Proposals are named, unownable entities. The names of Rules
and Proposals are referred to as their titles.

The titles of Rules and Proposals are not required to be unique, with
respect to each other or with respect to any other entity. (This
paragraph takes precedence over Rule 348.)

The following characters:

  " : ; ( )

[i.e., double-quote, backquote, colon, semicolon, and parentheses] are
legal name characters when they appear in the titles of Proposals and
Rules. Proposals and Rules may have titles of up to one hundred forty
name characters. (This paragraph takes precedence over Rule 500.1.)

When a Proposal is accepted that creates a new Rule, the new Rule
shall have the title indicated by the Proposal, or, if no valid title
is specified, the new Rule shall have the same title as the Proposal.
DELIMITED

{{[All of the explicit extensions to legal titles have their precedent
in previous proposals. Please don't consider this an invitation to go
wild. I'm just trying to keep legal what we've treated as legal in the
past. Note that angle-brackets are still not permitted, by the way, in
order to preserve my sanity when harfing the HTML. (I'd outlaw the
ampersand too if I thought I could get away with it.)]}}

II. [Removing now-redundant language]

Amend Rule 348 (" ") by replacing its initial paragraph:

No two named entities may have names that match. The names of Rules
and Proposals are exempted from this restriction.

with the following paragraph:

No two named entities may have names that match.

{{[Thus a rule must override via precedence in order to violate this
restriction, as do Rules 301 and 258.]}}

III. [Moving the Promoter's duty to where it belongs]

Amend Rule 406 ("Promoter") by replacing the text:

"(d) to promptly distribute each numbered proposal for voting."

with the following:

"
(d) to assign a title to each proposal for which the submitter did
not indicate a legal title;

(e) to promptly distribute each proposal for voting.
"

{{[This duty was originally in Rule 301.]}}

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:56:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3085

Proposal 3085
Something special
J. M. Bear (Frank Schmidt)

Amend Rule 1230.5 by removing the string ", provided that
the orthogonal direction taken is only 45 degrees rotated
from the diagonal direction taken (e.g. you can move up-left
then left, but not up-left then right)".
[This isn't needed, since the moves excluded are already
moves allowed as standard or special moves.]

Amend Rule 1230.6 to read as delimited by CARAVAN.

CARAVAN
A Camel is a piece with a material value of 5, represented by
the character C.

A Camel's move consists of movement of 3 squares in any
orthogonal direction, followed by movement of 1 square in
a direction perpendicular to the other one, skipping over
pieces in its path.

A Camel has a Special Move, consisting of movement of 3*n
squares in any orthogonal direction, followed by movement of
n squares in a direction perpendicular to the first one, skipping
over pieces in its path, with n being an integer between 2 and 6,
inclusive. This move may not be used as a Capture.
CARAVAN

Change the title of Rule 1230.6 to "PartyChessPiece Camel".

Amend Rule 1230.21 by appending the GHOUL-delimited text
as a separate paragraph.

GHOUL
A Zombie has a Special Move, consisting of a movement of one
square in any diagonal direction. This move may not be used as a
Capture.
GHOUL

Amend Rule 1230.22 by appending the JEOPARDY-delimited
text as a separate paragraph.

JEOPARDY
A Gess has a Special Move, consisting of a movement in any
direction to SQn, n being an integer between 2 and 10, inclusive,
if SQ(n-1) is occupied. This move may not be used as a Capture.
JEOPARDY

[The special moves should be special, but somehow linked to the
normal ones.]

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:57:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3086

Proposal 3086
Win, When?
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Rule 603 never says when a player actually achieves the relevant Winning
Condition.  This amendment should make the timing obvious.]

Amend Rule 603 by replacing the following UNCLEAR-delimited text:

UNCLEAR
If a voting player has a number of points equal to or greater than the
Magic Number, and that player is the first one to have done so in the
current Cycle, then that player has achieved a Winning Condition. 
UNCLEAR

with the following CRYSTAL-delimited text:

CRYSTAL
A player achieves a Winning Condition at the instant their number of
points first reaches or exceeds the Magic Number in any given Cycle,
provided that at such time their score is the highest current score.
CRYSTAL

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:58:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3087

Proposal 3087
Sigh
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)

This is a modest proposal.

Amend Rule 1020, "Dispensations", by adding the following
double-quote-delimited text at the end of the rule as a new paragraph:

"The Dispensation list may only be manipulated as specified by the rules.
{{ If any item appears on the dispensation list which was not added by the
method specified in this rule, remove it from the list. }}"

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:59:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3088

Proposal 3088
Majickal Rhapsody
JT (JT Traub)

Possessing quadruple Majicks bestows Enlightenment; additionally
Wierdness.

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 18:19:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3086

On Mon, 18 May 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote:

> > Proposal 3086
> > Win, When?
> > Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> > 
> > with the following CRYSTAL-delimited text:
> > 
> > CRYSTAL
> > A player achieves a Winning Condition at the instant their number of
> > points first reaches or exceeds the Magic Number in any given Cycle,
> > provided that at such time their score is the highest current score.
> > CRYSTAL
> 
> Doesn't this eliminate the clause that allows only the first player who's
> score exceeds the magic Number to win a cycle?  With the cycle win cfj
> method, it is not at all inconceivable that a player could exceed the
> magic number, fall back below it, exceed it again, fall below it again,
> have some other player pass him AND the magic number, etc..  All before a
> CFj came back true and the cycle ended.

Oops - you're right and I didn't intend this.

I retract Proposal 3086.

I still believe the fix is a good idea to make the timing clear - a new
version will be out sometime soon.
- -- 
Duncan C. "" Richer aka
Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College
Cambridge, 1st Year PhD(Pure Maths), CUDipSoc, CUSFS, CUSTS, CURS etc
Acka - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer

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