Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #79
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acka-voting-digest       Thursday, May 21 1998       Volume 03 : Number 079

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:00:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3057 rejected

Results of Proposal 3057

19/27 votes: Quorum achieved
8/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Astro
H*bert               (SPAM)
rufus
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    NO:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
saaremaa
breadbox
IdiotBoy
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (Klingon)
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3057 - Wed 13 May 1998 00:20 EDT
> One more Convention
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> {{[ This is a small attempt to fix the problem of some types of Null
> proposals. In the case that brought this up, a rule number was left out of
> the proposal. ]}}
> Amend rule 340 'Conventions' as follows:
> Add a section 'IX' in the appropriate place with the following NONULL text
> NONULL
> IX. If a proposal specifies the addition, deletion, or replacement of text,
> and it is possible to determine from context that this a) applies to a rule
> and b) which rule it applies to [IE: the text to change/delete is quoted
> and it occurs in only one place in the rule set, or the text to add is
> specified as being added before or after certain text and that text is
> distinguishable as above], then that proposal will be treated as if it
> correctly specified the rule to amend.
> NONULL

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:01:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3058 accepted

Results of Proposal 3058

19/27 votes: Quorum achieved
8/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    NO:
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)

    PRESENT:
saaremaa
IdiotBoy
Astro

    BAA!:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
H*bert               (SPAM)
rufus

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
else...if            (Klingon)
Illusion
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3058 - Wed 13 May 1998 00:21 EDT
> Excess of Chess Mess Redress: Less Stress
> Hubert (Eric Plumb)
> 
> [ This proposal attempts to address (whoops) the issue of TGW's recent
> amendment to the Check rules: e wanted to simply allow only a single
> non-Placement Atomic Play to escape Check. Unfortunately, the automatic
> surrender e introduced made Swingers extremely vulnerable to Paratroop
> cards, as Slakko and Koxvolio pointed out. My proposed amendment is to once
> again allow multiple-Atomic Play moves whilst in Check. It also calls for a
> Hearing on the subject of whether a Placement move should be allowed to get
> a player out of Check. I personally think it shouldn't, but there are
> enough Swingers who seem to think it should that I think a Hearing on the
> matter is required. ]
> 
> Repeal the second paragraph of section 7, "Check and Checkmate", of Rule
> 1230.2, "Swingers Like to Play Around II - Let's play". (This reads (or
> rather read (or, rather, will have read (or, I suppose, wioll haven
> on-read))), "A Swinger is in Checkmate if e is in Check and there are no
> single atomic plays of type Move, Capture or Special which would cause the
> swinger not to be in Check. If a Swinger is in Checkmate then e
> automatically makes a default play of Surrender.")
> [ I think most everyone agrees this should go. ]
> 
> Create a new Rule numbered 69, entitled "temp", with the following
> REGRESS-delimited text:
> 
> REGRESS
> Upon the creation of this Rule, a Chess Hearing is called with Hubert as
> the Hearing Harfer. A Chess Hearing is similar to the Hearings described in
> Rule 360, except that:
> a) any votes in the Hearing cast by non-player entities other than Party
> Hall shall be ignored, and
> b) for each Swinger who casts a vote in the Chess Hearing, Party Hall will
> cast a vote identical to the vote of that Swinger. [ In effect, this gives
> Swingers two votes each, and the rest of the hoi polloi but one. ]
> 
> The valid responses to a Chess Hearing are "Swingers should be allowed to
> escape Check via Placements." and "Like they should." The duration of a
> Chess Hearing is three days.
> 
> If the verdict of the Chess Hearing is inconclusive, the votes shall be
> recounted, with votes by non-player entities being ignored. If the verdict
> is still inconclusive, a verdict shall be determined randomly by the
> Hearing Harfer.
> 
> If the verdict of the Chess Hearing is "Swingers should be allowed to
> escape Check via Placements.", this Rule shall repeal itself. [ No changes
> are necessary to the Party Chess rules in this case. ]
> 
> If the verdict of the Chess Hearing is "Like they should.", the following
> CRESS-delimited paragraph shall be appended to the end of section 7, "Check
> and Checkmate", of Rule 1230.2, "Swingers Like to Play Around II - Let's
> play", and this Rule shall be repealed.
> 
> CRESS
> When a Swinger is in Check, e does not have the option of making a
> Placement move. This paragraph takes precedence over any Rule or clause
> therein which would suggest otherwise.
> CRESS
> 
> This Rule takes precedence over any Rules which regard Hearings, the types
> of entities allowed to cast votes in Hearings, and Party Chess where there
> is a conflict.
> REGRESS

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:14:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3100

Proposal 3100
Justiciary Fix
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Guy Fawkes may be iced for 14 days.  At that point, e is no longer a
Justice, and under Rule 416.1 may not own a Supreme Cortex.  However, Rule
416.1 does not dictate what actually happens to that cortex.  It needs to
be specified, given standing game custom, that eir ownership of the cortex
is lost.]

Amend Rule 416.1 by inserting the following LOSE-delimited text
immediately after the first sentence of the second paragraph:

LOSE
If a player who is not a Justice owns a Cortex, then they lose ownership
of that Cortex.
LOSE

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:16:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3101

Proposal 3101
Harfhogger Penalty
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Harfmeisters are under increasing pressure to designate Harf these days,
what with it affecting possession of Cheddars, Agenda Hats and suchlike.
Yet there is still no penalty for a Harfmeister (other than having to go
to eir home) who refuses to give out Harf until e is forced from Office.
Seeing as 5 points are given per Harfy thing that happens, a commensurate
penalty (double damages) should be enforced.  Not so much to make the
office untenable, but not so little as to make the penalty ineffective.]

Amend Rule 1112 by inserting the following PEN-delimited text immediately
after the final occurrence of the text "guilty of Hogging the Harf":

PEN
, loses 10 points at the time the verdict becomes public,
PEN

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:17:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3102

Proposal 3102
Grand Repealo
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Again, the modest declaration serves minimal purpose.  There is no point
anti-voting NO on this proposal, as it amends Rule 207.  I feel that
Grandiose designation of proposals is a pointless endeavour these days.
Such designations are used so infrequently that their removal would not
significantly affect game play.]

Amend Rule 207 by (a) deleting all instances of the following 2 quoted
sentences:

"If a Grandiose proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receives
16 points, and every player who voted NO on it receives 5 points."

"If a Grandiose proposal is rejected, but meets quorum, the player who
proposed it loses 12 points, and every player who voted YES on it
receives 5 points."

and (b) replacing all instances of the text "a proposal which is neither
Modest nor Grandiose" with "a non-Modest proposal"

Amend Rule 209 to read as delimited by MODONLY-below:

MODONLY
A proposal is considered to be Modest if and only if the author of the
proposal prefaces the proposal with the words "This is a Modest
proposal". 
The sentence that declares a Proposal to be Modest is
considered "furniture" for the purposes of Rule 207. 
MODONLY

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:18:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3103

Proposal 3103
RoundOutForTheCount
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

This is a Chess Proposal.

[The RoundCount variable is not very useful right now.  It was originally
introduced to determine when swingpoints were awarded.  We've been on
fortnight Swingpoint awards for months, yet the RoundCount remains.  I'm
sick of tracking it, and would rather see it go.]

Amend Rule 1230.2, section 4 subsection B item (i) to read as delimited by
TURNBASED below:

TURNBASED
(i) If a Swinger's Office is Warm, and the Swinger is not checked, then:
(a) If the Office has no on-board pieces, or the previous move made by
that office was not a Pass, then that Swinger's Office automatically
Passes when its turn begins, otherwise
(b) That Swinger's Office automatically Surrenders when its turn begins.
TURNBASED

[The above section previously referred to rounds.]

Delete the following ROUNDY-delimited text from Rule 1230.2:

ROUNDY
C. A Round of play is defined as a time period in which each Swinger
played at least once, at least one Swinger played only once, and no
Swinger who played more than once played after all Swingers who played
exactly once. 
Each time a Round of play is over, RoundCount is incremented by 1.
Whenever a new game of Party Chess is started, and no other rule specifies
what the RoundCount shall be, it shall be set to 0. 
ROUNDY

Delete section 9 subsection A item (i) from Rule 1230.2, and relabel items
(ii) and (iii) as (i) and (ii) respectively.

[Deleted text: There has not been a Free For All for at least one Round.
This refers to restrictions on Free for Alls - section (ii) specifies a
six-week break.  We don't need any additional restrictions to compensate
for the loss of the round restrictions.]

Amend Rule 1230.40 by deleting section d), and relabelling sections e) and
f) to d) and e) respectively.
[The incrementing of the RoundCount at the end of the game is now
unnecessary.]

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:19:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3104

Proposal 3104
Nameless Thing #1
Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)

Create a rule, titled "The Mu-Cow Hunter" and numbered 1395, with the
following ZEN-delimited text:

ZEN

An Active player of Ackanomic exists whose Ackanomic name is The Mu-Cow
Hunter.  The real name of The Mu-Cow Hunter is Larry.  The Mu-Cow Hunter is
not a person, and does not have an e-mail address; this takes precedence
over any rule which requires players to be people or to have e-mail
addresses.

The Mu-Cow Hunter is at all times on the CFJ eligibility list.  If any rule
specifies that a player shall be randomly selected, there shall be a
probability of 0 that The Mu-Cow Hunter is selected; this takes precedence
over the rule entitled "Level Playing Field".  The Mu-Cow Hunter is not
considered to be a player for the purposes of determining quorum.

The Mu-Cow Hunter shall abstain on all proposals, with the exception of the
proposals e submits; e shall vote BAA! on these proposals, if such a vote
exists.

The Mu-Cow Hunter shall submit one and only one proposal on the third day
of every month; e shall submit no proposals on any other day.

The proposal which The Mu-Cow Hunter submits is titled "Mu".  It consists
of the text "The Mu-Cow Hunter gains a Winning Condition upon the passage
of this proposal."

If a proposal submitted by the Mu-Cow passes, e shall upon its passage
submit a CFJ on the statement "The Mu-Cow Hunter has achieved a Winning
Condition on <date>."  The CFJ shall include no reasoning.

ZEN

AtP

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:20:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3105

Proposal 3105
A tad too big for a CSR I think
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Modify the rule created by proposal 3048 (Feuds) by replacing:

"a. The Similarity between the Organizations is less than 50 "

with:

a. The H Similarity between the Organizations is less than 50"

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:21:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3106

Proposal 3106
Let me Out!!!!
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is as modest proposal.

Modify rule 256 (Leaving the Game) by appending the following text to the
end:

"A player may leave the game either as a public action or by mailing the
registrar, or by responding to a query from the speaker as in rule 257
stating eir wish to be removed."

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:22:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3107

Proposal 3107
By the Holy Claws of Klortho the Magnificent
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

Throughout the Ruleset, replace every occurrence of the word
"Ackadollar"(in any state of capitalization, especially including
"AckaDollar")with "Quatloo", and every occurrence of "A$" with "Qo".

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:23:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3108

Proposal 3108
If Leaving Me Is Easy
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 257, "No Dead Players Allowed", by appending to the first
paragraph the following text(delimited by RAINBOW):

RAINBOW
If this response indicates that e wishes to leave the game, then e may
be removed from the game by the Speaker forwarding eir email response
to the public forum.
RAINBOW

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:24:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3109

Proposal 3109
I hope the Scorekeeper has been paying attention
saaremaa (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

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

Amend Rule 1250.21, "Abstract Crescent" as follows:

I. Replace 

"
b. This. Game needs no General Equipment 
"

with:

"
b. General Equipment: Gamepoints as needed.
"

- ---

II.  Append the following sentence to the end of 
the text of section d:

"
All players start with a score of 0 Gamepoints.
"

- ---

III.  In the paragraph that constitutes the body of section 4,
and in the first paragraph that constitutes the body of section 5,
replace all instances of the word "points" with "Gamepoints".

- ---

IV.  Append the following text to the end of the rule:

"
{{
All Abstract Crecent games in progress are changed to follow the 
modified rule.

For all Abstract Crecent games in progress, all points received or
lost as a result of this rule for the particular instance of the game
in progress are converted to Gamepoints scoped to that particular
instance of the game in progress and to the appropriate player.
}}
"

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 17:29:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3060 accepted

Results of Proposal 3060

20/26 votes: Quorum achieved
9/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus
Attila the Pun
Koxvolio             (Harf)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Pandora              (MetaMorph)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
Astro
JT                   (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy
H*bert               (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3060 - Thu 14 May 1998 05:16 EDT
> Providing a True Benefyt
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [A couple more Benefyt Special Moves.]
> 
> Append the following text to Rule 1230.8, "Creation of a PartyChessPiece
> Pawn":
> 
> "7. A Pawn has a Special Move, which consists of moving as a Rook would
> normally move. It may not be used to take a piece, nor may it be used so
> that the destination square is a square mentioned in Section 4. [That is,
> no direct Benefyt movement to a promotion square.]"
> 
> Rename Rule 1230.8 "PartyChessPiece Pawn".
> 
> Append the following text to Rule 1230.11 "Creation of a PartyChessPiece
> Jester":
> 
> "4. A Jester has a Special Move, which consists of moving to any square on
> the board, such that the Jester is not attacking any pieces after the
> Special Move has been made. [The mysterious Jester - where will it hop to
> next?]"
> 
> Rename Rule 1230.11 "PartyChessPiece Jester".
> 
> [The renames are to simplify the long-winded titles by dropping the
> "Creation of a" bit which is redundant. By chucking the renames in with the
> Benefyt creations they don't add a line to the tracking list of their own
> accord.]

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 17:30:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3061 accepted

Results of Proposal 3061

20/26 votes: Quorum achieved
19/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

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

    NO:
saaremaa
JT                   (Boomerangs)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
UglyBigNose

    VACATIONING:
Guy Fawkes

    PENDING:
two-star
Tom Kitten

> Proposal 3061 - Thu 14 May 1998 06:37 EDT
> Enough With These Stupid CSRs Already
> breadbox (Brian Raiter)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> I. {{[I am tired of issuing CSRs every time someone forgets to give their
> new rule a number. Furthermore, the policy of new rules taking the number
> of their creating proposal is a holdover to the long-ago times before the
> ruleset was organized. (You newcomers have no idea what it was like back
> then - 500K of rules scattered about willy-nilly. The "Rules by Category"
> page was essential for survival.) I think the following is much more
> appropriate to the way the rules are currently organized, and it allows me
> to avoid having to set up a new web page whenever another hundred proposals
> go by.]}}
> 
> 
> II. Create a rule, numbered 1399 and titled "Miscellaneous Rule Suite",
> with the following text:
> 
> All rules in the Miscellaneous Rule Suite defer precedence to rules outside
> of this Rule Suite.
> 
> [Miscellanous rules.]
> 
> 
> III. In Rule 303 ("Proposal and Rule Numbering") under section II, replace
> the text of item 3 with the following:
> 
> Otherwise, the new rule is created as a member of the Miscellaneous Rule
> Suite, as per above.
> 
> 
> IV. {{[This last bit isn't really relevant to the above, but it's something
> I've been meaning to do. The ASS Rule Suite lacks a proper link text.]}}
> Append the following paragraph to Rule 950 ("Ackanomic Sound System Rule
> Suite"):
> 
> [Ackanomic Sound System Rules.]

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:02:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Corrections for missing SPAM votes

Well, the news is good.

There were only thirteen proposals that should have been accredited
with SPAM Unity votes. Of those thirteen, only two proposals were
rejected, and the extra vote in both cases was not enough to tip them
over 60% (though one of them, Proposal 2993, came close).

To the best of my knowledge, nothing else in the game is affected by
the presence or absence of Unity votes (though for all I know the
Stock Market may be affected by the number of vowels that appear in
the voting result reports), so hopefully nothing has changed by this
little discovery.

Here are the affected proposals and their corrected voting ratios:

Proposal 2959: 13/19
Proposal 2982: 16/20
Proposal 2983: 12/19
Proposal 2984: 12/19
Proposal 2985: 14/19
Proposal 2991: 14/19
Proposal 2993: 11/20
Proposal 3018: 20/21
Proposal 3020: 23/24
Proposal 3024: 13/20
Proposal 3037: 11/21 
Proposal 3048: 15/20
Proposal 3061: 20/22

As always, if you ever see anything in the voting results that looks
wrong, point it out as soon as possible. (Unless it involves Proposal
2993, in which case keep it to yourself until after next Tuesday.)

breadbox

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:15:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3110

Proposal 3110
These Aren't The Droids You're Looking For
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[ Just trying to keep rules in the appropriate centuries.  In other
words, I disagree with the placements others have made.  :-)  ]}}

{{[ Locations are in the 800's. ]}}

Renumber Rule 1130, "The Ackanomic Printing Guild", to 856.

{{[ Miscellaneous entities are in the 900's. ]}}

Renumber Rule 1140, "The Chocolate Frog", to 927.

Renumber Rule 1389, "Quarantine", to 940.

{{[ I've been guilty of putting "miscellaneous" into the 1300's myself,
but I recall it being sort of "science and religion".  The 1100's are
more miscellaneous to me. ]}}

Renumber Rule 1302, "Happiness", to 1131.

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:16:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3111

Proposal 3111
Games on IRC
saaremaa (Randy Hall)

[I would implement games on IRC on a per game basis, and would do
it basically as follows.  I do not think most games should be played
on IRC, but some should be and I know that I do not have the patience
to play spades via e-mail :-).  IAC, the decision as to which games 
are available for IRC play can be left up to the voters later.  This
will also allow things like a game of chess as a duel, which again I
prolly do not have the patience to do over e-mail, and allowing games
in principle over IRC is a different issue than allowing any of our
games over IRC.]

- ---

Amend rule 1250.1, "Games & Contests" to add the following text 
to the end of the rule:

"
XIV. Games on IRC

A particular IRC server is a valid forum for playing Games and Contests
provided all of the following are true with respect to the server, the
game, and its participants, as appropriate:

a. The game lists in its General Equipment section: 'Optionally, an
Ackanomic IRC server', or words to that effect.

b. The following information is announced at least 24 hours prior to
the start of the game in the main forum: The URL of the particular server
that the game will be played on, and the start time of the game.

c. The specified server is defined as General Equipment [in rule 1250.3].

d. All players and referees (participants) consent to participate in the
game on the specified server.  The game or contest does not require,
in general, non-participant Acka players to be played normally.  [e.g.
Limerick Contest].

e. At least one referee, (or one player in the absence of a referee), has
client software capable of logging sessions on the specified server,
and that person volunteer to log the particular game in its entirety.
{{[sorry for the obtuse wording, but things like www.zone.com could be
considered IRC servers (especially for spades), but logging is not 
possible, (forget the fact that it is controlled by the evil empire...)]}}

The results of a game on IRC are considered publicly knowable when
the volunteer per subsection e posts the entire log file via e-mail to the 
customary Games list, (or posts the URL of the log file via e-mail to
the customary Games list, in the case of large log files).
"

- ---

Amend rule 1250.3, "General Equipment", to add the following text to
the end of the rule:

"
VI. Ackanomic IRC servers:
"

{{[see later why no actual servers are listed in this proposal.]}}

- ---

Amend the Postal Code to add the following text to the end of the 
paragraph that begins with "acka-games@":

"
IRC servers are legal fora in lieu of acka-games@ provided the server
in question is specified, and used as described in the rules.
"

- ---

{{[At this point I would add specific servers to section VI of rule
1250.3, and amend a few games to be playable on IRC.  These are separate
issues, however, and should be accepted separately, since I would not
propose adding someone else's IRC server to the rules, or risk the 
proposal failing because people don't want spades to be played on IRC.

If you have an IRC server, adding it to section VI as a G&C submission
with a little {{magic}} (as opposed to the default of adding it with
a new roman numeral section) should not be too hard, if you want]}}

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:17:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3112

Proposal 3112
The Leaders in Creative Mayhem
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

Create a new Rule, a member of the Otzma Card Rule Suite, numbered 1240.X,
where X is the smallest integer greater than all Y such that 1240.Y is
already a Rule in the Otzma Card Rule Suite, titled "Otzma Card of Type
ACME InstaGadget", with the following MEEPMEEP! delimited text:

MEEPMEEP!
This rule defines an Otzma Card type called ACME InstaGadget.  The
F-designation of ACME InstaGadget Otzma Cards is Rare.  There may be no
more than 5 ACME InstaGadget cards in existence at any one time.

A player with an ACME InstaGadget card may play it in the public forum,
naming a type of Gadget whose Blueprint is not Useless, and paying either 
(a) the last price paid at Public Auction for a Gadget of that Type, if
such a value is defined, or
(b) A$500.  
The amount paid goes to the Treasury.
A Gadget of that type will be created in the possession of the player who
played the Otzma Card.
[Note: This Card has no Counteraction, so the Gadget is created 3 days
after the Otzma Card is played.]
MEEPMEEP!

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:18:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3113

Proposal 3113
Do You Glimp At Me?
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{ Destroy any Benefyts which were created after the submission of this
Proposal, except by the method described in Rule 1044. [Just to be safe] }}

Amend Rule 1044, "Swingpoints", as follows:

Append to section 3.d.
   
{{[ 
   d. A Player may, as a public action, convert ten of eir own
   Swingpoints into a Benefyt.
]}}

the text "Benefyts are tradeable entities."

{{[ Hopefully Benefyts are sufficiently "entityish" that Rule 500 will
still apply to them, but I want to make them Tradeable so I can give
mine to J. M. Bear, who is more likely to use them than I. ]}}

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:19:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3114

Proposal 3114
Two Blue Einsteins
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

Create a new Rule, numbered 1144, entitled "Height and Justice", with
text as follows(delimited by BAUER):

BAUER
The Height of an individual is considered to be one meter for every A$
e possesses.

To be selected as Judge for a CFJ, one must be able to remain in the
courtroom(i.e. one must not be required by any other Rule to leave it).

{{ If Proposal 3107, "By The Holy Claws of Klorto The Magnificent", passed, 
replace "A$" above with "Qo". }}
BAUER

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:20:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3115

Proposal 3115
Minor rules suite change
JT (JT Traub)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 311 (Rule Suites) as follows.
Append the following REMOVAL delimited paragraph as the final paragraph of
the rule.
REMOVAL
If the Head of a Rule Suite is repealed, all rules in that Rule Suite are
also repealed.
REMOVAL
{{[Just looking through it this morning, and noticed that if the Head of a
Rules Suite were to be repealed, it was undefined what happened to the
rules in that suite.  This is probably the cleanest situation.]}}

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:21:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3116

Proposal 3116
Fictionary Misere
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Modify rule 1250.10 (Fictionary) by replacing the text:

"5b) The game shall end when all players have been Brainiac the same number
of times, and one or more players has 25 or more Gamepoints. The single
player with the most Gamepoints wins, and receives 1 A$ for each Gamepoint
they have. If there is no such player, all players who are tied with the most
Gamepoints receive A$12. There is no winner declared, however. The winner
also receives a standard Trophy. "

with the text:

"5b) The game shall end when all players have been Brainiac the same number
of times, and one or more players has 25 or more Gamepoints. The single
player with the most Gamepoints wins, and receives 1 A$ for each Gamepoint
they have. If there is no such player, all players who are tied with the most
Gamepoints receive A$12. There is no winner declared, however. If however
when someone reaches a score of twenty five points or more and all players
have been Brainiac the same number of times and exactly 1 player has scored
no Gamepoints (positive or negative) during the entire game of fictionary
then the player who has scored no points shall be declared the winner and
shall receive A$30. The winner also receives a standard Trophy."

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