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acka-voting-digest      Friday, September 4 1998      Volume 03 : Number 147

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 10:49:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3491 accepted

Results of Proposal 3491

21/26 votes: Quorum achieved
13/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Weishaupt
TJ                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)
Studge
Piz

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3491 - Thu 27 Aug 1998 10:24 EDT
> Last Worthless Evening
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a modest Proposal.
> 
> In Rule 854, delete the text(delimited by KORTCHMAR):
> 
> KORTCHMAR
> Due to limitations in extra head technology, every extra head after the
> first that a player has is shriveled and misshapen. Therefore, a player
> with an extra head may wear one more piece of headwear than would otherwise
> be allowed, but additional extra heads do not allow a player to wear more
> headwear
> KORTCHMAR
> 
> {{[ K 2 recently pointed out to me that this Rule ends up prohibiting any
> player from wearing more than two pieces of headwear. I had always thought
> that it allowed three, but apparently not. And frankly, I never liked the
> shriveled head thing. If the intent is to keep people from wearing more
> than three Agenda Hats, why not do this directly? ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 671, "Nemesis Eggplants and Agenda Hats", by inserting the text
> "No player may wear more than three Agenda Hats at any given time." after
> "Only visible Agenda Hats may be worn."
> 
> {{ Any Agenda Hats which a player attempted to wear while already wearing
> two Agenda Hats, and which were destroyed as a result of not being worn at
> the end of a Cycle, are recreated in that player's possession. If
> necessary, a Nemesis Eggplant is created in the possession of the player
> who originally owned the Nemesis Eggplant for that Hat as well. }}
> 
> {{ Alfvaen loses one point; K 2 gains one point. }}

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 10:50:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3492 accepted

Results of Proposal 3492

23/26 votes: Quorum achieved
19/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
Memo
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Weishaupt
rufus                (SPAM)
TJ                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Piz
Ethelred             (AVPP)
SPAM Unity Vote

    NO:

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Studge

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3492 - Fri 28 Aug 1998 06:57 EDT
> words, words, there all we have to go on
> rufus (David Scheidt)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> In rule 418, "Justices are keeper of the Sacred Laws", replace the string
> "the person in charge of CFJs" with the string "the Clerk of the Court"
> every time it appears.

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 10:51:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3494 accepted

Results of Proposal 3494

22/26 votes: Quorum achieved
13/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
TJ                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Studge
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
breadbox
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Weishaupt
rufus                (SPAM)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3494 - Fri 28 Aug 1998 07:00 EDT
> Someone to Watch Over Us
> Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> {{A guardian angel is created in the possession of a random active voting
> player.}}
> 
> {{[I'd like to see one of these get into circulation and can't see that
> anyone's going to build one otherwise with it being a once only and then
> it's gone type of thing.]}}

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 10:53:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3495 accepted

Results of Proposal 3495

22/26 votes: Quorum achieved
13/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Studge
K 2's Amber Banana Tree
Tammany                                 [Alfvaen bribed Tammany A$30 (YES)]
                                        [K 2 bribed Tammany A$25 (YES)]

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
Memo
Weishaupt
rufus                (SPAM)
TJ                   (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Piz

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3495 - Fri 28 Aug 1998 07:03 EDT
> I. Am. A. Moron. I. Am. A. Moron.
> Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> Modify rule 106 by replacing all ocurences of the string "Voting Players"
> with the string "Players eligible to vote on proposals".
> 
> ----
> 
> In rule 107 replace:
> 
> "The head count for a given proposal includes all players who legally cast
> a vote on that proposal and all players who were active at the end of that
> proposal's voting period, but excluding those players who are currently
> defined as Pending."
> 
> with:
> 
> "The head count for a given proposal includes all players who legally cast
> a vote on that proposal and all players who were eligible to cast a vote on
> that proposal at the end of that proposal's voting period but did not do
> so."
> 
> ----
> 
> In rule 207 replace "voting player" with "player eligible to vote on it".
> 
> ----
> 
> Create a new rule numbered 320 titled "Governments Rule Suite" reading as
> follows (delimited by TOLEDO):
> 
> TOLEDO
> There exists a type of unownable, named entities called Government Types.
> All Government Types are either Active or Dormant. At most one government
> type may be Active at any one time; if the rules cause one to become Active
> and there is already an Active Government Type then the latter will become
> Dormant an
> 
> infinitesimal ammount of time before the former becomes Active. If no
> Government Type is Active then the Government Type
> 
> Anarchy (if it exists) becomes Active. The Active Government Type is known
> as The Current Government of Ackanomia.
> 
> All existing Government Types are defined by rules within this rule suite,
> and then only by rules with a name "Government Type: " where is replaced by
> a legal Ackanomic name. The name of the Government Type as specified in
> that rule shall then be . Such rules, and only such rules, are known as
> Governmental Rules.
> 
> Governmental Rules should specify who is eligible to vote on proposals (if
> it fails then all active voting players may vote), and may also specify any
> deviations from the normal rules. Such deviations apply only when the
> Government Type described in the rule is The Current Government of
> Ackanomia. [examples would include things like "the Illuminatus receives a
> salary as if it were a functional office", "rule 1029 does not apply",
> "Senators may not
> 
> make proposals", etc.]
> 
> All players have a rebeliousness characteristic which may either be "on"
> 
> or "off" (the default value is off {{all players have their rebeliousness
> characteristic set to off}}). A player may freely change the value of this
> characteristic by publicly stating that they are doing so, and what they
> are changing it too.
> 
> If ever over 50% of all player have a rebeliousnees characteristic of "on"
> and any player points this out publicly then a Revolution shall begin.
> During a Revolution the folloing events will happen:
> 
> 1. The Government Type "Anarchy" shall become Active.
> 
> 2. All players have their rebeliousness characteristic changed to "off".
> 
> 3. The OiCoRT should pick a Random Government Type other than Anarchy and
> the type of Government imediately before the Revolution. If that Government
> Type specifies any other random determinations are to be made at this point
> then e should do that too. This Government Type then be known as the
> Proto-Government.
> 
> 4. Exactly one week after the Revolution started the Proto-Government shall
> become Active.
> 
> 5. The Revolution shall end.
> 
> It is considered good form for the Scare Monger to be particularly active
> during a Revolution.
> 
> All rules in this rulesuite take precedence over all other rules. This rule
> takes precedence over all other rules in this rulesuite.
> TOLEDO
> 
> ----
> 
> Create a new rule called "Government Type: Anarchy" numbered 320.1 reading
> as follows:
> 
> "
> When The Current Government of Ackanomia is Anarchy all active voting
> players are eligible to vote on proposals but no-one is allowed to submit a
> proposal.
> "
> 
> ----
> 
> Create a new rule called "Government Type: Democracy" numbered 320.2
> reading as follows:
> 
> "
> There are no specialrules for when The Current Government of Ackanomia is
> Democracy. All active voting players are eligible to vote on proposals.
> "
> 
> ----
> 
> Create a new rule called "Government Type: Despotism" numbered 320.3
> reading as follows:
> 
> "
> When Despotismis the Proto-Government the OiCoRT should also randomly
> select an active voting player. For the whole time The Current Government
> of Ackanomia is Despotism this player is known as
> 
> The Despot and is the only player eligible to vote on proposals. However
> The Despot is not allowed to submit proposals. In addition the Tabulator is
> free to reveal any votes cast on any proposal without penalty. [This is to
> stop any abuse of power. If The Despot has voted YES on a proposal that
> would make eir power permanent then the Tabulator could reveal this fact
> 
> and then everyone would be able to rebel. It shouldn't really be necessary
> but I know I wouldn't like, say, Hoover 2300 ruling the game!]
> "
> 
> ----
> 
> Create a new rule called "Government Type: Fundamentalism" numbered 320.4
> reading as follows:
> 
> "
> When Fundamentalism is the Proto-Government the OiCoRT should also select
> one Caste at random. Whilst Fundamentalism remains The Current Government
> of Ackanomia only members of this Caste are eligible to vote on proposals.
> Additionally, no player may change Caste.
> "
> 
> ----
> 
> Create a new rule called "Government Type: Elected Assembly" numbered 320.5
> reading as follows:
> 
> "
> When The Current Government of Ackanomia is Elected Assembly only the
> Senators, Speaker and President are eligible to vote on proposals. In
> addition a proposal will passif it meets quorum and receives a simple
> majority of votes.
> "
> 
> ----
> 
> Create a new rule called "Government Type: Proportional Representation"
> numbered 320.5 reading as follows:
> 
> "
> When Proportional Representation is the Proto-Government the OiCoRT should
> also select one active voting member of each political party for every two
> members that party has (rounded down). If a party has insufficient active
> voting players then all such members are selected instead. These players
> are knownas Members of Parliament for the duration of time that
> Proportional Representation is The Current Government of Ackanomia and are
> the only players eligible to vote on proposals when this is the case.
> "
> 
> {{The Current Government of Ackanomia is set to Democracy.}}

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 10:54:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3496 rejected

Results of Proposal 3496

22/26 votes: Quorum achieved
11/20 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Memo
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Weishaupt
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Studge

    NO:
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
TJ                   (Boomerangs)
Piz
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3496 - Fri 28 Aug 1998 07:04 EDT
> Gadgets for All!!
> Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> {{Renumber this rule to 595}}
> 
> Every week on Saturday the Speaker may choose a gadget and randomly select
> an active player to receive it. E may choose any gadget e wishes but is
> encouraged to choose those which it is unlikely would be built otherwise. A
> gadget of the type chosen will then be created in the possesion of the
> chosen player.
> 
> {{[This is because of Slakko's repeal ofscientists which means that only
> the more powerful gadgets are likely to get built.]}}

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:16:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3538

Proposal 3538
Scared Brown Vole
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a modest proposal.

{{[Three bonus votes per entity. Swingpoints cannot be used to create
Bonus Votes. A limit is placed on the number of Bonus Votes
that may exist (2xVoting Players)]}}

Amend Rule 317 (Bonus Votes) by replacing the following text comprising
section 2:
A player can own at most five Bonus Votes at an given time. If a Player
who already owns five Bonus Votes receives an additional Bonus Vote, by
any means, the additional Bonus Vote is destroyed.
With:
An entity can own at most three Bonus Votes at any given time. If an
entity who already owns three Bonus Votes receives an additional Bonus
Vote, by any means, the additional Bonus Vote is destroyed.

Append the following as a new Section to the end of Rule 317 (Bonus
Votes):
8. Any Bonus Votes created while there are more than twice as many Bonus

Votes in existence than voting players shall immediately transform into
four swingpoints, unless the Bonus Vote would have been destroyed upon
receipt.

Delete subsection b of Section 3 of Rule 1044 (Swingpoints) which reads:

b. A Player may, as a public action, convert four of his own Swingpoints

into one Bonus Vote.

Repeal Rule 594.11 (Blueprint: Bonus Vote Add-On) if it exists.

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:17:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3539

Proposal 3539
Castes
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

{{[Castes are tracked by the Dungeon Master. The DM gains some trivial
privileges.]}}

Amend Rule 540.2 (Basic Player Characteristics) by deleting the
following text:
"
The Office of Dungeonmaster is an optional office, whose duties are to
generate Characteristic Values as specified in the
previous paragraph when required to do so. (The Office has no Privileges

as yet.)

It is the responsibility of the DM to track any characteristics of
players that are not explicitly tracked by any other officer.
"

Create a new rule numbered 441 (or the next largest integer which has
not been assigned to a rule) titled "Dungeon Master" with the following
text:
"
The Office of Dungeon Master is an optional office, whose duties are:
(i) to generate Basic Player Characteristics when required to do so.
(ii) to track any Characteristics of players that are not explicitly
tracked by any other officer.
(iii) to track the membership of each of the Castes [See rule 1030].

and whose privileges are:
(i) to change eir Caste as a public action.
(ii) to add or subtract one point from any of the characteristics
defined in Rule 540.2 (Basic Player Characteristics) of any player as a
public action. This privilege may be used at most once per month.
"

Amend the second paragraph of Rule 541 (Characteristic Tests) to read:
When a rule calls for a Characteristic Test, the following procedure is
performed by the Dungeon Master.

Replace the following text of Rule 1031 (Grey Council):
When a member of the Grey Council swaps Caste membership with one or two

other players, this member's seat immeadiately becomes vacant.
with
When a member of the Grey Council changes Caste, this member's seat
immeadiately becomes vacant.

{{[there may be other methods created to change caste than just
swapping]}}

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:19:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3540

Proposal 3540
Landslide Victory
Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)

Modify rule 402 by replacing:

"During the Election Period, each voting player may cast one vote for
any one of the Nominees by so notifying the appropriate Officer. A
voting player may change eir vote at any time by so notifying the
appropriate Officer. The appropriate Officer shall only consider the
last vote e received from each voting player."

with:

"During the Election Period, each voting player may cast a number of
votes equally to the number of Nominees for any one of the Nominees by
so notifying the appropriate Officer. No player may cast more than one
vote for any one nominee. In such a case a player with an Evil Ballot
Stuffer may make it cast one extra vote for any one of the nominees the
owner voted for, but not all. A voting player may change eir vote(s) at
any time by so notifying the appropriate Officer. The appropriate
Officer shall only consider the last vote e received from each voting
player."

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:20:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3541

Proposal 3541
Day of Anger!
Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)

Create a new rule as a member of the Ackanomic Sound System Rule Suite
titled "ASS Song: Dies Irae" reading as follows (delimited by HAIR):

HAIR
Title: Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem

Artist: Verdi

Trigger: Whenever there is a really big earthquake or a tornado.

Effect:

All Hell shall brake lose and Chaos shall reign. Any player who was at
any time known as Chaos shall be able to change the rules as a public
action. What is more there will be a large riot featuring all players of
Ackanomic. Two of these shall be selected at random and placed in gaol
for two days (this selection should be made once the song has finished
playing).

Duration:

1. If there is an active player who was once known as Chaos then it
shall last for 0 seconds.

2. Otherwise it shall last two days.
HAIR

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:21:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3542

Proposal 3542
Aaaarrrgghhh!!!
Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)

Add: "Artist: Aqua; made famous by the song Barbie Girl" to the
literature list.

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:22:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3543

Proposal 3543
Uh??
Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)

Add the following to the literature list:

"Artist: Kent Stadler; also known as Hoover 2300"

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:23:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3544

Proposal 3544
Why NAP when you could be wide awake?
Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Append the following text to the end of rule 1040:

"X. Any player may change the name of a free swingership they own by
announcing the name change and paying the standard harfer fee."

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:24:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3545

Proposal 3545
!fraH
Piz (Michael Pizolato)

Create a new rule, appropriately numbered, with the following
?TAHW-delimited text:

?TAHW
.tceffe emag lauqe htiw sdrawrof ro sdrawkcab rehtie raeppa ot txet rof
lagel si tI
?TAHW

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:25:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3546

Proposal 3546
I'll show you guys.
Weishaupt (Gabriel Drummond-Cole)

This is a grandiose proposal

{{All rules are repealed.  All players are removed from the game.
Ackanomic is officially ended}}

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:26:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3547

Proposal 3547
Dig Dug
two-star (Alexandre Muniz)

Create a rule numbered 920 titled Fur-lined Shovel
with KENNEWICK delimited text
KENNEWICK
A named tradable entity called the the Fur-lined Shovel exists. The name
of the Fur-lined Shovel is "The Fur-lined Shovel". A player who owns the
Fur-lined Shovel may change the map to a single treasure that e buried
by digging with it as a public action. When a player does this e must
choose a trinket worth at least A$48 which e owns. This trinket is
transfered into the treasure. It is considered good form to give a clue
to the treasure when one does this.
When the Fur-lined Shovel is used in this manner, it is transfered to
the treasury. 
KENNEWICK
{{The Fur-Lined Shovel is transfered to two-star[Basically, the map to
the soot covered tome is broken, and I saw this as an opportunity to add
another shovel into the rules]}}

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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:27:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3548

Proposal 3548
Ready, Aim...
Weishaupt (Gabriel Drummond-Cole)

Add the following BORON-delimited text to the rules [wherever it fits]

BORON
On Fire is a state that certain entities can be defined as being in.
Only those entities which are specifically allowed to be on fire by the
rules can be on fire
Players can be on fire
An Active, nonvacationing player who is on fire must post a public message
within a week after the fire is lit with the text "I'm on fire" in it, or
he is determined to have jumped into the frozen pond and is placed On Ice.
In this case, the fire is extinguished

A player who is on fire may pay the standard harfer fee to extinguish the
fire.
Fire may be put out as defined elsewhere in the rules
[Fire connotes no negative effects other than having to jump into the
frozen pond if "I'm on fire" is not said.

{{Weishaupt catches fire}}

"And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was
thrown into the lake of fire" [Revelation 20:15]
BORON

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