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acka-voting-digest    Saturday, September 12 1998    Volume 03 : Number 154

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:30:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3538 rejected

Results of Proposal 3538

19/28 votes: Quorum achieved
9/19 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Altra the FireCat                       [Altra the FireCat is now Active]
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Studge
Piz
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Fo                   (SPAM)
Bonus Vote                              [Niccolo Flychuck used a Bonus Vote]

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Rig R. Mortis
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
marsboy

> Proposal 3538 - Fri 04 Sep 1998 12:16 EDT
> 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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:31:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3539 accepted

Results of Proposal 3539

19/28 votes: Quorum achieved
14/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat
Fo                   (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Studge
Ethelred             (AVPP)
MetaMorph Unity Vote

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

    BAA!:
Eris                 (Klingon)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Rig R. Mortis
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
marsboy

> Proposal 3539 - Fri 04 Sep 1998 12:17 EDT
> 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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:32:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3540 rejected

Results of Proposal 3540

19/28 votes: Quorum achieved
8/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt
Eris                 (Klingon)
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge
Piz

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Rig R. Mortis
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
marsboy

> Proposal 3540 - Fri 04 Sep 1998 12:19 EDT
> 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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:34:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3541 rejected

Results of Proposal 3541

19/28 votes: Quorum achieved
8/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Studge
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat
Fo                   (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Piz

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Rig R. Mortis
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
marsboy

> Proposal 3541 - Fri 04 Sep 1998 12:20 EDT
> 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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:34:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3542 rejected

Results of Proposal 3542

19/28 votes: Quorum achieved
8/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Weishaupt
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat
Piz
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Fo                   (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Studge

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Rig R. Mortis
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
marsboy

> Proposal 3542 - Fri 04 Sep 1998 12:21 EDT
> 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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:35:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3543 rejected

Results of Proposal 3543

19/28 votes: Quorum achieved
3/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat
Fo                   (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Studge
Piz

    BAA!:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Rig R. Mortis
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
marsboy

> Proposal 3543 - Fri 04 Sep 1998 12:22 EDT
> 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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:35:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3544 accepted

Results of Proposal 3544

20/28 votes: Quorum achieved
15/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat
Fo                   (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Studge
Ethelred             (AVPP)
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt
Piz

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Rig R. Mortis
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
marsboy

> Proposal 3544 - Fri 04 Sep 1998 12:23 EDT
> 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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:36:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3545 rejected

Results of Proposal 3545

20/28 votes: Quorum achieved
10/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Altra the FireCat
Fo                   (SPAM)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
two-star
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt
JT                   (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Studge

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Rig R. Mortis
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
marsboy

> Proposal 3545 - Fri 04 Sep 1998 12:24 EDT
> !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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:37:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3546 rejected

Results of Proposal 3546

20/28 votes: Quorum achieved
5/19 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
two-star
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat
Fo                   (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Studge

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Rig R. Mortis
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
marsboy

> Proposal 3546 - Fri 04 Sep 1998 12:25 EDT
> 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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:37:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3547 accepted

Results of Proposal 3547

19/27 votes: Quorum achieved
12/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
two-star
Weishaupt
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Altra the FireCat
Piz

    BAA!:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Rig R. Mortis
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
marsboy

> Proposal 3547 - Fri 04 Sep 1998 12:26 EDT
> 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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:38:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3548 accepted

Results of Proposal 3548

20/28 votes: Quorum achieved
11/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Weishaupt
Altra the FireCat
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Studge
Piz

    NO:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Fo                   (SPAM)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    BAA!:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Rig R. Mortis
Memo

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    PENDING:
marsboy

> Proposal 3548 - Fri 04 Sep 1998 12:27 EDT
> 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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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:08:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3573

Proposal 3573
He's not harfy, He's my brother
Eris (Gavin Logan)

[This may look like anti-voting but it's not.]

Create a new rule, named "Anti-Harf", numbered 1115, with the following
double quote delimited text:

"
At any given time, there will be, at most, a single player with the title of
Anti-Harfmeister. The title of Anti-Harfmeister cannot be transferred or
awarded except as described in the rules. If, at any time, no one has the
title of Anti-Harfmeister, or the player with the title is On Ice, the title
is given (or transferred) to the active player who has the least points.

The Anti-Harfmeister is not Harfy, and may not be designated "Funky and
Stylish". If requested in a public forum to appraise the harfiness of any
proposal the Anti-Harfmeister may reply "s'alright, I suppose" and look
shifty or may ignore this request. If the Anti-Harfmeister replies as above
the Harfmeister is permitted to sneer openly.

The Anti-Harfmeister may designate any non-Harfy proposal currently under
voting consideration as Unharfy. This should be the proposal which the
Anti-Harfmeister feels is most doomed to failure out of all current
proposals. This action fails if there is already a proposal designated
Unharfy or if that proposal was authored by the Anti-Harfmeister. A proposal
designated Unharfy remains so designated as long as it is under voting
consideration; it ceases to be designated Unharfy as soon as it ceases to be
under voting consideration.

When the votes on an Unharfy proposal are publicly knowable, the following
effects are applied: if that proposal was accepted, all players who voted NO
on that proposal gain 3 points; if that proposal was rejected, all players
who voted YES on that proposal gain 3 points; the title of Anti-Harfmeister
passes from the current Anti-Harfmeister to the author of the Unharfy
proposal.

{{A random active member of the Anti-Voting Preservationist Party is given
the title Anti-Harfmeister. If no such player exists, the title is given to
a random active player. [Honest, it's not...]}}
"

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:09:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3574

Proposal 3574
Down with Censorship!
breadbox (Brian Raiter)

This is a Modest Proposal. Repeal Rule 1390.7 ("I Am Not the Only Dust
My Mother Raised!"). [It was a JOKE, people!]

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:10:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3575

Proposal 3575
A Really Cheap Maneuver on My Part. I'm So Ashamed.
breadbox (Brian Raiter)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Create Rule 451 with the title "Nocuous Stimulus" and with the
following text:

At most once every calendar month, the Rule-Harfer may, as a privilege
of eir Office, select one active Voting player to be singled out for
abuse [typically someone whose proposals have been particularly
difficult and/or annoying to harf]. The Rule-Harfer exercises this
privilege by sending a public message that indicates this rule (by
name and/or number) and contains the sentence "NAME is giving me a
real headache", where NAME is replaced by the name of the player
chosen.

For seven days following the exercising of this privilege, the
Promoter is permitted, as a privilege of eir Office, to ignore the
titles of all proposals submitted to em by the selected player, and
replace them with (legal) titles of eir own choosing. This paragraph
takes precedence over Rule 406 with respect to the Promoter's
duty to distribute proposals in the form that e receives them.

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:11:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3576

Proposal 3576
Finding the Jukkasjarvi treasure calls for a Parade!
breadbox (Brian Raiter)

{{Renumber this rule to 912.}}

{{For the purposes of Rule 913 ("Parades"), the author of this
proposal is considered to be JT (or the player legally able to assume
JT as eir Ackanomic name). This takes precedence over Rule 913
("Parades").}}

{{In recognition of years of accomplishment, the Title "Grandmaster
Treasure-Seeker" is given to /dev/joe (or the player legally able to
assume /dev/joe as eir Ackanomic name).}}

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:12:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3577

Proposal 3577
Another IRC server
JT (JT Traub)

{{[
   All this does is make herne.dragoncat.net another official IRC 
   server.
]}}

This is a modest proposal.

In rule 1250.3 (General Equipment), section VI. Ackanomic IRC Servers:
insert the following text into the list of IRC servers as appropriate.

b) herne.dragoncat.net, port 9942

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:13:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3578

Proposal 3578
Another Frink!
Weishaupt (Gabriel Drummond-Cole)

Red Rum, sir, is murder.

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:14:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3579

Proposal 3579
A Gigantic Nuclear Furnace
Weishaupt (Gabriel Drummond-Cole)

Amend rule 207 by adding the following NITROGEN-delimited text to the rule
at the end of part III

NITROGEN
If at least one half of the YES and NO votes a proposal receives are YES,
and the proposal is rejected, all players who voted YES on it gain 3 points.
NITROGEN

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:15:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3580

Proposal 3580
Doom and Despair
JT (JT Traub)

Create a rule numbered 1352 titled Bad Ages with text as delimited by AEONS
AEONS
The rules may define an event which starts a Bad Age.

A Bad Age lasts for exactly 7 days from the event that caused it and any
events which would normally cause a Bad Age to begin are ignored if they
occur during a Bad Age.

When the event which causes a Bad Age to come about occurs, all players
lose 10 points.

When a Bad Age ends, all players who have more than 0 points gain 5
points because their spirits lift.  Any players with 0 or less points
become Depressed.
AEONS

Amend rule 919, Brass Monkey as follows:
Replace the second paragraph which currently reads as delimited by STREAK
STREAK
A Streak begins when a proposal is accepted and there is no Streak already
underway. The Streak includes the proposal that started it and all the
accepted proposals that follow, until the next time a proposal is rejected.
The Streak is then broken.
STREAK

with the following text as delimited OTHER_STREAKS
OTHER_STREAKS
An Acceptance Streak begins when a proposal is accepted and there is no 
Acceptance Streak already underway.   The Acceptance Streak includes the
proposal which started it and all the accepted proposals that follow until
the next time a proposal is rejected.  The Acceptance Streak is then broken.

A Rejection Streak begins when a proposal is rejected and there is no 
Rejection Streak already underway.   The Rejection Streak includes the
proposal which started it and all the rejected proposals that follow until
the next time a proposal is accepted.  The Rejection Streak is then broken.
OTHER_STREAKS

Amend rule 919, Brass Monkey as follows:
Replace the following text which reads as delimited by CHROME
CHROME
If ten or more proposals are accepted during a single Acceptance Streak, it
is a Chrome Streak. Chrome Streaks are Strange. When a Chrome Streak is
broken, the Brass Monkey shall climb to the top of the tallest building in
Acka Land and proclaim: "The makers of the Chrome Streak shall be awarded 5
bonus points!"  With that, each Player shall receive 5 points for each
proposal he or she submitted that was accepted during the Streak
(including those that were accepted before it was Chrome), up to a maximum
of 15 points per Player.

If ten or more proposals are rejected during a single Rejection Streak, it is
a Grey Streak.  Grey Streaks are Depressing.  When a Grey Streak is broken,
the Brass Monkey shall climb to the top of the Gaol and blow the small
fluglehorn that is located there, producing a low E note known as the Base
Tone.
CHROME

Create a new rule numbered 1353 titled 'At the Tone' with the following text
as delimited by LOC
LOC
Egad, a Base Tone denotes a Bad Age.
LOC

{{[They Might Be Giants, "I palindrome I"]}}

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:16:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3581

Proposal 3581
rafting help
Weishaupt (Gabriel Drummond-Cole)

amend rule 812 by enacting the following changes:

replace the following OXYGEN-delimited text:

OXYGEN
There exists a unique non-tradable entity known as the Great Oars of
Ackanomic. Every other Saturday it is transferred to a random active player. 

A white water rafting team (hereafter "team") must consist of exactly four
players, all of whom must have expressed their consent to be a member of
the team in a public forum. 
OXYGEN

with the following FLUORINE-delimited text

FLUORINE
There exists a unique non-tradable entity known as the Great Oars of
Ackanomic. Every other Saturday it is transferred to a random active player. 

There exists a unique non-tradable entity known as the Great Captain Hat of
Ackanomic. Every Saturday it is transferred to a random active player. 

A white water rafting team (hereafter "team") must consist of exactly four
players, all of whom must have expressed their consent to be a member of
the team in a public forum. 
FLUORINE

and replace the following NEON-delimited text:

NEON
5) The team successfully white water rafts down the Ackanomian River and
enters a cave at the end. In this cave each member of the team receives one
random Boon of the Ancients. All members of the team are given the title of
"Daring Adventurer" and keep the title until another team succeeds in white
water rafting down the Ackanomian River. All members of the team also gain
7 points. 

Any player can make only one attempt per calendar week at white water
rafting down the Ackanomian River. 
NEON

with the following SODIUM-delimited text

SODIUM
5) The team successfully white water rafts down the Ackanomian River and
enters a cave at the end. In this cave each member of the team receives one
random Boon of the Ancients. All members of the team are given the title of
"Daring Adventurer" and keep the title until another team succeeds in white
water rafting down the Ackanomian River. All members of the team also gain
7 points.  

If the player with the Great Captain Hat of Ackanomic is on the rafting
trip, the random determination is made with double the chance of selecting
result number 5.  

Any player can make only one attempt per calendar week at white water
rafting down the Ackanomian River. 
SODIUM

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:17:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3582

Proposal 3582
A New Subgame
Weishaupt (Gabriel Drummond-Cole)

"We use a point-scoring system.  The complexities of Demon status are
beyond human understanding" [Piers Anthony, Golem in the Gears, p 269]
"Now, the object is to score points.  The one who scores the most points
overall is the winner." [Ibid, p 270]
"The points vary according to the combination of decisions by the
participants.  Let's say that each person gives evidence against the other:
in that case each will score one point." [Ibid, p 271]
"Now let's say that each person does not give evidence against the other"
[Ibid, p 272]
"In that case each will score three points." [Ibid, p 272]
But suppose one prisoner gives evidence, and the other does not," [Ibid, p
272]
"Then the one who gives it gets five points -- and the other gets no
points." [Ibid, p 272]

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:18:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3583

Proposal 3583
You Asked For It, You Got It
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

1237

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:19:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3584

Proposal 3584
Nameless Thing #-3 (AKA one of these daysI'll get this right)
Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)

This is a Modest proposal.

I.  The author of this proposal loses (N+1) points, where N
is the number of points e gained though the passage of this
proposal.  If an active player known as breadbox exists, that
player gains 3 points.  Otherwise, if there exists an active
player who may legally assume the name breadbox, e gains 3
points.

II. One pointy ear is transferred from the author of this
proposal to the Twits.

III. The text of section VIIb of Rule 250 is replaced with
the text of section VIb of Rule 250.

IV. The text of section VIb of Rule 250 is replaced with
that text which was the text of section VIb of Rule 250
before the acceptance of Proposal 3527.

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:20:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3585

Proposal 3585
Being Strong's Unkind
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[ Pursuant to my recent fixes and my discovery of the flaws still
lurking therein: some fixes, some rewordings of things from the last
Proposal that upon further reflection don't mean what I meant them to,
etc. ]}}

Amend Rule 431, "Illuminatus", as follows:

Replace the following text(delimited by WESTERBERG):

WESTERBERG
b) A Nemesis Eggplant with that condition is awarded to the lowest
bidder on that condition who has less than 3 Nemesis Eggplants. Ties
among lowest bidders should be broken randomly. (If there are no
bidders who have less than 3 Nemesis Eggplants, then the Nemesis
Eggplant shall be awarded to a randomly chosen player who has less
than 3 Nemesis Eggplants.  If there are no such players, then the
Nemesis Eggplant is awarded to a randomly chosen player.)
WESTERBERG

with the following text(delimited by STINSON):

STINSON
b) A Nemesis Eggplant with that condition is awarded to the lowest
bidder on that condition who has less than 3 Nemesis Eggplants. Ties
among lowest bidders should be broken randomly. (If there are no
bidders who have less than 3 Nemesis Eggplants, then the Nemesis
Eggplant shall be awarded to a randomly chosen player who has either
one or two Nemesis Eggplants, or zero Nemesis Eggplants but one or
more Agenda Hats.  If there are no such players, then the
Nemesis Eggplant is awarded to a randomly chosen player.)
STINSON

Replace the following text(delimited by WAITRESS)

WAITRESS
e) For each newly created Nemesis Eggplant an agenda Hat is created in
the hidden state, which has:

i) with the same condition.

ii) a weight equal to the lowest bid on its condition, that was
greater than the winning bid. If no bid was greater, the hat is
assigned the winning bid as a weight. Any Agenda Hats with a condition
that was chosen by the Illuminatus according to d) are Silly Agenda
Hats, and instead are created with a weight of (Magic Number / 4)
rounded up.

f) Each player who submitted Agenda Conditions receives a number of
agenda hats equal to the number of conditions e submitted. The Agenda
Hats must be distributed randomly among these players, except that no
player shall receive an Agenda Hat with a condition that e authored or
that is the same as that of a Nemesis Eggplant e owns.
WAITRESS

with the following text(delimited by FEATHER):

FEATHER
e) For each newly created Nemesis Eggplant an agenda Hat is created in
the hidden state, which has:

i) with the same condition.

ii) a weight equal to the lowest bid on its condition that was greater
than the winning bid. If no bid was greater, the hat is assigned the
winning bid as a weight.  If the eggplant was awarded to a player who did
not bid on it, then the hat is assigned the highest bid on its condition.
Any Agenda Hats with a condition that was chosen by the Illuminatus
according to d) are Silly Agenda Hats, and instead are created with a
weight of (Magic Number / 4) rounded up.

f) Each player who submitted Agenda Conditions receives a number of
agenda hats equal to the number of conditions e submitted. The Agenda
Hats must be distributed randomly among these players, except that no
player shall receive an Agenda Hat with a condition that e authored or
that is the same as that of a Nemesis Eggplant e owns.  If, after some
part of this distribution has been done, there is no way to distribute
the remaining hats as specified above(e.g. all players who submitted
Agenda Conditions have three Agenda Hats, because of one or more players
leaving the game or hats being transferred among players), then the
remaining Agenda Hats are randomly distributed among players with one
or two Agenda Hats or no Agenda Hats but one or more Nemesis Eggplants.
If there are no such players and Agenda Hats still remain to be
distributed, then they are distributed randomly among other players.
Any Agenda Hats still remaining are transferred to the Mad Hatters.
FEATHER

{{ If it is Cycle 24, then an Agenda Hat with the condition

"It either a crime or impermissible to wear six identical garments."

and a weight of 126 is given to a random player determined according
to the modified section f) of Rule 431 as above.  This Hat shall be
deemed to correspond to the Nemesis Eggplant with the same condition,
referred to as "5" or "E5". }}

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:21:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3586

Proposal 3586
Let's see if this works...
Studge (Tom Mueller)

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{Studge wins the current cycle of Ackanomic.}}

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:22:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3587

Proposal 3587
Tampering with Evidence
Fo (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[If you made a lame cheap trinket, and you had a CPPIA called against you
because of it, transforming the trinket into cash stops you from losing
more than the SHF.  You made the mistake in the first place of giving it a
stupid description - why shouldn't you take the penalty?]

Append to the end of Rule 1125 (Committee for the Protection,
Preservation, and Integrity of the Arts) the following quoted text:

"It is impossible to destroy, trade or gift away a trinket which is
currently the subject of a Hearing called according to this Rule, except
as specified by this Rule."

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:23:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3588

Proposal 3588
Fiendishness
ThinMan (John Bollinger)

{{[
   If I can't just give a trinket to Saaremaa, I can still try to see that
   he gets it.
]}}

This is a modest proposal.

A new rule is created, numbered 98, with the following FIENDISH-delimited
text:

FIENDISH

{{ All trinkets owned by ThinMan which have the word "Fiendish" in their
   names are transferred to Saaremaa. }}

This rule takes precedence over all rules regulating the ownership and
transferrence of trinkets.

This rule is repealed five minutes after it becomes a rule.

FIENDISH

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