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acka-voting-digest    Wednesday, September 23 1998    Volume 03 : Number 161

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:44:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3592 accepted

Results of Proposal 3592

25/30 votes: Quorum achieved
16/23 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Piz
Ethelred             (AVPP)
AVPP Unity Vote

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
marsboy

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

> Proposal 3592 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:27 EDT
> Abolishing Grandfather Claus
> Fo (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Delete the penultimate paragraph from Rule 594.9, "Spell Book of Chorg".
> 
> [This paragraph details the effects of the Shades of Chorg. Basically, the
> Shades are a perk that certain players have possessed for a long time now,
> and really it is starting to wear thin.]

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:44:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3593 rejected

Results of Proposal 3593

23/30 votes: Quorum achieved
9/22 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
Fortunato
marsboy
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
breadbox
K 2
two-star
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Piz

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

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

> Proposal 3593 - Mon 14 Sep 1998 08:54 EDT
> Curses to you Slakko!!
> Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> Append the following text immediately before the final paragraph of rule
> 506 (Trinkets):
> 
> "The Trinket Harfer may, as a privilege, object to any trinket creation. [e
> is encouraged to do so only if e believes it does not further the enjoyment
> of the game, e.g. was made only to exploit Malenkai's Loophole]. If e so
> objects then the trinket is not made and the creating player retains the
> AckaDollars. If the Trinket Harfer abuses this privelege then other players
> are encouraged to impeach em."
> 
> Any trinket with the primitive form "lincolnbedroom" is converted to
> AckaDollars.

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:45:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3594 accepted

Results of Proposal 3594

24/30 votes: Quorum achieved
18/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
two-star
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
Fortunato
marsboy
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz
SPAM Unity Vote

    NO:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
K 2
Weishaupt            (GOP)

    BAA!:
saaremaa
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

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

> Proposal 3594 - Mon 14 Sep 1998 08:55 EDT
> Eliminating a Rather Silly Contradiction.
> Fo (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> [When K 2 last amended the Buildings rule, all sizes between Classy and
> Sumptuous inclusive were shrunk. This has led to some difficulties - as
> building that exist now have sizes different from that which they specify
> (as the rules did not necessarily change the size of every building, but
> Rule 500 invokes its entity protection). Rather than go through excessive
> rigmarole, I'd rather just fix the sizes back up again.]
> 
> Amend Rule 839 (Buildings) by replacing the PARAD-delimited text below:
> 
> PARAD
> Size        Land Construction
> Small       1    A$50
> Cosy        2    A$200
> Classy      3    A$450
> Lavish      4    A$800
> Sumptuous   5    A$1250
> Extravagant 12   A$7200
> 
> 
> PARAD
> 
> with the following OX-delimited text:
> 
> OX
> Size        Land Construction
> Small       1    A$50
> Cosy        2    A$200
> Classy      4    A$450
> Lavish      6    A$800
> Sumptuous   8    A$1250
> Extravagant 12   A$7200
> 
> 
> OX

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:45:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3595 accepted

Results of Proposal 3595

23/30 votes: Quorum achieved
14/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
Fortunato
marsboy
Fo                   (SPAM)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
SPAM Unity Vote

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
two-star
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Studge               (GOP)
Piz

    BAA!:
saaremaa
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

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

> Proposal 3595 - Mon 14 Sep 1998 08:56 EDT
> Ackanomic Puzzle Pieces
> Fo (Duncan Richer)
> 
> [I was thinking about new elements to introduce to Acka. My mind floated
> back to the convoluted trades that happened in Imperial Nomic 22, trying to
> get a square peg in a round hole. Now while this is not the same as that,
> IN22 was the inspiration for this proposal.]
> 
> Create a new Rule, numbered 1270, called "Puzzle Pieces", with the
> following PEZ-delimited text:
> 
> PEZ
> Ackanomic Puzzle Pieces (APPs) are entities. An APP is approximately
> one-quarter of a cat-height in size, made of tough, durable plastic.
> 
> Each APP has two Attributes: its Colour and its Shape. The Colour must be
> one of blue, green, harf, red and yellow. The Shape must be one of circle,
> square, triangle and lozenge.
> 
> The Title of Puzzler exists, and is a unique entity. Puzzler is not an
> Office. Whenever someone becomes Puzzler (i.e. owns the title of Puzzler)
> any Puzzle Pieces they have are converted into A$25 each.
> 
> Any player (A) other than the Puzzler may create an Ackanomic Puzzle Piece
> through use of indentured labour. This involves specifying a player (B) who
> has player (A) as their Overlord, and the Attributes of the Puzzle Piece to
> be created. When the Puzzle Piece is created, player (B) has their Thrall
> Attribute set to "". A player may not create a Puzzle Piece which is part
> of a Winnable Bag by the above procedure.
> 
> If the current Puzzler has not already done so since last becoming Puzzler,
> e shall determine according to eir own whim a collection of 4 distinct
> APPs, none of which appears in a Winnable Bag. Such a collection is called
> a Grab Bag, and the nature of the Grab Bag must be disclosed publicly. If a
> Puzzler does not do this within 7 days of becoming Puzzler, then the Title
> of Puzzler is transferred to the first player to point that fact out
> publicly.
> 
> If more than 3 Grab Bags have been disclosed, the most recent three are
> Winnable Bags. If 3 or fewer Grab Bags have been disclosed, all Grab Bags
> are Winnable Bags.
> 
> Any player may manipulate APPs they own according to the following rules
> (wherein piece means Ackanomic Puzzle Piece only)
> 
> (a) A player may convert two pieces of the same colour, but different
> shapes, into a single piece of that colour and of yet another shape.
> (b) A player may convert two pieces of different colour but the same shape
> into a single piece of a third colour, with that shape.
> (c) A player may convert five pieces, one of each colour, into any single
> piece.
> (d) A player may convert four pieces, one of each shape, into any single
> piece.
> 
> No player may acquire more than 10 APP. Any action which would result in
> the acquisition of more than 10 APP fails.
> 
> If a player owns all the pieces in a Winnable Bag, they receive a Bonus
> Vote, A$250 and an Automatic Sculpture, and the Title of Puzzler is
> transferred to them.
> PEZ

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:46:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3596 rejected

Results of Proposal 3596

23/30 votes: Quorum achieved
9/21 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
two-star
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
marsboy

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

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

> Proposal 3596 - Mon 14 Sep 1998 08:57 EDT
> To Bb or not to Bb, that is the question
> Aunt Froot (Micah Smukler)
> 
> Amend rule 950 ("Ackanomic Sound System Rule Suite) by replacing the text
> "these three attributes" with the text "these four attributes".
> 
> Insert the following IN-delimited text into rule 950 immediately after the
> following DOCTOR-delimited text:
> 
> IN
> h) Key: The key in which the song will be played. This will always be of
> the form "X Y", where X is replaced by either one of the first seven
> letters of the alphabet (capitalized) or with such a letter followed by
> either a lowercase b or a number sign [#], and Y is replaced by either the
> text "Major" or the text "Minor". It is encouraged, though not required, to
> make the key in which a song is to be played on the ASS correspond with its
> key in real life whenever possible.
> IN
> 
> DOCTOR
> g) Explanation: The player submitting an Esoteric Song is encouraged to
> explain why the game effects pertain to the title or lyrics of the song.
> DOCTOR
> 
> Replace the following PEPPER'S-delimited text with the following
> LABORATORY-delimited text:
> 
> PEPPER'S
> An Esoteric Song will begin playing immediately upon its Trigger becoming
> true as long as the Office of DeeJay is filled by an active player. In this
> case, the Esoteric Song will begin playing regardless of any other Song
> that may be playing on the ASS. The Song will continue playing until one or
> more of the following become true:
> PEPPER'S
> 
> LABORATORY
> An Esoteric Song will begin playing immediately upon its Trigger becoming
> true as long as the following conditions are fulfilled:
> 
> a) The office of DeeJay is filled by an active player.
> b) If an Esoteric Song (called "Song K" hereafter) is being played, and if
> it has a defined Key, and if the Esoteric Song which has been triggered
> (called "Song X" hereafter) also has a defined Key, the Key of Song X is
> identical to the Key of Song K.
> 
> If an Esoteric Song is not played upon its Trigger becoming true solely
> because of condition b), above, a Moment of Silence lasting one minute will
> occur; the Esoteric Song whose Trigger last became true begins playing at
> the end of such a Moment of Silence.
> 
> Whenever an Esoteric Song begins playing, it will do so regardless of any
> other Song that may be playing on the ASS, except as mentioned above. The
> Song will continue playing until one or more of the following become true:
> LABORATORY
> 
> Append the following MANYARELOST-delimited text to the end of Rule 950.4
> ("ASS Song: Ode to Joy"):
> 
> MANYARELOST
> Key: D Major
> MANYARELOST

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:46:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3597 rejected

Results of Proposal 3597

23/30 votes: Quorum achieved
11/21 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
K 2
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
marsboy
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
two-star
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Fortunato

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

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

> Proposal 3597 - Mon 14 Sep 1998 08:59 EDT
> Harf The Harfer
> Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
> 
> Any player of Ackanomic that is at one with harf wins the game (not a cycle
> -- the entire game). Such a player is said to have "harfed the harfer", and
> should be regarded with combination great awe and fear. Claiming to have
> harfed the harfer without actually having done so is an offense punishable
> by severe scorn.

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:47:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3598 accepted

Results of Proposal 3598

23/30 votes: Quorum achieved
18/24 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
two-star
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
SPAM Unity Vote
Giant Old Potato Unity Vote

    NO:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
Eris                 (Klingon)
marsboy
Piz

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)

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

> Proposal 3598 - Mon 14 Sep 1998 09:00 EDT
> The Haiku Limit
> Robert Sevin (Mitchell Harding)
> 
> It is illegal
> To have a score exceeding
> Seven hundred points

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:47:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3599 accepted

Results of Proposal 3599

22/30 votes: Quorum achieved
17/23 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
saaremaa
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
SPAM Unity Vote
Giant Old Potato Unity Vote

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
two-star
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
marsboy

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

> Proposal 3599 - Mon 14 Sep 1998 09:01 EDT
> Ackanomic Stoned Ages #3
> Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> Create a new Rule numbered 1145 with the title "Rainy Day Women #12 & #35",
> and the following text, delimited by HOW DOES IT FEEL:
> 
> HOW DOES IT FEEL
> A player shall become Stoned if e states publicly, "Man, I'm stoned." Other
> rules may define other ways in which players become Stoned.
> 
> While a player is Stoned, all public messages posted by them, except posts
> made as a Duty of an Office, must contain at least one line, sentence,
> paragraph or phrase of 7 words or more, cited as described in Rule 210
> [Literature] that fulfils one or more of the following three conditions:
> 
> a) It contains one or more instances of some form of the word "stone."
> b) It is from a work whose title contains one or more instances of some
> form of the word "stone."
> c) The artist cited is the Rolling Stones.
> 
> If a player, while Stoned, posts a message which fails to fulfil these
> conditions, any other player may call a Stoning on em. A Stoning is a
> Hearing. It is also an Extremely Silly Matter. The valid responses to a
> Stoning are "No, I live in a glass house. Plus I'm not without sin." and
> "Hey man, look at all the pretty colors!!".
> 
> If the verdict is "No, I live in a glass house. Plus I'm not without sin."
> the player upon whom the Stoning was called is no longer Stoned. In this
> case, the player who called the Stoning must publically post an apology of
> at least 15 lines to the player against whom the Stoning was called, and
> thereafter becomes Square.
> 
> If the verdict is "Hey man, look at all the pretty colors!!" the player on
> whom the Stoning was called becomes Martyred. A new I Got Stoned For Your
> Sins And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt is created in eir possession, and
> e must, within 3 days, post to a public forum a rhyming poem of at least 20
> lines in which e describes eir Stoning.
> 
> A Stoned player is also encouraged, but not required, to misspell words,
> slur eir speech, publicly request food (which should be referred to as
> "munchies"), and digress onto many irrelevant tangents dealing with
> inconsequential trivialities [e.g. "Do you realize that this post -- THIS
> POST -- consists of BILLIONS and BILLIONS of electrons?!??!! Hey, neat, I
> sound like Carl Sagan. Except he's dead..." etc.] in all public postings.
> 
> A Stoned player shall no longer be Stoned if any one of the following three
> conditions becomes true:
> 
> d) Exactly one Acka week has passed since e first became Stoned.
> e) E publicly posts a message in which four consecutive paragraphs, of two
> or more sentences each, begin respectively with the words 'Everybody',
> 'Must', 'Get', and 'Stoned', exclusive of all quotation marks.
> f) E frinks Goldenseal, should such a beverage exist.
> 
> Other rules may define other ways in which players may cease being Stoned.
> HOW DOES IT FEEL
> 
> Create a new Rule numbered 935 and entitled "Souvenirs" with the following
> HANES-delimited text:
> 
> HANES
> There exist nontradeable garments each known as an I Got Stoned For Your
> Sins And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt (hereafter T-Shirt). Any player
> wearing a T-Shirt can never have a Stoning called against em, and may
> ignore all effects of being Stoned if e so chooses. This paragraph of this
> Rule takes precedence over Rule 1145, "Rainy Day Women #12 & #35."
> HANES
> 
> The Author of this proposal loses 5 points.
> 867-5309 gains 4 points [for the initial idea]
> JT gains 1 point [for thinking up the replacement response in the hearing]

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:48:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3600 accepted

Results of Proposal 3600

22/30 votes: Quorum achieved
9/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
two-star
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    BAA!:
saaremaa
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Eris                 (Klingon)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Fortunato

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
marsboy

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

> Proposal 3600 - Mon 14 Sep 1998 09:02 EDT
> I Do Have to Keep Track of This, You Know
> Fo (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [As Chess-Umpire, I have to keep track of all the pieces people own. I
> don't want to have this get out of hand. As things stand, people have their
> stocks reduced to at most 15 pieces at the end of each game. If we stop
> acquisitions in excess of this (excluding captures, which should always go
> to the player making the capture IMHO), then it will stop me having to
> handle ludicrous situations.]
> 
> Append the following quoted text to section 2D of Rule 1230.1: "Party Chess
> Pieces may not be created in this manner if the Swinger who would gain
> possession of the new piece already owns 15 or more Party Chess Pieces."
> 
> Relabel section 2E of Rule 1230.1 as section 2F, and insert the following
> quoted text as section 2E:
> 
> "E. A Swinger may destroy a Party Chess Piece in eir possession, receiving
> a number of A$ equal to the Material Value of the Piece as compensation."
> 
> Replace section 3c of Rule 1044 with the following quoted text:
> 
> "c. A player may convert N Swingpoints into a Party Chess Piece in the
> possession of a specified Swinger, provided that the material value of that
> Party Chess Piece is no more than (5*N)/7, provided no instance limits are
> violated by the conversion, and the specified Swinger owns at most 15 Party
> Chess Pieces."

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:49:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3601 accepted

Results of Proposal 3601

22/30 votes: Quorum achieved
17/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
two-star
rufus                (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
GOP Unity Vote

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Piz

    BAA!:
saaremaa
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
marsboy

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

> Proposal 3601 - Mon 14 Sep 1998 09:03 EDT
> What's That Blue Thing Doing Here?
> /dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)
> 
> {{[ Somewhere along the way, we made blueprints *far* too general. There
> seems to be no limits on what a blueprint can do, except that if created as
> a discovery, it must initially describe the behavior of one new gadget.
> Also, some things were broken by the global deference thing, or maybe even
> never were really written such that they would work.
> 
> This also repeals all the blueprints that Acka voted to debunk. ]}}
> 
> I. Amend Rule 594, 'Blueprint Rule Suite', by changing the quoted
> occurrence of "<name>" in section III to "Blueprint: <name>" and by
> replacing section VI with the following TAOS-delimited text:
> 
> TAOS
> VI. Blueprints defer to all non-Blueprint rules, except as specified
> elsewhere in this rule. [This allows blueprints to claim precedence or
> defer to one another, and allows the Whamiol's trade restriction to work.]
> 
> VII. A Blueprint may only define the behavior and attributes of gadgets of
> the type which is named in its title, define ways in which such gadgets and
> their attributes may be manipulated, manipulate or destroy (but not create)
> such gadgets and/or their attributes, and place restrictions on how such
> gadgets may be created, destroyed, or otherwise manipulated. Restrictions
> of this last type do not defer to other rules by default. {{[R515 defers,
> so the Whamiol's trade restriction will now actually work.]}}
> 
> Blueprints may not create, destroy, or manipulate any other entities,
> except in the ways that they direct their gadgets to do so. {{[It is still
> possible to write blueprints that claim extra power, for instance, by
> having the first gadget created do whatever other stuff they need, but this
> will make such blueprints/discoveries look much more scammy, so hopefully
> they will be voted down, debunked, etc. It also prevents the 'instant
> creation' scheme which has become too popular.]}}
> TAOS
> 
> 
> II.
> Each Gravitational Monopole, Jukkasjarvi Mind Control Laser, Bonus-Vote
> Add-On, Gimme Shelter, Pulse Laser, Finger of Justice, and Saaremaa's Codex
> of Wizardry in existence is converted into a random gadget of one of the
> existing types not listed in this sentence.
> 
> Repeal Rule 594.6, "Blueprint: Gravitational Monopole".
> Repeal Rule 594.8, "Blueprint: Jukkasjarvi Mind Control Laser".
> Repeal Rule 594.11, "Blueprint: Bonus Vote Add-On"
> Repeal Rule 594.12, "Blueprint: Gimme Shelter".
> Repeal Rule 594.15, "Blueprint: Pulse Laser".
> Repeal Rule 594.24, "Blueprint: Finger of Justice".
> 
> Repeal Rule 594.26, "Blueprint: Saaremaa's Codex of Wizardry".
> 
> {{[ The Codex of Wizardry is, unfortunately, not compatible with the recent
> change which eliminated scientists as gadget-builders, so it goes. ]}}
> 
> 
> {{[ Other misc changes to make the existing blueprints fall strictly in
> line with this limitation. Most of these are simply changing 'x happens' to
> 'the gadget does x'. There are also some bug fixes, marked as such. ]}}
> 
> III.
> 1. Amend Rule 594.1, "Blueprint: Scroll of Crumble" by changing
> 
> "If this action is successful then the specified gadget is destroyed. If
> the gadget was indestructible, three points are deducted from the score of
> the Scroll of Crumble's owner."
> 
> to
> 
> "If this action is successful, the Scroll of Crumble destroys the specified
> gadget if it is not indestructible, or otherwise deducts three points from
> the score of its owner."
> 
> 
> 2. Amend Rule 594.2, "Blueprint: The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do
> Too Much, Really" by changing (at the end of the next-to-last paragraph)
> "then x's name is changed to the specified anagram" to "then The Really Big
> Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really changes x's name to the
> specified anagram".
> 
> 
> 3. Amend Rule 594.4, "Blueprint: Vending Machine" by inserting after the
> second paragraph the paragraph from Rule 594.11, "Blueprint: Bonus Vote
> Add-On" which begins "While an unbroken Bonus Vote Add-On is strapped" and
> delete that paragraph from Rule 594.11.
> 
> 
> 4. Amend Rule 594.5, "Blueprint: Automatic Sculpture" by changing
> 
> "When an Automatic Sculpture is buried as, or as part of, a Treasure, it is
> possible that the panel may open up, minute polyjointed arms may sneak out,
> and the Gadget may carve itself into a fascinating (though perhaps
> offensively avant-garde) stone figurine. In fact, when a Player other than
> the Player who buried the Automatic Sculpture finds it, he or she shall see
> that the Automatic Sculpture has transformed itself into a Trinket worth
> A$123. (The Trinket's name is "Sculpture", followed by a space and then by
> a number, the least prime number that would result in a unique name.)
> 
> When an Automatic Sculpture transforms itself into a Trinket, The Officer
> in Charge of Random Things shall choose a player at random(who will be
> called the Mad Sculptor). The Mad Sculptor shall be responsible for
> providing a description of the trinket formed by the Automatic Sculpture.
> Should the Mad Sculptor not publicly post such a description within three
> days of being selected, e shall lose one point and the description shall
> become "it is X", where X is one of the colours defined in Rule 1155."
> 
> to
> 
> "An Automatic Sculpture is always in one of two states, active and dormant,
> and begins dormant. When a player other than the player who buried a
> dormant Automatic Sculpture finds the treasure containing it, it becomes
> active, and minute polyjointed arms sneak out of the panel, carving the
> gadget into a fascinating (though perhaps offensively avant-garde) stone
> figurine. When an Automatic Sculpture becomes active, it designates a
> player at random to be its Mad Sculptor. The Mad Sculptor is responsible
> for posting a description; when he does so, the Automatic Sculpture sets
> its description to that description. If e does not do so within 3 days of
> being selected, the Automatic Sculpture deducts one point from the Mad
> Sculptor's score, and sets its description to "It is X." where X is one of
> the colours defined in Rule 1155, chosen at random, or green if no such
> colours exist.
> 
> When the description of an active Automatic Sculpture is set, it transforms
> itself into a trinket worth A$123, with the same description the Sculpture
> had, and the name "Sculpture X" where X is replaced by the least prime
> number that would result in a unique name."
> 
> 
> 5. Amend Rule 594.9, "Blueprint: Spell Book of Chorg" by changing "one of
> the following effects shall occur" to "the Spell Book of Chorg shall cause
> one of the following effects to occur". {{[ A handy shortcut... ]}}
> 
> 
> 6. Amend Rule 594.10, "Blueprint: Plunky Monkey Wrench", by changing "The
> Wrench is then destroyed, and the mechanical Gadget into which it was
> thrown becomes broken" to "The Wrench then causes the gadget it was thrown
> into to become broken, and then the Wrench is destroyed" and by changing
> "the mechanical Gadget then ceases to be broken" to "the Wrench then causes
> the mechanical Gadget to cease to be broken", and by deleting "; whether or
> not this happens shall be determined by the Inventor, unless the rules
> assign that duty to someone else". {{[ Oops, the inventor is no more. ]}}
> 
> 
> 7. Amend Rule 594.14, "Blueprint: Cheez-Whiz", by changing "The cheese in
> question will then be destroyed" to "The Cheez-Whiz will then destroy the
> cheese in question".
> 
> 
> 8. Amend Rule 594.16, "Blueprint: Silver Spaceship" by changing "the
> launcher is transported to the Location named" to "the Spaceship transports
> the launcher to the location named".
> 
> 
> 9. Amend Rule 594.18, "Blueprint: Butler" by changing "then any player who
> wishes to may enter that player's Home" to "then whenever any player
> publicly asks to enter that player's Home, the Butler will transport em
> there".
> 
> 
> 10. Amend Rule 594.19, "Blueprint: Pyraic Frobnotzer", by changing "those
> two noun phrases trade location within the Rule set" to "the Frobnotzer
> swaps those two noun phrases within the Rule set".
> 
> 
> 11. Amend Rule 422, "Postmaster", by deleting "(as by the BWG Laser)" and
> adding the following paragraph to the end of the rule:
> 
> "Whenever a player is Hosed, all public messages by them should contain
> nothing but poetry, specifically original haikus, limericks, sonnets,
> sestinas, and rhymed couplets, and no other forms (except of course, proper
> madrigals). Whenever a Hosed player authors a public message that contains
> something other than this (excluding customary headers, quoted material
> written by someone else, or customary instructions to officers), they
> automatically transfer A$79 from them to the Treasury, if they have that
> much. If they don't have that much, a random organization which they are a
> member that has that sum transfers it to the treasury. If no such
> organization exists either, the player is deemed Weird, with no further
> effects, unless they are the Harfmeister, in which case they are deemed
> Really Weird."
> 
> Amend Rule 594.17, "Blueprint: BWG Laser", by deleting the last paragraph,
> changing "who's" to "whose" in the first paragraph, and replace the fourth
> paragraph with:
> 
> "When the BWG Laser fires a pulse beam at a player, one of two things
> happens. If the target has one or more pulse shovels, the beam bounces off
> the shovel, the BWG Laser transfers one of his pulse shovels to a random
> player, the beam hits the player who provided the BWG Laser with fuel, and
> that player becomes Hosed for 3 days. Otherwise, the target is Hosed for 3
> days.
> 
> Amend Rule 594.20, "Blueprint: BWG Laser Shotgun Attachment", by adding
> "for 3 days" to the end of the sentence first sentence of the second
> paragraph, and change "BWG Laser with a BWG Laser Shotgun Attachment
> attached to it" to "BWG Laser Shotgun Attachment attached to a BWG Laser".
> 
> 
> 12. Amend Rule 360, "Hearings", by adding the following to the end of the
> fifth paragraph: "If exactly one Good Ballot Stuffer attempts to shut Evil
> Ballot Stuffers out of a hearing, then no responses from Evil Ballot
> Stuffers shall be counted in determining the verdict."
> 
> Amend Rule 594.21, "Blueprint: Good Ballot Stuffer" by replacing the
> paragraph which begins with "The boring lever is used" with:
> 
> "In any hearing or election, the owner of a GBS may flip the boring lever
> by privately telling the hearing harfer that e is doing so. The GBS will
> then attempt to shut Evil Ballot Stuffers out of that hearing. [See the
> Hearings rule - this makes EBS votes not count, if and only if no other GBS
> was used in this way.]"
> 
> In addition, in that rule, replace "2. One bonus vote is created"
> 
> with "2. The GBS creates one bonus vote",
> 
> and replace "3. The owner of the GBS receives"
> 
> with "3. The GBS gives its owner",
> 
> and replace "4. The game state is changed such that any player who posts a
> public message in the next week that does not contain the word "harf" (or a
> derivative of it) shall lose one point for every such message."
> 
> with "4. For the next week, each time any player posts a public message
> that does not contain the word "harf" (or a derivative of it), the GBS
> deducts one point from that player's score."
> 
> and replace "Upon a GBS starting to shake and shimmy uncontrollably, one of
> 3 things will occur with equal probability. A GBS may not be used between
> the time it starts to shimmy and shake and the time the this random
> determination is publicly knowable at which time it shall cease to shake
> and shimmy:"
> 
> with "Upon a GBS starting to shake and shimmy uncontrollably, one of the
> following 3 things will occur with equal probability, except that if item 4
> on this list above occurs, it will shake and shimmy for one week before one
> of the 3 things happens. In either case, when one of the 3 things happens,
> it will stop shaking and shimmying uncontrollably. A GBS may not be used
> while it is shaking and shimmying uncontrollably."
> 
> 
> 13. Create a new rule numberes 935, entitled "Holotapes", which reads in
> full:
> 
> "Master Holotapes and Holotape Copies are named, tradeable entities. Each
> records the text of a public message from Acka's past so a player can
> display this message in his home or any other place. Master Holotapes
> differ from Holotape Copies because with an appropriate device, Master
> Holotapes can be copied into Holotape Copies. When a Holotape Copy is made,
> it receives the name of the Master Holotape it was made from, with 'Copy
> #N' appended, where N is the smallest positive integer necessary to make
> the name be unique."
> 
> Amend Rule 594.25, "Blueprint: Transtemporal Holographic Image Recording
> Device" to read in full:
> 
> "A Transtemporal Holographic Image Recording Device (or THIRD) is a
> wonderful mechanical Gadget created from Ancient science. A player may use
> a THIRD to create a Master Holotape containing the text of any past public
> message or subset thereof. To do so, the player must quote the text of each
> message publicly, and pay into the Treasury a fee of A$1 for each week or
> portion thereof prior to the present time each message was posted. The
> player must also give a name to the Master Holotape.
> 
> A player with a THIRD and a Master Holotape may pay A$5 to have the THIRD
> create a Holotape Copy, which contains the same text as the Master Holotape
> (this text need not be posted again to the public forum to do so)."
> 
> 
> 14. Amend Rule 1215, "Duels", by adding to the end of the section 4b: "A
> player owning a Highlander's Sword is never untouchable at any other time.
> This takes precedence over the later sections of this rule." and by adding
> the following to the end of section 4i: "A player with a Highlander's Sword
> may exceed these limits, but only with a single Challenge each calendar
> week."
> 
> Amend Rule 594.28, "Blueprint: Highlander's Sword" by changing "When any
> player in a duel owns a Highlander's Sword, the following effects take
> place at the end of duel."
> 
> to "When any player in a duel owns a Highlander's Sword, it performs the
> following effects at the end of the duel:"
> 
> and delete the paragraph "A player owning a Highlander's Sword is never
> Untouchable, but may still be in only one duel at a time. This rule takes
> precedence over rule 1215 where it is in conflict."
> 
> and change the last paragraph to
> "At the end of any calendar week for which two or more players have owned
> Highlander's Swords and were not engaged in a Duel for any part of that
> week, each Highlander's Sword owned by such a player, who also did not
> challenge another player with a Highlander's Sword to a duel during that
> week, will deduct one point from its owner's score."

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