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acka-voting-digest       Friday, October 2 1998       Volume 03 : Number 167

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 07:53:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3613 accepted

Results of Proposal 3613

16/27 votes: Quorum achieved
10/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rambo R Minuteman    (Boomerangs)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Anathema             (GOP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
GOP Unity Vote

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
breadbox

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
two-star
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Ethelred
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3613 - Wed 23 Sep 1998 10:33 EDT
> It Is A "Stick", Your Majesty
> Eris (Gavin Logan)
> 
> Create a new rule, named "Imports Rule Suite", numbered 503, with the
> following HARF delimited text:
> 
> HARF
> [This is a link to the Imports Rule Suite.]
> 
> An import’s Nomic Of Origin (noo) may make a public message [as per rule
> 419.3] placing that import into the set of a type of entity. That entity
> type may not be a type currently defined by a rule inside or outside of
> this rule suite. [e.g. The noo may place the entity into the set "dollars"
> or "donuts" but not "Ackadollars".] If the same noo makes an announcement
> of this sort more than once in a calendar week, then all announcements
> after the first are ignored.
> 
> When this announcement is made, a rule is created within this rule suite
> named "Import Type: <type>", where <type> is replaced by the type announced
> by the noo; numbered 503.X, where X is the lowest positive integer such
> that this is a unique rule; with the following double quote delimited text:
> 
> "
> <type> are tradeable, exportable entities.
> "
> 
> where <type> is replaced by the type of entity concerned and any necessary
> capitalisation may be performed by the Rule-Harfer. Players are encouraged
> to augment the rules in this rule suite so that these types mimic the
> properties they have within the rule set of their noo, or have at least
> nominal worth or use within the game of Ackanomic. If an officer or any
> player responsible for accepting an import from another nomic is informed
> that such an import falls into a pre-defined type within this rule suite,
> that player must announce this fact publicly before this import is
> accepted.
> 
> All rules in this rule suite take precedence over rule 501, "ExtraNomic
> Entities" where there is conflict.
> HARF

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 07:53:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3614 rejected

Results of Proposal 3614

16/27 votes: Quorum achieved
10/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Rambo R Minuteman    (Boomerangs)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Anathema             (GOP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
GOP Unity Vote

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
saaremaa
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
two-star
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Wild Card            (SPAM)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Ethelred
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3614 - Wed 23 Sep 1998 10:35 EDT
> Plagarism Is A Crime, Unless You Get Away With It
> Eris (Gavin Logan)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{In rule 207, "Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported",
> replace the following D'OH! delimited text:
> 
> D'OH!
> V. Newbie Author Bonus/Soft Penalty
> 
> Newbies shall receive a bonus equivalent to the points which would be
> gained by anti-voting[one point for Modest proposals, five points for
> Grandiose proposals, three points otherwise] whenever one of their
> non-Modest proposals is accepted or any one of their proposals is rejected.
> D'OH!
> 
> with the following WOO-HOO! delimited text:
> 
> WOO-HOO!
> V. Newbie Author Bonus/Soft Penalty
> 
> Newbies shall receive a bonus (one point for Modest proposals, five points
> for Grandiose proposals, three points otherwise) whenever one of their
> non-Modest proposals is accepted or any one of their proposals is rejected.
> WOO-HOO!}}
> 
> {{Eris loses 3 points. Weishaupt gains 3 points.}}

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 07:54:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3616 accepted

Results of Proposal 3616

18/27 votes: Quorum achieved
15/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rambo R Minuteman    (Boomerangs)
K 2
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Anathema             (GOP)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Studge               (GOP)
GOP Unity Vote

    NO:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    BAA!:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Ethelred
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3616 - Wed 23 Sep 1998 10:38 EDT
> Less Harfing for the Financier
> Fo (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Delete subsection e from section 3 of Rule 1044, "Swingpoints".
> 
> [This part is the one which limits how frequently conversions can occur. I
> don't see that it is all that necessary anymore - it just adds to the
> Financier's workload by forcing em to check the last times for Swingpoint
> conversion before they can ack the current one.
> 
> The only types of conversion which are restricted in this way are
> Swingpoints into Bonus Votes, PartyChess Pieces, and Benefyts. Bonus Votes
> - each player can only have 4 anyway at any one time, and can only cast one
> per proposal - why the extra restriction? PartyChess Pieces - can also be
> bought for cash, so no real restriction. Benefyts - you can use at most one
> per Play, and usually Plays occur not more than once per week anyway.]

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 07:54:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3617 rejected

Results of Proposal 3617

18/27 votes: Quorum achieved
9/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Anathema             (GOP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rambo R Minuteman    (Boomerangs)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
breadbox
Studge               (GOP)

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Ethelred
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3617 - Wed 23 Sep 1998 10:39 EDT
> Fill in the Blank: Edinburgh *blank* Festival
> Fo (Duncan Richer)
> 
> Create a new Rule, numbered 1280, titled "Fringe Festival", with the
> following SURRY-delimited text:
> 
> SURRY
> If no Fringe Festival has occurred in the last 30 days, it is a privilege
> of the Office of President to call a Fringe Festival.
> 
> A Fringe Festival is designed to celebrate the life and times of Ackazens,
> especially one in particular [I'll let you guess which one.] The first part
> of the Festival lasts 7 days.
> 
> During the first part of the Festival, any player may donate any Trinket
> they own, with a value of A$25 or more, to the Awards Committee. The Awards
> Committee is an unownable entity which may own Trinkets.
> 
> Once the first part of the Festival has concluded, the intermission begins.
> The intermission lasts for 1 second. In the intermission, a Trinket valued
> at A$50, titled "First Prize #x", where x is replaced by the smallest
> natural number which would produce a valid new Trinket name, and with the
> description "What do you think it is, buddy boy?" is created in the
> possession of the Awards Committee. Once the intermission has concluded,
> the second part of the Festival begins.
> 
> In the second part, a Festival Hearing is called, with the Archivist as its
> Hearing Harfer. The valid responses to the Hearing are the names of the
> Trinkets owned by the Awards Committee.
> 
> The verdict of the Hearing is chosen as follows:
> 
> (1) Ignore all responses which were the names of Trinkets donated to the
> Awards Committee by people who did not vote in the Hearing.
> (2) Of the non-ignored valid responses, pick one at random from those with
> the largest number of votes.
> 
> This takes precedence over any rules which specify how a verdict is
> obtained in a Hearing in the event of a conflict.
> 
> The player who donated the Trinket whose name matches the verdict of the
> Hearing receives all Trinkets owned by the Awards Committee. In addition,
> an Admiralty Moon (a nontradeable entity which looks like a Silver Moon but
> has a crazy Fringe around it) is created in the possession of said player.
> SURRY

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 07:55:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3618 rejected

Results of Proposal 3618

18/27 votes: Quorum achieved
10/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Anathema             (GOP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
GOP Unity Vote

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Rambo R Minuteman    (Boomerangs)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
saaremaa
breadbox

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Ethelred
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3618 - Wed 23 Sep 1998 10:40 EDT
> OJ Simpson, avenge thy name!
> Weishaupt (Gabriel Drummond-Cole)
> 
> This is a modest proposal
> 
> Amend rule 710 (CFCJ) by replacing the following PHOSPHOROUS-delimited text
> 
> PHOSPHOROUS
> 8a) Upon a verdict of TRUE, the judge may retain or alter the recommended
> penalty. The result will become the actual penalty. This will be imposed
> following a 3 day "grace period".
> PHOSPHOROUS
> 
> with the following SULFUR-delimited text
> 
> SULFUR
> 8a) Upon a verdict of TRUE, the judge may retain or alter the recommended
> penalty. The result will become the actual penalty. This will be imposed
> following a 3 day "grace period". In addition, at this time, to any other
> penalties, Player X will pay the standard Harfer Fee to the initiator of
> the CFCJ to cover "legal costs".
> SULFUR
> 
> and replace the following CHLORINE-delimited text
> 
> CHLORINE
> 9b) If a TRUE verdict is not upheld on an appeal, any penalties, except
> SENTENCE, are reversed, effective the time of the appeal verdict.
> CHLORINE
> 
> with the following ARGON-delimited text
> 
> ARGON
> 9b) If a TRUE verdict is not upheld on an appeal, any penalties, except
> SENTENCE, are reversed, effective the time of the appeal verdict. This
> includes the "legal costs" that were transferred to the initiator of he
> CFCJ by section 8a.
> ARGON

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 07:55:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3620 accepted

Results of Proposal 3620

18/27 votes: Quorum achieved
17/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rambo R Minuteman    (Boomerangs)
K 2
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Anathema             (GOP)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
GOP Unity Vote
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Ethelred
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3620 - Wed 23 Sep 1998 10:42 EDT
> Yawn. Another Minor Fix
> Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> In rule 907 replace the following URANIUM delimited text with the following
> NEPTUNIUM delimited text:
> 
> URANIUM
> Verdicts which are still appealable or have been overturned do not count
> towards this total, nor do any verdicts other than True or False.
> URANIUM
> 
> NEPTUNIUM
> Verdicts which are still appealable, are currently under consideration by
> the Supreme Court or have been overturned do not count towards this total,
> nor do any verdicts other than True or False.
> NEPTUNIUM

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 07:56:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3621 accepted

Results of Proposal 3621

18/27 votes: Quorum achieved
15/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rambo R Minuteman    (Boomerangs)
K 2
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Anathema             (GOP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Studge               (GOP)
GOP Unity Vote

    NO:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
breadbox

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Ethelred
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3621 - Wed 23 Sep 1998 10:48 EDT
> Colour
> 404 Not Found (Joel Ricker)
> 
> Replace the following OLD_COLOR delimited text in Rule 1150:
> 
> OLD_COLOR
> grey; indigo;
> OLD_COLOR
> 
> with the following NEW_COLOR delimited text:
> 
> NEW_COLOR
> grey; harf; indigo;
> NEW_COLOR

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 07:56:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3622 accepted

Results of Proposal 3622

17/27 votes: Quorum achieved
13/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rambo R Minuteman    (Boomerangs)
K 2
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Anathema             (GOP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Studge               (GOP)
GOP Unity Vote
Razor Boomerangs Unity Vote

    NO:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
saaremaa
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Ethelred
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3622 - Wed 23 Sep 1998 10:49 EDT
> CFJ's by Voting Players
> 404 Not Found (Joel Ricker)
> 
> Replace the sentence in rule 212: "i) All Active Players are eligible."
> with "i) All Voting Players are eligible."
> 
> {{[This proposal keeps this rule consistent with Rule 250 second IV part
> a]}}

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 07:57:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3623 rejected

Results of Proposal 3623

18/27 votes: Quorum achieved
6/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
K 2
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Rambo R Minuteman    (Boomerangs)
Anathema             (GOP)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Studge               (GOP)

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Ethelred
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3623 - Wed 23 Sep 1998 10:50 EDT
> New Assistant Web-Harfer Stuff
> 404 Not Found (Joel Ricker)
> 
> Replace the following SQUIRREL delimited text in 407:
> 
> SQUIRREL
> c) To seek and appoint Assistant Web-Harfers (who must be volunteers) to
> help keep the Ackanomic WWW page up-to-date. [This mainly would be, for
> example, putting an assistant in charge of the CFJ portion of the page.]
> SQUIRREL
> 
> with the following NUT delimited text
> 
> NUT
> c) To seek and appoint Assistant Web-Harfers, who must be volunteers. The
> Web-Harfer may issue a Call for Duty in the public forum, asking for
> volunteers
> 
> and detailing what assistance the Web-Harfer news.
> NUT
> 
> Renumber rule 407.1 as 407.2
> 
> Create and a new rule with number 407.1 with the title: "Assistant
> Web-Harfer" (minus the " ") with the following ZIPPERS delimited text:
> 
> ZIPPERS
> 
> The office of the Assistant Web-Harfer is a Functional Office. The duties
> are:
> 
> a) To assist the Web-Harfer in maintaining the Ackanomic WWW pages and
> keeping them up-to-date, at the request of the Web-Harfer. [This mainly
> would be, for example, being put in charge of the CFJ portion of the page]
> 
> b) The Assistant Web-Harfer may also maintain pages associated with the
> information generated by other Acka offices/officers but where those
> offices are not required to keep a web page as per their respective rules.
> [ie, Dungeon Master]
> 
> c) To be the substitute for the Office of Web-Harfer.
> ZIPPERS

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 07:57:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3624 accepted

Results of Proposal 3624

18/27 votes: Quorum achieved
13/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Anathema             (GOP)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
GOP Unity Vote

    NO:
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
saaremaa

    BAA!:
Rambo R Minuteman    (Boomerangs)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Ethelred
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops
Rig R. Mortis

> Proposal 3624 - Wed 23 Sep 1998 10:51 EDT
> Entity Name Loophole
> Fo (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [We currently have a way to deal with entities which are not given a valid
> name at their creation. However, if the name then becomes invalid later
> there is nothing done about it.]
> 
> In Rule 500.1, "Entity Names", replace the text
> 'If a named entity at any time ever does not have a name, it shall
> immediately take the name "Nameless Thing #X"'
> 
> with the text
> 'If a named entity at any time ever does not have a name, or has a name
> which does not comply with the Rules, it shall immediately take the name
> "Nameless Thing #X"'

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

Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 08:14:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3631

Proposal 3631
Frog, Frog, Frog, Mouse
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)

Create a new rule as a member of the Games & Contests Rule Suite entitled
"Frog, Frog, Frog, Mouse" with the following GOOSE-delimited text:

GOOSE
{{[ This is a conglomerate of a number of ideas I have wanted to introduce
to Acka - including a shortened Eleusis-like game that is actually playable
in a reasonable time, a puzzle that appeared on rec.puzzles, and the old
Micronomic chemistry scoring system.  It also includes the return of the
Mad Scientist to Acka in a new role. ]}}

1) General Equipment
Optionally, an Ackanomic IRC server.
Gamepoints as required.

2) Number of Players
At least 3 players are required.  The maximum number of players is the
number of players in Ackanomic.

3) Number of referees
This game uses no referees.

4) Starting the game
The game begins when one of the players posts a randomly-arranged list
of the players in the game.  This list serves as the order in which players
become the Mad Scientist.  When the list is posted, the first player on the
list becomes Mad Scientist.  In each successive round, the Mad Scientist is
the next player on the list (or his replacement) after the previous round's
Mad Scientist.

5) Joining and Leaving a Game in Progress
Players may not join games in progress except to fill in as replacements
for players who have left the game.  If a player leaves, his seat remains
vacant until somebody fills it.  Vacant seats automatically pass any time
they have a move left to make, but if a vacant seat is filled before the
round ends, its new occupant may override that pass with any legal play.
If it becomes a vacant seat's turn to be Mad Scientist, it is immediately
treated as if the Mad Scientist was delinquent.  If the Mad Scientist
leaves the game, e is considered delinquent and the current round
immediately ends.

6) Rules
I. Starting a Round
The game consists of a series of rounds.  Each round begins when the Mad
Scientist chooses rules for the two transformation machines, a target zoo
(a collection of at least one and no more than 9 animals), and a zoo of 5
randomly chosen animals for each player, and publicly announces the target
zoo and each player's zoo; e keeps the rules for the machines secret.
However, if the zoo chosen for any player matched the target zoo, then
before the information is posted, that zoo is replaced with a new zoo
created in the same manner.  This process is repeated until no player's
zoo matches the target zoo exactly.

II. Starting a Turn
Each round consists of at most 10 turns.  The first turn begins when the
Mad Scientist has posted the necessary information to begin the round.
On each turn, each player privately submits a move to the Mad Scientist.
Invalid moves are ignored, but the once a player has made a valid move in
a turn he may not change it, except for overriding a default pass made by
a vacant seat.  When a turn has been going for 3 days, all players who have
not yet submitted a valid move pass and the round ends.  A round ends
earlier than that if all players have submitted a valid move.

III. Ending a Turn and Ending a Round
When a turn ends, the Mad Scientist posts the moves each player made,
the results of those moves, and the current zoos for each player.  At this
time, the round ends if it was the 10th turn, or if any player's zoo matched
the target zoo; otherwise, a new round begins immediately.  When the round
ends, the Mad Scientist posts the scoring for the round and the cumulative
scores; when e does so, the next player in the list becomes the Mad
Scientist, or the game ends if this was the last round.

IV. Scoring a Round
At the end of a round, each player's zoo is divided into two parts, a bag
and an excess.  For each species, if the player has more animals than there
are of that species in the target zoo, then as many as are in the target zoo
are placed in the bag and any leftover animals are placed in the excess;
otherwise, all the player's animals of that species are placed in the bag.

Then, the player scores a number of gamepoints equal to (10*N/T) - (2*K),
rounded down to an integer, where N is the total number of animals in the
bag, T is the total number of animals in the target zoo, and K is the total 
umber of animals in the excess.  [In other words, he scores a fraction out
of 10 points for the animals he has that match the target zoo, and loses 2
points for each extra animal.]  However, if this number is negative, the
player instead scores zero gamepoints that round.  In addition to this,
each player whose zoo matched the target zoo exactly receives 5 gamepoints.

The Mad Scientist does not have a zoo and does not score this way; instead,
he receives a number of gamepoints equal to the difference between the
smallest and largest scores the other players received for the round.

V. Delinquent Mad Scientist
If at any time the Mad Scientist fails to post the info for the start of
the round within 3 days of gaining the title, or fails the results of a
turn within 6 days of the turn beginning (3 days to wait for submissions
and 3 days to post the results), and any player points this out publicly,
then that Mad Scientist is deemed Delinquent.  If the Mad Scientist posts
the info late, but before any player points it out publicly, he is not
Delinquent and the round goes on.

When the Mad Scientist is deemed Delinquent, the round ends immediately and
the Mad Scientist loses 5 points.  If the Mad Scientist ever posted the
target zoo and info on the zoos players had, then the other players also
receive score as they usually would at the end of the round, based on the
last posted zoos.  When any player posts the scoring for that round and the
cumulative scores, the next player on the list becomes Mad Scientist (or the
game ends, if e was the last player on the list).

7) Other information needed to play
The animals used in the game are the following: cat, dog, frog, mouse.
The first letters of these animals' names may be used as shorthand in
describing moves, results of moves, and zoos.

I. Transformation Rules
The rule for each transformation machine consists of one or more
transformations.  Each transformation consists of a pattern to match
and the replacement for that pattern.  The patterns may only depend on
the number, species, and arrangement of animals being fed into the
machine for a single move.  The replacement may be absolute, or depend
partly or completely on the animals matched by the pattern.  It is
permissible for a transformation to change the number of animals, and
it is recommended for some of them to do so, so that a target zoo with
a number of animals other than 5 can be reached.  All transformations
must be deterministic, i.e., if the machine turns dfmc into dfdd once,
it should always do so for the rest of the round whenever dfmc is fed
into the machine.

II. Example Transformations
["The last animal is transformed into a dog"  converts dfmc -> dfmd
"The last two animals are transformed into duplicates of the first animal"
converts dfmc -> dfdd
"Whenever a cat is immediately followed by a mouse, those two animals
are replaced by a frog"  converts dfcmmcm -> dffmf
"Every dog is replaced by a cat followed by two frogs and then a mouse"
converts cdmdfc -> ccffmmcffmfc]

III. Applying Transformation Rules
When a transformation rule is applied, each transformation in the rule
is applied, in order, to the current list of animals in the machine.
The animals in the machine are changed before the next transformation
is applied, so the rule consisting of the three transformations "All
dogs become cats.  All cats become frogs.  All frogs become mice."
would turn all animals entering the machine into mice.

IV. Moves
Each turn, each player submits one of the following moves:

A. Pass.  No change occurs in the player's zoo.

B. Restart.  The player's entire zoo is replaced by a new collection of
5 randomly-chosen animals, again with the provision that if the chosen
zoo matches the target zoo exactly, it is replaced with another newly
chosen zoo, repeatedly, until it does not match the target zoo.

C. Transformation.  Along with this move, the player submits an ordered
list of animals to be fed into one of the transformation machines, and
specifies which machine (A or B) they are fed into.  The list of animals
must only contain animals from that player's zoo, and no more animals of
any one species than are in his zoo.  Those animals are removed from his
zoo, fed into the machine indicated in the order specified, that machine's
transformation rule is applied to those animals, and the resulting animals
are returned to his zoo.  This is the usual move, and may be specified
by just stating the machine and list of animals.

8) Conditions for winning the game
When the game ends, whoever has the highest score wins.  If there is a tie
for highest score, all tied players win.

9) Trophies
The winner receives a standard trophy.

10) Ending the game
When the last Mad Scientist posts the results and final scores, the
game ends.  If the last Mad Scientist becomes Delinquent, the game ends
when any player posts the scoring for the truncated round and the final
scores.

GOOSE

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 08:17:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3632

Proposal 3632
Caste Fix
JT (JT Traub)

Amend rule 1030 by replacing the following BLEAH delimited text
BLEAH
When a player ceases to be a Newbie, e becomes a member of one of these
Castes by random determination. The chances to join a Caste are equal to
the number of members in the other two castes divided by twice the number
of members in all three Castes.[This adds up to one.]
BLEAH
with the following MUCH_BETTER delimited text
MUCH_BETTER
When a player either ceases to be a Newbie or ceases to be On-Ice, e
becomes a member of one of these castes by random determination.  The
chances to join a Caste are equal to the number of members in the other
two castes divided by twice the number of members in all three Castes.
[This adds up to one]
MUCH_BETTER

{{Saaremaa becomes a member of a random caste as if he just ceased to be 
On-Ice.}}

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 08:18:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3633

Proposal 3633
The Sleep of the Just
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[The Justices Rock powers are out-dated and rather irrelevant.  The
President's decisions these days are pretty much limited to appointing
Functional Officers.  The Senate's decisions, as the Senate, are
non-existent (Calls are privileges of the Offices, not the Senate).  

Previous Supreme Court decisions could only be overturned within 7 days -
I can't see 2/3rds of the Supreme Court voting one way, and then enough 
changing their minds within 7 days (especially given the amount of
negotiation required to get a verdict in the first place).]

Repeal Rule 417, "Justices Rock".

Append the following RELOC-delimited text to Rule 217, "Overturning
Judgements":

RELOC
VI. Declining Appeal Judgement

When a CFJ is assigned to the Supreme Cortex that a Justice or Acting
Justice owns, that Justice or Acting Justice may, as a public action,
decline Judgment on that CFJ. In this case, an Acting Justice is selected
to act as an owner of that Supreme Cortex with respect to that CFJ only,
in the original Justice's or Acting Justice's stead; the procedure used to
select the Acting Justice is in this case the same as if the original
Justice or Acting Justice had gone on Vacation. 
RELOC

[This text was at the bottom of Rule 417.  It really belongs with the
rest of the rules regarding selection of cortices.]

Amend Rule 217 by replacing all instances of "under rule 417 (Justices
Rock)" with "under Section VI of this Rule".

[Pointer realignment.]

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 08:19:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3634

Proposal 3634
Another Rule that Annoys Me
Rambo R Minuteman (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Delete the second sentence of rule 206 [Any player whose score reaches
exactly -60 has
their score changed to 20. ]

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 08:20:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3635

Proposal 3635
It isn't you know
Rambo R Minuteman (Tom Walmsley)

In rule 1155 replace "azure; black; blue;" with "azure; blue;".

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 08:21:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3636

Proposal 3636
Resolving Conflicts
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Warning: Attempting to break the game

Amend Rule 102 (Resolving Conflicts) to read in full:
"
Wherever the rules conflict on a particular issue, the shortest rule
which is written in a poetic style suitable for a hosed player shall
guide play with regard to that issue. In the event that the previous
sentence does not resolve the conflict, the text of the conflicting
rules is changed to "Am Not!!".

If two statements in the same rule conflict with each other then the
statement which contains the silly phrase, as defined by rule 207.1
(That's just silly), takes precedence. If neither of the conflicting
sentences contains the silly phrase then one of those sentences shall be
selected at random shall have randomly determined three word phrase
replaced with the silly phrase.
"

Create a rule numbered one with the title "Are So!!" and the text "Are
So!!".

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 08:22:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3637

Proposal 3637
Resolving Conflicts
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Warning: Attempting to break the game

Amend Rule 102 (Resolving Conflicts) to read in full:
"
Wherever the rules conflict on a particular issue, the shortest rule
which is written in a poetic style suitable for a hosed player shall
guide play with regard to that issue. In the event that the previous
sentence does not resolve the conflict, the text of the conflicting
rules is changed to "Am Not!!".

If two statements in the same rule conflict with each other then the
statement which contains the silly phrase, as defined by rule 207.1
(That's just silly), takes precedence. If neither of the conflicting
sentences contains the silly phrase then one of those sentences shall be
selected at random shall have randomly determined three word phrase
replaced with the silly phrase.
"

Create a rule numbered one with the title "Are So!!" and the text "Are
So!!".

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