Subject: acka-voting-digest V3 #178
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acka-voting-digest     Saturday, October 24 1998     Volume 03 : Number 178

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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 01:30:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Proposal 3658 accepted

Proposal 3658

Votes: 12/23 (9 YES votes): Quorum met by YES votes only
Yes votes: 9/12: proposal accepted

Yes:
  risE                 (Klingon)
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  Fortunato            
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  K 2                  
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  Rambo R Minuteman    (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)

No:
  A mean Hat           (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Studge               (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

Abstain
  Leather Artifact     (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Vynd                 (Vulcan)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  AJ                   
  breadbox             
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
  rufus                (SPAM)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3658
>
>Proposal 3658
>Chocolate Mousse
>saaremaa
>Due: Sat Oct 24 01:25:56 1998
>
>
>This is a Modest proposal.
>
>{{[this rule never struck me as being very interesting]}}
>
>Repeal rule 927, "The Chocolate Frog"
>

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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 01:29:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Proposal 3646 rejected

Proposal 3646

Votes: 11/23 (7 YES votes): Quorum not met

Yes:
  risE                 (Klingon)
  A mean Hat           (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  Rambo R Minuteman    (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

No:
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  K 2                  
  Studge               (Giant Objectionable Potato)

Baa:
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

Abstain
  Leather Artifact     (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Fortunato            
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Vynd                 (Vulcan)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  AJ                   
  breadbox             
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
  rufus                (SPAM)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3646
>
>Proposal 3646
>Easier Custodianship
>JT
>Due: Fri Oct 23 23:58:50 1998
>
>This is a modest proposal.
>Amend rule 1217 (buried treasure) as follows:
>In section II, append the following CUSTOS delimited text as a seperate
>paragraph.
>CUSTOS
>The author of any Treasure Map may, as a public action, declare one or
>more other players as Potential Map Custodians for that Treasure Map.  If
>the player or players so named accept the Custodianship within three days,
>the author shall reveal the Treasure Map to the player or players
>privately, and then those Potential Map Custodians will become Map
>Custodians for that Treasure Map.
>{{[
>This is to allow another player who might otherwise have an unfair
>advantage in finding the treasure (due to having helped with the map
>creation or whatnot) to be designated as a Custodian.  Without it,
>exclusions need to be written into the map.
>]}}
>CUSTOS

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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 01:29:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Proposal 3651 rejected

Proposal 3651

Votes: 12/23 (8 YES votes): Quorum not met

Yes:
  A mean Hat           (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Fortunato            
  K 2                  
  Rambo R Minuteman    (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Studge               (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

No:
  risE                 (Klingon)
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)

Baa:
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

Abstain
  Leather Artifact     (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Vynd                 (Vulcan)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  AJ                   
  breadbox             
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
  rufus                (SPAM)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3651
>
>Proposal 3651
>Generic Proposal Title #3651
>A mean Hat
>Due: Sat Oct 24 01:03:09 1998
>
>
>{{[long ago the PW rule had to be eviscerated to keep it from being
>repealed (P1395) Seeing as some of the more avid anti-PW players are gone
>now, it seems as if it may be given some of its old scope back]}}
>
>Amend rule 601 (Paradox Win) by replacing the following ZINC-delimited text
>
>ZINC
>A Call for Judgement whose statement alleges that changing the rules is
>impossible, or that a player action which would affect the game state
>appears equally legal and illegal is a "Paradox Win CFJ."
>ZINC
>
>with the following GALLIUM-delimited text
>
>GALLIUM
>A Call for Judgement whose statement alleges that changing the rules is
>impossible, that the legality of a player action that would affect the game
>state cannot be determined with finality, or that a player action which
>would affect the game state appears equally legal and illegal is a "Paradox
>Win CFJ."
>GALLIUM

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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 01:29:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Proposal 3655 rejected

Proposal 3655

Votes: 12/23 (7 YES votes): Quorum not met

Yes:
  risE                 (Klingon)
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  A mean Hat           (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  K 2                  
  Rambo R Minuteman    (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

No:
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Studge               (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

Baa:
  Fortunato            

Abstain
  Leather Artifact     (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Vynd                 (Vulcan)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  AJ                   
  breadbox             
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
  rufus                (SPAM)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3655
>
>Proposal 3655
>I'm a Teapot
>K 2
>Due: Sat Oct 24 01:12:23 1998
>
>This is a Modestly Silly Proposal.
>
>On any Tuesday for which the date is prime, there shall be pudding for
>everyone, except cows (since cows eat grass) and those pesky aliens
>(since pudding contains monosodium glutamate).
>
>Pudding was considered by the ancients to be a Royal Frink. In fact is
>it said the Tensor, a well known loophole surfing expert of yore, would
>frink great quantities of it before reading the rules.
>
>Since Pudding is a Royal Fink,  players who are caught publicly eating
>pudding (as opposed to frinking it) shall be tarred and feathered. A
>player who has been tarred and feathered in this manner shall be
>considered to be a cow since they shall be indistinguishable in
>appearance from real cows.

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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 01:30:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3694

Proposal 3694
Characteristic Elements of Polyhedrality
/dev/joe
Due: Sat Oct 31 00:29:53 1998

Create a new rule, numbered 540.3, named 'The Elements', with the
following text:

Each player has the following 5 characteristics: Fire Skill, Water Skill,
Earth Skill, Air Skill, and Alignment.  Alignment has a range of all
integers, while the others have a range of all non-negative integers.
Each has a default value of 0.

Also, there exist five corresponding elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, and
Order.

Fire represents heat, the sun, and flames.  Fire is represented symbolically
by the Icosahedron, the regular polyhedron with the most faces of all.
Fire is opposed to Water, but joins with Earth in the form of wildfires,
and with Air in the form of smoke.  Whenever a player who is On Fire
extinguishes eirself, eir Fire Skill increases one point.

Water represents the oceans, rivers, rain, and floods.  Water is represented
symbolically by the Dodecahedron.  Water is opposed to Fire, but joins with
Earth in the form of ice, and Air in the form of clouds.  Whenever a team
successfully rafts down the Ackanomian River, the Water Skill of each
member of the team increases one point.  Whenever a player goes On Ice
involuntarily, eir Water Skill decreases by one point if it is not already
zero.

Earth represents stone, solidity, the land animals, and man.  Earth is
represented symbolically by the Cube.  Earth is opposed to Air, but joins
with Fire in the form of coal and with Water in the form of mud.  Whenever
a player becomes Stoned, eir Earth Skill increases by one.  Whenever a
player goes On Ice involuntarily, eir Water Skill decreases by one point
if it is not already zero.

Air represents the atmosphere, wind, lightning, and flying animals.
Air is represented symbolically by the Octahedron.  Air is opposed to
Earth, but joins with Fire in the form of smoke and with Water in the
form of clouds.  Whenever a player successfully travels from any location
within Acka to any Moon of Acka, his Air Skill increases by one.  Whenever
a player gains a Wings mutation by any means (including simply buying it),
eir Air Skill increases by one.  Whenever a player loses a Wings mutation,
eir Air Skill decreases by one, unless it is already zero.  {{The Air Skill
of each player with Wings is increased by one for each set of Wings e has.}}

Order represents the eternal battle between Law and Chaos.  Order is
represented symbolically by the Tetrahedron, that polyhedron which is its
own dual.  Unlike the other elements, Order has two sides, and some may
define a third side among those who refuse to choose a side.  Players whose
Order is -1, 0, or 1 are considered Neutral; those whose Order is less than
- -1 are considered Chaotic, and those whose Order is greater than 1 are
considered Lawful.  Whenever a harfy proposal is accepted, its submitter's
Order decreases by one.  Whenever a grandiose proposal is accepted, its
submitter's Order increases by one.  Whenever a TRUE verdict of a CFCJ
becomes final, the Order of the player named in its statement is decreased
by one.  Whenever a player wins a cycle of Ackanomic, eir Order is increased
by one.

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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 01:29:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Proposal 3656 rejected

Proposal 3656

Votes: 12/23 (2 YES votes): Quorum not met

Yes:
  risE                 (Klingon)
  K 2                  

No:
  A mean Hat           (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Studge               (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

Baa:
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  Fortunato            
  Rambo R Minuteman    (The Razor Boomerangs)

Abstain
  Leather Artifact     (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Vynd                 (Vulcan)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  AJ                   
  breadbox             
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
  rufus                (SPAM)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3656
>
>Proposal 3656
>Again
>K 2
>Due: Sat Oct 24 01:12:27 1998
>
>This is a Modest Proposal.
>
>Amend Rule 1044 (Swingpoints) by deleting the phrase "b. A Player may,
>as a public action, convert four of his own Swingpoints into one Bonus
>Vote." and re-lettering the list from which it was removed.

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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 02:39:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Proposal 3659 rejected

Proposal 3659

Votes: 12/23 (5 YES votes): Quorum not met

Yes:
  risE                 (Klingon)
  /dev/joe             (Vulcan)
  Rambo R Minuteman    (The Razor Boomerangs)
  JT                   (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Studge               (Giant Objectionable Potato)

No:
  Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
  A mean Hat           (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Fortunato            
  Slakko               (SPAM)
  K 2                  
  Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
  Wild Card            (SPAM)

Abstain
  Leather Artifact     (Giant Objectionable Potato)
  Aunt Froot           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Calvin N Hobbes      (HARF)
  404 Not Found        (The Razor Boomerangs)
  Robin Hood           (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  Vynd                 (Vulcan)
  saaremaa             (Vulcan)
  ThinMan              (Vulcan)
  IdiotBoy             (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party)
  The Green Ripper     (The Razor Boomerangs)
  two-star             

Vacationing & did not vote:
  AJ                   
  breadbox             
  J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
  rufus                (SPAM)

>Subject: Acka: Proposal 3659
>
>Proposal 3659
>Fleeced
>saaremaa
>Due: Sat Oct 24 01:30:22 1998
>
>
>This is a Modest proposal.
>
>{{[lets clean out some totally stale rules so IdiotBoy doesn't have
>to by another hard drive]}}
>
>Repeal rule 929, "Baaa"
>

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Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 04:19:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3695

Proposal 3695
Easier Custodianship (redux)
JT
Due: Sat Oct 31 03:19:24 1998

I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now.

This is a modest proposal.
Amend rule 1217 (buried treasure) as follows:
In section II, append the following CUSTOS delimited text as a seperate
paragraph.
CUSTOS
The author of any Treasure Map may, as a public action, declare one or
more other players as Potential Map Custodians for that Treasure Map.  If
the player or players so named accept the Custodianship within three days,
the author shall reveal the Treasure Map to the player or players
privately, and then those Potential Map Custodians will become Map
Custodians for that Treasure Map.
{{[
   This is to allow another player who might otherwise have an unfair
   advantage in finding the treasure (due to having helped with the map
   creation or whatnot) to be designated as a Custodian.  Without it,
   exclusions need to be written into the map.
]}}
CUSTOS

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