acka-voting Digest Saturday, April 03 1999 Volume: 04 Issue: 076 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Acka: Proposal 4145 From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 15:10:25 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4145 Terminology II K 2 Due: Sat Apr 10 16:10:24 1999 This is a Modest Proposal -A. Insert the following as a new paragraph after the table in Section I of Rule 2-3 (Proposal and Rule Numbering): "A rule's family consists of its parent and its parent's decedents" A. Amend Rule 1-7 (Paradigms Rule Suite) by: I. renaming it "Paradigms". II. deleting the phrase "This is the head of the Paradigms Rule Suite." III. replacing the phrase "are defined by rules within this rule suite" with "are defined by descendants of this rule" B. Repeal Rule 2-3-1 (Rule Suites) C. Amend Rule 4-8 (Quests Rule Suite) by: I. renaming it "Quests" II. deleting the phrase "This is the head of the Quests Rule Suite." III. replacing the text "Each rule in the Quest Rule Suite" with "Each decedent of this rule" IV. deleting the phrase "Each quest must be defined within a rule contained within this rule suite." D. Amend Rule 4-11 (Boons of the Ancients) by: I. replacing the text: "c) Ancient wisdom. An Otzma Card is added to the Otzma Card Rule Suite, which the player Must Describe (5)." with: "c) Ancient wisdom. An new type of Otzma Card is added as a decedent of the Otzma Card rule, which the player Must Describe (5)." E. Amend Rule 6-4-11-1 (Common Sense Reports) by: I. deleting the text: "(Thus, a player who is both Chess-Umpire and RuneMaker may issue a single CSR which affects both the Party Chess Rule Suite and the Otzma Card Rule Suite.)" {{[This situation is on longer true - neither the Chess-Umpire nor the RuneMaker are empowered to issue CSRs of this nature]}} F. Amend Rule 7-14 (Definition of Otzma Cards) by: I. deleting the phrase "This is the head of the Otzma Card Rule Suite." II. replacing the text: "1. Otzma Card types may be defined by other rules which explicitly claim that they are defining Otzma Card Types, and belong to the Otzma Card Rule Suite. This rule takes precedence over any rule which defines an Otzma Card type." with: "1. Otzma Card types may be defined by other rules which explicitly claim that they are defining Otzma Card Types, and are a decedent of this rule. This rule takes precedence over any rule which defines an Otzma Card type." G. Amend Rule 7-14-1 (Otzma Card of Type Go Fish) by: I. replacing the phrase: "4. This rule takes precedence over all other rules in the Otzma Card Rule Suite except rule 7-14-2 to which it defers precedence." with: "4. This rule takes precedence over all other rules in its family except the Otzma Card of Type Shield rule to which it defers." H. Repeal Rule 12-8 (Party Chess Rule Suite), but not its decedents, and renumber its decedents by removing thier second locator. (ie the second integer in each of their rule numbers.) ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4131 rejected From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 17:15:08 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4131 Total vote for: 235 Total vote against:-301 Acceptance Index: -216.5: proposal rejected Votes to accept: Laa Laa 50 +20 ==> 112 else...if 100 ==> 710 IdiotBoy 25 +20 ==> 157 Niccolo Flychuck 60 +20 ==> 50 Zero Votes: rice 0 +20 ==> 2 ** Out of debt ** Votes to reject: /dev/joe -60 +20 ==> 1534 Dragon Mage -80 +10 ==> 3391 ThinMan -61 +19 ==> 196 K 2 -100 ==> 3076 Abstainers: r-attila the farce Vynd Calvin N Hobbes Blest Lax Monk Pal O Olde Alpha Robin Hood rufus Fox danke Burn the Witch Slakko two-star Subject: Acka: Proposal 4131 Proposal 4131 In Response to Recent Events... else...if Due: Sat Apr 3 15:22:18 1999 Status: rejected Create rule 6-2-2, "Election Crimes" with the following NAUGHTY-delimited text NAUGHTY It is the Crime of Wishy-Washyness for a player who has been nominated for an office for which elections are currently being held to publicly suggest that they do not want players to vote for em, or to publicly support another candidate for the same office. (E may still vote for another candidate) NAUGHTY ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4132 rejected From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 17:15:18 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4132 Total vote for: 290 Total vote against:-260 Acceptance Index: -100.0: proposal rejected Votes to accept: IdiotBoy 50 +20 ==> 177 else...if 100 ==> 710 Dragon Mage 80 +10 ==> 3401 Niccolo Flychuck 60 +20 ==> 70 Zero Votes: rice 0 +20 ==> 22 Votes to reject: /dev/joe -60 +20 ==> 1554 ThinMan -100 ==> 196 K 2 -100 ==> 3076 Abstainers: r-attila the farce two-star Calvin N Hobbes Laa Laa Vynd Blest Lax Monk Pal O Olde Alpha Robin Hood Fox danke Burn the Witch Slakko rufus Subject: Acka: Proposal 4132 Proposal 4132 In Response to Other Recent Events... else...if Due: Sat Apr 3 15:22:32 1999 Status: rejected If there is no rule 6-2-2, create one, name it "Election Crimes", and give it the following NAUGHTY-delimited next. If there is a rule 6-2-2, append the following NAUGHTY-delimited text to it. NAUGHTY It is the Crime of FDRism to nominate for the office of President a player who has already held it for three consecutive terms. The penalty for FDRism may not include removal from the office of the President; this sentence takes precedence over any rule with which it disagrees. NAUGHTY ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4133 rejected From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 17:15:29 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4133 Total vote for: 280 Total vote against:-241 Acceptance Index: -81.5: proposal rejected Votes to accept: /dev/joe 60 +20 ==> 1574 ThinMan 100 ==> 196 rice 60 +20 ==> 42 Niccolo Flychuck 60 +20 ==> 90 Votes to reject: IdiotBoy -60 +20 ==> 197 else...if -60 +20 ==> 730 Dragon Mage -21 +20 ==> 3421 K 2 -100 ==> 3076 Abstainers: r-attila the farce two-star Calvin N Hobbes Laa Laa Vynd Blest Lax Monk Pal O Olde Alpha Robin Hood Fox danke Burn the Witch Slakko rufus Subject: Acka: Proposal 4133 Proposal 4133 The Points Lottery Slakko Due: Sat Apr 3 17:13:14 1999 Status: rejected Lottery Tickets are tradeable entities. Winning Tickets are tradeable entities. {{All Lottery Tickets and Winning Tickets are destroyed.}} Players may purchase lottery tickets at a cost of A$10 each. Every Monday at 11:59 am, all Winning Tickets are destroyed. Every Monday at noon the Grand Ackanomic Lottery is drawn, by choosing five tickets at random with equal probabilities. If fewer than five tickets exist at the time of the lottery, then all tickets are chosen. All chosen tickets become Winning Tickets. Any player may convert a Winning Ticket into either 25 points or a Random Boon of the Ancients as a public action. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4134 rejected From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 18:20:27 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4134 Total vote for: 60 Total vote against:-410 Acceptance Index: -555.0: proposal rejected ** This proposal was boring! ** 3 sub-60 votes out of 4 non-60 votes total. Votes to accept: Niccolo Flychuck 60 +20 ==> 110 Votes to reject: /dev/joe -60 +20 ==> 1594 ThinMan -100 ==> 196 IdiotBoy -50 +20 ==> 217 else...if -60 +20 ==> 750 Dragon Mage -21 +20 ==> 3441 rice -60 +20 ==> 62 K 2 -59 +20 ==> 3096 Abstainers: r-attila the farce two-star Calvin N Hobbes Laa Laa Vynd Blest Lax Monk Pal O Olde Alpha Robin Hood Fox danke Burn the Witch Slakko rufus Subject: Acka: Proposal 4134 Proposal 4134 A different response to th same recent events Laa Laa Due: Sat Apr 3 18:07:00 1999 Status: rejected Create rule 6-2-2, "Election Crimes" (or if such a rule already exists create rule 6-2-2-1, "Further Election Crimes") with the following NAUGHTY-delimited text NAUGHTY It is the crime of Undue Silliness to vote in an election for a candidate who has publicly stated e does not wish people to vote for em. NAUGHTY ------------------------------ End of acka-voting Digest V4 #76 ********************************