Proposal 4402
Piecewise Repeal III (Trinkets)
Studge
Due: Mon Jul 10 21:14:13 2000
Sphere: :None:
Status: accepted
{{[The following repeals trinkets and associated chaff which is spread throughout the ruleset... I know these may in the past have been considered integral to the harfyness of Ackanomic, but this is a *lot* of harfing for not much game value.]}}
Repeal the following rules:
Rule 5-5 Committee for the Protection, Preservation, and Integrity of the Arts {{[defines nothing but bogosity hearings on trinkets]}}.
Amend "Rule 4-1 Joining the Game" by deleting the MOMENTO delimited text.
MOMENTO
4) If the player provided a valid Sponsor the new player receives a Trinket named 'Sponsored by <name> #x', where <name> is the name of the Sponsor and x is the smallest prime number required to give the Trinket a unique name. This Trinket has a value of A$10 and a description of 'I joined the madness on <date> at the urging of <name>' where <date> is the date the new player joined and <name> is the name of the Sponsor. The Sponsor, or the Publicist if no valid Sponsor was provided, shall receive a Trinket named '<name> is all my fault' with a value of $A10 and a description of 'On <date>, I encouraged <name> to join.' where <date> is as above and <name> is the name of the new player.
MOMENTO
Amend "Rule 4-11 Boons of the Ancients" by deleting that portion of Section 9 which contains the string "An ancient relic." and re-lettering section 9 accordingly.
Rename "Rule 7-5 AckaDollars and Trinkets" to "Rule 7-5 AckaDollars" and amend it to contain nothing but the CUTOUTTRINKETS delimited text.
CUTOUTTRINKETS
The AckaDollar (A$) is the official currency of Ackanomia. AckaDollars are Operable gift entities.
AckaDollars may not be created nor destroyed except as the result of an Operation. Whenever the Rules specify that a Player should receive A$, and do not indicate where those A$ should come from, they shall come from the Treasury. Whenever the Rules specify that a Player should lose A$, and do not indicate where those A$ should go to, or specify that A$ should be transferred to the Treasury, they shall be destroyed instead.
Every Monday at Midday the Treasury shall create sufficient A$ such that the total number of A$ is 50,000.
The operation of Conversion is defined on 1 or more AckaDollars. The specific Conversions (quantity and result) which may be applied to AckaDollars are defined elsewhere in the rules, and only those Conversions defined in the rules may be performed.
The Total Wealth of a named Entity is defined as the sum of the total number of A$ it possesses.
CUTOUTTRINKETS
Amend "Rule 7-5-1 The Treasury" by deleting the sentence "If the Treasury ever owns a Trinket, it immediately performs a Dissolving Operation on it."
Amend "Rule 8-2 End of Cycle" by replacing the TRINKETCONTAMINATED text with the NOPOLLUTION text.
TRINKETCONTAMINATED
e) If the amount of A$s in circulation plus the value of all extant Trinkets exceeded the amount in the Treasury at the time this winner was declared, the following shall occur:
TRINKETCONTAMINATED
NOPOLLUTION
e) If the amount of A$s in circulation exceeded the amount in the Treasury at the time this winner was declared, the following shall occur:
NOPOLLUTION
Amend "Rule 10-1-2-1 The Ackanomicon" by deleting the paragraph which contains the string "Upon the reader posting a short description of this journey, they shall return to Ackanomic with an A$75 must-describe trinket."
Amend "Rule 16 Institutions" by deleting the string "and Trinkets".
Proposal 4403
Piecewise Repeal IV (Chemistry)
Studge
Due: Mon Jul 10 21:14:36 2000
Sphere: :None:
Status: accepted
{{Maybe somebody was going to do something with ore and elements and such *someday*... but they took too long to do it. In my opinion, this whole subset of rules was nothing but Ackanomic's final cry for help "If no one will save me then FINE! I'll just choke on this white elephant!!"]}}
Repeal the following rules:
Rule 7-1-15 Chemicals
Rule 7-1-15-1 Ancientium
Rule 7-1-15-2 And the moon is made of..
Rule 7-1-15-3 Illuminatine
Rule 7-1-15-4 Harfium
Rule 7-1-15-5 Cheesium DiHarfide
Rule 7-1-15-6 Mathium
Rule 7-1-15-7 Fiendium
Rule 7-1-15-8 Polictikafavroum
Rule 7-1-15-9 Nihilipili
Rule 7-1-15-10 Oxygium and Ni!trogium
Rule 7-1-15-11 Mineral Ores
Rule 15 Reaction mechanisms
Rule 15-1 Polymerization
Rule 99-6 C, eh, N, eh, D, eh
Rule 99-7 Dizzium
Amend "Rule 4-11 Boons of the Ancients" by deleting that portion of section 9 of which contains the string "The player has found an elemental ore deposit" and re-lettering section 9 accordingly.
{{[More Piecewise Repeals to come, after I see how these turn out... next up: killing a bunch of harfing offices and the busy work that they track.]}}