From emurphy42@socal.rr.com Fri Nov 23 15:56:14 2001 Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 04:11:58 -0800 From: Ed Murphy Reply-To: agora-discussion@agoranomic.org To: Agora Business Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 48, ISSUE 14 Thursday, November 22, 2001 #44: NEVER CONFUSE WISDOM WITH LUCK ------------------------------------ Andre - Stare Decisis www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt Elysion - Field of Dreams www.msu.edu/~boehmejo/agora.html Goethe - Land of Arcadia faculty.washington.edu/kerim/agora/map harvel - THE END IS NI tarski.2y.net/~harvel/ Lindrum - The AgorEx www.panix.com/~lindrum/agorex/ Michael - First Speaker www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/games/nomic/yoyo/ Murphy - Garden Nomic II groups.yahoo.com/group/garden-nomic/ pTang - Bribe Tokens marknau.editthispage.com/stories/storyReader$44 t - AWJ Archive www.iki.fi/scurra/agora.html Taral - Web Judiciary cotc.taral.net:8888/ ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Keep the Mapkeepor Unignorant" by root - Proposal 4226 failed quorum 11/8; Proposal 4228 adopted 11/22 Imposing or removing a Toll must be done by public announcement. "Manifesting Destiny" by Goethe - Proposal 4227 failed quorum 11/8; Proposal 4229 adopted 11/22 When Aether is assigned a new type due to Exploration, instead of: * 0.10 probability it becomes Farmland, no subtype; * 0.30 probability it becomes Water, no subtype. it has: * 0.15 probability it becomes the same type and subtype as the land at the location of the exploring Player; * 0.05 probability it becomes Farmland, no subtype; * 0.20 probability it becomes Water, no subtype. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "A REVOLUTION IN ENTITLEMENTS" by Goethe - Proposal 4232 improperly Aborted; Proposal 4235 The Assessor shall destroy 50% of all non-Bank VE holdings (exempting 0.5 VEs per Player) and creating an equal quantity in the Bank's possession. "Read the Ruleset Week" by harvel - Proposal 4230 improperly Aborted; Proposal 4233 An index of 4 is greater than any other index (including Unanimity). Each Emperor has power 4 and takes precedence over the Rules. harvel is the one and only Emperor. This Rule may not be repealed or amended. This Rule takes precedence over every other Rule. "Stems Shall Grow" by Goethe - Proposal 4231 improperly Aborted; Proposal 4234 If two entities owe the same amount of some fungible Property to each other, then either one may satisfy both debts by announcing it. A Land Auctioneer may (with 2 Supporters) change the bidding Currency from Indulgences to a different Bank Currency. Each month, the Weather is (20% chance Foul, 30% Fair, 20% Plenty, 30% same as previous month). Upon the Treasuror's announcement: X = number of Players * Minimum Income. X Bank Stems are decreased by 50% if Foul, increased by 50% if Plenty. The initial Weather is Fair. The Treasuror may not cause the Bank to mint Stems. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "The Vanishing Auctioneer" by Goethe An Auctioneer who fails to announce the winning bids in time commits the Class 3 Infraction of Losing the Gavel. If conducting the Auction is the duty of an Office, then the Auctionner is automatically retired (removed?), and any subsequent holder of the Office may announce the Auction results. If the results of an Auction are not announced ASAP after the latest possible date that the Auction could have ended, then the Auction is deemed to have no winner. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1324 "Steve is NOT the Limited Executor for either Peekee or Ian." [FALSE] 11/6 Called by Crito 11/7-15 Assigned to pTang, who defaults 11/15-16 Assigned to root, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Looting Auctions for Peekee and Ian have ended, but the Auctioneer has not yet announced the results. Judge's refutation (summary): Rule 1887 defines winning Bids once the Auction ends, independent of the Auctioneer's announcement. The Auction for Peekee is in question (see CFJ 1327), but the Auction for Ian is not. CFJ 1325 "The listed Trading Accounts on the AgorEx web page are sufficient [TRUE] evidence of an Agreement between each listed Player and Lindrum in which the Player may demand that Lindrum pay em the specified amounts at any time." 11/11 Called by Taral 11/11-13 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1326 "On or around 19:40:00 12 Nov 2001, neil successfully Nominated for [TRUE] the Office of Speaker-Elect." 11/12 Called by neil 11/12 Incorrectly assigned to Oerjan, who is On Hold 11/14-15 Assigned to Murphy, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1327 "A looting auction for Peekee began on or about Sun 14 Oct 2001." [FALSE] 11/15 Called by Goethe 11/15-21 Assigned to Crito, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Peekee had Blots at the time, so the announced starting bid was incorrect. CFJ 1328 "The AgoraEx exists in the eyes of the Rules." 11/16 Called by Goethe 11/18-20 Assigned to Syllepsis, who dismisses it 11/21 Appealed by Taral, root, Crito, and harvel 11/21-23 Appeal assigned to Steve, root, and Murphy, who unanimously move to overturn and reassign Caller's argument (summary): The AgoraEx is a series of binding agreements between Players, but was not an entity with an Executor. Judge's refutation (summary): The Rules have no eyes. CFJ 1329 "neil is Speaker-Elect." 11/20 Called by neil CFJ 1330 "neil is Electee to the Office of Speaker-Elect." 11/20 Called by neil OFFICES ------- 11/5 neil is Elected Assistant Director of Personnel. 11/7 Syllepsis resigns as Notary, naming Goethe as eir successor. 11/8 Goethe accepts succession to Notary. 11/11 Nominations open for Clerk of the Courts, Grand Warden of the Oligarchy, Registrar, Scorekeepor, and Speaker-Elect. Taral Nominates for Clerk of the Courts. root Nominates for Scorekeepor. Syllepsis commits Dereliction of Duty as Payroll Clerk and is retired from that Office. 11/12 Nominations open for Payroll Clerk. neil Nominates for Speaker-Elect, Registrar, and Grand Warden of the Oligarchy. solublefish resigns as Registrar, naming neil as eir successor. neil consents. 11/13 Michael declines to be Speaker-Elect. 11/14 Goethe Nominates for Payroll Clerk. 11/15 Murphy declines to be Speaker-Elect. Speaker Transition is announced. neil becomes Speaker. Justiciar Steve becomes Speaker-Elect. Nominations open for Notary and Usuror. neil Nominates for Usuror. Goethe Nominates for Notary. 11/20 Syllepsis resigns as Payroll Clerk. Speaker neil becomes Payroll Clerk. Taral is Elected Clerk of the Courts. neil fails to be Elected Grand Warden of the Oligarchy because e did not submit a proto-Budget. Goethe is Elected Payroll Clerk. neil is Elected Registrar. root is Elected Scorekeepor. neil is Elected Speaker-Elect. E thus becomes its Electee (Rule 1555) but not its holder (Rule 1647 explicitly claims precedence over Rule 1555). Steve continues to hold the Office. neil Nominates for Usuror, submitting a proto-Budget identical to the current Budget. Nominations open for Grand Warden of the Oligarchy. 11/21 neil Nominates for Grand Warden of the Oligarchy, submitting a proto- Budget setting the Oligarchy Auction Rate to 3. Murphy declines to be Speaker-Elect. Michael declines to be Speaker-Elect. OLIGARCHS --------- 11/1 Auction begins for 2 Oligarchy positions. 11/11 Auction ends. Michael was the only bidder, bidding 10 Stems. 11/12 Michael pays eir bid and becomes an Oligarch. PROPERTY AUCTIONS ----------------- 10/16 Auction has ended for 2 Indulgences. Steve and Taral win with 51 Stems. 11/7 Looting Auction for Peekee never actually started; Peekee had Blots, and so the starting bid was incorrectly specified. Looting Auction for Ian has ended. Steve wins with 2.1 Indulgences. Looting Auction for Hooloovoo has ended with no winner. 11/9 Looting Auctions begin for Anthony, David, Grech, Novalis, Schneidster, and harlequin. 11/15 Looting Auctions begin for Blob, Wes, Palnatoke, solublefish, Evantine, Elysion, and Lindrum. 11/16 Vickrey Auction begins for each of the following units of Land: Bids: (- 3, - 2) [Water] 0.001 root; 0.01 Taral (- 2, - 2) [Water] 0.001 root; 0.01 Taral (- 1, - 3) [Water] 0.001 root; 0.01 Taral (- 1, - 4) [Water] 0.001 root; 0.01 Taral ( 0, - 3) [Water] 0.001 root; 0.01 Taral ( 1, - 2) [Water] 0.001 root; 0.01 Taral ( 2, - 2) [Water] 0.001 root; 0.01 Taral ( 3, - 1) [Water] ( 3, 0) [Water] ( 2, 1) [Water] 11/19 Looting Auctions for Grech, Novalis, Schneidster, and harlequin have ended with no bids. Looting Auction for Anthony has ended. Steve wins with 1 Indulgence. Looting Auction for David has ended. Goethe wins with 2 Indulgences. Looting Auction for Wes has ended. Goethe wins with 5.666 Indulgences. 11/21 Auction begins for 8 Papyri. Auction for 8 Papyri ---------- 480 Murphy 360 neil - unsuccessful 240 Murphy 180 neil - unsuccessful 160 Murphy 120 neil - unsuccessful 120 Murphy 96 Murphy 90 neil - unsuccessful 80 Murphy 72 neil - unsuccessful 70 Murphy 60 neil - unsuccessful 60 Murphy 51 neil - unsuccessful 45 neil - unsuccessful 1 neil - unsuccessful Looting Auction for Wes ---------- 5.666 Goethe Looting Auction for Lindrum ---------- 8.333 Goethe Looting Auction for Anthony ---------- 1 Steve Looting Auction for David ---------- 2.0 Goethe 1.2 Goethe 1.1 Steve 1 Goethe Looting Auction for Peekee - entire Auction was unsuccessful ---------- 1.5 Steve 1.3 solublefish 1.1 Steve 1.001 harvel - cancelled 1 Steve Looting Auction for Ian ---------- 2.1 Steve 2.0 solublefish 1.5 Steve 1.3 solublefish 1.1 Steve 1.03 Michael 1.001 harvel 1 Steve Looting Auction for Hooloovoo ---------- 1 Steve - cancelled Auction for 2 Indulgences ---------- 111 Steve 110 Taral - cancelled 110 Taral - cancelled 101 Steve - cancelled 100 Taral - cancelled 100 Taral - cancelled 76 Steve - cancelled 75 Taral - cancelled 75 Taral - cancelled 51 Steve - cancelled 51 Taral 50 neil 50 Taral 40 neil 20 Taral - cancelled 10 Taral - cancelled 1 Steve - cancelled IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 10/29 ACE of SPADES Contest awards 20 Points to Crito, 10 to Crito, 10 to solublefish, and 10 to Syllepsis. 10/30 Blaise goes On Hold. 10/31 Goethe announces that Evantine, Lindrum, and Elysion have abandoned the game. 11/1 Registrar solublefish confirms abandonments. Evantine, Lindrum, and Elysion are deregistered. Arcadia Exploranda Contest awards 10 Points to neil. 11/12 solublefish attempts to deregister, but fails because e is Speaker. E then gives up the Speakership and attempts to deregister, but fails because e is still Speaker (until the GWotO announces the Speaker Transition). neil destroys the Currency of Corruption Tokens. Peregrin requests to be listed as a Watcher. 11/15 solublefish deregisters. 11/16 S. deregisters. 11/20 Syllepsis becomes Rebellious. 11/21 neil attempts to become a Scribe, but fails because e became an Acolyte on October 3. 11/22 Murphy becomes a Scribe. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Ongoing offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AgorEx 3/28/01 1 VE mP; see web page AgorEx 3/28/01 1 Papyrus mVE; see web page neil 7/2/01 1 Corruption Token 0.2 VE, 0.5 Papyrus, 1 Indulgence, or mature Bond for 54 Stems neil 7/2/01 Proposal Vote 1 Corruption Token neil 7/2/01 Referendum Vote 2 Corruption Tokens Peekee 5/3/01 Votes on Proposals Negotiable and Elections Razl 4/17/01 1 Circle 2*pi Slices Wes 4/5/00 1 Twig Commenting on and changing a proto Wes 4/5/00 ad space 1 Twig per 30 days Recent one-time offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hooloovoo 3/2/01 1 Papyri 1 VE Lindrum 5/18/01 Negotiable Indulgences neil 8/21/01 0.2 VEs 2 Papyri per 0.1 VE pTang 8/7/01 Votes for Negotiable 2 months Razl 8/12/01 1 BIT 50 mVEs, 900 mP, or 437 mIN solublefish 4/19/01 $5 1 VE solublefish 7/31/01 0.1 VE 1 Indulgence solublefish 7/31/01 0.5 VE 4.7 Indulgences Steve 2/5/01 2 Indulgences 2 Papyri t 2/6/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences t 8/29/01 Bond, 100 Stems Indulgences Taral 8/14/01 1 BIT Negotiable Wes 9/2/01 Various $ A Blue Yeek is a Player who generally intends to Vote on Democratic Proposals based on Blubbery Icky Thing holdings, as follows: * AGAINST, if the proposer has transferred a BIT to a non-Player or destroyed a BIT (Novice Rouge) * FOR, if the proposer has four BITs * AGAINST, if the proposer has one to three BITs * At will, if the proposer has no BITs and to return any BITs transferred to em. Syllepsis and Goethe are Blue Yeeks. -- Ed Murphy "I'm not sure I can go through http://members.fortunecity.com/emurphy/ with it. Leave, I mean."