From emurphy42@socal.rr.com Mon Aug 26 14:15:00 2002 Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 20:02:04 -0700 From: Ed Murphy Reply-To: agora-discussion@agoranomic.org To: Agora Business Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 48, ISSUE 21 Sunday, August 25, 2002 A NEW SLASHDOTTING WOULD SEEM APPROPRIATE ----------------------------------------- Andre - Stare Decisis www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt Eris - Web Judiciary cotc.taral.net:8888/ Michael - First Speaker www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/games/nomic/yoyo/ t - AWJ Archive www.iki.fi/scurra/agora.html ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Auction Errors, etc." by Steve - Proposal 4356 adopted 8/7 An Auction initiated with incorrect information may, Without 2 Objections, be deemed correct. If an Auction is optional, and does not specify who starts it, then the Speaker's starting it is also optional. Failing to pay an Auction debt within a week is the Class 2 Infraction of Default, reportable by the Auctioneer; the bidder loses eir right to the Auctioned item, and the Auction debt is forgiven. Provisions thus made redundant are repealed. (Fails to amend Rule 1936; insufficient AI.) Forgiving a debt relieves part or all of the debtor's obligation to transfer Property, but does not otherwise act as if a payment was made. Rule 1983 (Vickrey Auctions) loses a redundant "not On Hold" provision, and has "Public Forum" changed to "publically". Players On Hold may buy Raffle Tickets. "Change Scoring for Proposers" by Steve - Proposal 4365 adopted 8/23 The adoption of a Proposal is worth, instead of 2 Points per Vote AGAINST: 1 Point, plus 1 per Vote AGAINST, plus 3 if the Proposal is Interested. New Players get only 0.2 Papyri for the adoption of a Disinterested Proposal. "Clarify Proposal Distribution" by Steve - Proposal 4355 adopted 8/7 The Promotor is explicitly: Allowed, at any time, to distribute a Distributable Proposal. Required, during each week, to distribute all Proposals that were Distributable at the beginning of the week (unless they have since become Undistributable); or, if there were no such Proposals, to announce that fact. The Promotor shall announce each Proposal's Adoption Index (but the distribution counts, even if e fails to do so). The effect of Aborting a Proposal is moved to a separate Rule. Rule 2021 (Chamber Procedure) is slightly re-worded for clarity. "Eligibility Fix" by Steve - Proposal 4343 adopted 7/11 A CFJ may be transferred to a Judge who is ineligible solely due to Rule 1871 (Turns for All), and the transferring Judge becomes eligible for the purpose of that Rule. "Fix Canceling Bids in Vickrey Auctions" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4358 adopted 8/16 (fails to take effect; text to be replaced is no longer there) In a Vickrey Auction, Players who must Bid in public must also cancel eir Bids in public. "Fix Contestsmaster" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4357 adopted 8/16 The typo "Contestsmaster" is fixed in Rules 1990 (Points Contests) and 2031 (Money Grubbing Contests). "Fix FAQTP" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4347 failed quorum 7/20 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4363 adopted 8/16 If an Election is won during the Voting Period due to there being only one Candidate left, then it ceases to be contested. "Fix 'Overdue Debts'" by Steve - Proposal 4346 adopted 7/11 Persistent Indebtedness is postponed when the debtor (not eir Executor) is non-active. Only the Prime Executor with respect to satisfying the debt is penalized for Persistent Indebtedness. "Fix Property Protection" by root - Proposal 4340 adopted 7/8 Increase the Power of "Property Protection" to 2. (It was created with "Adoption Index of 2", which does nothing useful for Rules.) "Fix Robespierre - Take 2" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4339 adopted 7/8 Fix a typo in Rule 1923 ("it the Revolt" should be "if the Revolt"). "Fix Rule 2027" by RedKnight - Proposal 4354 adopted 8/7 Change a pronoun in Rule 2027 (Vacant Oligarchy) to Spivak. "Fix Rule 594" by root - Proposal 4349 adopted 7/20 An entity cannot increase its own Power, except as specified by Rule 594 (Power and Proposals). "Fix VE Distribution" by Steve - Proposal 4359 adopted 8/16 The Actual VE Circulation Level includes VEs being Auctioned, VEs that have been Auctioned but neither paid nor defaulted, and VEs that have been Auctioned and paid but not yet transferred. "Forgiveness Tweak" by Steve - Proposal 4360 adopted 8/16 (fails to take effect; insufficient AI) The GWotO is no longer required to forgive defaulted Oligarchy Upkeep debts (which e is not empowered to do anyway), but is required to Order the Bank to forgive them. "Gratuituous Justice" by Steve - Proposal 4361 adopted 8/16 The Speaker's Gratuity requires one to have been Speaker for at least 16 days of the previous month, rather than the entirety of the previous month. "Hail Agora!" by RedKnight - Contested Proposal 4362 adopted 8/16 "NPA Fix" by Goethe - Proposal 4344 adopted 7/11 Rather than Ordering the Treasuror to pay out New Player Awards, the Registrar pays them out emself. "Overhaul Parliamentary Voting" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4352 adopted 8/7 Parliamentary Proposals receive one Vote from each of the three Estates: Acolytes, Politicians, and Scribes. Player Votes are counted according to what would have been legal if the Proposal had been Sane. "Permitting Pay-Outs" by Steve - Proposal 4351 Sanitised and aborted 7/22, Notice of Complacency posted anyway 8/1 - Proposal 4353 (Sane) adopted 8/7 - Proposal 4364 (Democratic) adopted 8/16 When a pay-out is permitted but not required, then the Bank incurs a debt when the pay-out is announced. "Pragmatic Judge Selection" by root - Proposal 4342 adopted 7/8 Players ineligible to Judge due to Rule 1871 (Turns for All) are Turning Around and Around. Good-faith errors in following this Rule are allowed to stand as valid selections. "Protect the Voting System" by Steve - Proposal 4366 adopted 8/23 Once voting begins on an issue, a Proposal attempting to change an entity's vote on that Issue is completely without effect. Once an official voting report is published for an Issue, no votes on that Issue may be changed or cancelled, and the outcome of the Issue may not be changed. However, errors in the report may be corrected. "Really, No Double Jeopardy" by Steve - Proposal 4341 adopted 7/8 No Player may be penalized more than once for any action or inaction that violates one or more Rules. Double-jeopardy CFJs lack standing. Rule 1816 (No Double Jeopardy) has its Power increased to 3. "Scaling Down" by Steve - Proposal 4367 adopted 8/23 Stem amounts are divided by 5: Basic Officer Salary, and its upper limit New Player Award Holdings Debts Right to have Stems returned Bids on Auctions in progress Birthday gifts Rebellion Bonus for Repeal The Payroll Clerk earns 5 Stems. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "July Contested Proposal" by Steve - Proposal 4348 failed quorum 7/20 "Notice me Once" by Goethe - Proposal 4345 failed quorum 7/11 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4350 failed quorum 7/25 For a given commission of an Infraction, only one Notice of Infraction may be announced. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- by RedKnight The Win Condition of being the only Immaculate Player is changed to being the only Active Immaculate Player. Upon such a Win, each Player loses N Blots, where N is the lowest non-zero Stain among Active Players. "Birthday VE Reset" by Steve On Agora's Birthday, each Player is reset to 0.5 VEs, all VE debts and rights to have VEs returned are cancelled, and the Bank is reset to a number of VEs equal to (VEs Per Player - 0.5) * (number of Players). "Fix Rule 1812" by RedKnight - Proposal 4369 Fix a typo ("action of inaction" -> "action or inaction"). "Galvanised Rubber" by Steve A Scribe may Rubberstamp only one Proposal per Week. An Acolyte may Absolve only one Blot per Week. "Land Bust" by Steve Repeal the concept of Land. "Meesa Do Typo, Meesa Fix R1950" by OscarMeyr Rule 1950 (Voting Power) has its paragraphs re-labelled; it currently has two paragraphs labelled (c). "Non-uniform probability distributions" by Steve - Proposal 4368 The Rules may specify any probability distribution for a random choice, with uniform distribution as the default. "Repeal Monkhood" by OscarMeyr Repeal the concept of Monks. "Repeal Opposite Proposals" by Steve Repeal Rule 1991 (Opposite Proposals). "Refined Movement" by Sir Toby Instead of spending 10 Movement Units to change the Land Type of an adjacent Unit to a random non-Aether Type, a Player may spend 10 Movement Units to change the Land Type of any non-Aether Unit to an alternating Type. The alternating Type cycles through all non-Aether Types defined by the Rules, starting with the first one. "Thesis Archives" by OscarMeyr The Rulekeepor shall retain copy of each approved Thesis (including those pre-dating the invention of the Thesis Committee). "This Time For Sure..." by Steve Rule 1936 (Auctioning Positions in the Oligarchy) loses a now-redundant clause about failing to pay Auction debts ASAP. The GWotO is no longer required to forgive defaulted Oligarchy Upkeep debts (which e is not empowered to do anyway), but is required to Order the Bank to forgive them. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- by Goethe The CotC (or Justiciar) may dismiss a Frivolous CFJ; the Caller is billed a judicial salary for Annoying the Court. The Caller may re-submit the CFJ with 2 Supporters; the CFJ cannot be re-dismissed as Frivolous, and the bill is forgiven. The Caller may hire a Sharp Lawyer (costing twoce the penalty amount) to submit a CFJ that cannot be dismissed as Frivolous. by Goethe Submitting a Proposal or CFJ requires at least 1 Supporter. "Accusation and Sentencing Reform" by harvel Sentencing Orders are a separate class of Order. All offences (Crimes and Infractions) are reported via Notice of Accusation. Rule 1814 (Timing of Penalties for Crimes and Infractions) is merged into Rule 1503 (Crimes and Infractions). Sentencing Orders shall be restricted to what is necessary (as well as sufficient) to impose the penalty. A Notice of Accusation for a Crime is presumptively invalid, and must be proven true via CFJ. All other Notices of Accusation are presumptively valid. Rules 1812 (Notices of Infraction) and 1816 (No Double Jeopardy for Crimes) are merged into Rule 1504 (Sentencing Orders, renamed "Notices of Accusation"). "Alternative Weather Determination" by Sir Toby Weather probabilities are as follows: FOUL = Bank Stems * 2 PLENTY = non-Bank Stems SAME = (FOUL+PLENTY) / 4 FAIR = (FOUL+PLENTY) / 4 "Blame Canada" by Murphy Agora recognizes the FRC, Canada, and the Monster Raving Loony Party, and the Speaker shall try to get them to recognize Agora. "Criminal Reform" by Murphy ASAP is changed from a cascading requirement to a straight definition. Rule 1553 (Officer Transition) loses the text "violates this Rule", since it already defines a Crime. Rules 1724 (Urgent Proposals), 1770 (Distributing Proposals), and 1827 (Granting or Denying Motions) lose the concept "detect and report", which has elsewhere been shortened to "report". Sentencing Orders penalize Crimes; Ticketing Orders penalize Infractions; they shall be necessary and sufficient to apply the penalty. A Formal Apology may substitute for the Sentencing Orders of any Crime. Players are encouraged to CFJ on Infractions only when a question of interpretation, rather than fact, arises. If a Sentencing or Ticketing Order for Blots is recorded and then vacated, then the Blots are expunged. Violating a Rule (in the absence of any other penalty) is the Class N Crime of Disobedience. N is the Power of the violated Rule, but at most 4. Violating a SLC (unless necessary to avoid violating the Rules or another SLC with precedence) is the Class 1 Crime of Insubordination. Violating a SLC may only be CFJed by a Player within its Jurisdiction, and may only be Judged by a Player outside its Jurisdiction. "Cyclical All-Currency Resets" by Steve When a Bank Currency is reset: Holdings are destroyed. Debts and rights to have it returned are cancelled. Each Player gets the New Player's Award. The Bank gets some (not yet determined) amount. One day before February, Stems are reset. One day before May, Papyri are reset. One day before August, VEs are reset. One day before November, Indulgences are reset. "Fix Birthday Gifts" by Murphy Birthday Stems are not required to be transferred by the Payroll Clerk (which e is not empowered to do), but required to be paid out by the (Registrar / Speaker). "Fix Canceling Bids in Vickrey Auctions - Take 2" by Sir Toby In a Vickrey Auction, Players who must Bid in public must also cancel eir Bids in public. "Fix selection of the Thesis Committee" by OscarMeyr The second member of a Thesis Committee is (not yet determined): An Oligarch? Based on Score? Based on date of registration? Order of Succession? Based on Currency holdings? Current Champion? "In defense of natural language" by Murphy Rule 1431 (Claims of Error) is re-worded for clarity. "The CotC's Payment" by Steve The Treasuror's Budget includes the CotC's Payment (0 to 10 Stems, initially 5). This is the Fee to call a CFJ. The Bank owes this Fee to the CotC (or Justiciar) once e publishes the CFJ and assigns its first Judge. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- 7/9 Goethe makes emself ineligible. 7/13 Craig makes emself eligible. 7/25 harvel makes emself eligible. 8/6 root makes emself ineligible. 8/16 root makes emself eligible. 8/19 OscarMeyr makes emself eligible. CFJ 832 "Rule 1079 shall be interpreted such that the Dice-roll email server [TRUE] at dice@danpost4.uni-c.dk meets its requirements for randomness" 11/10/95 Called by Vanyel 11/13 Assigned to Andre, who defaults 11/22-29 Assigned to Ian, who defaults 12/1 Assigned to Michael, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): The server is pseudorandom, but close enough to random, and no Player can control it to produce false randomness. Commentary: See CFJ 1406. CFJs 945-1044 "This statement is TRUE." (identical Statements) Commentary: See CFJ 1401. CFJ 1394 "This CFJ's judge is the Goddess Eris." [FALSE] 7/5 Called by Craig 7/5 Assigned to root, who Judges FALSE 7/6-7 Appealed by Murphy, Craig, and Sir Toby 7/7-9 Appeal assigned to OscarMeyr, Eris, and Steve, who unanimously move to SUSTAIN Steve's argument (summary): Rule 451 says that Judgement depends on the Statement's truth at the time it was Called, so Goddess Eris being an Appelate Judge is irrelevant. CFJ 1395 "This is not a CFJ." [FALSE] 7/5 Called by Craig 7/5-7 Assigned to Sir Toby, who Judges FALSE CFJ 1397 "A Provision of an adopted Proposal that does not change the Ruleset [TRUE] may change a Player's Vote on a previous Proposal." 7/1 Called by Goethe - Linked to CFJs 1398 and 1399 7/7-14 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): This tests the application of Rule 594. Judge's commentary (summary): The Rules for casting and changing Votes do not rule out other methods. CFJ 1398 "A Provision of an adopted Proposal that does not change the Ruleset [TRUE] may create a Stem in any Player's possession by its adoption." 7/1 Called by Goethe - Linked to CFJs 1397 and 1399 7/7-14 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): This tests the application of Rule 594. Judge's commentary (summary): The Rules for creating Currency do not rule out other methods. CFJ 1399 "A Provision of an adopted Proposal that does not change the Ruleset [TRUE] may destroy a Stem in any Player's possession by its adoption." 7/1 Called by Goethe - Linked to CFJs 1397 and 1398 7/7-14 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): This tests the application of Rule 594. Judge's commentary (summary): The Rules for destroying Currency do not rule out other methods. CFJ 1400 "Only the Treasuror is empowered to forgive debts to the Bank [FALSE] denominated in Bank Currencies." 7/8 Called by Steve 7/9-11 Assigned to root Caller's argument (summary): Limited Executors of the Bank are empowered to satisfy debts, but not to forgive them. Judge's refutation (summary): An adopted Proposal may forgive them. CFJ 1401 "No frivolous CFJs have been made by a non-Player." Dismiss 7/9 Called by Blaise 7/10-11 Assigned to Steve, who Judges DISMISS (irrelevant Statement) Commentary: See CFJs 945-1044. CFJ 1402 "One frivolous CFJ has been made by a non-Player." Dismiss 7/9 Called by Blaise 7/10-11 Assigned to Murphy, who Judges DISMISS (irrelevant Statement) CFJ 1403 "Two frivolous CFJs has been made by a non-Player." Dismiss 7/9 Called by Blaise 7/10-11 Assigned to Steve, who Judges DISMISS (irrelevant Statement) CFJ 1404 "Three frivolous CFJs has been made by a non-Player." Dismiss 7/9 Called by Blaise 7/10 Assigned to Sir Toby, who Judges DISMISS (irrelevant Statement) CFJ 1405 "Four frivolous CFJs has been made by a non-Player." Dismiss 7/9 Called by Blaise 7/10-11 Assigned to Murphy, who Judges DISMISS (irrelevant Statement) CFJ xxxx "Five frivolous CFJs has been made by a non-Player." Dismiss 7/9 Called by Blaise 7/10 Dismissed by Clerk of the Courts (Excess CFJ) CFJ xxxx "Six frivolous CFJs has been made by a non-Player." Dismiss 7/9 Called by Blaise 7/10 Dismissed by Clerk of the Courts (Excess CFJ) CFJ xxxx "Seven frivolous CFJs has been made by a non-Player." Dismiss 7/9 Called by Blaise 7/10 Dismissed by Clerk of the Courts (Excess CFJ) CFJ xxxx "Eight frivolous CFJs has been made by a non-Player." Dismiss 7/9 Called by Blaise 7/10 Dismissed by Clerk of the Courts (Excess CFJ) CFJ 1406 "Pseudorandom numbers do not qualify as Random under the rules of [FALSE] Agora." 7/14 Called by Craig 7/15-16 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who proto-Judges FALSE 8/5 OscarMeyr recused 8/5 Incorrectly assigned to harvel, who is On Hold 8/5-6 Assigned to root, who makes emself ineligible 8/9 Assigned to Murphy, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Pseudorandom numbers are deterministic and predictable, thus not reasonably close to random. Judge's refutation (summary): Some pseudorandom numbers are generated by methods which no Player could predict. CFJ 1407 "The Registrar has not fulfilled eir duty under Rule 478/12 in eir [TRUE] last report." 7/14 Called by RedKnight 7/15-17 Assigned to Craig, who Judges TRUE and Orders Murphy to submit a Formal Apology Caller's argument (summary): The Registrar has not provided enough information to subscribe to the backup lists, which are Public Fora. CFJ 1408 "Rulekeepor Michael has committed the Class 2 Crime of Unlawful [TRUE] Nondisclosure, as defined by Rule 1064/9." 8/4 Called by RedKnight 8/9-15 Assigned to Sir Toby, who Judges TRUE 8/24 Appealed by Murphy and root Caller's argument (summary): Michael made no response to RedKnight's request for a copy of all theses approved for degrees. Counterargument: Michael is not required to keep copies of all theses approved (only those approved by Committee), so e was not required to respond to RedKnight's request. CFJ 1409 "Sir Toby's COE in http://www.escribe.com/games/agora-business/m7478.html was not a valid Claim of Error." 8/12 Called by OscarMeyr 8/16 Assigned to Craig Caller's argument (summary): Sir Toby's message attempts to be a COE on a COE. The normal way to handle a COE is to Respond, then CFJ if needed. Commentary: The original COE may be parsed as either "the Gamestate is X" (may be true) or "I claim that the Gamestate is X" (trivially true). In either case, it can be COEd, but probably shouldn't be. CFJ 1410 "The Order executed by RedKnight in the message archived at [FALSE] http://www.escribe.com/games/agora-business/m7451.html was improperly or invalidly executed." 8/12 Called by root 8/16 Assigned to Steve, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): The Notice of Infraction announces two Infractions, but Orders the penalty for only one of em. Rule 1812 (e) requires a valid Notice of Infraction to contain "Whatever Orders are sufficient to impose the penalty for the Infraction". Judge's refutation (summary): The rest of the Notice of Infraction makes it clear that RedKnight was reporting only one Infraction. CFJ 1411 "OscarMeyr is Michael's Opposite on RedKnight's Thesis Committee." 8/22 Called by Steve Caller's argument (summary): Votes cast during the Quarter in question, and opposite to Michael's Votes on the same Proposals, were cast on Proposals 4281 through 4342. Steve cast the largest number of such opposite Votes, but OscarMeyr cast opposite Votes on the largest number of Proposals. OFFICES ------- 7/12 Election for Speaker-Elect ends with no Nominees. Nominations begin for new Election. 7/19 Election for Speaker-Elect ends with no Nominees. Nominations begin for new Election. 7/21 Craig freezes emself and is removed as Notary. Speaker Steve becomes Notary. Nominations begin for Notary. Sir Toby Nominates for Notary. 7/27 Election for Speaker-Elect ends with no Nominees. Nominations begin for new Election. 7/29 Sir Toby is Elected Notary. 8/5 Election for Speaker-Elect ends with no Nominees. Nominations begin for new Election. Murphy Nominates for Speaker-Elect. 8/12 Murphy is Elected Speaker-Elect. 8/16 Nominations begin for Justiciar. 8/22 Sir Toby Nominates for Justiciar. 8/23 Sir Toby is Elected Justiciar. OLIGARCHS --------- 7/7 Oligarchy Auction ends with no winner. OscarMeyr defaults on Upkeep and is removed from the Oligarchy. 7/21 Craig freezes emself and is removed from the Oligarchy. GWotO Steve announces eir intent to appoint Sir Toby as an Oligarch. Sir Toby gives eir necessary support. 7/25 GWotO Steve appoints Sir Toby as an Oligarch. 7/26 Sir Toby pays the Base Seating Fee and becomes an Oligarch. 7/31 Auction begins for 1 position. 8/6 Auction ends for 1 position. OscarMeyr wins with a bid of 6 Stems, pays it, and becomes an Oligarch. 8/19 GWotO Steve announces eir intent to increase the Base Seating Fee from 0.1 to 0.15 VEs. 8/22 GWotO Steve increases the Base Seating Fee from 0.1 to 0.15 VEs. Auction for 1 position beginning 7/31 ---------- 6 OscarMeyr 5 RedKnight PROPERTY AUCTIONS ----------------- 7/11 A Raffle is incorrectly announced for 46 lots of 0.1 VE each. Auction ends for 19 Indulgences. Murphy wins 5, root wins 5, harvel wins 1, and OscarMeyr wins 8, at 9 Stems each. 7/20 Vickrey Auctions begin for the following units of Land. (+5, +4) [White] ( 0, -2) [White] An Auction is incorrectly announced for (-4, -4). 7/21 Raffle begins for 1 Papyrus. Vickrey Auction begins for the following unit of Land. (-4, +4) [White] 7/22 End of incorrect VE Raffle is announced. Sir Toby would get 0.8, Michael 0.8, OscarMeyr 0.3, root 2, and Steve 0.7. 7/24 A Raffle is incorrectly announced for 55 lots of 0.1 VE each. Later in the day, Steve notes the incorrectness in a-d. 7/27 Raffle ends for 1 Papyrus. root wins it. 7/28 Land Auctions end. Bids are as follows. (+5, +4) [White] 0.5 Sir Toby - winner 0.222 OscarMeyr - Final Auction Price 0.2 Sir Toby 0.1 Goddess Eris (+0, -2) [White] 0.25 Sir Toby - winner 0.222 OscarMeyr - Final Auction Price 0.2 Sir Toby 0.1 Goddess Eris (-4, +4) [White] 0.5 Goddess Eris - winner 0.222 OscarMeyr - Final Auction Price 0.25 Sir Toby 8/2 Vickrey Auction begins for 4 Indulgences. 8/4 A Raffle is incorrectly announced for 5.2 lots of 0.1 VE each. 8/5 Steve COEs that the Raffle should be for 52 lots. 8/6 A Raffle is (correctly!) announced for 52 lots of 0.1 VE each. 8/11 Auction ends for 4 Indulgences. Sir Toby wins all 4, at 20 Stems each. Vickrey Auctions begin for the following units of Land. (+4, +5) [White] (+4, +6) [Black] (+1, 0) [Black] 8/14 Raffle begins for 5 Papyri. 8/16 Raffle ends for 52 lots of 0.1 VE each. Sir Toby wins 0.6, Michael wins 0.3, Murphy wins 0.6, root wins 1.8, RedKnight wins 0.3, OscarMeyr wins 0.9, and Steve wins 0.7. 8/18 Land Auctions end. Bids are as follows. (+4, +5) [White] 0.25 Sir Toby - winner 0.2 Goddess Eris - Final Auction Price 0.002 OscarMeyr 0.001 Sir Toby (+4, +6) [Black] 0.1 Sir Toby - winner 0.002 OscarMeyr - Final Auction Price 0.001 Sir Toby (+1, 0) [Black] 0.11 OscarMeyr - winner 0.1 Sir Toby - Final Auction Price 0.006 OscarMeyr 0.001 Sir Toby 8/22 Raffle ends for 5 Papyri. Sir Toby wins 3 and OscarMeyr wins 2. Raffle for 5 Papyri ---------- 100 OscarMeyr 50 Sir Toby 20 Steve 10 RedKnight Raffle for 52 x 0.1 VE ---------- 626 root 375 Goethe - missed deadline 300 OscarMeyr 299 Steve 200 Murphy 200 Sir Toby 160 Michael 125 RedKnight Incorrect Raffle for 5.2 x 0.1 VE ---------- 626 root 150 Sir Toby Auction for 4 Indulgences ---------- 100 Sir Toby 75 Sir Toby 50 Sir Toby 25 Sir Toby 20 ? (possibly other bids) 1 RedKnight (possibly other bids) Incorrect Raffle for 55 x 0.1 VE ---------- 194 Steve 100 Sir Toby 50 OscarMeyr Raffle for 1 Papyrus ---------- 3 root 2 Goddess Eris 1 Sir Toby Auction for 19 Indulgences ---------- 50 Murphy 25 root 25 Murphy 24 Steve - cancelled 16 Murphy 15 root 15 root 15 harvel 12 Murphy 12 Steve - cancelled 10 root 10 root 10 Murphy 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 8 Steve - cancelled 8 Murphy 7 Steve - cancelled 7 Murphy 6 Steve - cancelled 6 Murphy 5 Steve - cancelled 5 Murphy 5 Murphy 4 Steve - cancelled 4 Murphy 4 Murphy 3 Steve - cancelled 3 Steve - cancelled 3 Murphy 3 Murphy 3 Murphy 3 Murphy 2 Steve - cancelled 2 Steve - cancelled 2 Steve - cancelled 2 Steve - cancelled 2 Murphy 2 Murphy 2 Murphy 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr Incorrect Raffle for 46 x 0.1 VE ---------- 434 root 184 Steve 100 Michael 100 Sir Toby 50 OscarMeyr TECTONIC ACTIVITY ----------------- 8/19 Sir Toby changes (+4, +5) (which e owns) to Black. Movement: 7/7 root - (-4, +4) 7/24 root - (-4, +5) 7/25 OscarMeyr - (+2, 0) 7/28 Sir Toby - (+4, +5) 8/19 Sir Toby - (+4, +4) 8/19 Steve - (-2, 0) Changing the Land Type of a random adjacent unit of Land: 7/25 Sir Toby - White - (+4, +5) 7/28 RedKnight - Black - (+1, 0) 8/11 Sir Toby - Black - (+4, +6) 8/11 Goddess Eris - White - (+3, -5) 8/11 Goethe - Black - (+3, 0) 8/13 Sir Toby - Black - (+4, +4) 8/17 RedKnight - Black - (-1, 0) 8/18 Goddess Eris - White - (+4, -4) 8/19 OscarMeyr - Black - (+2, +1) IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 7/8 Murphy becomes an Acolyte. 7/9 Goethe resigns from the Contest "Tabla Rasa", which disbands. Goethe submits a Will. Goethe goes On Hold. 7/10 harvel goes On Hold. 7/15 Craig creates the Contest "Agoran Gamblers' Chess". 7/18 Murphy submits a Formal Apology for omitting from the Registrar's Report sufficient data to subscribe to the backup lists. 7/20 Craig freezes emself. RedKnight registers. RedKnight becomes a Scribe. 7/21 Sir Toby becomes a Politician. 7/25 harvel becomes Active. RedKnight requests a copy of all Theses approved for Degrees, and a copy of the SLC for all Groups. 7/28 RedKnight makes neil quiet. neil freezes emself. 7/31 Treasuror root announces eir intent to give the Speaker-Elect a Salary of 0.2 times the Basic Officer Salary. 8/1 Steve supports giving the Speaker-Elect a Salary. 8/2 Weather is incorrectly announced as Foul. The Bank's net loss would be 188 Stems. Treasuror root gives the Speaker-Elect a Salary of 0.2 times the Basic Officer Salary. 8/4 harvel goes On Hold. 8/7 Steve becomes a Scribe. 8/12 Murphy receives a Speaker's Patronage of 15 Stems for finally giving the Office of Speaker-Elect a Nominee. 8/14 Goethe freezes emself. 8/17 Weather is Fair. No net change in the Bank's Stem holdings. 8/21 RedKnight submits a Thesis for eir A.N. Degree, selecting Michael as eir Chair. 8/23 Sir Toby becomes a Filthy Bureaucrat. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AgoraEx 01/10/02 Papyri Negotiable harvel 02/08/02 Negotiable Papyri Murphy 08/25/02 0.1 VE Propose/rubberstamp on eir behalf neil 08/21/01 0.2 VEs 2 Papyri per 0.1 VE Steve 02/05/01 2 Indulgences 2 Papyri t 02/06/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences -- Ed Murphy "I'm not sure I can go through http://members.fortunecity.com/emurphy/ with it. Leave, I mean."