THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 48, ISSUE 22 Monday, October 14, 2002 YOUR AD HERE - PRICES NEGOTIABLE -------------------------------- 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 ----------------- by RedKnight - Proposal 4375 adopted 9/6 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. "Alternative Weather Determination" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4383 adopted 9/11 The Treasuror's Budget includes the Foul Weather Factor and the Weather Intensity Factor, each multiples of 0.1 ranging from 0 to 10. Initially, both are 2. Weather probabilities are proportional as follows: Foul = Bank Stems times Foul Weather Factor (rounded up) Plenty = non-Bank Stems Fair = (Foul + Plenty) / 4 (rounded up) i.e. 25% or slightly more Same = (Foul + Plenty) / 4 (rounded up) i.e. 25% or slightly more The Bank's Stem gain/loss is multiplied by the Weather Intensity Factor. "Fix Birthday Gifts" by Steve (authored by Murphy) - Proposal 4376 adopted 9/6 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 - Proposal 4372 adopted 9/6 In a Vickrey Auction, Players who must Bid in public must also cancel eir Bids in public. "Fix Rule 1812" by RedKnight - Proposal 4369 adopted 8/29 Fix a typo ("action of inaction" -> "action or inaction"). "Fix Wins" by Murphy - Proposal 4377 adopted 9/11 Rule 1638 is merged into Rule 112. "Fridge Repair" by Steve - Proposal 4385 adopted 9/17 Frozen Players may not bid in Auctions or buy Raffle tickets. Non-Active Players are ineligible to Judge CFJs. Non-Active Players do not receive Minimum Income. Frozen Players may not peform actions that non-frozen Players are explicitly permitted by the Rules to perform, except thawing and deregistering. "Groups and Stems" by Peekee - Proposal 4387 adopted 9/25 Stems may be transferred from a non-Bank entity to a Group. Stems may no longer be transferred from an Organization to a non-Bank entity. Groups may bid in Auctions. All Private Land, not just Player-owned Land, counts toward the limit on Land Auctions (i.e. they stop when at least half the Map is Private). Groups receive the same bonus as Players for eir Location having Sente. "In defence of natural language" by Steve (authored by Murphy) - Proposal 4380 adopted 9/11 Rule 1431 (Claims of Error) is re-worded for clarity. "Meesa Do Typo, Meesa Fix R1950" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4370 adopted 9/6 Rule 1950 (Voting Power) has its paragraphs re-labelled; it currently has two paragraphs labelled (c). "Must be Active to Win" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4388 adopted 10/5 Non-Activity is a Win-Preventing Condition. "Non-uniform probability distributions" by Steve - Proposal 4368 adopted 8/29 The Rules may specify any probability distribution for a random choice, with uniform distribution as the default. "Prime Executor Tweak" by Steve - Proposal 4389 adopted 10/5 Sole Executors (but not sole Limited Executors) are Prime Executors. "Refined Movement" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4373 adopted 9/6 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. "Repeal Opposite Proposals" by Steve - Proposal 4378 adopted 9/11 Repeal Rule 1991 (Opposite Proposals). "September Contested Proposal" by Steve - Contested Proposal 4384 adopted 9/11 "This Time For Sure!" by Steve - Proposal 4371 adopted 9/6 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. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Blame Canada" by Steve (authored by Murphy) - Proposal 4381 rejected 9/11 Agora recognizes the FRC, Canada, and the Monster Raving Loony Party, and the Speaker shall try to get them to recognize Agora. "Blame Canada" by RedKnight (authored by Murphy) - Proposal 4382 rejected 9/11 This is an intentional duplicate of Steve's Proposal, made to take advantage of a trade offer that Steve technically did not satisfy. "Criminal Reform" by Eris (authored by Murphy) - Proposal 4379 rejected 9/11 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. "Fund the Bandwagon" by Steve - Proposal 4390 rejected 10/5 The Bank incurs a debt of 60 Stems to the Bandwagon Contest. "Galvanised Rubber" by Steve - Proposal 4386 rejected 9/25 A Scribe may Rubberstamp only one Proposal per Week. An Acolyte may Absolve only one Blot per Week. "Repeal Monkhood" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4374 rejected 9/6 Repeal the concept of Monks. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Actions in Arcadia" by Peekee - Proposal 4394 failed quorum 10/11 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4405 Movement Units are renamed to Action Units. Players have 10 Action Units per week, minus 1 per 5 Blots. Groups have 1 Action Unit per week, plus 3 per member at the same or adjacent Location as the Group. Players may only move to adjacent Units (as they currently do). Groups may only move to the Location of a member (5 Action Units). Groups may impose Tolls. [A duplicate copy submitted on 10/12 is ignored, per Rule 1483.] "Agoran Nomic" by harvel - Proposal 4398 Various instances of "Nomic X" (e.g. "Nomic week") are changed to "Agoran X". "Alleviation of Frostbite" by Pakaran - Proposal 4400 Frozen Players are not blanket-prohibited from actions. "Bidding Fix in Private Auctions" - Proposal 4392 failed quorum 10/11 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4403 In Private Auctions, bidders with the same Executor as the Auctioneer may bid only in the first 72 hours of the Auction, and must bid/cancel publicly. "Fair is Fair" by Steve Eris is billed for 167 Stems, eir gain from the Fountain Scam. (The actual Scammers have already lost eir temporary Currency gains.) "Filthiness Doesn't Last Forever" by Steve - Proposal 4393 failed quorum 10/11 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4404 A Filthy Bureaucrat loses eir Patent Title when e ceases to hold and be Electee to three or more Offices. "Free the Drones" by Steve - Proposal 4391 failed quorum 10/11 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4402 If the debt of a pay-out or bill is paid before it is announced, then the requirement to announce it is waived. "Fund the Bandwagon" by Steve - Sane duplicate of Proposal 4390 - Proposal 4399 The Bank incurs a debt of 60 Stems to the Bandwagon Contest. "Galvanised Rubber, again" by Steve A Scribe may Rubberstamp only one Proposal per Week. "October Contested Proposal" by Steve - Contested Proposal 4396 "Quorum on Parliamentary Proposals" by Steve A Parliamentary Proposal meets Quorum if and only if it would have met Quorum as a Democratic Proposal, based on the Player "Votes" rather than the Estate Votes. "Reinstate the Points penalty for Crimes" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4395 The Points penalty for Crimes is made part of the penalty in Rule 1505 (Standard Classes of Crimes and Infractions). Currently, the Points penalty is prevented by Rule 1816 (No Double Jeopardy for Crimes). "The Repairman Always Rings Twice" by Steve (different from eir proto of the same name) Players who were frozen on September 23, 2002, may thaw out. This clause self-repeals after one month. Frozen Players may not perform any action defined by the Rules, except thawing, deregistering, and calling CFJs. A Player becomes Silent after e is Inactive for three months (up from two months) or Frozen for one year (down from two years). "The Unready are ineligible" by RedKnight - Proposal 4397 Unready Players begin to Turn Around And Around (i.e. are ineligible to Judge CFJs), and return to that status if they lose it. "Typoage" by Eris - Proposal 4401 Fix a typo ("Poltician") in Rule 1986. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "A Burst of Activity" by Steve All Frozen Players become Inactive. A Player must wait one week before changing eir Activity Level in either direction. Silence triggers a Notice of Abandonment, sent to all Public Fora and to the Player's preferred e-mail address. If the Notice is still valid one month later, then the Player is deregistered. Silence due to Quietness takes one month (up from two weeks). Silence due to Inactivity takes three months (up from two). Inactive Players may be bound by the requirements of eir Organizations. "Action by Announcement" by harvel Actions by announcement are performed by announcing that one performs them. The following actions are done by announcement: * Becoming Ready * Changing Role * Resigning from Office * Calling for Revolt * Changing Political Status * Resigning from the Oligarchy * Becoming eligible to Judge CFJs again * Levying Taxes * Pardoning Lawlessness (Rules 1016, 1043, 1728, 1952, 1770, 1659, and 2005 are left for future Proposers.) "Fix Organization Movement" by Sir Toby Entities in general (not just Players) may Move, via eir Prime Executor. "Fix the Thesis Committee" by OscarMeyr All Active Players not already selected for a Thesis Committee are eligible to be selected for it, except the author of that Thesis. The author may select a member. If e does not do so, then the Speaker is selected. The first two members choose a third member. If they do not do so within a week after the Thesis is first published, then the selection is random. The Chair is the Player who has been a member the longest. The Chair publishes the Committee's decision, which is APPROVE, REJECT, or REWRITE. If REWRITE, then the Committee continues to exist. "Informing Notices" by harvel When a Player receives a valid notice appropriately addressed to em, e is informed of its contents. A Player receives a message sent to a Public Forum or to any of eir current preferred e-mail addresses, but not messages received only to a Discussion Forum. Votes are cast by submitting a notice to the Assessor. "No Support, No Objections" by Peekee An action Without 0 Objections, or With 0 Supporters, may be performed without needing to announce intent first. "Q-Bert" by OscarMeyr Q-Bert starts at (0,0). Each week, Q-Bert hops in a random diagonal direction (but not to its previous Location). If Q-Bert would leave the Map, then it ceases to have a Location, and moves to (0,0) the next week. Q-Bert turns its destination Purple, unless it was already Purple, in which case it becomes a random Land Type other than Purple or Aether. No other entity may set a Land Type to Purple. If Q-Bert moves to the same Location as another entity, then its next move is orthogonal. However, it will not do this two weeks in a row. If Purple has Sente, then all Purple Units become a random Land Type with Gote. OscarMeyr is Q-Bert's Controller. The Controller may transfer the title, with consent. "Rebalance Group Votes" by OscarMeyr A Group's Voting Power on Democratic Proposals is based on the number of Active Players who belong to Groups, rather than the number of Players. "Rights and Privileges of the Frozen" by Murphy Frozen Players are not blanket-prohibited from actions, but are prohibited from specific actions: having a Role, being an Executor or Limited Executor of another entity, or joining a Group. Non-Active Players cannot Win the Game. Inactive Players can hold Offices whose Salary is less than the Poverty Level (a multiple of the Basic Officer Salary from 0 to 2, initially 0.5), but are required to perform the duties of any such Offices. "Sensible Timing for Indulgence Auctions" by Murphy Indulgence Auctions are based entirely on the Gamestate at the beginning of the month, and pay attention to Indulgences that have been Auctioned but not yet received by the winners. The number of Indulgences to Auction is rounded down to the nearest integer. "Sorta Preserve Scores" by OscarMeyr When a Player deregisters and re-registers, and no Win or Score reset has occurred in between, then eir Score is what it was when e deregistered. "The Repairman Always Rings Twice" by Steve (different from eir Proposal of the same name) Frozen Players are not blanket-prohibited from actions, but are prohibited from specific actions: transferring Currency, bidding in Auctions, buying Raffle tickets, Proposing, Voting, being an Oligarch, Winning the Game, holding Office, being Rebellious, etc. A Player becomes Silent after e is Inactive for three months (up from two months) or Frozen for one year (down from two years). CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- ****** Proposal 4298 -> Rule 1567 ****** causes ineligibility by request ****** to expire after one month 9/20 harvel makes emself ineligible 9/25 t makes emself ineligible 10/4 Pakaran makes emself ineligible 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 8/24-29 Appealed by Murphy, root, and Michael 8/29 Appeal assigned to Steve, Eris, and OscarMeyr 9/4 Board of Appeals sustains (OscarMeyr moved to reverse) Caller's argument (summary): Michael made no response to RedKnight's request for a copy of all theses approved for degrees. Appellate Judges Steve and Eris (summary): Michael is required to keep a subset of the requested information, and was required to respond by with the contents of that subset. It happens to be empty, but e should have sent a message saying so. Appellate Judge OscarMeyr (summary): Michael is not required to keep copies of all theses approved, only those approved by Committee, so e was not required to respond. CFJ 1409 "Sir Toby's COE in [FALSE] http://www.escribe.com/games/agora-business/m7478.html was not a valid Claim of Error." 8/12 Called by OscarMeyr 8/16 Incorrectly assigned to Craig, who is frozen 8/27-9/8 Assigned to root, who defaults 9/15-17 Assigned to Sir Toby, who makes emself ineligible 9/19-20 Assigned to Michael, who Judges FALSE 9/22 Appealed by OscarMeyr 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. Judge's refutation (summary): A COE is a representation of the Gamestate (not just the COEing Player's perception of it), so it can be the target of another COE. Commentary: OscarMeyr published something, RedKnight COEd it, and Sir Toby COEd RedKnight's COE. Judge Michael argued as if the first and third actions were performed by the same Player, but this does not clearly invalidate eir argument. CFJ 1411 "OscarMeyr is Michael's Opposite on RedKnight's Thesis Committee." 8/22 Called by Steve 8/27 Assigned to Murphy, who Judges TRUE 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. Judge's argument (summary): "Most often" is interpreted such that multiple Votes cast at once count as one instance. Thus, OscarMeyr had the most instances of opposing Michael. CFJ 1412 "If a player is deregistered and then registers again without there [FALSE] being a Win since e was deregistered e returns with the same number of points as e had when e was deregistered." 9/7 Called by Peekee 9/15-18 Assigned to Steve, who Judges FALSE 9/18 Appealed by RedKnight Caller's argument (summary): Properties of a Player (such as Score) are preserved from deregistration to re-registration, unless the Rules explicitly state otherwise. Judge's refutation (summary): Such Properties are preserved only if the Rules require someone to maintain a record of them. The Rules do not require the Scorekeepor to maintain a record of the Scores of deregistered Players. CFJ 1413 "Rule 1016 prohibits a frozen Player from becoming a Contestant in a [TRUE] Contest." 9/19 Called by Steve, who also requests annotation of Rule 1016 9/20-27 Assigned to Eris, who Judges TRUE but denies the request Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1016 restricts frozen Players from doing anything that Players can do, except thawing or deregistering. Joining a Contest as something that Players can do (Rule 1539). Commentary: Depending on interpretation, Rule 1016 may or may not apply to each of the following: * "A non-frozen Player may do X" (clearly applies) * "An Active Player may do X" * "An Inactive Player may do X" * "A Player may do X" CFJ 1414 "Frozen Players may Call CFJs." [TRUE] 9/20 Called by Goethe (but invalid if false) 9/20-22 Assigned to RedKnight, who Judges TRUE 9/22 Appealed by harvel, Steve, and OscarMeyr 9/23 Appeal assigned to Eris, Sir Toby, and (incorrectly) root; later assigned to t 9/25-26 Board of Appeals unanimously moves to overturn and reassign 9/26-10/3 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): Frozen Players may do things that persons in general are allowed to do. Persons in general are allowed to call CFJs (Rule 991). Judge RedKnight's argument (summary): The latest Stare Decisis lists this as a CFJ, so by Rule 1768 (Evidentiary Status of Officer Reports) it is a CFJ. Thus Goethe (who was/is frozen) could Call it, and thus the statement is proven by example. Counterargument (summary): Prima facie evidence is not automatically correct, if "clear and convincing evidence to the contrary" exists. Judge OscarMeyr's argument (summary): Rule 991 permits all persons to Call CFJs, and takes precedence over Rule 1016. CFJ 1415 "A Frozen Player cannot be eir own Prime Executor." 10/10 Called by Goethe; Linked to CFJs 1416 and 1417 Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1989 says that each Player is eir own Prime Executor, and so Rule 1016 applies. Counterargument (summary): Rule 1989 says what Players are, not what Players may do. CFJ 1416 "A Frozen Player may transfer Property." 10/10 Called by Goethe; Linked to CFJs 1415 and 1417 Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1598 permits entities (not just Players) to transfer Property. Counterargument: Frozen Players may be prohibited from acting as eir own Executor. However, any person may act on eir own behalf, ignoring Executorship completely. CFJ 1417 "A Frozen Player who is a Member of a Contest may perform Actions explicitly allowed to Contestants by that Contest's Regulations." 10/10 Called by Goethe; Linked to CFJs 1415 and 1416 Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1016 only applies to actions allowed by the Rules, not by the Regulations of a Contest. OFFICES ------- 9/5 root resigns as Treasuror, naming Steve as eir successor. Steve consents. root resigns as Assistant Director of Personnel and Herald, naming Murphy as eir successor. Murphy consents. Nominations open for Herald, Treasuror, and Assistant Director of Personnel. 9/8 Steve Nominates for Treasuror, with a Proto-Budget identical to the current Budget. 9/12 Elections for Assistant Director of Personnel and Herald end with no Nominees. Murphy attempts to Nominate for Assistant Director of Personnel and Herald, but misses the end of the Nominating Period by a few hours. Steve is Elected Treasuror. Eir Proto-Budget becomes the Budget; it was valid when submitted, but is now invalid due to the adoption of Proposal 4383. Nominations open for Assistant Director of Personnel and Herald. Murphy Nominates for Assistant Director of Personnel and Herald. 9/18 Nominations open for Payroll Clerk. 9/22 Murphy is Elected Assistant Director of Personnel. 9/28 Murphy is Elected Herald. Election for Payroll Clerk ends with no Nominees. Nominations open for Payroll Clerk. 10/1 Quarterly Speaker Transition occurs. Speaker-Elect Murphy becomes Speaker. Promotor Steve becomes Speaker-Elect. 10/4 Nominations open for Clerk of the Courts, Rulekeepor, and Speaker-Elect. Pakaran Nominates for Rulekeepor. 10/5 Eris Nominates for Rulekeepor. 10/6 Steve Nominates for Speaker-Elect. 10/7 Michael Nominates for Rulekeepor. 10/11 Election for Payroll Clerk ends with no Nominees. Nominations open for Payroll Clerk. Pakaran Nominates for Payroll Clerk. Eris Nominates for Payroll Clerk. OLIGARCHS --------- 9/1 Raffle begins for 1 position. 9/8 Raffle ends with no winner. root defaults on eir Upkeep and is removed. 10/1 Auction begins for 1 position. 10/7 Auction ends. RedKnight wins with a bid of 2 Stems. 10/11 RedKnight pays eir Auction bill and becomes an Oligarch. Auction for 1 position beginning 10/1 ---------- 2 RedKnight 1 Pakaran PROPERTY AUCTIONS ----------------- 9/5 No Indulgence Auction takes place in September. 9/6 Private Auction begins for 5 lots of 0.1 VE each. 9/17 VE Auction ends. Eris wins all 5 lots, at 26 Stems each. 9/15 Private Auction begins for 5 Papyri. 9/22 Papyrus Auction ends. OscarMeyr wins 3 and OscarMeyr wins 2, at 5 Stems each. 9/30 Looting Auction begins for Syllepsis. 10/6 Looting Auction for Syllepsis ends. OscarMeyr wins with the sole bid of 6 Indulgences. Auction begins for 4 lots of 0.1 VE each. 10/7 Auction begins for 1 Indulgence. Auction for 1 Indulgence ---------- 16 OscarMeyr 15 Sir Toby 14 OscarMeyr 13 Steve 12 OscarMeyr 11 Sir Toby 10 Steve 2 RedKnight 1 Pakaran Auction for 4 x 0.1 VE ---------- 100 Murphy 88 Eris 72 Michael 54 Murphy 44 Eris 42 Steve 36 Michael 34 Peekee 29 Eris 25 Sir Toby 24 Michael 24 Peekee - sent to a-d 22 Eris 21 Steve 18 Michael 14 Steve 10 Steve 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 9 OscarMeyr 8 Peekee 4 Peekee 4 Sir Toby 3 Sir Toby 2 Peekee 2 RedKnight 1 Peekee 1 RedKnight Auction for 5 Papyri ---------- 27 OscarMeyr 6 Steve 6 Steve 5 OscarMeyr 5 OscarMeyr 5 OscarMeyr 4 Steve 3 Steve 2 OscarMeyr 1 Steve 1 Steve 1 Steve 1 Steve 1 Steve Auction for 5 x 0.1 VE ---------- 132 Eris 66 Eris 44 Eris 33 Eris 26 Eris 21 OscarMeyr 15 t 13 t 13 t 13 t 13 t 10 Steve 7 RedKnight 5 Steve 5 Sir Toby 5 RedKnight 4 Sir Toby 3 Steve 3 Sir Toby 3 RedKnight 2 Steve 2 Sir Toby 2 RedKnight 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 OscarMeyr 1 Steve 1 Sir Toby 1 RedKnight TECTONIC ACTIVITY ----------------- Movement: 8/28 OscarMeyr - (+2, -1) 9/7 Sir Toby - (+5, +4) 9/20 Sir Toby - (+5, +3) 9/26 OscarMeyr - (+3, -1) 9/26 Steve - ( 0, -1) 9/26 Steve - (+1, -1) 9/26 Steve - (+2, -1) 10/4 Pakaran - (+1, 0) 10/4 Pakaran - (+1, -1) 10/4 Pakaran - (+2, -1) 10/4 Pakaran - (+2, -2) 10/8 Steve - (+2, -2) 10/9 Steve - (+3, -2) Changing the Land Type of Aether: 8/28 Sir Toby - (+3, +4) - Black (random adjacent) 8/28 Steve - (+1, -2) - White (random adjacent) 9/3 Sir Toby - (+4, +3) - Black (random adjacent) 9/3 Eris - (+4, -6) - White (random adjacent) 9/3 Steve - ( 0, -3) - White (random adjacent) 9/3 OscarMeyr - (+1, -1) - Black (random adjacent) 9/6 9/7 Murphy - (-5, -6) - Black (random adjacent) 9/9 Sir Toby - (+5, +3) - White (random adjacent) 9/9 Eris - - Black (random adjacent) 9/20 Sir Toby - (+5, +2) - White (random adjacent) 9/26 Sir Toby - (+2, -2) - Black (chosen) 9/27 Peekee - (+9, +9) - White (chosen) 9/30 Sir Toby - (+1, +2) - Black (chosen) 9/30 Steve - (+2, -3) - White (chosen) 9/30 RedKnight - (-1, +1) - Black (chosen) 10/1 Peekee - (+9, +7) - White (chosen) 10/8 Sir Toby - ( 0, +2) - Black (chosen) 10/8 Peekee - (+9, +5) - White (chosen) 10/9 OscarMeyr - (+4, -1) - Black (random adjacent) 10/9 OscarMeyr - (+3, -2) - White (random adjacent) Changing the Land Type of one's own Land: 8/28 Eris - (-4, +5) - White 8/28 Eris - (-5, +4) - White 8/28 OscarMeyr - (+2, -1) - Black 9/9 Eris - (+2, 0) - Black 9/18 Eris - (+4, +4) - White 9/18 Eris - (+2, +1) - White 9/21 Steve - (+3, 0) - White 9/21 Steve - (-1, 0) - White 9/26 Eris - (+2, 0) - White 9/26 OscarMeyr - (+3, -1) - Black Vickrey Auctions beginning 10/9 ---------- (+5, +4) [White] 0.08 OscarMeyr, 0.075 Sir Toby ( 0, -3) [White] 0.08 OscarMeyr, 0.075 Sir Toby (+1, -1) [Black] 0.08 OscarMeyr, 0.075 Sir Toby (-5, -6) [Black] 0.08 OscarMeyr, 0.075 Sir Toby (+5, +3) [White] 0.08 OscarMeyr, 0.075 Sir Toby (+5, +2) [White] 0.08 OscarMeyr, 0.075 Sir Toby (+2, -2) [Black] 0.08 OscarMeyr, 0.075 Sir Toby (+9, +9) [White] 0.08 OscarMeyr, 0.075 Sir Toby (+1, +2) [Black] 0.08 OscarMeyr, 0.075 Sir Toby (+2, -3) [White] 0.08 OscarMeyr, 0.075 Sir Toby (-1, +1) [Black] 0.08 OscarMeyr, 0.075 Sir Toby Vickrey Auctions beginning 9/9, Land transferred 9/18 ---------- (+3, -5) [White] 0.05 Eris, 0.001 Peekee (+3, 0) [Black] 0.2 Steve, 0.02 Eris, 0.001 Peekee (+4, +4) [Black] 0.02 Eris, 0.002 Peekee (-1, 0) [Black] 0.2 Steve, 0.02 Eris, 0.001 Peekee (+4, -4) [White] 0.05 Eris, 0.001 Peekee (+2, +1) [Black] 0.02 Eris, 0.001 Peekee (+3, +4) [Black] 0.02 Eris, 0.002 Peekee (+1, -2) [White] 0.2 Steve, 0.05 Eris, 0.001 Peekee (+4, +3) [Black] 0.02 Eris, 0.002 Peekee (+4, -6) [White] 0.05 Eris, 0.001 Peekee IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 8/25 OscarMeyr receives a Speaker's Patronage for testing the Parliamentary Proposal system. 8/29 Michael and OscarMeyr select Steve as the third member of RedKnight's Thesis Committee. 9/6 Peekee registers and becomes a Scribe. 9/6 OscarMeyr transfers Viziership of Regroup to Murphy. 9/7 Peekee creates "Peekee's Points Contest" and "Peekee's Grubbing Contest". root makes a Will, benefiting the Player with the lowest holdings in each Bank Currency. 9/8 Peekee resigns as Contestmaster of Peekee's Grubbing Contest (thus dissolving it) and then re-creates it, explicitly stating in the ACO (and outside the Regulations) that it is a Money Grubbing Contest. Weather is Fair. No net change in the Bank's Stem holdings. 9/11 Steve Wins the Game. 9/15 OscarMeyr makes Syllepsis Quiet. 9/17 Steve creates a Contest, "The Bandwagon". 9/18 Steve announces eir intent to amend the Treasuror's Budget by increasing the Foul Weather Factor from 2 to 4, and increasing the Weather Intensity Factor from 2 to 10. 9/19 Steve amends the Treasuror's Budget as noted above, with Eris's support. 9/28 Steve announces eir intent to amend the Treasuror's Budget by increasing the Payroll Clerk's Salary from 1 to 1.2 times the Basic Officer Salary. 9/29 Syllepsis is deregistered for Silence. 10/1 Weather is Foul. Bank's Stem holdings go down by 375. 10/3 Pakaran registers. 10/4 Murphy grants eir Power of Attorney to OscarMeyr through the end of October 7. 10/6 OscarMeyr consents to Murphy's Power of Attorney. 10/10 Pakaran becomes a Scribe. 10/11 Steve re-announces eir intent to increase the Payroll Clerk's Salary, and does it with Sir Toby's support. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AgoraEx 01/10/02 Papyri Negotiable harvel 02/08/02 Negotiable Papyri Murphy 10/11/02 0.1 VE Propose "Rights and Privileges of the Frozen" and make it Distributable neil 08/21/01 0.2 VEs 2 Papyri per 0.1 VE OscarMeyr 09/22/02 Oligarch Votes Rubberstamp eir Proposals Peekee 09/10/02 Stem transfers Negotiable (via Peekee's Grubbing Contest) 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."