THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 49, ISSUE 2 Wednesday, April 9, 2003 GRATUITOUS COMMERCIALISM ----------------------------- Andre - Stare Decisis www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt Eris - Web Judiciary cotc.taral.net/ Michael - First Speaker www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/games/nomic/yoyo/ Sir Toby - Map of Arcadia www.sir-toby.com/mapkeepor.php t - AWJ Archive www.iki.fi/scurra/agora.html ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Clarify Proposal AI, Take 2" by root - Proposal 4464 (03-46) adopted 3/17 A Proposal's Adoption Index may only be increased. "Clarify Rule 1976" by Sherlock - Proposal 4459 failed quorum 3/2 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4468 (03-53) adopted 3/17 A Protege may award multiple Mentor's Bonuses, one per Player, totalling no more than the New Player Award. (Previously, e could divide a Bonus among multiple Players, but the Bank did not explicitly incur debts to more than one Player.) "Close the Tax Shelter" by Steve - Proposal 4470 adopted 3/27 Rule 1917 (General Currency Taxation) is merged into 1853 (Levying Taxes). Tax debt is based on holdings when intent to tax is announced. "Fix Dependent Actions" by Maud - Proposal 4461 (03-39) adopted 3/17 An action With 0 Support is a dependent action. "Fnord" by Maud - Contested Proposal 4465 (03-50) adopted 3/17 "Full Discretion Fix" by Cecilius - Proposal 4463 (03-45) adopted 3/17 If the Indulgence Surplus is between zero and one, then the Herald may choose to Auction based on the Monthly Bank Indulgence Gain. (Previously, e could only do so if the Surplus was zero or negative.) "Q-Bert" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4471 adopted 3/27 Purple is a Land Type. Each week, Q*Bert hops in a random diagonal direction (unless it and another entity end the week at the same Location, in which case it hops in a random orthogonal direction). It never reverses its previous direction. If Q*Bert would leave the Map, then it ceases to have a Location, and moves to (0,0) the next week. Q*Bert has a color (initially Purple). Q*Bert changes its destination's Type to match its color, unless they already match, in which case it changes its destination's Type to the Type with Sente. If Q*Bert has Sente, then its color becomes a random Land Type other than Aether or its old color. The Mapkeepor is Limited Executor of Q*Bert, and shall cause it to act as required. "Quick Fix in R1929" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4457 failed quorum 3/2 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4467 (03-52) adopted 3/17 Points are awarded upon the first valid notification (not just "first notification", so an invalid notification doesn't prevent a subsequent valid notification from awarding the Points). "Saner Thesis Committees" by Goethe - Proposal 4462 (03-41) adopted 3/17 Players choose a Chair, who must consent. For non-Players, or if no one consents within a month, then the Speaker is Chair. Second committee member is appointed by the first of (Speaker, Justiciar, Clerk of the Courts) who is neither Candidate nor Chair. Chair may dissolve the Committee with support of another member, announcing intent at least 14 days in advance. Candidate may dissolve the Committee by announcement. After Degree is awarded, each member has 14 days to publish a Commentary; then Chair publishes Final Thesis (latest Thesis draft plus Commentaries), and Committee dissolves. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Heavy Weather" by Sherlock - Proposal 4469 (03-56) failed quorum 3/17 - Complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4472 rejected 3/27 Forecast is a Bank Currency switch with values Clear and Stormy. The Treasuror may flip any Forecast switch. All Stormy Currencies have Weather similar to Stems. This is the only way the Bank may mint Bank Currencies. Each Currency has its own Foul Weather Factor and Weather Intensity Factor, both of which are multiples of 0.1 from 0 to 10. "Try Again, Part 2 of 3" by Murphy - Proposal 4466 (03-48) rejected 3/17 Epochs as relative durations are no longer redefined as Agoran epochs, and are deemed never to have been so redefined. A do-nothing Power=4 Rule is created. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Clarify Contest Entry Fees" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4478 Rule 1539 (Regulations and Membership of Contests) no longer requires payment of the Entry Fee if the Contest does not have one. "Default Budgets and Election Errors" by Steve - Proposal 4474 failed quorum 4/7 (Complacent Oligarchy) Nominations without a Proto-Budget are automatically associated with one identical to the current Budget. (If that is invalid, then the nomination is automatically withdrawn.) Election results are valid unless challenged within seven days. "Fix Dereliction of Duty" by root Officers cited for Dereliction of Duty are removed, not retired. Blob is mauve. "Fix PWIN" by Peekee - Proposal 4473 failed quorum 4/7 (Complacent Oligarchy) PWIN is set to 100. This repairs part of Rule 1990 (Points Contests) that was accidentally broken when Teams were introduced. PPP is repealed. (This would break a different part of Rule 1990.) "More Useful Stem Weather" by OscarMeyr The destruction phase of Weather remains limited to the Bank's holdings, but the creation phase is no longer proportionally limited. "Passing Milkthistle By" by Sherlock - Contested Proposal 4476 "Publicize Organizations" by Sherlock The Notary's Monthly Report includes the Charter of each Organization. The Administrator of an Organization shall inform the Notary of changes to Charters. "Team Shuffling" by Peekee Upon a Team Win, the highest-Scoring Player in the highest-Scoring Team is assigned to the lowest-Scoring Team, and the lowest-Scoring Player in the lowest-Scoring Team is assigned to even out Team sizes. Ties are broken by the Scorekeepor's choice. "Teams clean up" by Peekee - Proposal 4475 Repeal Rule 112 (Ways to Win and Preclusions Thereof), since wins are now awarded to Teams rather than individual Players. "Votes of No Confidence" by Sherlock - Proposal 4477 Presence is repealed. A Vote of NO CONFIDENCE does not count toward Quorum. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- by OscarMeyr Create the Patent Titles of Agoran Nth Anniversary (Celebrant, Cheermeister, Ubercheermeister) for participants in Birthday Contests. "Agora, Awaken!" by Sherlock Each eligible Player who fails to Vote commits the Class 1 Infraction of Failure to Vote. "Captains" by Peekee Captains are Executors of eir Teams. A Player may become Captain of eir Captain-less Team without objection. Any player may remove eir Team's Captain by announcement. "English, please" by root The official language of Agora is English. Sending untranslated non-English messages is the Class 3 Crime of Speaking in Tongues (but the messages are still effective, so long as they are unambiguous). "Of what worth honor?" by Goethe Rubberstamping, absolution, and debate (changing the chamber of a proposal) are generalized into energetic actions, and made 1 support/Currency more expensive. Each Player has a number of Kudos. Fees are in kudos. Once a week, a Player may transfer a kudo from one Player to another (e cannot be the recipient), with reasons, provided e emself has at least one kudo. Patent Titles may be Ephemeral. Boons and Albatrosses are Ephemeral Patent Titles. Daffodills are generic Boons. Carcasses are generic Albatrosses. The Herald's Budget includes the Tabla Rasa, an integer between 5 and 25. Each quarter, each Player's kudos are set equal to the Tabla Rasa, plus the number of eir boons, minus the number of eir albatrosses; Agora's kudos are set equal to the Tabla Rasa times the number of players; and all Ephemeral Patent Titles are revoked. The Tabla Rasa is initially 5. Stems, Indulgences, VEs, Papyri, and Land are redeemed in Daffodils. Fees are in kudos. Agora's kudos are increased by the fee. If an action is attempted with insufficient kudos, and a Player's announcement of it is confirmed, then the recordkeepor must either (with support) announce that it did not occur, or (without 3 objections) announce that it did occur. In the latter case, the Player pays what kudos e can, and receives albatrosses for the difference. New Players receive twice the Tabla Rasa. Mentors receive the Boon of Mentorship; the Protege receives the Boon of Politeness. Salaries, the Speaker's Gratuity, and the Distributor's Gratuity are replaced with Daffodils. Judicial Salaries are replaced with the Boon of Wisdom, and their revocation with the Albatross of Foolishness. Birthday gifts are replaced with the Boon of Celebration, and birthday contest awards with the Patent Title of Nth Anniversary Ribbon. Changing role early costs 2 or 6 kudos. Monks are repealed. Successful Rebels receive the Ephemeral Patent Title of Rebel Hero. The Indulgence tax for successful Rebellion is repealed. The GWotO's Budget contains the Oligarchy Charge Requirement (a positive integer less than 10, initially 6) and the Oligarchic Term (a number of days between 30 and 90, initially 60). Any Player may join the Oligarchy by paying the Charge Requirement (halved for Politicians), and buy additional terms for the same price. E is removed after the end of eir term(s). Appointed Oligarchs get half a term. The Treasuror is merged into the Notary. Papyri are repealed. On Democratic Proposals, non-Oligarchs have a Voting Power of two plus eir Voting Potential; Oligarchs, one plus eir Voting Potential. Voting Potentials are zeroed monthly. A Player may buy a Voting Potential of N (positive integer) by paying the Oligarchy Charge Requirement times N. Simplifying the Rules via repeal gains the Ephemeral Patent Title of Tapecutter. Proposal adoption during Grace Period gains the Ephemeral Patent Title of Prodigy. Embezzlement is repealed. Looting Auctions are repealed. Levying Taxes is repealed. Speaker's Patronage is replaced with the Ephemeral Patent Title of Gold Star. Non-standard Auction procedures are repealed. Indulgences are repealed. Expunging Blots costs 1 kudo per Blot. Being Pardoned for Lawlessness restricts energetic actions. Team Wins are rewarded with the Ephemeral Patent Title of Team Ribbon. Land is repealed. "Oligarchs, Awaken!" by Sherlock When the Oligarchy is complacent, all non-Voting Oligarchs commit the Class 1 Infraction of Falling Asleep at the Wheel. "Team Scores" by Peekee A Team may have Points in addition to its members' Points. +10: All members vote on a democratic proposal. -10: No members vote on a democratic proposal. +10: All members vote FOR or AGAINST a democratic proposal. +10: All members vote in an election. -10: No members vote in an election. +10: All members vote for same candidate in an election. +15: Successful revolt while all members are rebels. -10: Unsuccessful revolt while all members are rebels. + 4: All members at same location in Arcadia, excluding the position from which the team last scored this way. "Work Reform" by Sherlock The Speaker's Weekly Report includes the Duty Roster. Each Duty has a non-negative Salary, and may have a Player Assignee. The Speaker may, with 2 support, add or remove a Duty, or add or remove a Player from a Duty. The initial Duty Roster breaks the Office of Notary into Dissolutes, Organizations, and Wills. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- *** Rule 1567 causes ineligibility by request to expire after one month *** CFJ 1438 "The Order issued by Steve, 'I order the Bank to forgive RedKnight's Oligarchy upkeep debt.' (http://www.escribe.com/games/agora-business/m9000.html) is not a properly-issued Order." 2/18 Called by Goethe 2/18-3/2 Assigned to Sir Toby, who defaults 3/9 Incorrectly assigned to Blob, who is Unready and thus ineligible 3/9-23 Assigned to Cecilius, who is recused 3/31 Assigned to Pakaran Caller's argument (summary): A Rule bug prevents the GWotO from obeying the first requirement of Rule 2010. Issuing this Order is the second requirement of Rule 2010. The Order is valid, but may be improper under the circumstances. CFJ 1439 "Goethe has successfully absolved 1 Blot from emself this Agoran [TRUE] week." 2/20 Called by Goethe 2/25-3/10 Assigned to root, who Judges TRUE 4/4-5 Appealed by Sir Toby and Eris Caller's argument (summary): Prior to the CFJ, in the same message, Goethe said something which e claims is "I intend to absolve one of my Blots with 0 Support; I absolve one of my Blots with 0 Support" in a foreign language. Prior to that, Goethe had not absolved any of eir Blots that week. Counterargument: Non-English languages are not merely dialects. CFJ 1446 "The Proposal 'Try Again, Part 1 of 3' is distributable." Linked to CFJ 1447 3/2 Called by Murphy 3/9-23 Assigned to Cecilius, who is recused 3/31 Assigned to Blob Caller's argument (summary): Murphy claimed to rubberstamp, without specifying a method. Later, e claimed that e had done it by paying a Fee of 0 Papyri. During the week in which e claimed to rubberstamp, e had not previously rubberstamped anything. CFJ 1447 "The Proposal 'Try Again, Part 2 of 3' is distributable." Linked to CFJ 1446 3/2 Called by Murphy 3/9-23 Assigned to Cecilius, who is recused 3/31 Assigned to Blob Caller's argument (summary): Murphy claimed to rubberstamp by paying a Fee of 0 Papyri. During the week in which e made this claim, e had not previously rubberstamped anything. CFJ 1448 "The Proposal entitled 'Full Discretion Fix' was Rubberstamped by a [FALSE] message sent by Cecilius today under the subject line 'Rubberstamping, Take Two'." Linked to CFJ 1449 3/3 Called by Cecilius 3/9-17 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges TRUE 3/20 Appealed by Steve, Sir Toby, and Pakaran 3/20 Appeal assigned to Steve, Eris, and Peekee 3/24 Steve moves to overturn and reverse 3/27 Peekee moves to overturn and reverse 3/31 Eris moves to overturn and remand Judge Goethe's argument (summary): Doing nothing counts as transferring 0 of a Currency, so doing nothing for the sole stated purpose of performing an action requiring a Fee of 0 counts as paying the Fee. Judge Steve's refutation (summary): Transfers (even of 0) require a valid Notice of Transfer, and a Notice of Transfer for 0 cannot be valid. CFJ 1449 "The Proposal entitled 'Full Discretion Fix' would have been [TRUE] Rubberstamped by the message sent by Cecilius today under the Appealed subject line 'Rubberstamping, Take Two,' if that Proposal had not already been Rubberstamped." Linked to CFJ 1448 3/3 Called by Cecilius 3/9-17 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges TRUE 3/20 Appealed by Steve, Sir Toby, and Pakaran 3/20 Appeal assigned to Steve, Eris, and Pakaran 3/24 Steve moves to overturn and reverse 3/31 Eris moves to overturn and remand Judge Steve's refutation (summary): Transfers (even of 0) require a valid Notice of Transfer, and a Notice of Transfer for 0 cannot be valid. Commentary: A Rubberstamped Proposal may be Rubberstamped again. CFJ 1451 "Peekee has published a message containing the text 'MessageXX', in [TRUE] emails with titles 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9." Linked to CFJ 1452 3/6 Called by Peekee 3/9-17 Assigned to root, who Judges TRUE Commentary: This CFJ is intended to determine whether a message can span multiple e-mail messages, as specified by a later message. CFJ 1452 "Peekee has published a message containing the text 'This is a single [TRUE] message', in emails with titles A and B." Linked to CFJ 1451 3/6 Called by Peekee 3/9-17 Assigned to root, who Judges TRUE Commentary: This CFJ is intended to determine whether a message can span multiple e-mail messages, as specified by a later message. CFJ 1453 "As a result of the formation of root's Pay Out Scam Contest (rPOSC), [TRUE] the Bank incurred a debt to root consisting of one or more properties." 3/4 Called by root 3/10-17 Assigned to t, who makes emself ineligible 3/20-24 Assigned to Sir Toby, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): The Contest required root to pay out Property to emself, and Rule 1594 (Violation of SLCs) requires em to obey the Regulations. Since Rule 1594 requires em to pay out Property, Rule 1479 (Definition of "Pay Out" and "Bill") causes the Bank to incur a debt. Judge's argument (summary): This is backed up by game custom that Orders requiring paying-out create debts because they are also backed by Rule 1594. CFJ 1454 "New York is the capital of England." DISMISS 3/9 Called by Peekee 3/20-24 Assigned to Michael, who Judges DISMISS Caller's argument (summary): This CFJ is intended to test (a) whether an arbitrary statement becomes relevant to the Rules simply because it is CFJed, and (b) whether this particular statement becomes relevant to the Rules because of its role in (a). Judge's argument (summary): A statement is not necessarily relevant to a nomic's rules just because it is relevant to the nomic (a nomic consists of more than its rules), or because it causes the rules to be consulted and obeyed. CFJ 1455 "Sir Toby did not join The Evil Scam Contest in a message sent to [TRUE] agora-business on Fri, 14 Mar 2003 08:53:40 -0800, with the following subject: This message brought to you by the letter 'a'." 3/14 Called by Sir Toby 3/20-27 Assigned to Steve, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): The Regulations of The Evil Scam Contest deem messages containing the letter 'a' to be requests to join, but this did not apply to Sir Toby because e was a non-Contestant and thus outside the jurisdiction of the Regulations. Judge's argument (summary): Rule 1612 prohibits involuntary membership in an Organization, and Sir Toby did not clearly volunteer. Commentary: The Regulations apply to Sir Toby with respect to joining, just as the Rules apply to non-Players with respect to registering. Rule 1539 only permits the Regulations to impose additional restrictions, not additional methods, but Rule 1539 does not say that the Regulations may only do what it specifies. Rule 1592 restricts the Regulations to changing properties defined by them, or properties that the Rules permit them to change, but membership falls into one category or the other. CFJ 1456 "If a Contest does not specify a quantity of some particular Currency [TRUE] as an Entry Fee, then a player is not required to pay a Fee (as in Rule 1941) to join that Contest." Linked to CFJs 1457, 1458, 1459 3/17 Called by Peekee 3/20-27 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1457 "Murphy is a member of Scribes' Collegium." [TRUE] Linked to CFJs 1456, 1458, 1459 3/17 Called by Peekee 3/20-27 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1458 "If a Contest has no Entry Fee or does not specify an Entry Fee, then [TRUE] players may join that Contest without paying an Entry Fee. Linked to CFJs 1456, 1457, 1459 3/17 Called by Peekee 3/20-27 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1459 "If a Contest has no Entry Fee or does not specify an Entry Fee, then [TRUE] players are considered to have paid the Entry Fee without having to make a statement specifically to pay the Entry Fee. Linked to CFJs 1456, 1457, 1458 3/17 Called by Peekee 3/20-27 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who Judges TRUE CFJ ???? "The public message sent by Goethe on April 1st created a requirement for at least one Officer to act as soon as possible [after the message]." 4/4 Called by Goethe Commentary: The message in question was written in Turkish. OFFICES ------- 3/16 Sir Toby nominates root for Promotor and Assessor. Sir Toby nominates Sherlock for Notary. root nominates Steve for Assessor and GWotO. 3/23 root and Steve did not submit Proto-Budgets for Assessor, so eir nominations are automatically withdrawn. Eris is elected Clerk of the Courts. Steve did not submit a Proto-Budget for GWotO, so eir nomination is automatically withdrawn. Sherlock is elected Notary. root is elected Promotor. 3/24 Nominations open for Assessor and GWotO. Mode is Selfless. Sherlock nominates Steve for GWotO. Sherlock nominates Steve and root for Assessor. Steve nominates root for Assessor. Steve submits proto-budgets for Assessor and GWotO (identical to current Budgets). Goethe resigns as Treasuror, naming OscarMeyr as eir successor. Goethe resigns as Justiciar, naming root as eir successor. Speaker Steve becomes Treasuror and Justiciar due to Goethe's resignation. 3/25 OscarMeyr accepts succession and becomes Treasuror. root accepts succession and becomes Justiciar. 3/26 root submits Proto-Budget for GWotO. (Base Seating Fee increased from 0.15 to 0.20; Oligarchy Auction Rate increased from 1 to 2.) 3/27 root declines eir nomination for Assessor. 3/29 Murphy nominates RedKnight for GWotO. Nominations open for Justiciar and Treasuror. Mode is Selfless. 3/30 Sir Toby nominates root for Justiciar. 3/31 RedKnight re-submits eir Proto-Budget for GWotO. 3/31 Sir Toby nominates Steve for Justiciar. 4/1 Promotor root becomes Speaker-Elect due to Speaker Transition. 4/6 OscarMeyr Nominates for Treasuror, and submits a Proto-Budget (identical to current Budget). Steve is Elected Assessor. Voting begins for GWotO. Candidates are Steve and RedKnight. Voting begins for Justiciar. Candates are root and Steve. Nominations open for Speaker-Elect. Mode is Open. No nominees for Treasuror. Nominations open in a new Election. Mode is Open. 4/7 Steve nominates for Speaker-Elect. root nominates all Active Players for Speaker-Elect. (This consists of Blob, Cecilius, Manu, Maud, Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, Pakaran, Peekee, RedKnight, Sherlock, Sir Toby, Steve, and t. CotC Eris and Justiciar root are ineligible.) 4/7 RedKnight declines eir nomination for Speaker-Elect. 4/8 OscarMeyr declines eir nomination for Speaker-Elect. OLIGARCHS --------- 3/17 Auction ends with no bids. 4/1 GWotO Steve intends (with consent, and without 3 objections) to appoint Michael. 4/1 Single-Bid Auction begins for 1 position. Bid Inflation Factor is 1.0. 4/2 GWotO Steve announces eir intent (with consent, and without 3 objections) to appoint root. 4/4 root consents to appointment. 4/6 GWotO Steve appoints root. 4/9 Auction ends with no bids. PROPERTY AUCTIONS ----------------- 3/16 Sir Toby wins the Looting Auction for neil with the sole bid of 4 Indulgences. Steve wins the Looting Auction for Craig with a bid of 2.5 Indulgences. 3/17 VE Raffle ends. Michael wins 0.3. 3/20 Single-Bid Auction begins for 1 Papyrus. Bid Inflation Factor is 0.5. 3/27 Looting Auction begins for Goethe. Starting Bid is 1 Indulgence. 3/28 Papyrus Auction ends. Pakaran wins with the sole bid of 12 Stems. 4/4 Looting Auction for Goethe ends with no bids. 4/7 VE Surplus is negative. No Auction this month. 4/9 Raffle begins for 20 Indulgences. Ticket Price is 1 Stem. Pakaran defaults on eir Papyrus Auction bid. Raffle for 20 Indulgences beginning 4/9 ---------- 20 Sir Toby 14 Murphy 20 root Raffle for 3 x 0.1 VE beginning 3/5 ---------- 10 Michael 4 Steve 2 root 2 OscarMeyr 1 Maud 1 Sherlock Looting Auction for Craig ---------- 3.0 Steve - cancelled 2.5 Sir Toby - cancelled 2.5 Steve TECTONIC ACTIVITY ----------------- Movement: 3/27 OscarMeyr - (-2, -1) 3/29 Pakaran - (+1, -5) 4/6 OscarMeyr - (-2, -2) (unsuccessful, Land Type not yet changed) 4/8 Pakaran - (+1, -5) 4/8 OscarMeyr - (-2, -2) Changing the Land Type of Aether: 3/16 Pakaran - (+1, -5) - Black (random adjacent) 3/16 Pakaran - ( n/a ) - White (random adjacent, none available) 3/27 OscarMeyr - (-3, -1) - Black (random adjacent) 3/27 OscarMeyr - (-2, 0) - White (random adjacent) 3/29 Pakaran - ( 0, -5) - Black (random adjacent) 4/6 OscarMeyr - (-2, -2) - White (random adjacent) 4/8 Sir Toby - (+3, +3) - Black (random adjacent) 4/8 Pakaran - (??, ??) - White (random adjacent) 4/8 Pakaran - (??, ??) - Black (random adjacent) 4/8 OscarMeyr - (??, ??) - White (random adjacent) Changing the Land Type of one's own Land: 4/3 Pakaran - (+1, +4) - White Transfers: 3/16 (+4, +6) from the Order of the Evil Eye to the Bank Q*Bert's movement ---------- 3/26 (+1, -1) turns Purple 3/31 (+2, 0) turns Purple 4/8 (+1, +1) turns Purple Vickrey Auctions beginning 3/16 ---------- (+1, +3) [White] 0.01 Pakaran (3/28 paid 0.001 and received Land) (+1, +4) [Black] 0.002 Pakaran (3/28 paid 0.001 and received Land) (+5, -1) [Black] no bids (+3, +5) [Black] 0.01 Pakaran (3/28 paid 0.001 and received Land) (-2, +1) [Black] 0.004 Pakaran (3/28 paid 0.001 and received Land) (-4, -5) [White] 0.005 Pakaran (3/28 paid 0.001 and received Land) (+4, -2) [Black] no bids (+3, -2) [White] 0.01 Pakaran (3/28 paid 0.001 and received Land) (+1, -4) [White] 0.01 Pakaran (3/28 paid 0.001 and received Land) ( 0, -4) [White] 0.01 Pakaran (3/28 paid 0.001 and received Land) IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 3/9 Craig is deregistered for Silence. Agoran Gambler's Chess dissolves. 3/24 Goethe transfers a Fish to the Bank to satisfy a nonexistent debt, demands its return, destroys the Currency of Fish, then creates a Will prohibiting the forgiveness of the Bank's Fish debt to em. (The debt probably ceased to exist when the Currency of Fish ceased to exist, and the Will would probably be ineffective anyway.) Goethe deregisters. Bardic Gathering, Goethe's Taco Stand, and "no contest" dissolve. Sir Toby creates "Sir Toby's anti-scam Contest", which requires em to bill root for the gains from root's Pay Out Scam Contest. (See CFJ 1453. root incurs debts to the Bank equal to eir gains.) Sir Toby then leaves the Contest, thus dissolving it. 3/27 Sir Toby leaves Sir Toby's anti-Peekee Contest, thus dissolving it. root leaves root's Pay Out Scam Contest, thus dissolving it. Peekee leaves The Evil Scam Contest, thus dissolving it. 3/30 Sir Toby makes Cecilius Quiet. 3/31 RedKnight makes Blob Quiet. Sir Toby becomes an Acolyte. 4/1 Speaker Transition occurs. Speaker-Elect Michael becomes Speaker. Payroll Clerk Steve announces eir intent to levy a 50% Stem tax. root becomes Rebellious. Weather for April is Plenty. Goethe sends a message in Turkish, which apparently translates to "Happy April 1st, Agora! I CFJ on this statement: This is not a CFJ." 4/6 Murphy creates the Contest "The Dojo", and has it create the Currency of Kudos. E later leaves the Contest, thus dissolving it and destroying the Currency. 4/8 Murphy destroys the Currency of Ponchos. 4/9 Payroll Clerk Steve levies a 50% Stem tax. 4/8 Cecilius becomes Noisy. 4/9 Cecilius becomes an Acolyte. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Eris 11/17/02 Land VEs / Negotiable Eris 01/26/03 1 Poncho 5 Indulgences OscarMeyr 09/22/02 Oligarch Votes Rubberstamp eir Proposals Peekee 09/10/02 Stem transfers Negotiable Peekee 11/28/02 Game help Currency / Game help Peekee 11/28/02 Rubberstamping Currency / Game help Peekee 11/28/02 Votes Currency / Game help Peekee 11/28/02 0.13 Indulgences 1 Unit of Land Peekee 11/28/02 2 Stems 1 Unit of Land Peekee 11/28/02 15 Stems 1 Indulgence Peekee 11/28/02 1 Indulgence 20 Stems Peekee 11/28/02 15 Stems 0.1 VE Peekee 11/28/02 0.1 VE 25 Stems RedKnight 10/14/02 Oligarch Votes VEs root 04/01/03 1 Bouncy Ball 0.05 VEs root 04/01/03 1 Bouncy Ball 0.75 Papyri * Peekee's offers are non-binding * Peekee's Grubbing Contest may be used to transfer Stems