On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 16:25 +0000, I wrote:
> I wrote (on February 27):
> > I intend, without member objection, to append the following text to
> > Enigma:
> > {{{
> > 11) Enigma's contestmaster CAN and MAY create a Medal in its
> > possession,
> > if permitted by the rules and using the mechanisms specified in the
> > rules. When doing so, the contestmaster must privately think of, or
> > already have thought of, a Secret Answer, a string of characters, and
> > SHALL publish its MD5 hash in the same message in which e creates the
> > Medal. The Secret Answer must stay constant for as long as Enigma
> > posesses a Medal, and ceases to exist when Enigma ceases to possess a
> > Medal.
> >
> > The contestmaster SHALL NOT reveal the text of, or other information
> > about, the Secret Answer, except as permitted to and/or required to by
> > either the text of this Contract or by the Rules. This restriction
> > specifically does not apply to parties other than the contestmaster,
> > who
> > MAY share, keep secret, barter with, or do anything else with
> > information about the Secret Answer they discover.
> >
> > A "Championship Puzzle" is a puzzle designated as such by the
> > contestmaster whilst publishing it. Puzzles SHOULD be designated as
> > Championship Puzzles if the contestmaster believes they are neither
> > too
> > easy nor too difficult.
> >
> > As soon as possible after receiving the first eligible answer by a
> > given
> > contestant on a given Championship Puzzle, the contestmaster SHALL as
> > soon as possible privately reveal to em either a Specific Clue or a
> > Generic Clue, which is information about the Secret Answer which must
> > be
> > true, but MAY (but does not have to) be misleading. If the answer is
> > the
> > first eligible answer to be submitted on that puzzle, the
> > contestmaster
> > SHALL instead reveal to em both a Specific Clue and a Generic Clue. A
> > Specific Clue is a clue that mostly reveals information about a
> > localised part of the Secret Answer; a Generic Clue is a clue that
> > mostly reveals information about the Secret Answer as a whole. When
> > submitting answers for puzzles, contestants SHOULD specify whether
> > they
> > want a Specific Clue or a Generic Clue, and the contestmaster SHOULD
> > honour this preference if possible. All Specific Clues given due to
> > answers on a given puzzle should be the same, and all Generic Clues
> > given due to answers on a given puzzle should be the same.
> >
> > The contestmaster CAN and MAY transfer a medal from Enigma to the
> > first
> > contestant who publishes the Secret Answer, and SHALL do so if it is
> > clearly labeled as the Secret Answer, or when it was pointed out that
> > that contestant published the Secret Answer. Medals owned by Enigma
> > CANNOT be transferred otherwise. When choosing a Secret Answer, the
> > contestmaster SHOULD choose a Secret Answer unlikely to be published
> > except in connection with this contest. Contestants SHOULD verify an
> > attempt to publish the Secret Answer against the provided MD5 hash
> > before publishing it, so as not to unduly give away information to
> > other
> > contestants.
> > }}}
> Unfortunately, it seems that the dependent action timeout has run out,
> due to the delay in distributing and assessing the proposals. I
> therefore repeat (to the public forum) the two intents above, neither of
> which drew any objections the first time round.
>
> I intend, without objection, to terminate my pledge about the timing of
> resolution of the intents above, because it is no longer relevant.
>
> I also intend, without member objection, to append the following to the
> penultimate paragraph of Enigma (I will only resolve this if I have
> first resolved the intents above):
> {{{
> If at least one point is awarded by the contestmaster due to a
> Championship Puzzle whose author is not the contestmaster, the
> contestmaster SHALL reveal a Specific Clue and a Generic Clue to the
> author of that puzzle.
> }}}
> (This is fixing a bug, in which people who submitted puzzles would have
> had a disadvantage in the big metapuzzle if the puzzles were
> high-quality, more or less the opposite of what we want.)
With no objections, I hereby terminate my pledge (2009-02-27 ais523)
(the one mentioned in the intent above).
With no objections (and therefore without member objection), I hereby
change Enigma as described in the first quoted intent above.
With no objections (and therefore without member objection), I hereby
change Enigma as described in the bottom quoted intent above.
I meant to repeat my intent to create a medal in the possession of
Enigma in the message, but it somehow seems to have been lost from the
quoting so the intent probably failed (and thus I won't try to resolve
it). Therefore: I intend, without two objections, to create a Medal in
the possession of Enigma.
The Champion's Contest will go ahead as planned, though (the Medal isn't
needed immediately just to be able to run the contest, just to award the
win at the end).
--
ais523
Contestmaster, Enigma
