On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Goethe wrote: > >> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, ais523 wrote: >>> On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 10:43 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >>>> Fantasy Rule Catalyst: Peter >>>> Fantasy Rule Compulsion: Zefram >>>> Fantasy Rule Conspirator: OscarMeyr >>>> Fantasy Rule Creator: Murphy >>> What was the Fantasy Rules Scam? >> >> Murphy, would you like to write this up for "next month's" report? >> If not, I will, that was next on my list anyway :) -Goethe > > In August 2006, Goethe's Red Tape Repeals proposal refactored the > the rules governing rule changes (594 for enactment, 1322 for > modification, 2119 for repeal) into Rule 105 (Rule Changes), > unintentionally omitting the power restriction for appeal. > > In January 2007, while answering a how-to question from Peter, Murphy > noticed the loophole and began planning to exploit it. Eir hand was > forced when Zefram proposed a non-scam fix; Murphy quickly proposed a > scam fix, then conspired to ensure that it passed and Zefram's failed: > > * Murphy's win in December 2006 reset VLOPs to 1 per player. Murphy > then gained 20 VCs for Proposals 4879-92, spending them equally on > OscarMeyr and Peter; all other players had a total VLOP of only 13. > > * Then-Promotor OscarMeyr numbered and distributed Murphy's proposal > ahead of Zefram's, and then-Assessor Murphy announced results in > the same order. > > * Peter didn't vote, but neither did many others. Murphy, OscarMeyr, > and Zefram voted as expected, Michael voted AGAINST everything in > the batch, and Quazie voted PRESENT on everything in the batch. The > scam barely made quorum (Wielder of Rubberstamp was held by Levi in > late January when the voting period began, and apparently Murphy > forgot to assign it for February when it ended). > >
Was I part of that scam? Or was i just interested in seeing something intersting happen?
