the not-quite-birthday HERALD'S REPORT - June 30, 2008
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HERALD'S HISTORY CORNER (*NEW!*)
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DID YOU KNOW?
Samurai, Shogun, and Honorless Worm are "Kudos-related" titles.
Kudos were a zero-sum measure of Players' honor and respect for each
other. Once per week, a player could increase someone's kudos (other
than eir own) at the expense of someone else's (perhaps eir own), if
e gave a reason. Typical uses: "I increase Murphy's kudos by one by
decreasing mine by one, to thank em for helping me with my report" or
(to encourage good behavior and discourage bad) "I increase Eris's
kudos by one (for making a good judgement) by decreasing Goethe's
kudos by one (for being such a jerk while arguing against said good
judgement)." In reality, there was some kudo inflation as players
tended to decrease kudos of "vanished inactive" players prior to de-
registration, so as to award without punishing.
Players with kudos above a certain high threshold were Samurai. The
Shogun was e with the most kudos at any given time, the Honorless Worm
the least; titles below reflect the instant kudos were repealed ca.
2002. Some insight may be gained by the fact that the last holder of
"Honorless Worm" was the only person to have Left in a Huff thrice.
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EVENTS LOG
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1 Mar 2008 11:18:10 -0800
Murphy assigns March prerogatives.
2 Mar 2008 13:09:44 -0700
pikhq (Herald) awards Minister Without Portfolio to BobTHJ.
7 Apr 2008 21:21:08 -0700
Murphy assigns April prerogatives.
27 Apr 2008 15:12:01 -0700
Murphy assigns May prerogatives.
27 May 2008 23:37:16 -0700
Murphy assigns June prerogatives (assignment to Levi invalid).
28 May 2008 12:01:23 -0700
Murphy assigns June Default Officeholder to root.
19 Jun 2008 22:30:39 -0400
-IADoP awards Three Months Long Service to Iammars, Wooble.
-IADoP attempts to award Three, Six, Nine, and Twelve months
Long Service to Zefram, but Zefram's got em already.
24 Jun 2008 21:45:40 +0100
-Deputising for the Herald, ais523 awards ais523 the Patent
Title of Champion.
-Deputising for the Herald, ais523 awards ais523 the Patent
Title of Minister without Portfolio.
24 Jun 2008 23:00:07 -0600
Proposal 5559 creates the defined Patent Title Elder Lurker, and
awards it to David Nicol and Michael Norrish
25 Jun 2008 10:20:28 -0600
root assigns July prerogatives.
29 Jun 2008 13:00:06 +0100
Zefram sings Happy Birthday:
D D E D G Gb / D D E D A G / D D D B G Gb E / C C B G A G
and wins by Musicianship, though e may now be in a copyright
dispute.
30 Jun 2008 12:36:30 -0700
-Herald Goethe awards the Patent Title Champion to ehird.
-Herald Goethe awards the Patent Title Champion to Zefram.
-Herald Goethe awards the Patent Title Minister without Portfolio
to Zefram.
-The Patent Title Minister without Portfolio is revoked from
root.
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THE SCROLL OF AGORA
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Tierced palewise sable, argent, and sable,
charged with a quill and an axe in saltire,
proper, and in the chief
a capital letter A,
gules.
____ _ /|
DARWIN -> \_ |/ | / \
__/ / | |
<- DSV / / | \
_ \ \_ | \
MORNINGTON CRESCENT -> / | <- GOETHE BARRIER
_ _/ | \_/\_/ \ REEF
/ \\ <- SHARK BAY | |
/ | | \ <- TOWNSVILLE
___/ | | \_
__/ | | .___o ) |
/ | | ~~vv ===~~~ <-OSCAR'S MIRE
/ O <- SHERLOCK NESS | |/\
| | | |_
| | | EMERALD -> \
\ |__________=_____, \ BRISBANE
/ | | | <-'
\ O <- LT. ANNE MOORE | __ _\
\ | |_______/ \/ | LORD
| __/\ <- TARCOOLA / HOWE ->
\ PERTH __/ \_ / /
| <-' _ __/ | /| IVANHOE -> | <-.
/ _/ \/ \ / / | / WOLLONGONG
|_ / <- ESPERANTO v /__ |_ / <- CANBERRA
\_/ \ | \_ _|
__ __ | | \__/
__ \ / __ \___=_ ___|
/ \ | / \ MANUBOURNE -> \/
\|/
_,.---v---._ /\__
/\__/\ / \ | |
\_ _/ / \ | /
\ \_| @ __| \_/ <- HOBART
\ \_
\ ,__/ /
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"Agora n'est pas une fontaine."
MINISTERS WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
Levi 21-Oct-07 // Not a player
pikhq 31-Dec-07 <- Speaker
BobTHJ 2-Mar-08
ais523 24-Jun-08
Zefram 30-Jun-08
Prerogatives for June 2008
Default Officeholder root
Default Justice Murphy
Wielder of Veto pikhq
Wielder of Rubberstamp BobTHJ
Prerogatives for July 2008
Default Officeholder pikhq
Default Justice BobTHJ
Wielder of Veto ais523
Wielder of Rubberstamp root
CHAMPION BY:
CARDS Goddess Eris, Goethe, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root
CONTEST Goddess Eris, OscarMeyr
MANIAC Craig, root
MUSICIANSHIP Zefram
PARADOX Goethe, Murphy, root, BobTHJ, ais523, ehird
POINTS Elysion, Goethe, Levi, Murphy, Steve
PROPOSAL Human Point Two, Morendil, Steve (x3), Andre (x3)
TROMBONES Blob, elJefe, General Chaos, Steve
UNSPECIFIED Chuck, Dave Bowen, favor, Garth, Ian, Jeffrey, KoJen,
Michael, Oerjan, Swann, t, Timothy, Troublemaker at
Large, Vanyel(x2), Wes(x2). *(7/6): Chuck, elJefe,
Kelly, KoJen, Morendil, Steve, Swann, Troublemaker at
Large; *(4/3): Chuck, Kelly, KoJen, Steve,
Troublemaker at Large, Wes; *(3/2): Chuck, Kelly,
Steve; *(5/3): Kelly, Steve; *(11/6): Kelly
*(N/P): Full patent title is Champion*(N/P) where N/P
is the winning ratio.
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OTHER DEFINED PATENT TITLES
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BARD
Goethe, Maud, Elysion, Sherlock
ELDER LURKER
David Nicol, Michael
SCAMSTER
Troublemaker at Large, Waggie,
Goethe, Steve, Murphy, root, OscarMeyr
LONG SERVICE AWARDS
Three Months: Goddess Eris, Goethe, Sherlock, Michael, Murphy,
OscarMeyr, root, Iammers, Wooble, Zefram
Six Months: Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root, Sherlock,
Goethe, Zefram
Nine Months: Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root, Goethe, Zefram
Twelve Months: Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root, Goethe, Zefram
HIGHER EDUCATION
Bachelor of Nomic (B.N.): elJefe, favor, Steve,
Vanyel, Kolja A., Murphy
Doctor of Nomic History (D.N.Hist.): Swann, Vlad
Doctor of Nomic Philosophy (D.N.Phil.): Steve
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UNDEFINED BUT HELD PATENT TITLES
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: Andre
Admiral: Goethe
Agoran Spy: pikhq
Agoraphobe: Antimatter, BethMo, Blue
Boor: General Chaos, Macross, Murphy, Sherlock, elJefe,
Crito
Current Champion: The Goddess Eris
Distributor: Steve
Entrepreneur: Chuck
Exorcist: Oerjan
Fantasy Rule Catalyst: Peter
Fantasy Rule Compulsion: Zefram
Fantasy Rule Conspirator: OscarMeyr
Fantasy Rule Creator: Murphy
Hero: Peter Suber, Chuck Carroll, Douglas Hofstadter
Historian: Vlad
Honorless Worm: Kelly
Left in a Huff: Waggie, Gecko, Kelly (x3!), Swann, KoJen, Zefram,
Vlad, Andre, Goethe
Maniac: Craig, Peekee, root
Miscreant: Pakaran
Nomic Thief: Swann
Originator: Chuck
Pugachev: Goethe
Robespierre: Goethe
Samurai: Michael, Murphy
Shogun: Michael
Sorcerer's Apprentice: comex
Winners' Cups
Paper Cup: Dave Bowen, favor, Garth, Harlequin, Ian, Jeffrey,
Michael, Murphy, Oerjan, Timothy, Vanyel
Tin Cup: Blob
Glass Cup: Swann, elJefe, KoJen, Troublemaker at Large, Wes
Crystal Cup: Andre, Chuck, Morendil
Gold Cup: General Chaos
Ruby Cup: Steve
Supreme Cup: Crito
FUGITIVES (Players who left Under a Cloud, unofficial list)
Player Date deregistered
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Elde 4 Oct 97
Time Agent 16 Apr 98
Antimatter 31 Oct 98
Proglet 15 Jan 99
Macross 23 Mar 99
Vlad 21 Jun 99
Morendil 28 Jun 99
Beefurabi 7 Sep 99
elJefe 16 Apr 00
Ziggy 9 Jul 01
Evantine 1 Nov 01
pTang 12 May 02
Blaise 11 Jul 02
Syllepsis 30 Sep 02
neil 2 Mar 03
Craig 9 Mar 03
Blob 22 Feb 04
Magu 11 Apr 04
Peekee 11 Apr 04
Cainech 19 Jun 04
Wes 14 Nov 04
t 05 Jan 05
Pakaran 07 Apr 05
Sir Toby 20 May 05
THE LAST ZEITGEIST
Chuck (3848)
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