Herald's Report - near Bastille Day edition (August 31, 2008)
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HERALD'S HISTORY CORNER
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[I was writing a bit about the history of crime and punishment but it
was turning into a heavy thesis and I ran low on time. In the
meantime, I'll mention the title Admiral since off the top of my
head in the five minutes I've got right now I know that history.]
For a year or so in 2004 (?) it was not possible to win the game as
an individual. Players were grouped randomly into teams, and when a
team accumulated the right number of points, it won. After a win,
teams were reshuffled with automatic balancing trades (e.g. switching
the highest scorer on the winning team with the lowest on the losing).
A typical team score report is here:
http://www.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-official/2004-May/001415.html
Scoring was mostly for voting events, being elected as an officer, etc.,
so in reality, while individuals would occasionally "play for a score",
collectively scores accumulated pretty randomly in the course of events.
A player could name emself Team Captain without objection from other
team members; when a team won, the Team Captain won the Admiral title.
The team system was repealed because the lack of true "team play" or
"team spirit" if you will made it fairly unexciting.
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EVENTS LOG
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7 Jul 2008 15:49:00 -0400
Attempted action by Sgeo: "With Agoran Consent, I act on behalf
of Agora to award myself and all supporters a Win." Success of
action subject to CFJ 2055.
7 Jul 2008 15:59:46 -0400
Sgeo posts (ineffectively by CFJ 2055) a win announcement,
announcing that the following players have met the Win condition
of Win by Extortion:
-Sgeo
-ais523
-ihope
-Olipro
-cctoide
-root
-BobTHJ
7 Jul 2008 (on or about)
Goethe, ehird, Quazie try to jump on the Extortion bandwagon
after the fact (didn't work, CFJ 2066).
[Time of Last Report]
28 Aug 2008 11:25:38 -0600
BobTHJ announces that ais523 has won by points (a win announcement)
as of report time there are no challenges to this assertion.
28 Aug 2008 13:50:17 -0700
- Herald awards Patent Title Champion to ais532.
- Herald awards (second copy of) Patent Title Minister Without
Portfolio to ais523.
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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
\ \_
\ ,__/ /
~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~~
"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
ais523 28-Aug-08
Prerogatives for August 2008
[Not Assigned]
Prerogatives for September 2008
[Not Assigned]
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, ais523
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
LEFT IN A HUFF
Waggie, Gecko, Kelly (x3!), Swann, KoJen, Zefram,
Vlad, Andre, Goethe, BobTHJ
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
Came Back in a Puff: BobTHJ
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
Maniac: Craig, Peekee, root
Miscreant: Pakaran
Nomic Thief: Swann
Originator: Chuck
Plagiarist: ehird
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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