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THE SCROLL OF AGORA
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Herald's History Corner:
Two key mechanisms in the Ruleset today - Switches and Agoran
Decisions - were introduced by Maud, a mathematician by trade and a
champion of generalization. Agoran Decisions were introduced during
the general ruleset reforms of 2005/2006, and brought multiple,
completely indepedent voting types (i.e. Elections and Proposals)
under a single umbrella. Switches (2003) introduced a clear way of
tracking arbitrary gamestate variables. Prior to 2003, in the absense
of such a mechanism, each bit of gamestate generally had to come up
with its own mechanism for being tracked. One solution was that
Patent Titles were repurposed - what we would now track as a "switch
with valid values being the players" (e.g. Officeholder in current
ruleset) were instead tracked by individual Patent Titles that would
switch between players, or mark a subset of players. This wasn't a
perfect mechanism; in particular, Patent Titles were meant to be held
"in perpetuity", and in a few cases where the Rules were repealed
without explicitly removing the Patent Title from the "final" holders,
those persons continue to hold those "temporary" Patent Titles to this
day - these are noted in the Frozen Ephemera section of this Report.
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RECENT CHANGES
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omd awarded Patent Title Distributor (01-Aug-16)
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CHAMPION by
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Anarchy scshunt
Cards Taral, G., Murphy, OscarMeyr, root
Championship Wooble, root, Taral, OscarMeyr
Clout ais523, scshunt
Escape omd
High Score Elysion, G., Levi, Murphy(x2), Steve,
ais523(x3), Pavitra, omd(x4), scshunt(x2),
root, Wooble, Tiger, Murphy, BobTHJ, Walker
Junta ais523, the AFO, omd(x2), G., OscarMeyr,
scshunt
Leadership ais523
Lotto scshunt, omd
Maniac Craig, root
Musicianship Zefram, ais523, Wooble, omd, Tiger
Paradox G., Murphy, root, BobTHJ (x2), ais523, ehird,
scshunt, Bucky(x2), omd
Proposal Human Point Two, Morendil, Steve(x3),
Andre(x3), ais523(x3), Canada, Bucky, G.,
omd(x2), woggle, Spitemaster, allispaul,
Yally, BobTHJ, Murphy, Tiger, scshunt(x2),
Andon
Renaissance ais523, scshunt(x3), Murphy, G.
Solitude ais523(x2), scshunt(x2), omd
Via Ratification The President
Unspecified Blob, elJefe, General Chaos, Steve,
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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ORDER OF THE HERO OF AGORA NOMIC
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GRAND HERO OF AGORA NOMIC
Peter Suber, Chuck Carroll, Douglas Hofstadter,
Michael Norrish
HERO OF AGORA NOMIC
Murphy, G.
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HIGHER EDUCATION
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Bachelor of Nomic (B.N.): elJefe, favor,
Steve, Vanyel,
Kolja A., Murphy,
scshunt
Master of Nomic: ais523
Doctor of Nomic History (D.N.Hist.): Swann, Vlad
Doctor of Nomic Philosophy (D.N.Phil.): Steve, ais523
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BADGES
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Coming of Age
(awarded to Active Players on Agora's 18th Birthday, July 2011).
root, ais523, Droowl, ehird, G., Gondolier, Math321,
Murphy, omd, Pavitra, Roujo, scshunt, Tanner L. Swett,
Turiski, Walker, woggle, Yally, The President
Agora XX
(awarded to players of the Agora 20th Anniversary blitz Nomic
game, July 2013).
Fool, omd, FSX, Walker, Chuck, ehird, Yally, Michael,
scshunt, Roujo, Murphy, Goethe (G.), Steve, Blob, Tiger,
woggle, Ørjan.
Order of the Lemming
(awarded to players who voted unanimously for a major change
in the ruleset in Jan, 2014)
omd, Max Schutz, ais523, Nichdel, Sprocklem, Khoyo,
Yally, OscarMeyr, Wooble, G., Telnaior, Roujo, Henri,
Tiger, woggle, scshunt, Murphy.
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SILVER QUILLS
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Silver Quill 2014/13: scshunt
Silver Quill 2015/07: ais523
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AND MORE
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: Andre
Admiral: G.
Agoran Spy: pikhq
Agoraphobe: Antimatter, BethMo, Blue
Bard: G., Maud, Elysion, Sherlock,
Murphy, scshunt
Boor: General Chaos, Macross, Murphy,
Sherlock, elJefe, Crito
Came Back in a Puff: BobTHJ
Cassandra: G., Murphy
Commuted in a Huff: Wooble
Distributor: Steve, Taral, omd
Elder Lurker: David Nicol, Michael
Entrepreneur: Chuck
Exorcist: Oerjan
Fantasy Rule Catalyst: Peter
Fantasy Rule Compulsion Zefram
Fantasy Rule Conspirator: OscarMeyr
Fantasy Rule Creator: Murphy
First violin: G.
H.: ais523
Heroic Notary: Murphy
Historian: Vlad
Left in a Huff: Waggie, Gecko, Kelly(x3!),
Swann, KoJen, Zefram, Vlad,
Andre, G., BobTHJ, P1-P100,
Maniac: Craig, Peekee, root
Nomic Thief: Swann
Originator: Chuck
Plagiarist: ehird
Prince of Andorra: scshunt
Scamster: Troublemaker at Large,
Waggie, G., Steve, Murphy, root,
OscarMeyr, ehird, omd, ais523
Second fiddle: omd
Simon Said: Wooble
Sorcerer's Apprentice: omd
Unchampion: aranea
273rd Prepared Piano: Murphy
LONG SERVICE AWARDS
Three Months: Taral, G., Sherlock, Michael, Murphy,
OscarMeyr, root, Iammers, Wooble, Zefram,
ais523, BobTHJ, omd, PerlNomic
Partnership, the AFO, Sgeo, Tiger,
scshunt, Yally, woggle, aranea
Six Months: Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root,
Sherlock, G., Zefram, Wooble, PerlNomic
Partnership, omd, ais523, scshunt, Yally,
woggle, aranea
Nine Months: Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root, G.,
Zefram, Wooble, omd, woggle, aranea
Twelve Months: Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root, G.,
Zefram, Wooble, omd
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
FROZEN EPHEMERA
(An ephemeral Patent Title is one which, by the rules of the time,
was used as a temporary gameplay marker rather than a permanent
distinction, and this "temporary" distinction was not removed from
the last holder(s) when the rule was repealed).
Current Champion: Taral
Honorless Worm: Kelly
Miscreant: Pakaran
Pugachev: G.
Robespierre: G.
Samurai: Michael, Murphy
Shogun: Michael
Zeitgeist: Chuck (3848)
FUGITIVES OF THE OLD LAW
(A Fugitive is someone who last left Agora before completing eir
penal sentence - unofficial designation covers a range of penal
codes over time).
Elde, Time Agent, Antimatter, Proglet, Macross, root, Vlad,
Morendil, Beefurabi, elJefe, Ziggy, Evantine, pTang, Blaise,
Syllepsis, neil, Blob, Magu, Peekee, Cainech, t, Pakaran,
0x44, Elysion, Quazie, G.
