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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mechanism; in particular, Patent Titles were meant to be held "in perpetuity", and in a few cases where the Rules were repealed without explicitly removing the Patent Title from the "final" holders, those persons continue to hold those "temporary" Patent Titles to this day - these are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. ------------------- RECENT CHANGES ------------------- omd awarded Patent Title Distributor (01-Aug-16) ------------------- CHAMPION by ------------------- 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. -------------------------------- ORDER OF THE HERO OF AGORA NOMIC -------------------------------- GRAND HERO OF AGORA NOMIC Peter Suber, Chuck Carroll, Douglas Hofstadter, Michael Norrish HERO OF AGORA NOMIC Murphy, G. ---------------- HIGHER EDUCATION ---------------- 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 ------ BADGES ------ 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. ------------- SILVER QUILLS ------------- Silver Quill 2014/13: scshunt Silver Quill 2015/07: ais523 -------- AND MORE -------- : 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.