Re: DIS: well? and just to get going

2012-10-11 Thread Arkady English
On 11 October 2012 16:52, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2012, Jonathan Rouillard wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Pavitra >> wrote: >> > On 10/11/2012 03:50 AM, Arkady English wrote: >> >> Pardon my ignorance, but what is this? Or i

Re: DIS: well? and just to get going

2012-10-11 Thread Arkady English
On 10 October 2012 19:30, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > what is pending to resolve the current state? Action from Murphy? > something else? > > And just to get going, I'd like to run a contest (no question that > contests still work, right?) > > Two ideas, whichever gets the most interest (if either)

DIS: Space free in a Dipnomicy game

2012-10-03 Thread Arkady English
Hi everyone: One player has dropped out, and as such I have two spaces free for a game of Dipnomicy: https://sites.google.com/site/dipnomicy/game-information There have been no moves made yet and I would be willing to grant a little time for new players (or player - we can go with one empty space

DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] Docket

2012-09-28 Thread Arkady English
On 27 September 2012 02:23, Ed Murphy wrote: > Clerk's Docket > > Date of this report: Thu 26 Sep 12 > Date of last report: Thu 23 Aug 12 > (All times are UTC) > > Unqualified (Rule 1868) > --- > > All of these players are supine, except as noted. > >Inactive: ais523

DIS: Re: OFF: Oops, a bit more [Promotor] Distribution of Proposal 7314

2012-09-26 Thread Arkady English
On 26 September 2012 08:04, Sean Hunt wrote: > I intend, with notice, to cause the rule entitled Win by Junta to amend > itself by appending "scshunt CAN cause this rule to make arbitrary changes, > including Rule Changes, to the gamestate by announcement, and CAN cause a > proposal to take effect

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposals

2012-09-26 Thread Arkady English
On 25 September 2012 17:27, omd wrote: > > Proposal: Two-way Plutocracy (AI=2) > > Amend Rule 2375 (Plutocratic Chamber) by replacing: > > Any entity may spend a Ruble to increase an entity's voting > limit on a Plutocratic Decision by 1. > > with: > > Any entity may spend a rubl

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [IADoP] Air Traffic Controller Election

2012-09-24 Thread Arkady English
On 24 September 2012 14:53, FKA441344 <441...@gmail.com> wrote: > CoE: You are inactive, and therefore not an eligible voter on this decision. > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Arkady English > wrote: >> On 19 September 2012 14:28, Arkady English >> wrote:

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 7309-7313

2012-09-20 Thread Arkady English
On 20 September 2012 15:54, Tanner Swett wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Arkady English > wrote: >> The following sentence: >> "I spend a ruble and vote *V*" under the conditions that: >> - the above sentence is obviously related to a proposal, *P* (by

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 7309-7313

2012-09-20 Thread Arkady English
On 20 September 2012 02:50, omd wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Arkady English > wrote: >> I spend a ruble > > To do what? To increase my voting limit on the quoted proposal. I CFJ the following: {{{ The following sentence: "I spend a ruble and vote *V*&quo

DIS: Re: OFF: [IADoP] Air Traffic Controller Election

2012-09-19 Thread Arkady English
On 19 September 2012 14:03, FKA441344 <441...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hereby initiate the Agoran Decision to determine the new Air Traffic > Controller. For this > decision, the eligible voters are the active first-class players, the vote > collector is the IADoP, and the valid options are FKA441344

DIS: Re: BUS: deactivations

2012-01-26 Thread Arkady English
On 26 January 2012 18:55, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > For each of the following players, I intend, without objection, to > deactivate em: > > Arkady > Benu > pikhq > Roujo > Walker > Wooble > > -- > Wooble I object. I haven't been inactive for more than a month.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (no subject)

2012-01-17 Thread Arkady English
On 17 January 2012 23:39, Pavitra wrote: > On 01/17/2012 05:03 AM, Arkady English wrote: >> On 15 January 2012 15:24, Tanner Swett wrote: >>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 9:15 AM, 441344 <441...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>  Amend Rule 1950 by replacing the text >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (no subject)

2012-01-17 Thread Arkady English
On 15 January 2012 15:24, Tanner Swett wrote: > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 9:15 AM, 441344 <441...@gmail.com> wrote: >>  Amend Rule 1950 by replacing the text >>  { >>  Adoption index is a switch possessed by Agoran decisions, whose value is >>  either "none" (default) or an integral multiple of 0.1

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: A meta-CFJ

2012-01-10 Thread Arkady English
On 9 January 2012 23:59, Ben Schultz wrote: > > Gratuitous counter argument, possibly erroneous: > > I seem to recall that Agoran precedent allows non-players to submit CFJs > without affecting their player (or non-player) status. > > OscarMeyr > I think this is not so much "Agoran precedent" as

DIS: Re: BUS: This doesn't do anything useful, but it's sure nifty that it's possible

2011-12-13 Thread Arkady English
On 12 December 2011 07:46, Alex Smith wrote: > I intend, without objection, to transfer rule 2166 from the Lost and > Found department to myself. > > (This works because rules fulfil the definition of assets; they exist > only because they're rules-defined (their backing document is rule 2141, >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3128 assigned to Tanner L. Swett

2011-12-01 Thread Arkady English
On 29 November 2011 22:33, Ed Murphy wrote: > Pavitra wrote: > > On 11/28/2011 07:20 PM, omd wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Ed Murphy >>> wrote: >>> I intend (with 2 support) to request reconsideration. Especially in > light of CFJ 3126, "X committed crime Y defined by

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3122 assigned to ais523

2011-11-15 Thread Arkady English
On 15 November 2011 23:18, ais523 wrote: > On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 17:34 -0500, Sean Hunt wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 13:20, ais523 wrote: >> >> Promises are very much rules-supported. The rules don't *explicitly* >> >> allow infinite chains, but they're written in such a way that you have >>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I don't get it

2011-11-08 Thread Arkady English
On 8 November 2011 07:10, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, omd wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> > Considered it's only to be used when there's something buggy which >> > would probably be fixed when caught, a good compromise is to add a >> > sentence to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Search parties give up

2011-11-08 Thread Arkady English
On 6 November 2011 22:24, ais523 wrote: > On Sun, 2011-11-06 at 17:22 -0500, Tanner Swett wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Sean Hunt >> wrote: >> > I create a Promise with the following text, and then cash it: {{I cash >> > this Promise. This Promise is not destroyed by being cashed.}}

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Deputy Promotor] Distribution of proposals 7125-7134

2011-10-28 Thread Arkady English
On 27 October 2011 23:16, Josiah Worcester wrote: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Sean Hunt > wrote: >> For the duration of this message, I am deputizing for Promotor. >> >> I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating the Agoran >> Decision of whether to adopt it.  For this decision

DIS: Re: BUS: Rulekeepor

2011-10-24 Thread Arkady English
On 24 October 2011 03:27, omd wrote: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: >> I support and do so, nominating omd. > > I accept. > Wait - I ended up as Rulekeepor too... I missed that :-S (I need to pay more attention to what goes on here, sometimes, and not just skim read reports

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Nomination

2011-10-20 Thread Arkady English
On 20 October 2011 13:20, Arkady English wrote: > On 20 October 2011 13:09, Arkady English > wrote: >> On 20 October 2011 12:49, Geoffrey Spear wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: >>>> I nominate Arkady English for Promotor. >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Nomination

2011-10-20 Thread Arkady English
On 20 October 2011 13:09, Arkady English wrote: > On 20 October 2011 12:49, Geoffrey Spear wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: >>> I nominate Arkady English for Promotor. >> >> I nominate myself as Promotor. >> -- >> Wooble >

DIS: Re: BUS: Nomination

2011-10-20 Thread Arkady English
On 20 October 2011 12:49, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: >> I nominate Arkady English for Promotor. > > I nominate myself as Promotor. > -- > Wooble > I accept my nomination. (Do we have to do that? I can't remember,

DIS: Re: BUS: Invasion protection

2011-10-20 Thread Arkady English
On 20 October 2011 11:48, Alex Smith wrote: > > I've noticed we're missing an invasion protection rule at the moment. > Given that due to events elsewhere, it seems that an invasion may well > be imminent, I submit the following proposal (Title="Invasion > protection", AI=2, Ordinary): > > Cr

DIS: Re: BUS: Speed

2011-10-18 Thread Arkady English
On 18 October 2011 16:35, Pavitra wrote: > > On 10/17/2011 11:07 PM, woggle wrote: > > I intend, with Agoran Consent, to set the Speed to Slow. > > > > I intend, without objection, to set the Speed to Slow. > > > > [I will resolve at most one of the above intents.] > > > > - woggle > > I support.

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Proposal 7125-6 & 7115

2011-10-17 Thread Arkady English
On 17 October 2011 17:01, Sean Hunt wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:09, Arkady English < > arkadyenglish+ag...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As UTC Midnight, this week, the proposal pool has the following: > > > What is this i don't even. > > >> >&g

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: egaf

2011-10-06 Thread Arkady English
On 6 October 2011 17:11, Pavitra wrote: > NttPF. > > > Ahem...to the proper person this time: > > > > I submit the following proposal to the promotor: > >>> > >>> In order to demonstrate their committment to justice, all standing > judges are > >>> required to wear a sword at all times. Any playe

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: egaf

2011-10-06 Thread Arkady English
Ahem...to the proper person this time: I submit the following proposal to the promotor: >> >> In order to demonstrate their committment to justice, all standing judges are >> required to wear a sword at all times. Any player required to wear a sword >> found >> not to be wearing a sword may be gi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: egaf

2011-10-06 Thread Arkady English
On 6 October 2011 07:34, Ed Murphy wrote: > Wooble wrote: > >> I request and require cakes, ale, and registration. > > I fine Wooble 5 points for not wearing a sword. > Would you care to direct us to the rule requiring Wooble to wear a sword? In addition, ey may well be wearing a sword - it is i

DIS: Re: BUS: Brakes (was Re: BUS: Impossible job is impossible)

2011-08-11 Thread Arkady English
On 11 August 2011 20:51, Aaron Goldfein wrote: > I support any attempts to flip the speed to normal, and object to any > attempts to flip the speed to slow. > I object to both attempts to flip the speed.

Re: DIS: Failed entry into BlogNomic

2011-08-11 Thread Arkady English
On 11 August 2011 15:20, Charles Walker wrote: > On 11 August 2011 14:57, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: >> On 11 August 2011 00:09, Elliott Hird >> wrote: >>> Agora cannot play BlogNomic without some construct in the rules >>> allowing it to; the only affect this will have is to spam the lists. >>> >>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-11 Thread Arkady English
On 11 August 2011 06:04, Pavitra wrote: > On 08/10/2011 11:52 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 21:41, Pavitra wrote: >>> On 08/10/2011 11:24 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: I destroy my copy of this Promise. >>> >>> I'm not sure this actually works. I vaguely remember an attempt to fix >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Arkady English
On 9 August 2011 16:11, Pavitra wrote: > On 08/09/2011 10:03 AM, Arkady English wrote: >> On 9 August 2011 15:54, Pavitra wrote: >>> On 08/09/2011 09:50 AM, Pavitra wrote: >>>> On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: >>>>> I create a number of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Arkady English
On 9 August 2011 15:54, Pavitra wrote: > On 08/09/2011 09:50 AM, Pavitra wrote: >> On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: >>> I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less >>> the number of First-Class players of Agora: >>> &g

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Arkady English
On 9 August 2011 15:50, Pavitra wrote: > On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: >> I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less >> the number of First-Class players of Agora: >> >> Conditions: The casher, on cashing this promise, create

DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3085 assigned to Murphy

2011-08-08 Thread Arkady English
Does Agora have any jurisdiction over a laptop repair shop? How would they respond if we (or rather, the speaker, on behalf of the President, on behalf of Agora) mailed them a letter fining them, say, 10 points? Can we try this? On 8 August 2011 16:52, Ed Murphy wrote: > Detail: http://zenith.ho

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3068 assigned to omd

2011-07-25 Thread Arkady English
On 25 July 2011 13:18, Arkady English wrote: > > I support > > On 25 July 2011 01:46, Elliott Hird wrote: >> >> On 24 July 2011 23:17, omd wrote: >> > GUILTY / EXILE. >> >> Uh... >> >> I intend, with two support, to appeal thi

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3068 assigned to omd

2011-07-25 Thread Arkady English
I support On 25 July 2011 01:46, Elliott Hird wrote: > On 24 July 2011 23:17, omd wrote: > > GUILTY / EXILE. > > Uh... > > I intend, with two support, to appeal this judgement. >

DIS: Re: BUS: Surely this has been tried before, but I can't see a reason for it not to work.

2011-07-23 Thread Arkady English
Heh. Thanks. It is quite a big, complex ruleset for a beginner to get to grips with. Been watching a while, and didn't find it was helping, so I just figured I'd join in and hope for the best. Hi, everyone! On 22 July 2011 19:31, omd wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 5:00 AM, A

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Surely this has been tried before, but I can't see a reason for it not to work.

2011-07-22 Thread Arkady English
Gah. I may have got mixed up between "2nd class person" and person. Thought it was too obvious. On 22 July 2011 11:42, Aaron Goldfein wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 04:00, Arkady English > wrote: > > I announce that I deregister the President. > > > >

DIS: Re: BUS: Lullz

2011-07-20 Thread Arkady English
Is there a game-mechanical difference between "support" and "weakly" support? Or does this simply indicate that omd may be willing to change eir mind? On 19 July 2011 18:01, omd wrote: > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:16 PM, ais523 > wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 20:11 -0500, Pavitra wrote: > >

DIS: Re: BUS: Joining the Game

2011-07-19 Thread Arkady English
I'd like to add: I'm registering with the nickname "Arkady". On 18 July 2011 22:01, ais523 wrote: > On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 23:14 +0100, Arkady English wrote: > > Dear Agorans: > > > > I intend to join the game at this time in accordance with rule 869.