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The team system was repealed because the lack of true "team play" or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
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