Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Janitor] Cleanup Proposals

2009-07-23 Thread Sean Hunt
Ed Murphy wrote: > coppro wrote: > >> Patent Title Security Cleanup (AI=1.5, II=0) >> {{{ >> Amend Rule 649 (Patent Titles) by replacing "Awarding or revoking a >> Patent Title by Proposal is a secured change." with "Awarding or >> revoking a Patent Title can only be done by a proposal with power

DIS: Re: BUS: [Janitor] Cleanup Proposals

2009-07-23 Thread Ed Murphy
coppro wrote: > Patent Title Security Cleanup (AI=1.5, II=0) > {{{ > Amend Rule 649 (Patent Titles) by replacing "Awarding or revoking a > Patent Title by Proposal is a secured change." with "Awarding or > revoking a Patent Title can only be done by a proposal with power 1.5 or > greater." > > [T

Re: DIS: Poobah bye-bye proto

2009-07-23 Thread Ed Murphy
G. wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: >> No, really. The grid in this case would just be for visual >> representation, and wouldn't really need to be a grid at all (forget >> any previous poor execution of a grid in other not-to-be-named nomics >> - B) > > Agora has had three grids

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: hm

2009-07-23 Thread Roger Hicks
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 14:20, Sean Hunt wrote: > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: >> I harvest 2264 for a random land. >> >> BobTHJ >> > > As do I. > NttPF

DIS: Re: BUS: hm

2009-07-23 Thread Sean Hunt
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > I harvest 2264 for a random land. > > BobTHJ > As do I.

Re: DIS: Proto-Proposal: Deck of Business

2009-07-23 Thread Roger Hicks
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 13:48, C-walker wrote: > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:43 PM, BobTHJ wrote: >> rough proto to solicit comments: >> >> Deck of Business >> >> Thoughts? > > How are the cards supposed to be earned? > Business would be a new option for player and officer salaries. In addition perha

Re: DIS: Proto-Proposal: Deck of Business

2009-07-23 Thread C-walker
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:43 PM, BobTHJ wrote: > rough proto to solicit comments: > > Deck of Business > > Thoughts? How are the cards supposed to be earned? -- C-walker

DIS: Proto-Proposal: Deck of Business

2009-07-23 Thread Roger Hicks
rough proto to solicit comments: Deck of Business Create a fourth basic deck with the Notary as Dealor focused around contests and contracts. This deck may include some basic cards (such as massaging contest Threshold limits, creating Medals in the possession of contests, etc.). In addition the r

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Card Lottery

2009-07-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: >> And also, if you hold the set of three, don't you instantly win >> three times? > > No, because of how exploits work. If you hold a set of three you must > play one to activate it's exploit which destroys the played card and > in turn destroys the other t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Card Lottery

2009-07-23 Thread Roger Hicks
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 13:23, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: >> Cleanup Procedure: For each other basic >> deck one such corresponding Ball card is destroyed. > > Oh, er, problem with this one.  How is the destroyed card selected? > Oops, that should read "one such

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Card Lottery

2009-07-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: > Considering some balls will be destroyed by hand limits, and players > being unwilling to trade balls, wins should occur around every 3 > months which seems to be good timing for a win condition (contrast win > by high score and ribbons, this would seem to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Card Lottery

2009-07-23 Thread Roger Hicks
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 13:17, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: >> Upon the adoption of this proposal set the Frequency of Government >> Ball, Change Ball, and Justice Ball to 1. > > One win for every 100 cards at the current dealing rate?  What's > the point?  One way

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Card Lottery

2009-07-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: > Cleanup Procedure: For each other basic > deck one such corresponding Ball card is destroyed. Oh, er, problem with this one. How is the destroyed card selected? And also, if you hold the set of three, don't you instantly win three times? -G.

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Card Lottery

2009-07-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: > Upon the adoption of this proposal set the Frequency of Government > Ball, Change Ball, and Justice Ball to 1. One win for every 100 cards at the current dealing rate? What's the point? One way to make it rarer is to say "when you play this card, the sc

Re: DIS: Poobah bye-bye proto

2009-07-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: > I wasn't familiar with grids in Agora's history as they were all well > before my time (and here I thought I was moving into old-timer status > having played for over 2 years now). The archives you linked appear to > be missing so I can't compare, but I'll

Re: DIS: Poobah bye-bye proto

2009-07-23 Thread Roger Hicks
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:22, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: >> No, really. The grid in this case would just be for visual >> representation, and wouldn't really need to be a grid at all (forget >> any previous poor execution of a grid in other not-to-be-named nomic

Re: DIS: Poobah bye-bye proto

2009-07-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: > No, really. The grid in this case would just be for visual > representation, and wouldn't really need to be a grid at all (forget > any previous poor execution of a grid in other not-to-be-named nomics > - B) Agora has had three grids since 2001 (two rule

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Distribution of Proposals 6410-6413

2009-07-23 Thread ais523
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 21:24 -0600, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 19:04, Sean Hunt wrote: > > NUM C I AI SUBMITTER TITLE > > 6410 D 0 2.0 coppro > > 6411 D 1 2.0 Yally Terms and Vacancies 2.0 > > 6412 O 1 1.0 allispaul A Standard Standard > > 6413 O

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Distribution of Proposals 6410-6413

2009-07-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 21:27, Sean Hunt wrote: >> Roger Hicks wrote: >>> This is a win announcement. BobTHJ's voting limit on proposal 6413 >>> exceeds the combined voting limits of all other players and e wins by >>> Clout. >> >> This certainly fails, du