THE FULL LOGICAL RULESET ======================================================================== Agora ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 101/17 (Power=4.0) The Game of Agora Agora is a game of Nomic, wherein Persons, acting in accordance with the Rules, communicate their game Actions and/or results of these actions via Fora in order to play the game. The game may be won, but the game never ends. Please treat Agora Right Good Forever. History: Initial Immutable Rule 101 at Agora's birth, Jun 30, 1993 Mutated from MI=unanimity to MI=3 by Proposal 1480, Mar 15, 1995 Amended(1) by Proposal 3915 (harvel), Sep 27, 1999 Amended(2) by Proposal 4833 (Maud), Aug 06, 2005 Amended(3) by Proposal 4866 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(4) by Proposal 4867 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(5) by Proposal 4887 (Murphy), Jan 22, 2007 Amended(6) by Proposal 4944 (Zefram), May 03, 2007 Amended(7) by Proposal 5090 (Zefram), Jul 25, 2007 Amended(8) by Proposal 5731 [disinterested] (G.), Oct 08, 2008 Retitled by Proposal 5769 (G.), Oct 17, 2008 Amended(9) by Proposal 5769 (G.), Oct 17, 2008 Amended(10) by Proposal 5773 (G.), Oct 17, 2008 Amended(11) by Proposal 6028 (Murphy), Jan 08, 2009 Amended(12) by Proposal 6158 (G.), Mar 31, 2009 Amended(13) by Proposal 6589 [disinterested] (omd), Dec 06, 2009 Amended(14) by Proposal 7183 (G.), Feb 26, 2012 Amended(15) by Proposal 7596 (omd), Sep 14, 2013 Retitled by Proposal 7614 (G.), Jan 13, 2014 Amended(16) by Proposal 7614 (G.), Jan 13, 2014 Amended(17) by Proposal 7743 (G.), May 12, 2015 Power changed from power 3.0 to 4.0 by Proposal 7889 "Agora Protection Act" (Aris), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 24: Players must obey the Rules even in out-of-game actions. CFJ 825 (called Nov 07, 1995): Players must obey the Rules even if no Rule says so. CFJ 1848 (called Dec 21, 2007): The game must operate according to the rules that prevail at the time, and not attempt to incorporate any retroactive changes made in the future. CFJ 1709 (called Jul 26, 2007): The rules are binding on all those who play the game in the broader sense, regardless of whether they have the rule-defined status of "player". CFJ 1911-1914 (called Mar 18, 2008): Physical realities supersede the Rules by default. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 1698/5 (Power=4.0) Agora Is A Nomic Agora is ossified if it is IMPOSSIBLE for any reasonable combination of actions by players to cause arbitrary rule changes to be made and/or arbitrary proposals to be adopted within a four-week period. If, but for this rule, the net effect of a proposal would cause Agora to become ossified, or would cause Agora to cease to exist, it cannot take effect, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. If any other single change or inseperable group of changes to the gamestate would cause Agora to become ossified, or would cause Agora to cease to exist, it is cancelled and does not occur, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. History: Enacted by Proposal 3465 (Steve), Apr 26, 1997 Retitled by Proposal 5536 (Murphy), Jun 07, 2008 Amended(1) by Proposal 5536 (Murphy), Jun 07, 2008 Amended(2) by Proposal 7075 (Alexis), Jun 16, 2011 Amended(3) by Proposal 7088 (omd), Jul 23, 2011 Amended(4) by Proposal 7628 (ais523), Apr 07, 2014 Amended(5) by Proposal 7889 "Agora Protection Act" (Aris), Sep 26, 2017 Power changed from power 3.0 to 4.0 by Proposal 7889 "Agora Protection Act" (Aris), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 478/34 (Power=3.0) Fora Freedom of speech being essential for the healthy functioning of any non-Imperial nomic, it is hereby resolved that no Player shall be prohibited from participating in the Fora, nor shall any person create physical or technological obstacles that unduly favor some players' fora access over others. Publicity is a forum switch with values Public, Discussion, and Foreign (default), tracked by the Registrar. Changes to publicity are secured. The Registrar may change the publicity of a forum without objection as long as: 1. e sends eir announcement of intent to that forum; and 2. if the forum is to be made public, the announcement by which the Registrar makes that forum public is sent to all existing public fora. Each player should ensure e can receive messages via each public forum. A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent to all players and containing a clear designation of intent to be public. A rule can also designate that a part of one public message is considered a public message in its own right. A person "publishes" or "announces" something by sending a public message. Where the rules define an action that CAN be performed "by announcement", a person performs that action by unambiguously and clearly specifying the action and announcing that e performs it. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time date-stamped on that message. Actions in messages (including sub-messages) are performed in the order they appear in the message, unless otherwise specified. History: Enacted by Proposal 478 (Jim Shea), Sep 20, 1993 Amended(1) by Proposal 1477, Mar 08, 1995 Amended(2) by Proposal 1576, Apr 28, 1995 Amended(3) by Proposal 1610, Jul 10, 1995 Amended(4) by Proposal 1700, Sep 01, 1995 Amended(5) by Proposal 2052, Dec 19, 1995 Amended(6) by Proposal 2400, Jan 20, 1996 Amended(7) by Proposal 2739 (Swann), Nov 07, 1996, substantial Amended(8) by Proposal 2791 (Andre), Jan 30, 1997, substantial Amended(9) by Proposal 3521 (Chuck), Jun 23, 1997, substantial Amended(10) by Proposal 3823 (Ørjan), Jan 21, 1999 Amended(11) by Proposal 4147 (Wes), May 13, 2001 Amended(12) by Proposal 4248 (Murphy), Feb 19, 2002 Amended(13) by Proposal 4456 (Maud), Feb 22, 2003 Power changed from power 1.0 to 3.0 by Proposal 4690 (root), Apr 18, 2005 Amended(14) by Proposal 4690 (root), Apr 18, 2005 Amended(15) by Proposal 4833 (Maud), Aug 06, 2005 Amended(16) by Proposal 4866 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(17) by Proposal 4939 (Murphy), Apr 29, 2007 Amended(18) by Proposal 5014 (Zefram), Jun 24, 2007 Amended(19) by Proposal 5111 (Murphy), Aug 02, 2007 Amended(20) by Proposal 5172 (Murphy), Aug 29, 2007 Amended(21) by Proposal 5272 [disinterested] (Murphy), Nov 07, 2007 Amended(22) by Proposal 5291 (root), Nov 14, 2007 Amended(23) by Proposal 5535 (Murphy), Jun 07, 2008 Amended(24) by Proposal 5613 (Quazie), Jul 29, 2008 Amended(25) by Proposal 5639 (Murphy), Jul 29, 2008 Amended(26) by Proposal 5818 (omd), Nov 01, 2008 Amended(27) by Proposal 6022 (Murphy), Dec 22, 2008 Amended(28) by Proposal 6785 [disinterested] (Alexis), Aug 22, 2010 Amended(29) by Proposal 6963 (Murphy), Mar 20, 2011 Amended(30) by Proposal 7073 (woggle), Jun 16, 2011 Amended(31) by Proposal 7614 (G.), Jan 13, 2014 Amended(32) by Proposal 7632 (Alexis), May 01, 2014 Amended(33) by Proposal 7810 (nichdel), Sep 11, 2016 Amended(34) by Rule 2430, May 24, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1451-1452 (called Mar 06, 2003): A message that is split into multiple email messages can qualify as a single message for game purposes, if it is obvious how to combine the parts to reconstruct the single message. CFJ 752 (called Mar 13, 1995): Something sent to a Player who is obligated to send it to all Players is sufficient for sending something to the PF. CFJ 813 (called Oct 22, 1995): A Player need not prove that e can receive the PF. CFJ 831 (called Nov 10, 1995): 'The Date: header of a message is not necessarily the time at which the message takes effect.' CFJ 2205 (called Oct 02, 2008): A message takes effect at exactly one of the times date-stamped on it; selecting which one is a matter of game custom. CFJ 2212 (called Oct 07, 2008): An IRC channel is a forum. CFJ 2211 (called Oct 07, 2008): It is generally possible for an IRC channel to be a public forum. CFJ 2214 (called Oct 07, 2008): Some IRC messages, such as NICK, are sent to all members of an IRC channel but are not sent via that channel. CFJ 866 (called Apr 08, 1996): A message is "received" when the message enters the recipient's normal technical domain of control, whether this be eir private machine or eir private account on a shared machine (but not the shared machine itself, if the recipient does not control it). CFJ 1112: In order to submit a Proposal, in the sense of R1865 and elsewhere, it is not sufficient that a collection of text 'with the clear indication that that text is intended to become a Proposal' (R1483) merely be sent to the Public Forum by a Proposing Entity; the collection of text must also be received in the Public Forum. CFJ 1214-1215 (called May 14, 2000): Conditional actions (of the form "If X, I do Y") are effective only where the relevant agents (such as recordkeepors) are able to conclusively determine the value of the conditional from publicly-available information. CFJ 1314 (called Aug 15, 2001): If a message sent to a public forum is rejected by the list moderator, it still qualifies as having been sent via a public forum. CFJ 1905 (called Feb 07, 2008): Regardless of CFJ 1314, a message has not been sent via a forum until most persons who have arranged to receive messages via the forum receive it. CFJ 1888 (called Jan 31, 2008): Sending a message to a Discussion Forum, or other mailing list except for a Public Forum, does not qualify as sending it to all players. CFJ 1631 (called Apr 29, 2007): Public announcements must be made in the message body; the subject line is insignificant. CFJ 1784 (called Nov 05, 2007): An undescriptive or misleading subject line does not deprive the message body of effect. CFJ 1880 (called Jan 22, 2008): A phrase that would, in the message body, cancel the effect of the rest of the message, does not have such an effect if it appears in the subject line. CFJ 1761 (called Sep 30, 2007): Publishing part of a message is a different action from publishing the whole message. CFJ 1646 (called Apr 30, 2007): The act of "publishing" or "announcing" is accomplished when the message has left the sender's technical domain of control, indicated by one of the "Received:" headers0. CFJ 1695 (called Jun 23, 2007): A partnership, which by its nature can't directly send email, can participate in the fora by means of its members sending messages on its behalf, if its governing agreement says so. CFJ 1768 (called Oct 22, 2007): The right of participation in the fora is the right to participate in them for their intended purposes, and is not necessarily infringed by regulations regarding the manner and type of participation. CFJ 1738 (called Aug 29, 2007): An obligation on a player to not publish statements that e believes are true would conflict with the right of participation in the fora. CFJ 1719 (called Aug 12, 2007): A player can, if e intends, have public messages sent on eir behalf, including via a web form that allows all-comers to send messages on eir behalf without specific approval. CFJ 1833-1834 (called Dec 18, 2007): A player can, by contractual arrangement, grant another player the capacity to act by announcement on eir behalf. CFJ 1893 (called Feb 03, 2008): A non-consensual non-contractual arrangement cannot grant a player the capacity to act by announcement on behalf of another. CFJ 2397 (called Mar 03, 2009): A player can grant or revoke permission at will for another player to act by announcement on eir behalf. CFJ 2322 (called Dec 24, 2008): The ability to act on behalf can be created by any willful agreement. CFJ 1336 (called Dec 13, 2001): A public statement that one wishes to perform an action that one can perform by announcement can constitute an announcement that performs that action. CFJ 1621 (called Feb 08, 2007): Where an action can be performed by announcement, announcing that one deems something to be the case that would result from that action does not constitute performing the action. CFJ 1584 (called Feb 24, 2006), CFJ 1728 (called Aug 20, 2007): ' Saying "I do X 1000 times", where X is something that can be done by announcement, is an acceptable shorthand for 1000 instances of "I do X", but this shorthand cannot be used with an infinite repeat count, because it is impossible to write out an infinite number of instances of "I do X".' CFJ 1774 (called Nov 01, 2007): Saying "I do X 10000 times", where X is something that can be done by announcement, does not necessarily achieve 10000 instances of X, if writing out 10000 instances of "I do X" would be a substantial effort such that using the shorthand is abusive. The presumption is in favour of the shorthand being successful. CFJ 1775 (called Nov 01, 2007): If an announcement of the form "I do X N times" is not be acceptable shorthand for N instances of "I do X", then the announcement is completely nullified, and does not have the effect of M instances of "I do X" for any non-zero repeat count M. CFJ 1730 (called Aug 22, 2007): An appropriate announcement will accomplish an action even if its author believed the action was impossible. CFJ 1841 (called Dec 20, 2007): A message-based action cannot be retroactive. CFJ 1971 (called May 22, 2008): An announcement with a general disclaimer as to its contents cannot fulfill a requirement to report information, but it may successfully cause game actions to be taken if the actions do not depend on the truth value of the disclaimed contents. CFJ 2133 (called Aug 09, 2008): A disclaimed statement cannot cause an action to be taken by announcement. CFJ 2112 (called Jul 23, 2008): An action is only taken by announcement if the Rules define it as such; e.g., posting an objection to a dependent action is not an action taken by announcement. CFJ 2151 (called Sep 05, 2008): Some unregulated actions, such as celebrating and revealing things, can be taken by announcement. CFJ 2086 (called Jul 15, 2008): Message-based actions are always taken in some order, never precisely simultaneously, possibly unless otherwise stated. CFJ 2179 (called Sep 23, 2008): An message-based action can be taken even if its sender cannot be identified. CFJ 2221 (called Oct 13, 2008): When an action is specified as "can do X in order to do Y", and a player does X without specifying intent to do Y, e does not do Y. CFJ 2238 (called Oct 22, 2008): The requirement of unambiguous specification applies to the parameters of an action. CFJ 2363 (called Feb 01, 2009): "X can do Y by doing Z" does not imply that X can do Z. CFJ 2441 (called Apr 06, 2009): Due to a limitation of the mailing list archives, attaching a message with a particular text does not count as publishing that text. CFJ 3025 (called May 15, 2011): If it is clear what he did, then it must be clear what he did; if it is not clear what he did, then it is not clear what he did. CFJ 3106 (called Oct 19, 2011): When a person announces that "e performs" an action, the referent of "e" (i.e. eir identity) must be clear. CFJ 3002 (called Apr 19, 2011): A message of the form "This statement causes {action}" is ineffective as a way to perform {action}, and may be an attempt to act on behalf of the statement. CFJ 2899 (called Nov 12, 2010): A player's real name does not necessary identify em. CFJ 3409 (called Apr 09, 2014): An action can be performed in the subject line of a message, if it sufficiently clear (as outlined in the judgment). CFJ 3603-3604 (called Nov 16, 2017): ASCII art of text can be clear enough to suffice for communications, and in particular for taking actions by announcement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Assets ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2166/24 (Power=3.0) Assets An asset is an entity defined as such by a (a) rule, (b) authorized regulation, (c) group of rules and/or authorized regulations (but if such regulations modify a preexisting asset class defined by a rule or another title of regulations, they must be authorized specifically to do so by their parent rule), or (d) contract (hereafter its backing document), and existing solely because its backing document defines its existence. An asset's backing document can specify when and how that asset is created, destroyed, and transferred. Each asset has exactly one owner. If an asset would otherwise lack an owner, it is owned by Agora. If an asset's backing document restricts its ownership to a class of entities, then that asset CANNOT be gained by or transferred to an entity outside that class, and is destroyed if it is owned by an entity outside that class (except if it is owned by Agora, in which case any player CAN transfer or destroy it without objection). The restrictions in the previous sentence are subject to modification by its backing document. Unless modified by an asset's backing document, ownership of an asset is restricted to Agora, players, and contracts. As an exception to the last sentence, non-player persons are generally able to own assets defined by a contract they are a party to, subject to modification by the contract in question. A contract's text can specify whether or not that contract is willing to receive assets or a class of assets. Generally, a contract CANNOT be given assets it is unwilling to receive. If the contract is silent on the matter, or if its willingness is indeterminate or the subject of a inextricable conditional, the procedure to determine its willingness is as follows: 1. If the contract appears to anticipate being given assets, other than for sustenance (e.g. by authorizing parties to spend the contract's assets), then the contract is willing to receive all assets. 2. Otherwise, it is unwilling to receive all assets. The previous paragraph (including the list) notwithstanding, a contract CAN be given 1 shiny a month for its sustenance payment, so long as it never has more than 1 shiny at a time. The recordkeepor of a class of assets is the entity (if any) defined as such by, and bound by, its backing document. That entity's report includes a list of all instances of that class and their owners. This portion of that entity's report is self-ratifying. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a contract CANNOT oblige a person who isn't a member to record its internal state, nor is the default recordkeepor responsible for tracking a contract's internal state. For the purposes of this rule, the promulgator of a regulation is bound by it. An asset generally CAN be destroyed by its owner by announcement, subject to modification by its backing document. An indestructible asset is one defined as such by it backing document, and CANNOT be destroyed except by a rule, other than this one, specifically addressing the destruction of indestructible assets or that asset in particular; any other asset is destructible. In circumstances where another asset would be destroyed, an indestructible asset is generally transferred to Agora, subject to modification by its backing document and the intervention of other rules. To "lose" an asset is to have it destroyed from one's possession; to "revoke" an asset from an entity is to destroy it from that entity's possession. An asset generally CAN be transferred (syn. paid, given) by announcement by its owner to another entity, subject to modification by its backing document. A fixed asset is one defined as such by its backing document, and CANNOT be transferred; any other asset is liquid. When a rule indicates transferring an amount that is not a natural number, the specified amount is rounded up to the nearest natural number. A currency is a class of asset defined as such by its backing document. Instances of a currency with the same owner are fungible. The "x balance of an entity", where x is a currency, is the number of x that entity possesses. If a rule, proposal, or other competent authority attempts to increase or decrease the balance of an entity without specifying a source or destination, then the currency is created or destroyed as needed. When a player causes one or more balances to change, e is ENCOURAGED to specify the resulting balance(s). Players SHOULD NOT specify inaccurate balances. Where it resolves ambiguity, the asset or currency being referred to is the currency designated as "Agora's official currency", if there is one. An asset or class of assets is private, rather than public, if its backing document is a contract. History: Enacted by Proposal 5173 (Murphy), Aug 29, 2007 Amended(1) by Proposal 5216 (Murphy), Sep 13, 2007 Amended(2) by Proposal 5388 (Murphy), Jan 01, 2008 Amended(3) by Proposal 5475 (Murphy), Mar 24, 2008 Amended(4) by Proposal 5476 [disinterested] (Murphy), Mar 27, 2008 Amended(5) by Proposal 5496 (Murphy), Apr 23, 2008 Amended(6) by Proposal 5833 (Murphy; with Taral), Nov 12, 2008 Amended(7) by Proposal 5840 (root), Nov 12, 2008 Amended(8) by Proposal 5974 [disinterested] (Murphy), Nov 25, 2008 Amended(9) by Proposal 6023 (Murphy), Dec 22, 2008 Assigned to the Committee on Finance by Proposal 6053 (Murphy; with woggle, ais523), Jan 23, 2009 Amended(10) by Proposal 6161 (Murphy), Mar 31, 2009 Amended(11) by Proposal 6253 (Quazie), May 09, 2009 Amended(12) by cleaning (Murphy), Aug 16, 2009 Amended(13) by Proposal 6430 (Alexis), Aug 18, 2009 Amended(14) by Proposal 6650 (Alexis), Mar 10, 2010 Amended(15) by Proposal 6650 (Alexis), Mar 10, 2010 Amended(16) by Proposal 6792 (omd), Aug 27, 2010 Amended(17) by Proposal 6916 [disinterested] (omd), Jan 02, 2011 Amended(18) by Proposal 7298 (FKA441344), Sep 09, 2012 Amended(19) by Proposal 7420 (omd), May 27, 2013 Amended(20) by Proposal 7586 (omd), Aug 24, 2013 Amended(21) by Proposal 7617 (G.), Jan 16, 2014 Repealed by Proposal 7629 (Alexis), Apr 07, 2014 Reenacted(22) by Proposal 7864 (Aris; with G., o, nichdel, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus), Jun 27, 2017 Amended(23) by Proposal 7868 "Minor economic fixes" (Murphy), Jul 30, 2017 Amended(24) by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 3597 (called Nov 09, 2017): When the rules require a payment of a number of assets, a number of small payments summing to the total do not fulfill the requirement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2515/0 (Power=1.0) Distributing Assets To 'distribute' a quantity of a fungible asset to a set of recipients is to transfer one instance of that asset at a time to the recipient that owns the least number of instances of that asset, until either no more instances of the asset are eligible to be distributed, or the number of instances so transferred equals the quantity to be distributed. If, when distributing a specific asset, two or more recipients each own the least number of instances of that asset, then the recipient that most recently became eligible to own the asset SHALL receive the asset being distributed. History: Enacted by Proposal 7921 "Passive Income" (o; with G.), Oct 15, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2545/0 (Power=2.0) Auctions An Auction is a way for entities to give away items in exchange for a currency. Any rule or contract CAN permit (or require) Auctions to be initiated. History: Enacted by Proposal 7975 "Auctions v6" (ATMunn; with o, Aris, nichdel, G.), Nov 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2546/0 (Power=1.0) Lots Each Auction has one or more lots of items. A lot is a non-empty list of items to be transferred by a single Auction to a single recipient. History: Enacted by Proposal 7975 "Auctions v6" (ATMunn; with o, Aris, nichdel, G.), Nov 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2547/0 (Power=1.0) The Auctioneer Each Auction has an Auctioneer. The Auctioneer of an Auction is the entity that initiates that Auction, and describes all of the specifics of an Auction. All rules or contracts permitting Auctions to be initiated should specify an entity to be Auctioneer. If no Auctioneer is specified, the default Auctioneer for Auctions defined by the rules is Agora, and the default Auctioneer for Auctions defined by a contract is the contract itself. A clause in a Contract purporting to make an entity which is neither the Contract itself nor a party to the Contract the Auctioneer of an Auction defined by that Contract is INEFFECTIVE. History: Enacted by Proposal 7975 "Auctions v6" (ATMunn; with o, Aris, nichdel, G.), Nov 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2548/0 (Power=1.0) The Auction Announcer Each Auction has an Announcer. Only persons can be Announcers. If the Auctioneer of an Auction is a player, then that player is the Announcer of that Auction. Otherwise, the rule or contract defining an Auction CAN define the Announcer for that Auction. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, no Contract can define a person as the Announcer of an Auction unless that person is a party to that Contract. History: Enacted by Proposal 7975 "Auctions v6" (ATMunn; with o, Aris, nichdel, G.), Nov 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2549/0 (Power=1.0) Auction Initiation An entity authorized by a rule or contract to initiate an Auction CAN do so by announcement. If the rule or contract specifies that that entity MUST do so, that entity SHALL do so in a timely fashion. An Auction CANNOT be initiated other than as described by a rule or contract. An Auction CANNOT be initiated unless the announcer specifies all of * the Auction's lots, in the order they will be awarded, * the items in each lot, * the Auction's Auctioneer, * the Auction's Announcer, * the Auction's minimum bid, and, optionally * the Auction's currency in the message initiating the Auction. An Auction also CANNOT be initiated unless the Auctioneer is able to give away each item in each of the Auction's lots. If no currency is specified, it defaults to Shinies. History: Enacted by Proposal 7975 "Auctions v6" (ATMunn; with o, Aris, nichdel, G.), Nov 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2550/0 (Power=1.0) Bidding A person authorized to bid on an Auction CAN do so by announcement, specifying the amount of the Auction's currency to bid. A bid placed on an Auction before it is initiated, or after it has ended, is INEFFECTIVE. An attempt to place a bid which is less than the Auction's minimum bid is INEFFECTIVE. A person CAN withdraw their bid on an Auction by announcement. If a person submits a bid on an Auction, all bids previously placed on that Auction by that person are withdrawn. A rule or contract defining an Auction CAN specify a class of players who are authorized to bid on that Auction. If the rule or contract does not specify a class of authorized bidders, any player is authorized to bid on an Auction defined by a rule, and any party to a contract is authorized to bid an Auction defined by that Contract. A person SHALL NOT bid on an Auction if it would be impossible for em to pay that amount at the conclusion of the Auction. History: Enacted by Proposal 7975 "Auctions v6" (ATMunn; with o, Aris, nichdel, G.), Nov 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2551/0 (Power=1.0) Auction End An Auction ends 7 days after its initiation, or immediately if no bid has been placed or withdrawn in the last 96 hours, or immediately if it is terminated. When an Auction ends, any bid placed by an entity which does not own enough of the Auction's currency to pay the amount specified in the bid is automatically withdrawn. Once an Auction has ended, any further attempts to bid on that Auction or to withdraw bids from that Auction are INEFFECTIVE. Once the Auction has ended, the Auction's announcer SHALL announce the end of the Auction in a timely fashion. In the same message, e SHALL include the a list of all the bids on the Auction and the winner(s) (if there are any) of the Auction. A person's priority on an Auction is their position in the list of persons who have bid on the Auction, sorted by the value of their non-withdrawn bids in descending order. If two persons have placed non-withdrawn bids for the same value, a player who placed their non-withdrawn bid first has a higher priority than a player who placed their non-withdrawn bid at a later time. For each lot in the Auction, the winner of that lot is the player with the highest priority on the Auction who has not won any previous lot. If there are more lots than there are persons with non-withdrawn bids, the excess lots are not won by any person. The winner of a lot SHALL pay the Auctioneer the number of the Auction's currency equal to eir bid, in a single payment, in a timely fashion. When e does so, the Auctioneer SHALL transfer the items in that lot to that winner in a timely fashion. If the Auctioneer is not a person, then a person authorized to cause the Auctioneer to transfer those items SHALL do so in a timely fashion after the winner pays the Auctioneer, instead. History: Enacted by Proposal 7975 "Auctions v6" (ATMunn; with o, Aris, nichdel, G.), Nov 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2552/0 (Power=1.0) Auction Termination Any player CAN terminate an Auction, by announcement, if the Auction has not ended and the Auctioneer of that Auction cannot transfer any item included in a lot in that Auction. When an Auction is terminated, all bids on that Auction are withdrawn, and then the Auction ends immediately. History: Enacted by Proposal 7975 "Auctions v6" (ATMunn; with o, Aris, nichdel, G.), Nov 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Awards ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2438/8 (Power=3.0) Ribbons The Tailor is an office, and the recordkeepor of Ribbons. Ribbon Ownership is a person switch, tracked by the Tailor in eir monthly report, whose values are the subsets of the set of types of Ribbon, defaulting to the empty set. If the rules are amended to change the types of Ribbon, if a player's Ribbon Ownership is subsequently illegal, then it is updated by removing all nonexistent types rather than resetting the entire value to default. To "award a person a " is to add that type of Ribbon to that person's Ribbon Ownership. A person "owns a " if that type of Ribbon is an element of eir Ribbon Ownership. While a person qualifies for a type of Ribbon, any player can generally award em that type of Ribbon. A person qualifies for a type of Ribbon if e has earned that type of Ribbon within the preceding 7 days (including earlier in the same message) and has not owned that type of Ribbon within the preceding 7 days. While a person owns all types of Ribbon, that person can Raise a Banner by announcement. This causes that person to win the game. That person's Ribbon Ownership becomes the empty set. The types of Ribbon, and the methods of obtaining them, are as follows: Red (R): When a proposal is adopted and changes at least one rule with Power >= 3, its proposer earns a Red Ribbon. Orange (O): When a proposal is adopted via an Agoran Decision on which no valid ballots were AGAINST (after evaluating conditionals), its proposer earns an Orange Ribbon. Green (G): While a person has held an elected office continuously for 30 days, and has not failed to perform any duties of that office within the appropriate time limits during those 30 days, that person qualifies for a Green Ribbon. Cyan (C): When a person deputises for an office, that person earns a Cyan Ribbon. Blue (B): When a person assigns a judgement to a CFJ, and has never violated a time limit to assign a judgement to that CFJ, that person earns a Blue Ribbon. Magenta (M): During Agora's Birthday, each person who has publicly acknowledged the fact qualifies for a Magenta Ribbon. Ultraviolet (U): When a person is awarded the Patent Title Champion, that person earns an Ultraviolet Ribbon. Violet (V): When a person is awarded a Patent Title other than Champion or a degree, that person earns a Violet Ribbon. Indigo (I): When a person is awarded a degree, that person earns an Indigo Ribbon. Platinum (P): The Speaker qualifies for a Platinum Ribbon. Lime (L): A person qualifies for a Lime Ribbon if three or more proposals adopted in the preceding 7 days had that person as a coauthor. White (W): A player qualifies for a White Ribbon if e has never previously owned a White Ribbon (including under previous rulesets). A player who has been registered for at least 30 days and has never caused another person to gain a White Ribbon (including under a previous ruleset) CAN award a White Ribbon to another person by announcement. Black (K): This rule does not specify any methods of obtaining Black Ribbons. Gray (A): The Tailor CAN award a Gray Ribbon by announcement, unless e has done so earlier in the month. E is ENCOURAGED to award such a Ribbon in the same message in which e publishes eir monthly report. Transparent (T): A person qualifies for a Transparent Ribbon while the number of other types of Ribbon that that person qualifies for and/or has earned within the previous 7 days is at least 5. History: Enacted by Proposal 7698 (ais523), Nov 03, 2014 Power changed from power 1.0 to 3.0 by Proposal 7725 (aranea), Nov 16, 2014 Amended(1) by Proposal 7735 (aranea), May 02, 2015 Amended(2) by Proposal 7746 (aranea), May 19, 2015 Amended(3) by Proposal 7748 (ais523), Jun 30, 2015 Amended(4) by Proposal 7760 (G.), Jul 19, 2015 Amended(5) by Proposal 7834 (ais523), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(6) by Proposal 7922 "Clarity Act" (Alexis), Oct 23, 2017 Amended(7) by Proposal 7933 "Ribbon Preservation Act" (Alexis), Nov 06, 2017 Amended(8) by Proposal 7965 "One pronoun fix" (Trigon), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 649/38 (Power=1.5) Patent Titles A Patent Title is a legal title given to a person in recognition of the person's distinction. The Herald is an office; its holder is responsible for tracking Patent Titles in eir monthly report. Awarding or revoking a Patent Title is secured. A person permitted and enabled to award (revoke) a Patent Title SHALL do so in a timely fashion after the conditions authorizing em to do so are announced, unless there is an open judicial case contesting the validity of those conditions. The Herald CAN award a specified Patent Title to a specified player With 2 Agoran Consent. History: Enacted by Proposal 649 (Wes), around Oct 22, 1993 Amended(1) by Proposal 1334, Nov 22, 1994 Amended(2) by Proposal 1681, Aug 22, 1995 Amended(3) by Proposal 2532, Mar 10, 1996 Amended(4) by Proposal 2693, Oct 03, 1996 Amended(5) by Proposal 2807 (Andre), Feb 08, 1997, cosmetic (unattributed) Amended(6) by Proposal 3445 (General Chaos), Mar 26, 1997, substantial Amended(7) by Proposal 3488 (Zefram), May 19, 1997, substantial (unattributed) Amended(8) by Proposal 3849 (Vlad), Apr 06, 1999 Amended(9) by Proposal 3860 (Peekee), May 12, 1999 Amended(10) by Proposal 3914 (Elysion), Sep 19, 1999 Amended(11) by Proposal 3916 (harvel), Sep 27, 1999 Amended(12) by Proposal 3968 (harvel), Feb 04, 2000 Amended(13) by Proposal 4002 (harvel), May 08, 2000 Amended(14) by Proposal 4110 (Ziggy), Feb 13, 2001 Amended(15) by Proposal 4147 (Wes), May 13, 2001 Amended(16) by Proposal 4497 (Steve), May 13, 2003 Amended(17) by Proposal 4691 (root), Apr 18, 2005 Amended(18) by Proposal 4824 (Maud; with Manu), Jul 17, 2005 Amended(19) by Proposal 4865 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(20) by Proposal 5036 (Zefram), Jun 28, 2007 Amended(21) by Proposal 5084 [disinterested] (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(22) by Proposal 5112 (Murphy), Aug 02, 2007 Amended(23) by Proposal 5123 (Zefram), Aug 13, 2007 Amended(24) by Proposal 5237 [disinterested] (AFO), Oct 03, 2007 Amended(25) by Proposal 5239 (AFO), Oct 03, 2007 Amended(26) by Proposal 5341 (G.), Dec 08, 2007 Amended(27) by Proposal 5412 (woggle), Jan 26, 2008 Power changed from power 1.0 to 1.5 by Proposal 5437 (G.), Feb 13, 2008 Amended(28) by Proposal 5437 (G.), Feb 13, 2008 Amended(29) by Proposal 6047 (omd), Jan 13, 2009 Amended(30) by Proposal 6175 (Yally), Apr 07, 2009 Amended(31) by cleaning (Wooble), Apr 13, 2009 Amended(32) by Proposal 6424 (Walker), Aug 16, 2009 Amended(33) by Proposal 7050 (omd), May 16, 2011 Amended(34) by Proposal 7315 (omd), Oct 16, 2012 Amended(35) by Proposal 7420 (omd), May 27, 2013 Amended(36) by Proposal 7470 [disinterested] (woggle), Jun 17, 2013 Amended(37) by Proposal 7621 (G.), Feb 23, 2014 Amended(38) by Proposal 7755 (G.), Jun 30, 2015 Annotations: CFJ 1525 (called Nov 15, 2004): If a patent title is defined by the rules, and previously the rules defined a patent title with the same spelling but a different award condition, the two are the same patent title. CFJ 1592 (called Dec 01, 2006): A patent title, once borne, is borne until explicitly revoked, even if the rule defining the patent title is repealed or the patent title was never defined by a rule. CFJ 1731 (called Aug 23, 2007): It is possible for an entity {a person at the time of CFJ 1731} to bear more than one instance of a patent title simultaneously. CFJ 1591 (called Dec 01, 2006): Where a person bears the patent title X, and X is not also defined by the rules to have some special meaning, it is correct to say that that person "is an X". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2444/2 (Power=1.0) Silver Quill The Silver Quill is an annual award designed to honor the authors of proposals of outstanding merit and influence on the game. In a timely fashion after the end of each Agoran Year, the Herald SHALL initiate and Agoran Decision to determine which Proposal has most greatly influenced that (ending) year of play. For this decision, the valid options are all proposals adopted between November 1 of the year prior to the ending year, and October 31 of the ending year. The vote collector is the Herald, and the voting method is instant runoff. Players are ENCOURAGED to discuss which eligible proposals best satisfy the aforementioned criteria. Proposals submitted by new players SHOULD be given somewhat higher weight, but the primary reference should be the proposals themselves and their effect on the game since adoption. Upon the resolution of the decision, if the outcome is not FAILED QUORUM and there were at least three votes containing it in any preference slot, that proposal wins the Ceremony, and the Herald is authorized to award its author the Patent Title of "Silver Quill YYYY, substituting the ending year; otherwise, there is no winner. History: Enacted by Proposal 7722 (omd), Nov 11, 2014 Amended(1) by Proposal 7778 (Alexis), Aug 14, 2014 Amended(2) by Proposal 7809 (G.), Sep 11, 2016 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2415/0 (Power=1.5) Badges A Badge is any patent title with the word 'badge' as part of its name. A badge SHOULD be used to award multiple persons for participating in specific event of note within Agora. Any player CAN award a badge that does not yet exist to three or more persons simultaneously, with Agoran Consent. The Herald CAN award an existing badge to persons Without Objection. History: Enacted by Proposal 7516 (G.), Jul 19, 2013 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 1367/19 (Power=3.0) Degrees Certain patent titles are known as degrees. The degrees are - Associate of Nomic (A.N.) - Bachelor of Nomic (B.N.) - Master of Nomic (M.N.) - Doctor of Nomic History (D.N.Hist.) - Doctor of Nomic Science (D.N.Sci.) - Doctor of Nomic Philosophy (D.N.Phil.) Degrees are ranked in the order they appear in this rule, with degrees listed later being ranked higher. A specific degree CANNOT be awarded to any person more than once. A specified degree CAN be awarded with 2 Agoran Consent, and SHOULD only be awarded for the publication of an original thesis of scholarly worth (including responses to peer-review), published with explicit intent to qualify for a degree. The Herald SHOULD coordinate the peer-review process and the awarding of degrees. History: Enacted by Proposal 1367, Jan 05, 1995 Infected and Amended(1) by Rule 1454, Feb 12, 1996 Amended(2) by Proposal 3452 (Steve), Apr 07, 1997, substantial Amended(3) by Proposal 3741 (Murphy), May 08, 1998 Amended(4) by Proposal 3889 (harvel), Aug 09, 1999 Amended(5) by Proposal 4002 (harvel), May 08, 2000 Amended(6) by Proposal 4110 (Ziggy), Feb 13, 2001 Amended(7) by Proposal 4865 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(8) by Proposal 5085 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Power changed from power 1.0 to 1.5 by Proposal 5085 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(9) by Proposal 5243 [disinterested] (root), Oct 07, 2007 Amended(10) by Proposal 5276 (Murphy; with Pavitra, Zefram), Nov 07, 2007 Amended(11) by Proposal 5437 (G.), Feb 13, 2008 Power changed from power 1.5 to 1.0 by Proposal 5947 (ais523), Nov 15, 2008 Amended(12) by Proposal 5955 [disinterested] (ais523; with Elysion, Murphy), Nov 18, 2008 Amended(13) by Proposal 6257 (Alexis), May 11, 2009 Amended(14) by Proposal 6624 (Murphy), Feb 20, 2010 Amended(15) by Proposal 6671 [disinterested] (Yally), Mar 22, 2010 Power changed from power 1.0 to 3.0 by Proposal 6717 (Alexis), May 04, 2010 Amended(16) by SLR ratification (by Proposal 6806 (Alexis)), Aug 27, 2010 Amended(17) by Proposal 7420 (omd), May 27, 2013 Amended(18) by Proposal 7591 (Alexis), Sep 14, 2013 Amended(19) by Proposal 7620 (omd), Jan 24, 2014 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2231/6 (Power=3.0) Order of the Hero of Agora Nomic Heroic titles are Agora's premier patent titles of distinction, and CAN be awarded to persons for meritorious service only by a proposal of power 3 or greater, which SHOULD explain why those persons are qualified. Bearers of heroic titles (Heroes) constitute the Order of the Hero of Agora Nomic. The Heroic titles in decreasing precedence are: Grand Hero of Agora Nomic (GHAN) -- This title CAN be awarded to any person obviously and directly responsible for the existence of Agora and/or Nomic in general. As this title is the highest honour that Agora may bestow, a Bearer of this title OUGHT to be treated right good forever. Hero of Agora Nomic (HAN) -- This title CAN be awarded to any person for outstanding meritorious service to Agora above and beyond the call of duty. History: Enacted by Proposal 6016 (OscarMeyr), Dec 18, 2008 Amended(1) by cleaning (Murphy), Aug 16, 2009 Amended(2) by Proposal 6571 (ais523), Nov 28, 2009 Power changed from power 2.0 to 3.0 by Proposal 6626 (Murphy), Feb 20, 2010 Amended(3) by Proposal 6626 (Murphy), Feb 20, 2010 Amended(4) by Proposal 7621 (G.), Feb 23, 2014 Amended(5) by Proposal 7647 (omd), Jun 03, 2014 Amended(6) by Proposal 7888 "BILLY MAYS HERE" (o; with V.J. Rada), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Calls for Judgement ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 991/23 (Power=2.0) Calls for Judgement Any person (the initiator) can initiate a Call for Judgement (CFJ, syn. Judicial Case), specifying a statement to be inquired into: a) by announcement, and spending 1 Action Point, OR b) by announcement, and spending the current CFJ cost in shinies, OR c) by announcement if e is not a player. When a person initiates a Call for Judgment, e CAN optionally bar one person from the case by announcement. At any time, each CFJ is either open (default), suspended, or assigned exactly one judgement. The Arbitor is an office, responsible for the administration of justice in a manner that is fair for emself, if not for the rest of Agora. When a CFJ has no judge assigned, the Arbitor CAN assign any player to be its judge by announcement, and SHALL do so within a week. The players eligible to be assigned as judge are all players except the initiator and the person barred (if any). The Arbitor SHALL assign judges over time such that all interested players have reasonably equal opportunities to judge. If a CFJ has no judge assigned, then any player eligible to judge that CFJ CAN assign it to emself Without 3 Objections. The Arbitor's weekly report includes a summary of recent judicial case activity, including open and recently-judged cases, recent judicial assignments, and a list of players interested in judging. History: Initial Mutable Rule 213 at Agora's birth, Jun 30, 1993 Amended(1) by Proposal 407 (Alexx), Sep 03, 1993 Amended by Proposal 991, around Aug 12, 1994 Amended(2) by Rule 750, around Aug 12, 1994 Infected and Amended(3) by Rule 1454, Oct 23, 1995 Amended(4) by Proposal 2042, Dec 11, 1995 Amended(5) by Proposal 2457, Feb 16, 1996 Mutated from MI=1 to MI=2 by Proposal 2669, Sep 19, 1996 Amended(6) by Proposal 4170 (Elysion), Jun 26, 2001 Amended(7) by Proposal 4298 (Murphy), May 17, 2002 Amended(8) by Proposal 4867 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(9) by Proposal 5015 (Zefram), Jun 24, 2007 Retitled by Proposal 5086 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(10) by Proposal 5086 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(11) by Proposal 5110 (Murphy), Aug 02, 2007 Amended(12) by Proposal 5317 (Murphy), Nov 28, 2007 Amended(13) by Proposal 5464 (Murphy), Mar 13, 2008 Assigned to the Committee on the Judiciary by Proposal 6053 (Murphy; with woggle, ais523), Jan 23, 2009 Amended(14) by Proposal 7050 (omd), May 16, 2011 Retitled by Proposal 7616 (G.), Jan 16, 2014 Amended(15) by Proposal 7616 (G.), Jan 16, 2014 Amended(16) by Proposal 7629 (Alexis), Apr 07, 2014 Amended(17) by Proposal 7647 (omd), Jun 03, 2014 Amended(18) by Proposal 7777 (omd), Aug 14, 2015 Amended(19) by Proposal 7803 (G.), Jul 31, 2016 Amended(20) by Proposal 7867 "Economics Overhaul v2" (nichdel; with o, grok, Aris), Jul 30, 2017 Amended(21) by Proposal 7876 "Float On" (o), Sep 26, 2017 Amended(22) by Proposal 7888 "BILLY MAYS HERE" (o; with V.J. Rada), Sep 26, 2017 Amended(23) by Proposal 7899 "Arbitor's Union" (G.), Oct 03, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1692-1693 (called Jun 20, 2007): A CFJ can be unambiguously referenced by using the customarily-assigned sequence numbers, even if the number was not assigned in the public forum, provided that those involved accept it as unambiguous at the time. CFJ 1355 (called Apr 28, 2002): Titles for CFJs are unregulated, so it is possible for a title to be assigned to a CFJ informally. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 591/45 (Power=1.7) Delivering Judgements When a CFJ is open and assigned to a judge, that judge CAN assign a valid judgement to it by announcement, and SHALL do so in a timely fashion after this becomes possible. If e does not, the Arbitor CAN remove em from being the judge of that case by announcement, and SHALL do so in a timely fashion after the time limit expires, unless the judge assigns a valid judgement in the mean time. The valid judgements for an inquiry case are as follows, based on the facts and legal situation at the time the inquiry case was initiated, not taking into account any events since that time: * FALSE, appropriate if the statement was factually and logically false * TRUE, appropriate if the statement was factually and logically true * IRRELEVANT, appropriate if the veracity of the statement is not relevant to the game or is an overly hypothetical extrapolation of the game or its rules to conditions that don't actually exist, or if it can be trivially determined from the outcome of another (possibly still undecided) judicial case that was not itself judged IRRELEVANT * INSUFFICIENT, appropriate if the statement does not come with supporting arguments or evidence, and the judge feels as if an undue burden is being placed on em by the lack of arguments and evidence. A CFJ judged as INSUFFICIENT CAN and SHOULD be submitted again with sufficient arguments/evidence. * DISMISS, appropriate if the statement is malformed, undecidable, if insufficient information exists to make a judgement with reasonable effort, or the statement is otherwise not able to be answered with another valid judgement. DISMISS is not appropriate if PARADOXICAL is appropriate. * PARADOXICAL, appropriate if the statement is logically undecidable as a result of a paradox or or other irresovable logical situation. PARADOXICAL is not appropriate if IRRELEVANT is appropriate, nor is it appropriate if the undecidability arises from the case itself or in reference to it. History: Initial Mutable Rule 216 at Agora's birth, Jun 30, 1993 Amended by Proposal 409 (Alexx), Aug 26, 1993 Amended by Proposal 591 (KoJen), Oct 21, 1993 Amended(1) by Proposal 1320, Nov 21, 1994 Amended(2) by Proposal 1487, Mar 15, 1995 Amended(3) by Proposal 2457, Feb 16, 1996 Amended(4) by Proposal 2662, Sep 12, 1996 Amended(5) by Proposal 2710, Oct 12, 1996 Infected and Amended(6) by Rule 1454, Nov 27, 1996 Amended(7) by Proposal 3452 (Steve), Apr 07, 1997, substantial Amended(8) by Proposal 3463 (Harlequin), Apr 17, 1997, substantial Infected and Amended(9) by Rule 1454, May 07, 1997 Amended(10) by Rule 591, May 21, 1997, substantial Amended(11) by Proposal 3629 (General Chaos), Dec 29, 1997, substantial Amended(12) by Proposal 3645 (elJefe), Dec 29, 1997 Amended(13) by Proposal 3889 (harvel), Aug 09, 1999 Amended(14) by Proposal 3897 (harvel), Aug 27, 1999 Amended(15) by Proposal 3968 (harvel), Feb 04, 2000 Amended(16) by Proposal 3998 (harvel), May 02, 2000 Amended(17) by Proposal 4147 (Wes), May 13, 2001 Amended(18) by Proposal 4298 (Murphy), May 17, 2002 Amended(19) by Proposal 5068 (Zefram), Jul 11, 2007 Retitled by Proposal 5068 (Zefram), Jul 11, 2007 Power changed from power 1.0 to 1.7 by Proposal 5068 (Zefram), Jul 11, 2007 Amended(20) by Proposal 5086 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(21) by Proposal 5296 (root), Nov 28, 2007 Amended(22) by Proposal 5360 (Murphy), Dec 20, 2007 Amended(23) by Proposal 5371 (Zefram), Dec 20, 2007 Amended(24) by Proposal 5425 (Murphy), Feb 06, 2008 Amended(25) by Proposal 5470 (Murphy), Mar 24, 2008 Amended(26) by Proposal 5476 [disinterested] (Murphy), Mar 27, 2008 Amended(27) by Proposal 5964 (Murphy), Nov 18, 2008 Amended(28) by Proposal 6002 (Murphy), Dec 07, 2008 Amended(29) by Proposal 6024 (Murphy), Dec 22, 2008 Amended(30) by Proposal 6044 (G.), Jan 13, 2009 Assigned to the Committee on the Judiciary by Proposal 6053 (Murphy; with woggle, ais523), Jan 23, 2009 Amended(31) by Proposal 6571 (ais523), Nov 28, 2009 Amended(32) by Proposal 6931 (omd), Jan 02, 2011 Amended(33) by Proposal 7022 (Walker; with Murphy, omd), May 05, 2011 Amended(34) by Proposal 7050 (omd), May 16, 2011 Amended(35) by Proposal 7078 (omd), Jun 16, 2011 Amended(36) by Proposal 7266 (omd), Jul 25, 2012 Amended(37) by Proposal 7293 (Murphy), Sep 09, 2012 Amended(38) by Proposal 7610 (G.), Dec 22, 2013 Retitled by Proposal 7616 (G.), Jan 16, 2014 Amended(39) by Proposal 7616 (G.), Jan 16, 2014 Amended(40) by Proposal 7629 (Alexis), Apr 07, 2014 Amended(41) by Proposal 7694 (omd), Oct 23, 2014 Amended(42) by Proposal 7776 (omd), Aug 14, 2015 Amended(43) by Proposal 7859 (Quazie; with grok), Jun 27, 2017 Amended(44) by Proposal 7899 "Arbitor's Union" (G.), Oct 03, 2017 Amended(45) by Proposal 7975 "Auctions v6" (ATMunn; with o, Aris, nichdel, G.), Nov 26, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1835 (called Dec 18, 2007): A question cannot generally take the place of a statement in initiating an inquiry case. CFJ 1903 (called Feb 06, 2008): The question-statement equivalence established by this rule applies only for the purposes of the subject of an inquiry case, not for acting by announcement. CFJ 1671 (called May 17, 2007): The truth or falsity of a statement can be determined as of the initiation of a CFJ even if public knowledge at the time of initiation was not sufficient to determine it. CFJ 1482 (called Feb 10, 2004): If the truth of a CFJ statement logically depends on the truth of statements of a previously-called CFJ which has not yet been judged, the judge is entitled to treat this as a situation of insufficient information being available. CFJ 1744 (called Sep 18, 2007): It is not the job of the judge to hunt down or request the information that would be required to render a substantive judgement. CFJ 1771 (called Oct 28, 2007): If an inquiry case revolves around the interpretation of a specific message, and the initiator does not provide a reasonable reference to that message , the judge is entitled to treat this as a situation of insufficient information being available. CFJ 1732 (called Aug 23, 2007): If a particular player holds a particular office, and an inquiry case on a statement that that player holds that office is judged FALSE, that player still holds that office. CFJ 2281 (called Nov 19, 2008): For the purposes of determining the validity of an inquiry case, the term "statement" should be interpreted loosely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 911/54 (Power=1.7) Motions and Moots If a judgement has been in effect for less then seven days and has not been entered into Moot, then: - The judge of that CFJ CAN self-file a Motion to Reconsider the case by announcement, if e has not already self-filed a Motion to Reconsider that CFJ. - Any Player CAN group-file a Motion to Reconsider the case with 2 Support, if the CFJ has not had a Motion to Reconsider group-filed for it at any time while it has been assigned to its current judge. When a Motion to Reconsider is so filed, the case is rendered open again. If a CFJ has a judgement assigned, a player CAN enter that judgement into Moot with N+2 support, where N is the number of weeks since that judgement has been assigned, rounded down. When this occurs, the CFJ is suspended, and the Arbitor is once authorized to initiate the Agoran decision to determine public confidence in the judgement, which e SHALL do in a timely fashion. For this decision, the vote collector is the Arbitor and the valid options are AFFIRM, REMAND, and REMIT. When the decision is resolved, the effect depends on the outcome: - AFFIRM, FAILED QUORUM: The judgement is reassigned to the case, and cannot be entered into Moot again. - REMAND: The case becomes open again. - REMIT: The case becomes open again, and the current judge is recused. The Arbitor SHALL NOT assign em to the case again unless no other eligible judges have displayed interest in judging. History: Enacted by Proposal 384 (Alexx), Aug 16, 1993 Amended by Proposal 690 (Ronald Kunne), Nov 11, 1993 Amended by Proposal 911, May 04, 1994 Amended(1) by Rule 750, May 04, 1994 Amended(2) by Proposal 1345, Nov 29, 1994 Amended(3) by Proposal 1487, Mar 15, 1995 Amended(4) by Proposal 1511, Mar 24, 1995 Amended(5) by Proposal 2457, Feb 16, 1996 Amended(6) by Proposal 2553, Mar 22, 1996 Amended(7) by Proposal 2685, Oct 03, 1996 Amended(8) by Proposal 3532 (General Chaos), Jul 15, 1997, cosmetic (unattributed) Amended(9) by Proposal 3559 (Murphy), Oct 24, 1997, substantial Amended(10) by Proposal 4213 (Taral), Sep 29, 2001 Amended(11) by Proposal 4278 (harvel), Apr 03, 2002 Amended(12) by Proposal 4298 (Murphy), May 17, 2002 Amended(13) by Proposal 4579 (Murphy), Jun 15, 2004 Amended(14) by Proposal 4825 (Maud), Jul 17, 2005 Amended(15) by Proposal 4867 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(16) by Proposal 5051 (Zefram), Jul 05, 2007 Retitled by Proposal 5086 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Power changed from power 1.0 to 1.7 by Proposal 5086 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(17) by Proposal 5086 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(18) by Proposal 5359 (Murphy), Dec 20, 2007 Amended(19) by Proposal 5361 (Murphy), Dec 20, 2007 Amended(20) by Proposal 5436 (Murphy), Feb 13, 2008 Amended(21) by Proposal 5466 (Murphy), Mar 13, 2008 Amended(22) by Proposal 5610 (Murphy), Jul 29, 2008 Amended(23) by Proposal 5726 (Murphy), Oct 07, 2008 Amended(24) by Proposal 6002 (Murphy), Dec 07, 2008 Amended(25) by Proposal 6014 (G.), Dec 18, 2008 Amended(26) by Proposal 6024 (Murphy), Dec 22, 2008 Assigned to the Committee on the Judiciary by Proposal 6053 (Murphy; with woggle, ais523), Jan 23, 2009 Amended(27) by Proposal 6211 (omd), Apr 27, 2009 Amended(28) by Proposal 6229 (Murphy), May 04, 2009 Amended(29) by Proposal 6327 (Murphy), May 29, 2009 Amended(30) by Proposal 6334 (G.; with ais523), May 29, 2009 Amended(31) by Proposal 6334 (G.; with ais523), May 29, 2009 Amended(32) by Proposal 6376 (Murphy), Jun 23, 2009 Amended(33) by Proposal 6510 (Murphy), Oct 03, 2009 Amended(34) by Proposal 6542 (Murphy), Nov 07, 2009 Amended(35) by Proposal 6571 (ais523), Nov 28, 2009 Amended(36) by Proposal 6571 (ais523), Nov 28, 2009 Amended(37) by Proposal 6605 (Murphy), Jan 19, 2010 Amended(38) by cleaning (Murphy), Mar 06, 2010 Amended(39) by Proposal 6705 (omd), Apr 25, 2010 Amended(40) by Proposal 6726 (Alexis), May 22, 2010 Amended(41) by Proposal 6811 (Murphy), Sep 04, 2010 Amended(42) by Proposal 6969 (Murphy), Mar 20, 2011 Amended(43) by Proposal 7038 (Alexis), May 16, 2011 Amended(44) by Proposal 7042 [disinterested] (Murphy), May 16, 2011 Amended(45) by Proposal 7049 (omd), May 16, 2011 Amended(46) by Proposal 7050 (omd), May 16, 2011 Amended(47) by Proposal 7072 (woggle), Jun 16, 2011 Amended(48) by Proposal 7078 (omd), Jun 16, 2011 Amended(49) by Proposal 7152 (Murphy), Jan 25, 2012 Retitled by Proposal 7616 (G.), Jan 16, 2014 Amended(50) by Proposal 7616 (G.), Jan 16, 2014 Amended(51) by Proposal 7629 (Alexis), Apr 07, 2014 Amended(52) by Proposal 7647 (omd), Jun 03, 2014 Amended(53) by Proposal 7777 (omd), Aug 14, 2015 Amended(54) by Proposal 7930 (G.), Oct 29, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1597 (called Dec 22, 2006): It is possible to appeal a judgement even if it is not certain that the judgement exists. CFJ 1800 (called Nov 18, 2007): An announcement of the form "I call for the appeal of " has the effect of initiating the Agoran decision on whether to approve appealing the cited judgement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2175/9 (Power=1.0) Judicial Retraction and Excess A new case is a judicial case that has not had any judge assigned to it. The initiator of a new case CAN retract it by announcement, thus causing it to cease to be a judicial case. An excess case is a new case whose initiator previously initiated five or more cases during the same week as that case. A person SHALL NOT initiate an excess case. The Arbitor CAN refuse an excess case by announcement, thus causing it to cease to be a judicial case. When e does so, e fulfills any obligations with regards to that case. History: Enacted by Proposal 5284 (root; with pikhq), Nov 07, 2007 Retitled by Proposal 5301 (Murphy), Nov 28, 2007 Amended(1) by Proposal 5301 (Murphy), Nov 28, 2007 Amended(2) by Proposal 5384 (Murphy), Jan 01, 2008 Amended(3) by Proposal 5768 (Murphy), Oct 17, 2008 Amended(4) by Proposal 6024 (Murphy), Dec 22, 2008 Amended(5) by Proposal 6445 [disinterested] (Alexis), Aug 27, 2009 Amended(6) by Proposal 6944 [disinterested] (omd), Jan 16, 2011 Amended(7) by Proposal 7623 (G.), Feb 23, 2014 Amended(8) by Proposal 7629 (Alexis), Apr 07, 2014 Amended(9) by Proposal 7647 (omd), Jun 03, 2014 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2492/1 (Power=1.0) Recusal A judge CAN recuse emself from a CFJ they are assigned to by announcement. When a judge recuses emself from a CFJ the following happens: 1 - The CFJ becomes unassigned 2 - The recused judge becomes ineligible to be assigned as a judge for a week. 3 - The recused judge SHOULD suggest another judge for the CFJ to make the Arbitor's job easier. History: Enacted by Proposal 7859 (Quazie; with grok), Jun 27, 2017 Amended(1) by Proposal 7888 "BILLY MAYS HERE" (o; with V.J. Rada), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Estates ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2489/2 (Power=2.0) Estates An Estate is a type of indestructible liquid asset. The following changes are secured: creating, modifying, or destroying an Estate; and causing an entity to become an Estate or cease to be an Estate. History: Enacted by Proposal 7846 (o; with Aris), May 08, 2017 Amended(1) by Proposal 7864 (Aris; with G., o, nichdel, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus), Jun 27, 2017 Amended(2) by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2488/1 (Power=1.0) The Surveyor The Surveyor is an office, and the recordkeepor of estates. History: Enacted by Proposal 7846 (o; with Aris), May 08, 2017 Amended(1) by Proposal 7864 (Aris; with G., o, nichdel, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus), Jun 27, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2491/6 (Power=2.0) Estate Auctions At the start of each month, if Agora owns at least one Estate, then the Surveyor CAN and SHALL initiate an Estate Auction in a timely fashion. The Auctioneer of an Estate Auction is Agora. The Announcer of an Estate Auction is the Surveyor. The Starting Bid of an Estate Auction is 1 Shiny. An Estate Auction has one lot for each Estate owned by Agora, containing exactly and only that Estate. The Surveyor CAN freely determine the order in which those lots will be awarded. If an entity wins a lot in an Estate Auction, the Surveyor CAN, for each Estate in the lot, and at most once per Estate per Estate Auction, cause Agora to transfer each Estate to that entity. History: Enacted by Proposal 7846 (o; with Aris), May 08, 2017 Amended(1) by Proposal 7864 (Aris; with G., o, nichdel, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus), Jun 27, 2017 Amended(2) by Proposal 7868 "Minor economic fixes" (Murphy), Jul 30, 2017 Amended(3) by Proposal 7872 "Estate Auction Cleanup" (o), Sep 07, 2017 Amended(4) by Proposal 7888 "BILLY MAYS HERE" (o; with V.J. Rada), Sep 26, 2017 Amended(5) by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Amended(6) by Proposal 7975 "Auctions v6" (ATMunn; with o, Aris, nichdel, G.), Nov 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2490/0 (Power=3.0) Estate Ballots During any Agoran Decision, a player who owns one or more Estates can, by announcement, expend any number of their owned Estates on the Agoran Decision by transferring that Estate to Agora. Eir voting strength on that decision is increased by 1 for each Estate expended on it. History: Enacted by Proposal 7846 (o; with Aris), May 08, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2504/0 (Power=2.0) The Agronomist The Agronomist is an office. The Agronomist's weekly report includes: * A list of Farms and their owners. * A list of Comestibles offers that have not been accepted and have not expired. History: Enacted by Proposal 7873 "Agoraculture" (o; with babelian), Sep 07, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2502/1 (Power=2.0) Agoraculture Each Estate has a Farm switch, tracked by the Agronomist, with values "farmed" and "unfarmed", defaulting to "unfarmed". Changes to Farm switches are secured. An Estate whose Farm switch is "farmed" is a Farm, and its owner is the Farmer of that Estate. In the first week of an Agoran month, the owner of an unfarmed Estate CAN flip its Farm switch to 'farmed" by paying Agora a number of shinies equal to the Farm Rate, by announcement. In the first week of an Agoran month, the owner of a Farm CAN till the farm by paying Agora a number of shinies equal to the Farm Rate, by announcement. If the Farmer of an Estate does not till it within the first week of an Agoran month, the Agronomist CAN flip its Farm switch to "unfarmed' by announcement, and SHALL do so in a timely fashion. When an Estate is transferred to Agora or to an Organization, its Farm switch is set to "unfarmed" immediately afterwards History: Enacted by Proposal 7873 "Agoraculture" (o; with babelian), Sep 07, 2017 Amended(1) by Proposal 7900 "Come What May" (o), Oct 03, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2501/0 (Power=1.0) Farm Rate The Farm Rate is a natural singleton switch, tracked by the Agronomist. History: Enacted by Proposal 7873 "Agoraculture" (o; with babelian), Sep 07, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2503/1 (Power=2.0) Comestibles A Comestible is a type of liquid asset, which can be owned by players. Creating Comestibles is secured. The recordkeepor of Comestibles is the Agronomist. The Farmer of an Estate CAN offer Comestibles by announcement, naming a number of Comestibles offered and a price per Comestible in Shinies. A player CANNOT offer more Comestibles in a month than 10 times the number of Farms e owns. The Farmer is ENCOURAGED to name the kind of Comestibles on offer after a plant, vegetable, grain, livestock, or other farm good. A player other than the offering Farmer CAN accept a Comestibles offer by announcement to create that number of Comestibles in eir possession, by paying the offering Farmer the price per Comestible named in the offer times the number of Comestbiles offered. The Value of a Comestible created this way is equal to the price per Comestible offered by the Farmer. An offer expires at the end of the Agoran month in which it is made. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, an offer CANNOT be accepted if it has expired. During an Agoran Decision, a player CAN increase their voting strength on that decision by destroying (syn. "eating", "consuming") Comestibles. Eir voting strength is increased by one-tenth the total Value of the Comestibles destroyed this way, rounded down, to a maximum of 5. A Comestible is an Expired Comestible if it was created by accepting an offer announced more than three Agoran months ago. An Expired Comestible CANNOT be consumed to increase voting strength, and CAN be destroyed by any player, by announcement. The Agronomist SHALL destroy all Expired Comestibles at the start of each Agoran month. History: Enacted by Proposal 7873 "Agoraculture" (o; with babelian), Sep 07, 2017 Amended(1) by Proposal 7900 "Come What May" (o), Oct 03, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Festivals ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2480/1 (Power=2.1) Festivals Festivity is a singleton switch, whose possible values are integers ranging from 0 inclusive to the number of defined types of Ribbon exclusive, and defaulting to 0. While Agora's Festivity is 0, Festivity is tracked in the Tailor's monthly report. Otherwise, it is tracked in the Tailor's weekly report. Changes to Festivity are secured. If Agora's Festivity has had the same nonzero value for 14 days or more, any player CAN flip it to 0 by announcement. A player who owns at least N types of Ribbon CAN Start a Rank N Festival, where N is an integer greater than Agora's Festivity, with 4 Support from players who own at least N types of Ribbon. Upon doing so, Agora's Festivity is flipped to N. Exception: A player CANNOT do so if Agora's Festivity has had a value greater than or equal to N within the past 21 days. A person who owns a number of types of Ribbon equal to or greater than Agora's Festivity is known as Festive. Other persons are not Festive. History: Enacted by Proposal 7833 (ais523), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(1) by Proposal 7888 "BILLY MAYS HERE" (o; with V.J. Rada), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2481/1 (Power=2.1) Festival Restrictions While Agora's Festivity is nonzero, the following apply: 1. Non-Festive players are never considered Supporters of a dependent action; 2. Non-Festive players cannot flip the Imminence of any proposal; 3. Quorum for Agoran Decisions is equal to half the number of Festive players, rounded up; 4. Each Festive player has the maximum possible voting strength. All other players have the minimum possible voting strength. While Agora's Festivity is zero, the paragraphs above have no effect and are ignored. History: Enacted by Proposal 7833 (ais523), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(1) by Rule 2430, May 24, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Holidays, Events & History ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2327/1 (Power=1.0) Read the Ruleset Week The first Agoran week each year which falls entirely in February is Read the Ruleset Week. Agorans are encouraged to read the ruleset during Read the Ruleset Week. History: Enacted by Proposal 6973 (Murphy), Mar 30, 2011 Amended(1) by Proposal 6995 (omd; with harvel), Apr 10, 2011 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 1727/21 (Power=1.0) Happy Birthday WHEREAS, in June 1993, the world's only MUD-based nomic, Nomic World, had recently collapsed; yet, many of its players enjoyed nomic and did not wish to forego such a noble pursuit; And WHEREAS, Originator Chuck Carroll therefore composed an Initial Ruleset for an email nomic, based on the Initial Rulesets of Peter Suber, inventor of Nomic, and on the Rulesets of Nomic World and other nomics, And WHEREAS, a nomic thus rose like a phoenix from the ashes of Nomic World, played on the mailing list originally set up for discussion of Nomic World, and coming into existence at June 30, 1993, 00:04:30 GMT +1200, with a message sent by FIRST SPEAKER Michael Norrish, which read, in part, "I see no reason to let this get bogged down; there are no precedents or rules that cover this situation, so I think we may as well begin directly.... Proposals for new rules are invited. In accordance with the rules, these will be published, numbered and distributed by me at my earliest convenience." And WHEREAS, this nomic began as a humble and nameless nomic, known unofficially as yoyo, after the mailing list it was played on, until its Players, much later, gave it its OFFICIAL NAME of Agora, And WHEREAS, Agora has now become the wisest, noblest, eldest, and most interesting of all active email nomics, due to the hard work and diligence of Agorans as well as the frequent advice of Agoraphobes, And WHEREAS, Agorans desire to joyously commemorate Agora's founding, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Agora's Birthday is defined to be the entire day of June 30, GMT +1200, of each year. History: Enacted by Proposal 3513 (Chuck), Jun 16, 1997 Amended(1) by Proposal 3530 (Chuck), Jun 30, 1997, substantial Amended(2) by Proposal 3533 (General Chaos), Jul 15, 1997, substantial Amended(3) by Proposal 3543 (Harlequin), Aug 17, 1997, substantial Amended(4) by Proposal 3897 (harvel), Aug 27, 1999 Amended(5) by Proposal 3915 (harvel), Sep 27, 1999 Amended(6) by Proposal 3940 (Blob), Nov 15, 1999 Amended(7) by Proposal 4018 (Kelly), Jun 21, 2000 Amended(8) by Proposal 4099 (Murphy), Jan 15, 2001 Amended(9) by Proposal 4147 (Wes), May 13, 2001 Amended(10) by Proposal 4159 (Kelly), Jun 05, 2001 Amended(11) by Proposal 4367 (Steve), Aug 23, 2002 Amended(12) by Proposal 4376 (Steve), Sep 06, 2002 Amended(13) by Proposal 4486 (Michael), Apr 24, 2003 Amended(14) by Proposal 4743 (Manu), May 05, 2005 Amended(15) by Proposal 4839 (G.), Oct 02, 2005 Amended(16) by Proposal 4866 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(17) by Proposal 4880 (Murphy), Jan 22, 2007 Amended(18) by Proposal 4887 (Murphy), Jan 22, 2007 Amended(19) by Proposal 5364 (Murphy), Dec 20, 2007 Amended(20) by Proposal 7610 (G.), Dec 22, 2013 Amended(21) by Rule 2430, May 24, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2464/2 (Power=1.0) Tournaments A Tournament is a sub-game of Agora specifically sanctioned to be initiated as a tournament by the Rules. If a winner of a tournament is determined within 4 weeks of its initiation, that person or persons win the game, otherwise the tournament concludes with no winner. A Tournament is governed by a special temporary title of the ACORN, created in accordance with its parent rule, which have binding control over those who freely agree to play the tournament and over the tournament itself. Once the tournament is concluded, these regulations cease to have any effect, and CAN be repealed by any player by announcement. History: Enacted by Proposal 7809 (G.), Sep 11, 2016 Amended(1) by Proposal 7865 (Aris; with o, nichdel, ais523), Jun 27, 2017 Amended(2) by Proposal 7888 "BILLY MAYS HERE" (o; with V.J. Rada), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 1769/15 (Power=3.0) Holidays The period each year from midnight GMT on the morning of 24 December to the beginning of the first Agoran week to begin after 2 January is a Holiday. The week that contains the beginning of Agora's Birthday, together with the following week, is a Holiday. If a person breaks a Rule by missing a deadline that occurs during a Holiday, punishment is generally not appropriate. History: Amended(1) by Proposal 4036 (Ørjan), Aug 07, 2000 Amended(2) by Proposal 01-003 (Steve), Feb 02, 2001 Amended(3) by Proposal 4866 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(4) by Proposal 5077 (Murphy), Jul 18, 2007 Amended(5) by Proposal 5086 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(6) by Proposal 5484 [disinterested] (Murphy), Apr 02, 2008 Amended(7) by Proposal 5535 (Murphy), Jun 07, 2008 Power changed from power 2.0 to 3.0 by Proposal 5701 (ais523), Oct 01, 2008 Amended(8) by Proposal 6607 [disinterested] (Alexis), Feb 01, 2010 Amended(9) by SLR ratification (by Proposal 6806 (Alexis)), Aug 27, 2010 Amended(10) by Proposal 7050 (omd), May 16, 2011 Amended(11) by Proposal 7150 (Murphy), Jan 25, 2012 Amended(12) by Proposal 7151 (Murphy), Jan 25, 2012 Amended(13) by Proposal 7262 (omd), Jul 07, 2012 Amended(14) by Proposal 7610 (G.), Dec 22, 2013 Amended(15) by Proposal 7647 (omd), Jun 03, 2014 Annotations: CFJ 1434 (called Jan 24, 2003): The registration of a player is an event for the purposes of Rule 1769. CFJ 1434 (called Jan 24, 2003): The expiration of a rule-defined period is an event for the purposes of Rule 1769. CFJ 1480 (called Jan 05, 2004): An automatic event specified to occur at regular calendar intervals, for example quarterly, happens at its specified time even if that is during a holiday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Miscellaneous ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2471/1 (Power=1.0) No Faking A person SHALL NOT make a public statement that is a lie. A statment is a lie if its publisher either knew or believed it to be not to be true at the time e published it (or, in the case of an action, not to be effective), and it was made with the intent to mislead. Merely quoting a statement does not constitute making it for the purposes of this rule. Any disclaimer, conditional clause, or other qualifier attached to a statement constitutes part of the statement for the purposes of this rule; the truth or falsity of the whole is what is significant. The previous provisions of this rule notwithstanding, a formal announcement of intent is never a lie. History: Enacted by Proposal 7822 (Alexis), Nov 07, 2016 Amended(1) by Proposal 7892 "Truthfulness v2" (Aris), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2446/5 (Power=1.0) The Agoran Newspaper The Reportor is an office. The Reportor's weekly report includes: 1. A suitable name for a newspaper, at the Reportor's discretion. 2. A description of events that have happened since the last report that the Reportor believes significant or interesting. 3. Any editorialization or other pieces of Agora-related information the Reportor pleases, as long as it is neither i) factually incorrect nor ii) disrespectful to any person or Agora itself. While meeting these requirements, the Reportor may format eir report however e pleases. The Reportor's reports are still subject to the requirements of rule 2143 The Reportor SHALL include at least one piece of information relevant to Agora in the last week and SHALL write with the goal of creating a more informed population. History: Enacted by Proposal 7729 #2 (Henri), Feb 11, 2015 Amended(1) by Proposal 7766 (Alexis), Jul 24, 2015 Amended(2) by Proposal 7786 (Alexis), Aug 29, 2015 Amended(3) by Proposal 7805 (nichdel), Jul 31, 2016 Amended(4) by Rule 2430, May 24, 2017 Amended(5) by Proposal 7871 "Minor fixes (sans typos)" (V.J. Rada), Sep 07, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 104/0 (Power=3.0) First Speaker The Speaker for the first game shall be Michael Norrish. History: Initial Immutable Rule 104 at Agora's birth, Jun 30, 1993 Mutated from MI=unanimity to MI=3 by Proposal 1482, Mar 15, 1995 Annotations: CFJ 1534 (called Mar 08, 2005): This does not mean that Michael Norrish necessarily fills the position of Speaker at the present time. CFJ 2154 (called Sep 08, 2008): The Speaker for the first game shall be Michael Norrish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2495/1 (Power=1.0) The Birthday Tournament In a timely fashion after the start of June 1 of each year, the Herald SHALL propose a set of Regulations governing a Birthday Tournament for that year; the Herald CAN also delegate the responsibility for creating or running the tournament to another player, with that player's consent, by announcement. The Birthday Tournament's regulations SHOULD be such that all persons who choose to participate have a fair chance of winning the tournament (according to its regulations), and a winner SHOULD be expected within 2-3 weeks following the tournament's initiation. After adequate time for discussion of the Birthday Tournament's regulations, the Herald (or delegate) CAN initiate a sanctioned tournament with a specified, finalized set of regulations, Without 3 Objections. By doing so e promulgates those regulations as a special temporary title of the ACORN. This title may thereafter be amended only by the Herald or eir designee without objection, to correct minor typos. The initiation SHOULD be timed to coincide with Agora's Birthday. History: Enacted by Proposal 7865 (Aris; with o, nichdel, ais523), Jun 27, 2017 Amended(1) by Proposal 7885 (o; with V.J. Rada, Ørjan), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2514/1 (Power=1.0) Emotions Emotion is a player switch, tracked by the Registrar, with possible values Joyous, Melancholy, and Indifferent, that defaults to Indifferent. At any time, any player CAN by announcement flip eir own Emotion to any value it is currently not. When doing this, e MUST provide a reason as to why e changed eir Emotion as such. It is IMPOSSIBLE to change another player's Emotion. A player's Emotion has the following effects: Indifferent: No effect. Melancholy: Any player that is not currently Melancholy MAY pat any Melancholy player on the back. Upon doing this, the Melancholy player is ENCOURAGED to change eir emotion to Joyous. Joyous: Any player that is Joyous is ENCOURAGED to pat Melancholy players on the back. E is also ENCOURAGED to do other kind acts, such as paying shinies to other players or pending other players' proposals. History: Enacted by Proposal 7913 "Cheer Up v7?" (ATMunn), Oct 15, 2017 Amended(1) by Proposal 7943 "Mini fixes" (ATMunn), Nov 06, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 1650/3 (Power=1.0) Silliness Each Agoran Week a Player is designated the Silly Person. The Silly Person SHALL in that week, by announcement (1) designate another player, who has not been the Silly Person in the past two weeks, to be the next week's Silly Person; (2) submit a Silly Proposal. If there is ever no Silly Person or the Silly Person is not a player, then the next week's Silly Person is the first player that any player publicly designates to be the next week's Silly Person. A Silly Proposal is a Proposal whose sole contents are one of the following: i) A limerick. ii) A poem with a rhyme scheme and/or strict metrical structure no longer than 14 lines (No free verse!) iii) A joke or truly hideous pun of no more than a two hundred words. The first Silly Proposal submitted by the week's Silly Person is an Official Proposal. History: Enactedwith MI=1 by Proposal 2673, Sep 26, 1996 Repealed by Proposal 3688 "Repeal-O-Matic", Feb 21, 1998 Reenacted(1) by Proposal 7908 "Silly season" (G.), Oct 05, 2017 Amended(2) by Proposal 7943 "Mini fixes" (ATMunn), Nov 06, 2017 Amended(3) by Proposal 7972 "Silly Tweaks" (G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2530/0 (Power=1.0) Poetry Duel Challenge Writ A player CAN issue the title's writ once a month to another, who this month a different writ they yet remit, by having the first player pays its due of ten shinies and announces intent. If a party remits, they are disgraced; else the pair must to the public present a poem each which then Agorans be faced with a Decision of which one is better. Each task a timely manner it be done, The winner gains the loser as debtor, of whose function this rule shall provide none. History: Enacted by Proposal 7934 "Poetry Duel Challenge Writ" (D.F.F.), Nov 06, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2029/0 (Power=4.0) Town Fountain /\ /\ / \ / \ T his Power-04 Rule (the first ever) was placed to honor The Agoran Spirit Of The Game by G., Steve, Murphy, root and OscarMeyr, Scamsters. Look on our works, ye Marvy, but do always Dance a Powerful Dance. Hail Eris! History: Enacted by Proposal 4329, Jun 09, 2002 Annotations: CFJ 1881 (called Jan 25, 2008): This rule does not impose an obilgation to always Dance a Powerful Dance, because "Marvy" is currently undefined. CFJ 1736 (called Aug 23, 2007): Failing to hail Eris does not necessarily constitute a violation of this rule. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Obligations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2450/3 (Power=1.7) Pledges Pledges are an indestructible fixed asset. Ownership of pledges is restricted to persons. The Referee is the recordkeepor of pledges. Creating, destroying, modifying, and transferring pledges are secured. To "pledge" something is to create a pledge with those terms. A person CAN pledge by announcement to create a pledge e owns. To "retract" (syn "withdraw") a pledge is to destroy it. A person CAN retract a pledge e owns without objection. To "call in" a pledge" is to destroy it. A player CAN call in any pledge with Agoran Consent, if e announces a reason the Terms of the pledge should be considered broken. Support for an intent to call in a pledge is INEFFECTIVE unless the supporting player explicitly confirms the reasons that the pledge should be considered broken. It is ILLEGAL to own a pledge when it is called in. History: Enacted by Proposal 7761 (G.), Jul 19, 2015 Amended(1) by Proposal 7862 (Quazie), Jun 27, 2017 Amended(2) by Proposal 7866 (o; with Aris, Quazie, G., Gaelan, D.F.F.), Jul 16, 2017 Amended(3) by Proposal 7901 (o; with o, Cuddle Beam, Ørjan, V.J. Rada, nichdel), Oct 03, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2519/0 (Power=3.0) Consent A person gives consent (syn. consents) to an action when e, acting as emself, publicly states that e agrees to the action. This agreement may be implied, but only if it is reasonably clear from context that the person wanted the agreement to take place. History: Enacted by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2520/0 (Power=2.5) Contracts A contract is a ruleset-defined entity embodied in text. An entity can only become a contract through the appropriate ruleset defined procedures. Changes to the contract's text by rule defined mechanisms (including those delegated to the contract itself) do not change the identity of the contract. If any change to a contract's text, internal state, or other properties would cause them to become indeterminate and remain so for any non-infinitesimal amount of time, the change is canceled and does not occur. The following changes are secured at power 2.1: creating or modifying a contract or causing an entity to become a contract. The properties of contracts, as defined by other rules, include the following: - Parties, persons who agree to be bound by and assume powers under the contract. - The ability to be amended or destroyed. - The ability to compel actions by their parties. - The ability to allow persons to take actions on the part of their parties. - The ability to define arbitrary classes of asset. - The ability to possess and control assets. History: Enacted by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2525/0 (Power=2.6) Interpreting Contracts A contract should generally be interpreted according to its text, including any clauses giving directions for its interpretation or construction. Additionally, justice, the intent of the contract's parties, and the principles governing rule interpretation should be reasonably applied when interpreting a contract. A contract is subservient to the rules. Although a contract may specify obligations or powers beyond those created by the rules, a contract may not override the rules: in particular, any provision of a contract that would unreasonably violate an inalienable right of players and/or persons or cause any rule defined statement about the gamestate, or about the possibility of an action, to become false is void and without effect insofar as it does so. The following are protected actions: 1. Registering and deregistering; 2. Submitting, pending, or voting freely on a proposal, but only if the sole effect the proposal would have if adopted is to create, modify, or destroy a contract or group of contracts, or to cause an entity or group of entities to become or cease to be a contract or group of contracts; 3. Creating, destroying, or amending a contract, intending to do so, and supporting, objecting to, or resolving such an intent, except where the mechanism for destruction or amendment is created by the contract itself; 4. Making true statements about a contract; 5. Calling, judging, assigning, or freely discussing a CFJ; 6. Lawfully performing an official duty; 7. Objecting to or supporting an intent to perform an action while Speaker; 8. Using an executive order; 9. Making, amending, revoking or calling in a pledge; and 10. Any action affecting the status of a festival. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a contract CANNOT compel, forbid, or in any significant way alter, tamper with, or modify the performance of a protected action. A contract CANNOT punish a player for performing or failing protected action, or for doing so in a particular manner, except where it would otherwise be ILLEGAL. A contract also CANNOT enable a person to do any of the things prohibited to the contract by this paragraph. Insofar as a contract or a provision or clause of a contract contravenes the letter or clear intent of this rule, it is void and without effect. History: Enacted by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2522/0 (Power=2.5) Contract Lifecycle A person CAN create a contract by announcement by transferring 1 shiny to Agora, specifying the contract's text. A person SHALL NOT create more than X (where X is the contract limit) contracts per week by this method, and the Notary CAN destroy any excess (i.e. beyond the X permitted) contracts by announcement within 7 days of the contract's formation, but only if the contract(s) were excess at the time of their creation. The contract limit is an untracked singleton switch, defaulting to 3, with possible values of any integer between 3 and 7. The contract limit can be set to any valid value in a regulation promulgated by the Notary. The amendment limit is an untracked singleton switch, with possible values of integers greater than or equal to 5, or positive infinity (default). The amendment limit can be set in a regulation promulgated by the Notary. The person or persons who create a contract CAN and SHOULD also specify a name for the contract; if e does not do so, the Notary CAN and SHALL assign a name in a timely fashion. A contract CAN amend, destroy, or retitle itself by announcement. A player CAN amend, destroy, or retitle a contract without objection, even if its text denies em the ability to do so. Players SHOULD only use this mechanism to recover from situations where the contract is underspecified or has unintended effects. The Notary CAN by regulation stop the same contract from amending or retitling itself more than Y times (where Y is the amendment limit limit) combined times per Agoran day; e CANNOT stop a contract from being destroyed, or from being retitled or amended by any other means. If a contract has fulfilled its purpose, does not specify any gamestate affecting statements, or otherwise seems unlikely to be used, the Notary CAN and SHOULD destroy it with Agoran Consent. Any player CAN destroy a contract with 2 Agoran Consent. Players SHOULD NOT use the methods in this paragraph to further their private interests. If the possibility of any action defined by this rule is indeterminate, or is subject to a inextricable conditional, it is impossible. History: Enacted by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2523/0 (Power=2.4) Contracts as Agreements The text of a contract can specify obligations upon its parties. Parties to a contract SHALL abide by its terms, breaching them neither negligently nor deliberately. The fact that the action described by the contract is in violation of the rules is not a defense if the violative nature is reasonably clear from its text. If whether an action is permitted or forbidden by a contract is indeterminate or subject to an inextricable conditional, it is presumptively permitted. As an exception to the provisions of the previous paragraph and the circumstances in which cards would ordinarily be appropriate, a person awarding a card under this rule MAY and CAN validly consider the equitable interests of justice and interests of the game, including the importance of the observation of contracts, as a mitigating or aggravating circumstances when awarding a card. Such a person MAY, CAN validly, and SHOULD also consider the instructions of the contract or contracts in question when issuing a card. History: Enacted by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2521/0 (Power=2.5) Parties to Contracts Each contract has an associated set of persons, known as the parties. The person who creates a contract is automatically a party. Other persons CAN become parties to a contract by announcement if the contract's text permits them to do so. Parties can leave a contract by announcement, ceasing being parties, if the contract's text permits them to do so. A contract CAN expel a party or group of parties by announcement, causing them to cease being parties. It is IMPOSSIBLE, by any means, for a person to become a party to a contract, for an contract to be created with a person as a party, or for an entity to become a contract with a person as a party, without that person's consent. This rule takes precedence over any rule that might make such a change possible. History: Enacted by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2526/0 (Power=2.4) Sustenance Payments The Notary CAN, once a month, cause each contract that owns at least one shiny to transfer one shiny to Agora. E SHALL do so in the first week of every month. If a contract does not own at least one shiny, and is thus unable to make said payment, the Notary CAN and SHALL destroy it With Notice. If a contract becomes and remains able to pay before its destruction, the Notary CANNOT destroy it, and CAN and SHALL instead collect the shiny. The Notary CAN, by regulation, exempt a contract from the preceding paragraph. E SHALL NOT do so unless the contract seems to be in the public interest of Agora. History: Enacted by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2527/0 (Power=1.0) The Notary The Notary is an office, and the recordkeepor of contracts. The Notary's weekly report contains all contracts, including their name, text, and parties. The Notary's weekly report also contains the list of private classes of asset. The Notary is ENCOURAGED to list all changes to the information e tracks in eir report. History: Enacted by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Offices & Reporting ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 1006/41 (Power=2.0) Offices Officeholder is an office switch tracked by the ADoP, with possible values of any person or "vacant". An officer is the holder of an office, who may be referred to by the name of that office. If the holder of an office is ever not a player, it becomes vacant. An imposed office is an office described as such by the rule defining it. All others are elected. A person CANNOT be made the holder of an elected office without eir explicit or reasonably implied consent. A holder of an elected office who did not become its holder by winning an election, and has not won an election for that office since, is an interim holder. An elected office that is either vacant or has an interim holder is an interim office. The holder of an elected office CAN resign it by announcement, causing it to become vacant. The non-interim holder of an elected office CAN, With 3 Support, resign the office while appointing another player to become the holder of the office, provided that other player is one of the Supporters. Any player CAN cause an office to become vacant without 2 objections. When a proposal takes effect and creates a new office, if the proposal does not specify otherwise, the author of that proposal becomes the holder of the office. History: Enacted by Proposal 386, Aug 16, 1993 Amended by Proposal 733, Nov 24, 1993 Amended by Proposal 881, around Aug 13, 1994 Amended by Rule 750, around Aug 13, 1994 Amended by Proposal 1006, around Aug 25, 1994 Amended(1) by Rule 750, around Aug 25, 1994 Amended(2) by Proposal 1336, Nov 22, 1994 Amended(3) by Proposal 1582, May 15, 1995 Amended(4) by Proposal 1699, Sep 01, 1995 Amended(5) by Proposal 1763, Oct 31, 1995 Amended(6) by Proposal 2442, Feb 06, 1996 Amended(7) by Proposal 2623, Jun 19, 1996 Amended(8) by Proposal 3902 (Murphy), Sep 06, 1999 Amended(9) by Proposal 4002 (harvel), May 08, 2000 Amended(10) by Proposal 4250 (harvel), Feb 19, 2002 Amended(11) by Proposal 4868 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(12) by Proposal 4887 (Murphy), Jan 22, 2007 Amended(13) by Proposal 4889 (Murphy), Jan 22, 2007 Amended(14) by Proposal 4939 (Murphy), Apr 29, 2007 Amended(15) by Proposal 4956 (Murphy), May 07, 2007 Amended(16) by Proposal 4980 (Murphy), May 31, 2007 Amended(17) by Proposal 5029 (Murphy), Jun 28, 2007 Amended(18) by Proposal 5059 (Zefram, G.), Jul 09, 2007 Amended(19) by Proposal 5070 (Zefram), Jul 11, 2007 Amended(20) by Proposal 5088 (Murphy), Jul 25, 2007 Amended(21) by Proposal 5103 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Power changed from power 1.0 to 2.0 by Proposal 5133 (Zefram), Aug 13, 2007 Amended(22) by Proposal 5133 (Zefram), Aug 13, 2007 Amended(23) by Proposal 5239 (AFO), Oct 03, 2007 Amended(24) by Proposal 5407 (root), Jan 22, 2008 Amended(25) by Proposal 5519 (Murphy), May 28, 2008 Amended(26) by Proposal 5534 [disinterested] (root), Jun 07, 2008 Amended(27) by Proposal 5986 (Murphy), Dec 07, 2008 Amended(28) by Proposal 6023 (Murphy), Dec 22, 2008 Assigned to the Committee on Administration by Proposal 6053 (Murphy; with woggle, ais523), Jan 23, 2009 Amended(29) by Proposal 6372 (G.), Jun 23, 2009 Amended(30) by cleaning (Murphy), Aug 16, 2009 Amended(31) by Proposal 6482 (omd), Sep 18, 2009 Amended(32) by cleaning (Murphy), Mar 06, 2010 Amended(33) by Proposal 6790 (Wooble), Aug 27, 2010 Amended(34) by Proposal 6959 (G.), Jan 31, 2011 Amended(35) by Proposal 7272 (FKA441344), Aug 14, 2012 Amended(36) by Proposal 7403 (omd), Apr 27, 2013 Amended(37) by Proposal 7586 (omd), Aug 24, 2013 Amended(38) by Proposal 7629 (Alexis), Apr 07, 2014 Amended(39) by Proposal 7807 (aranea), Aug 10, 2016 Amended(40) by Proposal 7912 "Election Campaigns" (Alexis), Oct 15, 2017 Amended(41) by Proposal 7958 "Succession Planning" (G.), Nov 12, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1660 (called May 13, 2007): This rule does not define the meaning of the term "office", in the sense meant by Rule 754, but rather references the usual English definition of "office" and governs offices as thus defined. CFJ 1702 (called Jul 12, 2007): A requirement to submit something to an officer is satisfied by publishing it, even if that office is vacant at the time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2143/26 (Power=1.0) Official Reports and Duties For each person: 1. If any task is defined by the rules as part of that person's weekly duties, then e SHALL perform it at least once each week. If any information is defined by the rules as part of that person's weekly report, then e SHALL maintain all such information, and the publication of all such information is part of eir weekly duties. 2. If any task is defined by the rules as part of that person's monthly duties, then e SHALL perform it at least once each month. If any information is defined by the rules as part of that person's monthly report, then e SHALL maintain all such information, and the publication of all such information is part of eir monthly duties. Any information defined by the rules as part of a person's report, without specifying which one, is part of eir weekly report. Failure of a person to perform any duty required of em within the allotted time is the Class-2 crime of Tardiness. An official duty for an office is any duty that the Rules specifically assign to that office's holder in particular (regardless of eir identity). A person SHALL NOT publish information that is inaccurate or misleading while performing an official duty, or within a document purporting to be part of any person or office's weekly or monthly report. Reports SHALL be published in plain text. Tabular data must line up properly when viewed in a monospaced font. Publishing a report that deviates from these restrictions is the Class 2 Crime of Making My Eyes Bleed. Officers SHOULD maintain a publicly visible copy of their reports on the World Wide Web, and they SHOULD publish the address of this copy along with their published reports. History: Enacted by Proposal 4970 (Zefram), May 23, 2007 Amended(1) by Proposal 5239 (AFO), Oct 03, 2007 Retitled by Proposal 5485 (root), Apr 09, 2008 Amended(2) by Proposal 5485 (root), Apr 09, 2008 Amended(3) by Proposal 5956 (omd), Nov 17, 2008 Amended(4) by Proposal 6030 [disinterested] (Murphy), Jan 08, 2009 Assigned to the Committee on Administration by Proposal 6053 (Murphy; with woggle, ais523), Jan 23, 2009 Amended(5) by Proposal 6155 (omd), Mar 31, 2009 Amended(6) by Proposal 6175 (Yally), Apr 07, 2009 Amended(7) by Proposal 6224 (omd), Apr 27, 2009 Amended(8) by Proposal 6322 (Wooble), May 26, 2009 Amended(9) by Proposal 6368 (Walker), Jun 23, 2009 Amended(10) by Proposal 6428 (BobTHJ), Aug 18, 2009 Amended(11) by cleaning (Murphy), Mar 06, 2010 Amended(12) by Proposal 6664 (Murphy), Mar 10, 2010 Amended(13) by cleaning (Murphy), Jul 29, 2010 Amended(14) by Proposal 6967 (Wooble), Mar 20, 2011 Amended(15) by Proposal 7045 (Walker), May 16, 2011 Amended(16) by Proposal 7313 (the Warrigal), Sep 27, 2012 Amended(17) by Proposal 7451 (omd), Jun 10, 2013 Amended(18) by Proposal 7544 (the Warrigal), Jul 30, 2013 Amended(19) by Proposal 7563 (omd), Aug 24, 2013 Amended(20) by Proposal 7599 (Walker), Sep 14, 2013 Amended(21) by Proposal 7606 (G.), Dec 13, 2013 Amended(22) by Proposal 7648 (omd), Jun 03, 2014 Amended(23) by Proposal 7697 (omd), Oct 23, 2014 Amended(24) by Proposal 7704 (G.), Nov 03, 2014 Amended(25) by Rule 2430, May 24, 2017 Amended(26) by Proposal 7865 (Aris; with o, nichdel, ais523), Jun 27, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 2392 (called Feb 27, 2009): Publishing an intentionally incomplete report does not satisfy this rule's requirement to publish a report. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2513/1 (Power=3.0) Campaign Proposals During the nomination period of an election, any candidate for that election CAN submit a Campaign Proposal for that election, provided e does not currently have a pending Campaign Proposal for that election, using the normal mechanism for proposal submission. Campaign Proposals SHOULD relate to the duties of the office up for election. Commitment is an untracked Campaign Proposal switch with values Committed (default) and Uncommitted. The author of a Committed proposal may flip it to Uncommitted by announcement. A Campaign Proposal is an Official Proposal exempt from automatic distribution, and SHALL NOT be distributed except as required by the rules. The election with which a Campaign Proposal is associated, as well as its Commitment, are essential parameters for an Agoran decision to adopt a Campaign Proposal. When a Campaign Proposal is adopted, it CANNOT take effect until the associated election ends. When the election ends, if the winner was the proposal's author, then any player CAN once make it take effect by announcement (with its power set as usual for an adopted proposal). If the conditions for a Campaign Proposal to take effect are met as a result of an action in a public message, the author of the message SHALL make it take effect in that message. History: Enacted by Proposal 7912 "Election Campaigns" (Alexis), Oct 15, 2017 Power changed from power 1.0 to 3.0 by Proposal 7938 "Fix Campaign Proposals" (Aris; with Ørjan), Nov 06, 2017 Retitled by Proposal 7938 "Fix Campaign Proposals" (Aris; with Ørjan), Nov 06, 2017 Amended(1) by Proposal 7938 "Fix Campaign Proposals" (Aris; with Ørjan), Nov 06, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2138/24 (Power=1.0) The Associate Director of Personnel The Associate Director of Personnel (ADoP) is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of officers. The ADoP's report includes the following: 1. The date of the last change (if any) to each office's Officeholder. 2. The current status of the ongoing election for that office or, if there is no ongoing election for that office, the date on which the last election ended 3. For filled elected offices, whether or not the holder is interim. History: Enacted by Proposal 4939 (Murphy), Apr 29, 2007 Amended(1) by Proposal 4956 (Murphy), May 07, 2007 Amended(2) by Proposal 5237 [disinterested] (AFO), Oct 03, 2007 Amended(3) by Proposal 5367 [disinterested] (Levi), Dec 20, 2007 Amended(4) by Proposal 5517 [disinterested] (Wooble), May 28, 2008 Amended(5) by Proposal 5718 (ais523), Oct 07, 2008 Assigned to the Committee on Administration by Proposal 6053 (Murphy; with woggle, ais523), Jan 23, 2009 Amended(6) by Proposal 6175 (Yally), Apr 07, 2009 Amended(7) by Proposal 6175 (Yally), Apr 07, 2009 Amended(8) by Proposal 6230 (Wooble), May 04, 2009 Amended(9) by Proposal 6282 (Yally), May 19, 2009 Amended(10) by Proposal 6377 [disinterested] (Alexis), Jul 03, 2009 Retitled by Proposal 6377 [disinterested] (Alexis), Jul 03, 2009 Amended(11) by Proposal 6493 [disinterested] (Alexis), Sep 18, 2009 Retitled by Proposal 6667 (Murphy), Mar 10, 2010 Amended(12) by Proposal 6667 (Murphy), Mar 10, 2010 Retitled by Proposal 6975 (Murphy), Mar 30, 2011 Amended(13) by Proposal 6975 (Murphy), Mar 30, 2011 Amended(14) by Proposal 7465 (Walker), Jun 17, 2013 Amended(15) by Proposal 7483 (Alexis), Jul 09, 2013 Amended(16) by Proposal 7524 (Alexis), Jul 19, 2013 Amended(17) by Proposal 7566 (Walker), Aug 24, 2013 Amended(18) by Proposal 7629 (Alexis), Apr 07, 2014 Amended(19) by Proposal 7663 (omd), Jun 03, 2014 Amended(20) by Proposal 7649 (omd), Jun 03, 2014 Amended(21) by Proposal 7757 (Alexis), Jul 17, 2015 Amended(22) by Proposal 7757 (Alexis), Jul 17, 2015 Retitled by Proposal 7758 (omd), Jul 19, 2015 Retitled by Proposal 7758 (omd), Jul 19, 2015 Amended(23) by Rule 2403, May 24, 2017 Amended(24) by Proposal 7912 "Election Campaigns" (Alexis), Oct 15, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1672 (called May 18, 2007): The Interstellar Associate Director of Personnel is the Director of Personnel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 1551/18 (Power=3.1) Ratification A public document is part (possibly all) of a public message. When a public document is ratified, rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the gamestate is modified to what it would be if, at the time the ratified document was published, the gamestate had been minimally modified to make the ratified document as true and accurate as possible. Such a modification cannot add inconsistencies between the gamestate and the rules, and it cannot include rule changes unless the ratified document explicitly and unambiguously recites either the changes or the resulting properties of the rule(s). If no such modification is possible, or multiple substantially distinct possible modifications would be equally appropriate, the ratification fails. An internally inconsistent document generally cannot be ratified; however, if such a document can be divided into a summary section and a main section, where the only purpose of the summary section is to summarize information in the main section, and the main section is internally consistent, ratification of the document proceeds as if it contained only the main section. Text purportedly about previous instances of ratification (e.g. a report's date of last ratification) is excluded from ratification. The rules may define additional information that is considered to be part of the document for the purposes of ratification; such definitions are secured at a Power Threshold of 3. Ratifying a public document is secured with power threshold 3. History: Enacted by Proposal 2425, Jan 30, 1996 Infected and Amended(1) by Rule 1454, Feb 04, 1997, substantial (unattributed) Amended(2) by Proposal 3445 (General Chaos), Mar 26, 1997, substantial Amended(3) by Proposal 3704 (General Chaos), Mar 19, 1998 Amended(4) by Proposal 3889 (harvel), Aug 09, 1999 Amended(5) by Proposal 4147 (Wes), May 13, 2001 Power changed from power 1.0 to 3.0 by Proposal 4832 (Maud), Aug 06, 2005 Amended(6) by Proposal 4832 (Maud), Aug 06, 2005 Amended(7) by Proposal 4868 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(8) by Proposal 5101 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(9) by Proposal 5212 (Murphy), Sep 08, 2007 Amended(10) by Proposal 5275 (Murphy), Nov 07, 2007 Amended(11) by Proposal 5315 (Murphy), Nov 28, 2007 Amended(12) by Proposal 5459 (Murphy), Mar 09, 2008 Amended(13) by Proposal 6570 (Murphy), Nov 28, 2009 Power changed from power 3.0 to 3.1 by Proposal 6806 (Alexis), Aug 27, 2010 Amended(14) by Proposal 6930 (ais523), Jan 02, 2011 Amended(15) by Proposal 6938 (omd), Jan 02, 2011 Power changed from power 3.1 to 3.0 by SLR ratification (by Proposal 6839 (omd)), Jan 02, 2011 Power changed from power 3.0 to 3.1 by Proposal 7262 (omd), Jul 07, 2012 Amended(16) by Proposal 7568 (omd; with Fool), Aug 24, 2013 Amended(17) by Proposal 7586 (omd), Aug 24, 2013 Amended(18) by Proposal 7664 (omd), Jun 03, 2014 Annotations: CFJ 2165 (called Sep 16, 2008): Ratification can create legal fictions, but does not always. CFJ 3155 (called Jan 26, 2012): A "recent history" section of a report is not considered binding as a complete list of certain types of events during a certain date range. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2202/6 (Power=3.0) Ratification Without Objection Any player CAN, without objection, ratify a public document, specifying its scope. Ratification Without Objection CANNOT cause the repeal, amendment, enactment, or mutation of any Rule, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. A player SHALL NOT knowingly use or announce intent to use Ratification Without Objection to ratify a (prior to ratification) document containing incorrect or Indeterminate information when a corrected document could be produced with reasonable effort, unless the general nature of the document's error and reason for ratifying it is clearly and plainly described in the announcement of intent. Such ratification or announcement of intent to ratify is the Class-8 Crime of Endorsing Forgery. History: Enacted by Proposal 5459 (Murphy), Mar 09, 2008 Amended(1) by Proposal 6048 (Wooble), Jan 13, 2009 Amended(2) by Proposal 6174 (woggle), Apr 07, 2009 Amended(3) by Proposal 6340 (G.), Jun 11, 2009 Amended(4) by Proposal 6754 [disinterested] (Alexis), Aug 02, 2010 Amended(5) by Proposal 7451 (omd), Jun 10, 2013 Amended(6) by Proposal 7680 (Alexis), Jul 12, 2014 Annotations: CFJ 1836 (called Dec 18, 2007): Ratification of an official document affects only those aspects of gamestate that are defined to be part of the official report, and not aspects that are incidentally reported on; in particular, ratification of an official report on certain parameters pertaining to each player does not ratify the list of players. CFJ 2289 (called Nov 25, 2008): Ratification Without Objection of a value inseparable from another value may change the latter value even if it is not directly part of the report being ratified. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2201/7 (Power=3.0) Self-Ratification A public document defined by the rules as self-ratifying is ratified when it is continuously undoubted for one week. A doubt is an explicit public challenge via one of the following methods, identifying a document and explaining the scope and nature of a perceived error in it: 1. An inquiry case, appropriate for questions of legal interpretation. 2. A claim of error, appropriate for matters of fact. The publisher of the original document SHALL (if e was required to publish that document) or SHOULD (otherwise) do one of the following in a timely fashion: 1. Deny the claim (causing it to cease to be a doubt). 2. Publish a revision. 3. Initiate an inquiry case regarding the truth of the claim (if the subject is actually a matter of law), or cite a relevant existing inquiry case. History: Enacted by Proposal 5459 (Murphy), Mar 09, 2008 Amended(1) by Proposal 6106 (Murphy; with ais523), Feb 22, 2009 Amended(2) by Proposal 6243 (Murphy), May 09, 2009 Amended(3) by Proposal 6622 (Murphy), Feb 20, 2010 Amended(4) by Proposal 6744 (Murphy), Jul 01, 2010 Amended(5) by Proposal 6922 [disinterested] (Murphy), Jan 02, 2011 Amended(6) by Proposal 7420 (omd), May 27, 2013 Amended(7) by Rule 2430, May 24, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1690 (called Jun 19, 2007): A challenge to a self-ratifying document {at the time of CFJ 1690, the resolution of an Agoran decision} must explicitly identify the document, either individually or as part of a set, and explicitly contest the accuracy of some aspect of it. CFJ 1790-1791 (called Nov 11, 2007): A challenge to any part of a self-ratifying document prevents ratification of all parts of it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2160/16 (Power=3.0) Deputisation A rule which purports to allow a person (a deputy) to perform an action via normal deputisation or special deputisation for an office thereby allows them to perform the action as if e held the office, as long as 1. it would be POSSIBLE for the deputy to perform the action, other than by deputisation, if e held the office, and 2. the deputy, when performing the action, announces that e is doing so by the appropriate form of deputisation. Only this rule may allow normal deputisation. Any rule may allow special deputisation. A player CAN perform an action as if e held a particular office, via normal deputisation, if all of the following are true: 1. The rules require the holder of that office, by virtue of holding that office, to perform the action. This requirement is fulfilled by the deputy performing the action. 2. Either (i) A time limit by which the rules require the action to be performed has expired or (ii) the office is vacant. 3. Either (i) the office is vacant; or (ii) the aforementioned time limit expired more than fourteen days ago; or (iii) the deputy announced between two and fourteen days earlier that e intended to deputise for that office for the purposes of the particular action. When a player deputises via normal deputisation for an elected office, e becomes the holder of that office. History: Enacted by Proposal 5103 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(1) by Proposal 5200 [disinterested] (Zefram), Sep 08, 2007 Amended(2) by Proposal 5414 (Murphy), Jan 26, 2008 Amended(3) by Proposal 5454 (Murphy), Mar 09, 2008 Power changed from power 1.0 to 3.0 by Proposal 5983 (the Warrigal), Nov 29, 2008 Assigned to the Committee on Administration by Proposal 6053 (Murphy; with woggle, ais523), Jan 23, 2009 Amended(4) by Proposal 6129 (G.), Mar 15, 2009 Amended(5) by Proposal 6144 (Wooble), Mar 23, 2009 Amended(6) by Proposal 6218 (Murphy), Apr 27, 2009 Amended(7) by Proposal 6482 (omd), Sep 18, 2009 Amended(8) by Proposal 7300 (Alexis), Sep 27, 2012 Amended(9) by Proposal 7403 (omd), Apr 27, 2013 Amended(10) by Proposal 7629 (Alexis), Apr 07, 2014 Amended(11) by Proposal 7651 (Alexis), Jun 03, 2014 Amended(12) by Proposal 7652 (Alexis), Jun 03, 2014 Amended(13) by Proposal 7713 (the Warrigal), Nov 09, 2014 Amended(14) by Proposal 7804 (nichdel), Jul 31, 2016 Amended(15) by Rule 2430, May 24, 2017 Amended(16) by Proposal 7918 "Vacant Deputisation Fix" (Publius Scribonius Scholasticus), Oct 15, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1776 (called Nov 01, 2007): A requirement to perform an action, for the purposes of this rule, can be a logical implication from rules and circumstances, not just directly imposed by the rules. In particular, it is possible to deputise to rotate the bench. CFJ 2400 (called Mar 06, 2009): Deputisation is generally treated as if the deputy gained the office immediately before the action, and lost it immediately after. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2472/2 (Power=2.0) Office Incompatibilities Some pairs of office are incompatible: 1. Prime Minister and Speaker 2. Promotor and Assessor 3. Assessor and ADoP 4. Referee and Arbitor A player is Overpowered if e holds two offices which are incompatible with each other. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a player CANNOT be installed into an office if doing so would make em Overpowered. If a player is Overpowered, any player CAN Demand Resignation from em by announcement, provided e has announced intent do to so between four and fourteen days earlier. The Overpowered player is then removed from all offices. History: Enacted by Proposal 7824 (aranea; with ais523), Nov 07, 2016 Amended(1) by Rule 2430, May 24, 2017 Amended(2) by Proposal 7912 "Election Campaigns" (Alexis), Oct 15, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2379/0 (Power=1.0) No News Is Some News If the rules define a report as including a list, then while that list is empty, that report includes the fact that it is empty. History: Enacted by Proposal 7286 (FKA441344), Sep 09, 2012 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2533/0 (Power=2.0) Political Parties There are 5 Parties, in order: - Platonic Isolationists - New Punchbowl Reformers - Costume Conservatives - Substance Use Liberals - Official Raving Monster Looney Party Politicians are entities; each Politician has a name and an associated Party. Politicians exist only as specified by the rules. Creating, altering, or destroying Politicians is secured. If there are ever fewer than 20 Politicians, then the Clork CAN and SHALL, by announcement, create a new Politician, specifying eir Party and name. The Party must be selected at random from: - If any Party has fewer than 3 Politicans, the Party or Parties with the fewest. - Otherwise, the Parties with fewer than 5 Politicians. History: Enacted by Proposal 7968 "Backed Out the Door" (Alexis; with Telnaior, Aris, ais523, G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2534/0 (Power=2.0) Clork The Clork (pronounced "clark") is an office. The Clork's weekly report includes: - a list of all Politicans with their names and Parties. - the assignment of Policies to Parties. The portion of a document purporting to be a Clork's report containing the above information is self-ratifying. History: Enacted by Proposal 7968 "Backed Out the Door" (Alexis; with Telnaior, Aris, ais523, G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2535/0 (Power=2.0) Echelon Forms A Post is a position which can be held by at most one Politician. Each Politican can hold at most one Post at a time. Each Post is in an Echelon, which has an associated Rank. The Echelons, and their Posts and Ranks, are as follows: Chamber of Power (Rank 5): - Host Upper Echelon (Rank 3): - Planner - Enforcer - Organizer - Creep Row Echelon (Rank 1): - Schmoozer - Decorator - Loner - Drunk - Mystery - Wild One - Hat Rack Each Politician who holds a Post is in the Echelon of that post; other Politicians are in the Row-Reduced Echelon, which has Rank 0. Likewise, the Rank of a Post or Politician is the Rank of their Echelon. If a rule provides that a Post can take an action, then the Advisor of the holder of that Post CAN take that action. If there is no such player, and the Post is required to take that action, then the Clork CAN do it prior to any deadline for its performance. After a deadline for a Post to perform an action, any player CAN take it. History: Enacted by Proposal 7968 "Backed Out the Door" (Alexis; with Telnaior, Aris, ais523, G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2536/0 (Power=2.0) Taken Under Advisement Advisor is a Politician switch, tracked by the Clork, with possible values all players and none (default). For each Politician, Influence over is a natural player switch, tracked by the Clork. A player CAN, by announcement, spend Favours in a Party to gain Influence over that Politican, depending on the Politician's Echelon: - Chamber of Power: 3 Favours for 2 Influence - Upper Echelon: 1 Favour for 1 Influence - Row Echelon: 2 Favours for 3 Influence - Row-Reduced Echelon: 1 Favour for 2 Influence If a player has more Influence over a given Politician than any other player, e can Advise that Politican by announcement. When e does so, if no other player Advises the same Politician later in the same Agoran week, then at the start of the next Agoran week, that player becomes that Politician's Advisor. History: Enacted by Proposal 7968 "Backed Out the Door" (Alexis; with Telnaior, Aris, ais523, G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2537/0 (Power=2.0) Balloons Balloons are a fixed currency, tracked by the Clork, with ownership restricted to players. Creation or destruction of balloons is secured. At the start of each Agoran week, after Advisors are flipped: - For each player, if e owns more Balloons than e was awarded by this procedure at the start of the previous week, any excess Balloons are destroyed. - Each player is awarded Balloons equal to the sum of the Ranks of the Politicians for which e is Advisor. - The Decorator's Advisor, if any is awarded one additional Balloon. A player CAN, by announcement, spend a Balloon e owns to increase eir voting strength on a specified Agoran Decision, other than one with an adoption index of 3 or higher, by 1. A player CAN, by announcement, spend Balloons equal to the sum of the Ranks of all Posts in order to win the game. Upon doing so, all eir Influence switches are set to 0. History: Enacted by Proposal 7968 "Backed Out the Door" (Alexis; with Telnaior, Aris, ais523, G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2538/0 (Power=2.0) Party Favours For each Party, there is a currency called Favours in that Party. Ownership of Favours is tracked by the Clork. Ownership of Favours is restricted to players. A player CAN, by announcement, spend 3 Favours in a single Party to award another player 2 Favours in that Party. A player CAN, by announcement, spend 3 Favours in a single Party to gain a Favour in another specified Party. History: Enacted by Proposal 7968 "Backed Out the Door" (Alexis; with Telnaior, Aris, ais523, G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2539/0 (Power=2.0) Retirement Stress Level is a natural Politician switch, tracked by the Clork. At the start of each Agoran week, each Politician's Stress Level is increased by eir Rank. If, after this procedure, a Politician's Stress Level is 20 or greater, the Politician announces retirement and is destroyed at the beginning of the following Agoran week. The Clork SHALL announce this fact in a timely fashion. History: Enacted by Proposal 7968 "Backed Out the Door" (Alexis; with Telnaior, Aris, ais523, G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2540/0 (Power=2.0) Political Elections For each Post, Vote for is a secured Politician switch tracked by the Clork, with possible values all Politicians and undecided (default). The voting strength of a Politician for a Post is defined as follows: - For an election for Host, Politicians have strength equal to their Rank. - For an election for an Upper Echelon Post, the Host has strength 4, and Upper Echelon Politicians have strength 2. - For an election for a Row Echelon Post, the Host has strength 3, Upper Echelon Politicians have strength 2, and Row Echelon politicians have strength 1. - The Organizer has voting strength 1 greater than e would have based on the above. The eligible Politicians in an election for a Post are all Politicians in the highest non-empty Echelon below that of the Post up for election. The number of votes cast for an eligible Politician in an election is the sum of voting strengths for that Post of all Politician voting for em; the number of votes cast for an ineligible Politician is 0. An election for a Post is resolvable if that Post is vacant, there is a single Politician with the most votes in that election, and either at least four days have passed since either the vacancy or since its previous occupant Announced Retirement, whichever was first, or if the leader has more votes than the Policitian with the second-most, plus the total voting strength of all undecided Politicians in that election. When an election for a Post is resolvable, any player CAN, by announcement, end the election and install the winning Politician (which must be specified or else the announcement is INEFFECTIVE) into the Post. If a Post is vacant and either has been so for seven days or more than eleven days have passed since its previous holder Announced Retirement, then the Host CAN and SHALL, in a timely fashion, by announcement end the election and install one of the Politicians with the most votes into the Post. When an election for a Post ends, all Vote switches for that Post are set to undecided. History: Enacted by Proposal 7968 "Backed Out the Door" (Alexis; with Telnaior, Aris, ais523, G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2540/0 (Power=1.0) Party Policy There are 5 Policies, in order: - Justice: interested in seeing justice served - Efficiency: interested in seeing official duties performed - Legislation: interested in seeing proposals passed - Participation: interested in seeing votes cast - Economy: interested in economic activity At any time, each Policy is held by exactly one Party. The assignments must be in cyclic order of their definitions, wrapping from bottom to top. For example, if the Platonic Isolationists hold Participation as their Policy, then the New Punchbowl Reformers hold Economy, the Costume Conservatives hold Justice, and so on. At the start of each Agoran month, the Planner CAN and SHALL, in a timely fashion, by announcement, select a new assignment of Policies to Parties (specifying the Policy of one Party is sufficient, since it implies the remainder). E CANNOT specify either of the assignments used in the previous two months. History: Enacted by Proposal 7968 "Backed Out the Door" (Alexis; with Telnaior, Aris, ais523, G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2542/0 (Power=1.0) Favour Awards The following officers CAN by announcement award Favours in the listed Parties, but SHALL NOT do so except as required by rule. - Arbitor and Referee: the Party holding Justice. - ADoP: the Party holding Efficiency. - Assessor: the Parties holding Legislation and Participation. - Clork: all Parties. When a player judges a CFJ, the Arbitor SHALL, in a timely fashion, award that player 3 Favours in the Party holding Justice. When a player's Finger-Pointing leads to a Card award, or when the Referee issues Summary Judgement, the Referee shall award a Favour in the Party holding Justice to the responsible player. Complexity is an office switch, tracked by the ADoP, with values 1 (default), 2, and 3. The ADoP CAN, without 2 Objections, set the Complexity of an office. As part of eir weekly duties, the ADoP SHALL award to each officeholder a number of Favours in the Party holding Efficiency equal to the Complexity of that Office. Whenever the Assessor resolves an Agoran decision: - If the decision was to adopt a proposal, and it was ADOPTED, e SHALL immediately award the proposal's author a number of Favours in the Party holding Legislation equal to the proposal's AI, rounded up. - For each voter who has not voted on an Agoran decision resolved earlier in the same Agoran week, e SHALL award that player 2 Favours in the Party holding Participaiton. Any player CAN spend shinies equal to the Favour Value to gain a Favour in the Party holding Economy. As part of eir weekly duties, the Clork SHALL award, to the Advisor of a Politician holding one of the below offices, 3 Favours in the corresponding Party: - Loner: Platonic Isolationists - Drunk: New Punchbowl Reformers - Mystery: Costume Conservatives - Wild One: Substance Use Liberals - Hat Rack: Official Raving Monster Looney Party History: Enacted by Proposal 7968 "Backed Out the Door" (Alexis; with Telnaior, Aris, ais523, G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2543/0 (Power=2.0) Post Powers The Creep CAN by announcement, but no more than once per Agoran week, increase eir own Stress Level by 1 in order to increase the Stress Level of another specified Politician by 2. The Schmoozer CAN by announcement, but no more than once per Agoran week, change the Party of a specified other Politician to the next Party in order, wrapping around. The Enforcer CAN, no more than once per week, with Support from at least one other Politician not in the Row-Reduced Echelon, remove a specified Row Echelon Politician from eir Post. E must specify the supporting Politician when doing so, or it is INEFFECTIVE. Upon doing so, both the Enforcer and supporting Politician's Stress Levels are increased by 1. History: Enacted by Proposal 7968 "Backed Out the Door" (Alexis; with Telnaior, Aris, ais523, G.), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Players ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 869/43 (Power=3.0) How to Join and Leave Agora Any organism that is generally capable of freely originating and communicating independent thoughts and ideas is a person. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, no other entities are persons. Citizenship is a person switch with values Unregistered (default) and Registered, tracked by the Registrar. Changes to citizenship are secured. A registered person is a Player. To "register" someone is to flip that person's Citizenship switch from Unregistered to Registered. An Unregistered person CAN (unless explicitly forbidden or prevented by the rules) register by publishing a message that indicates reasonably clearly and reasonably unambiguously that e intends to become a player at that time. A player CAN deregister (cease being a player) by announcement. If e does so, e CANNOT register or be registered for 30 days. A person, by registering, agrees to abide by the Rules. The Rules CANNOT otherwise bind a person to abide by any agreement without that person's willful consent. If a player has not sent a message to a public forum in the last month, then any player CAN deregister em with 3 Agoran Consent. The Rules CANNOT compel non-players to act without their express or reasonably implied consent. The rules CANNOT compel players to unduly harass non-players. A non-person CANNOT be a player, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. History: Enacted by Proposal 498 (Alexx), Sep 30, 1993 Amended by Proposal 869, around Apr 07, 1994 Amended(1) by Rule 750, around Apr 07, 1994 Amended(2) by Proposal 1313, Nov 12, 1994 Amended(3) by Proposal 1437, Feb 21, 1995 Amended(4) by Proposal 2040, Dec 11, 1995 Amended(5) by Proposal 2599, May 11, 1996 Amended(6) by Proposal 2718, Oct 23, 1996 Amended(7) by Proposal 3475 (Murphy), May 11, 1997, substantial Amended(8) by Proposal 3740 (Repeal-O-Matic), May 08, 1998 Amended(9) by Proposal 3923 (harvel), Oct 10, 1999 Amended(10) by Proposal 4011 (Wes), Jun 01, 2000 Amended(11) by Proposal 4147 (Wes), May 13, 2001 Amended(12) by Proposal 4155 (harvel), May 18, 2001 Amended(13) by Proposal 4430 (Cecilius), Jan 16, 2003 Amended(14) by Proposal 4451 (Cecilius), Feb 22, 2003 Amended(15) by Proposal 4523 (Murphy), Aug 28, 2003 Amended(16) by Proposal 4693 (Maud), Apr 18, 2005 Amended(17) by Proposal 4802 (Muad), Jun 15, 2005 Amended(18) by Proposal 4833 (Maud), Aug 06, 2005 Amended(19) by Proposal 4989 (Zefram), Jun 06, 2007 Amended(20) by Proposal 5007 (Zefram), Jun 18, 2007 Amended(21) by Proposal 5011 (Zefram), Jun 24, 2007 Amended(22) by Proposal 5086 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(23) by Proposal 5111 (Murphy), Aug 02, 2007 Amended(24) by Proposal 5117 [disinterested] (Zefram), Aug 08, 2007 Amended(25) by Proposal 5156 (Zefram), Aug 29, 2007 Amended(26) by Proposal 5271 (Murphy), Nov 07, 2007 Power changed from power 1.0 to 2.0 by Proposal 5728 (ihope), Oct 07, 2008 Amended(27) by Proposal 5728 (ihope), Oct 07, 2008 Amended(28) by Proposal 5973 (woggle), Nov 25, 2008 Amended(29) by Proposal 6099 (Pavitra), Feb 22, 2009 Amended(30) by Proposal 6349 (Pavitra), Jun 17, 2009 Amended(31) by Proposal 6382 (Murphy), Jul 03, 2009 Amended(32) by Proposal 6620 [disinterested] (Murphy), Feb 04, 2010 Amended(33) by Proposal 6974 (Murphy), Mar 30, 2011 Amended(34) by Proposal 7269 (FKA441344; with G.), Jul 25, 2012 Amended(35) by Proposal 7610 (G.), Dec 22, 2013 Power changed from power 2.0 to 3.0 by Proposal 7610 (G.), Dec 22, 2013 Amended(36) by Proposal 7614 (G.), Jan 13, 2014 Amended(37) by Proposal 7619 (woggle), Jan 24, 2014 Amended(38) by Proposal 7647 (omd), Jun 03, 2014 Amended(39) by Proposal 7734 (G.), May 02, 2015 Amended(40) by Proposal 7810 (nichdel), Sep 11, 2016 Amended(41) by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Amended(42) by Proposal 7931 "Registration fix finally" (G.), Nov 06, 2017 Amended(43) by Proposal 7959 "Deregistration Fix" (Telnaior), Nov 12, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1275 (called Feb 19, 2001): An entity is a Player if the Rules cannot distinguish that entity from a Player. CFJ 1263 (called Feb 05, 2001): Any message expressing a clear desire or intent to register as a Player counts as a request for registration, whether or not it is explicitly phrased in the manner stipulated by the rules. CFJ 3558 (called Sep 06, 2017): Registering by publishing that you want to be a player is a different mechanism than registering "by announcement" and so gets around rules limitations on "registering by announcement". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2139/11 (Power=2.0) The Registrar The Registrar is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of players. The Registrar's weekly report includes: 1. A list of all players, including information sufficient to identify and contact each player. 2. The date on which each player most recently became a player. 3. For each forum with non-Foreign publicity, sufficient instructions for players to receive messages there. The Registrar's monthly report includes: 1. For each former player for which the information is reasonably available, the dates on which e registered and deregistered. In the first week of every month the Registrar SHALL attempt to deregister every player that has not sent a message to a public forum in the preceding month. The Registrar's duties and abilities also include: * Changing the publicity of a forum, as described in Rule 478. * Publishing Cantus Cygnei and Writs of FAGE as described in Rule 1789. The Registrar is also responsible for tracking any switches, defined in a rule, that would otherwise lack an officer to track them, unless the switch is defined as untracked. History: Enacted by Proposal 4939 (Murphy), Apr 29, 2007 Amended(1) by Proposal 5172 (Murphy), Aug 29, 2007 Amended(2) by Proposal 6322 (Wooble), May 26, 2009 Amended(3) by Proposal 6567 (Walker), Nov 28, 2009 Amended(4) by Proposal 6567 (Walker), Nov 28, 2009 Power changed from power 1.0 to 2.0 by Proposal 6567 (Walker), Nov 28, 2009 Amended(5) by Proposal 7141 (G.), Nov 19, 2011 Amended(6) by Proposal 7416 (omd), May 12, 2013 Amended(7) by Proposal 7586 (omd), Aug 24, 2013 Amended(8) by Proposal 7632 (Alexis), May 01, 2014 Amended(9) by Proposal 7810 (nichdel), Sep 11, 2016 Amended(10) by Rule 2430, May 24, 2017 Amended(11) by Proposal 7924 "Contracts v8" (Aris; with Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, V.J. Rada, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), Oct 22, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1703 (called Jul 13, 2007): A player cannot change eir nickname by announcement if the new nickname that e specifies is the current nickname of another player. CFJ 1361 (called May 07, 2002): Purporting to assign a new nickname, previously unused to refer to any entity, to another player is successful, but does not displace the target's existing name or nickname. CFJ 1489 (called Feb 11, 2004): Watchers are not a rule-defined element of the game. CFJ 1420 (called Dec 17, 2002): The list of watchers, customarily published with the registrar's report, is part of the game state, even though it is not mentioned in the rules and no one is obliged to track or publish it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 1789/9 (Power=2.0) Cantus Cygneus Whenever a Player feels that e has been treated so egregiously by the Agoran community that e can no longer abide to be a part of it, e may submit a document to the Registrar, clearly labeled a Cantus Cygneus, detailing eir grievances and expressing eir reproach for those who e feels have treated em so badly. In a timely fashion after receiving a Cantus Cygneus, the Registrar shall publish this document along with a Writ of Fugiendae Agorae Grandissima Exprobratione, commanding the Player to be deregistered. The Registrar shall note the method of deregistration for that Player in subsequent Registrar Reports. The Player is deregistered as of the posting of the Writ, and the notation in the Registrar's Report will ensure that, henceforth, all may know said Player deregistered in a Writ of FAGE. History: Enacted by Proposal 3705 (Crito), Mar 09, 1998 Amended(1) by Proposal 4099 (Murphy), Jan 15, 2001 Amended(2) by Proposal 4147 (Wes), May 13, 2001 Amended(3) by Proposal 4825 (Maud), Jul 17, 2005 Power changed from power 1.0 to 2.0 by Proposal 5780 (omd; with ehird), Oct 22, 2008 Amended(4) by Proposal 5815 (Pavitra; with Murphy), Nov 01, 2008 Amended(5) by Proposal 5991 (Elysion), Dec 07, 2008 Amended(6) by Proposal 6099 (Pavitra), Feb 22, 2009 Amended(7) by Proposal 6338 (Murphy), May 29, 2009 Amended(8) by Proposal 7470 [disinterested] (woggle), Jun 17, 2013 Amended(9) by Proposal 7646 (omd), Jun 03, 2014 Annotations: CFJ 1594 (called Dec 16, 2006): Players can be deregistered due to this rule even if there is no Registrar. CFJ 2358 (called Jan 26, 2009): A document which is labeled as a Cantus Cygneus but does not actually detail grievances, etc. is not a Cantus Cygneus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2532/0 (Power=2.0) Zombies Master is a secured player switch with possible values of any player, and Agora. Every player's default master is emself; rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a player CAN always flip eir own master to emself by announcement. A player whose master is not emself is a Zombie. A zombie's master, if another player, is allowed to act on behalf of the zombie (i.e. as the zombie's agent) to perform LEGAL actions. If a player has not made a public announcement in the past 60 days, then any player CAN flip that player's master to Agora by announcement. Each zombie whose master is another player has an untracked switch indicating whether the zombie Owes a Scare to Agora, with values FALSE (default) and TRUE. All such switches are flipped to TRUE at the beginning of each month. A zombie's master CAN flip that zombie's switch to FALSE by causing the zombie to perform a scary public action for the announced purpose of satisfying this scare debt. If that switch for a given zombie is TRUE at the end of a month, then within the next seven days any player can flip that zombie's master to Agora by announcement. This switch is of course the zombie's Boo Lien switch. History: Enacted by Proposal 7950 "Boooo!" (G.), Nov 12, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 1885/4 (Power=2.0) Zombie Auctions Whenever a zombie has Agora for a master and an auction for it is not underway or been won in the last seven days, then the Registrar CAN and SHALL, in a timely fashion, put the specified zombie up for auction by announcement. Each auction ends seven days after it begins. During an auction, any player who is not a zombie CAN bid a number of Shinies for the specified zombie by announcement. The winner of the auction, if any, is the player who bids the highest number of shinies, with ties broken in favor of the earlier bidder. The winner CAN and SHALL, in a timely fashion, flip the zombie's master to the winner by announcement, if e pays Agora the amount of the bid for the explicit and sole purpose of fulfilling this requirement. If there are no bids, the auction has no winner. If a zombie being auctioned ceases to have Agora as a master at any time between the initiation of the auction and the winner becoming the zombie's master (or failing to do so in a timely fashion after the auction), then the auction has no winner, and any obligations to pay for the zombie are voided. History: Enacted by Proposal 3853 (Blob), Apr 19, 1999 Amended(1) by Proposal 3901 (Schneidster), Sep 06, 1999 Amended(2) by Proposal 4018 (Kelly), Jun 21, 2000 Amended(3) by Proposal 4118 (G.), Jun 03, 2001 Repealed by Proposal 4211 (harvel), Sep 10, 2001 Reenacted(4) by Proposal 7951 "Zombie Auctions" (G.), Nov 12, 2017 Power changed from power 1.0 to 2.0 by Proposal 7952 "It LIVES" (G.), Nov 12, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Proposals ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2350/9 (Power=3.0) Proposals A proposal is a type of entity consisting of a body of text and other attributes. A player CAN create a proposal by announcement, specifying its text and optionally specifying any of the following attributes: * An associated title. * A list of co-authors (which must be persons other than the author). * An adoption index. Creating a proposal adds it to the Proposal Pool. Once a proposal is created, nether its text nor any of the aforementioned attributes can be changed. The author (syn. proposer) of a proposal is the person who submitted it. If a decision of whether to adopt a proposal was resolved as FAILED QUORUM in the last seven days, the Promotor CAN once add the proposal back to the Proposal Pool by announcement. The author of a proposal in the Proposal Pool CAN remove (syn. retract, withdraw) it from the Pool by announcement. The Promotor CAN remove a proposal from the Proposal Pool by announcement if it is not pending and has been added to the Pool more than 14 days ago. History: Enacted by Proposal 7083 (Walker), Jul 04, 2011 Amended(1) by Proposal 7086 (G.; with omd), Jul 23, 2011 Amended(2) by Proposal 7216 (omd), May 04, 2012 Amended(3) by Proposal 7225 (omd), Jun 10, 2012 Amended(4) by Proposal 7241 (omd), Jun 10, 2012 Amended(5) by Proposal 7245 (omd), Jun 10, 2012 Amended(6) by Proposal 7250 (omd), Jun 10, 2012 Amended(7) by Proposal 7653 (Alexis), Jun 03, 2014 Amended(8) by Proposal 7728 (Tiger), Nov 24, 2014 Amended(9) by Proposal 7736 (aranea), May 02, 2015 Annotations: CFJ 1647 (called Apr 30, 2007): Preceding a proposal-like text with the heading "Proposal:" and a title can be sufficient to clearly indicate that it is intended to become a proposal, but is not if it can be interpreted as quoting an existing proposal. CFJ 1717 (called Aug 08, 2007): Preceding a proposal-like text with the question "What is the title of this proposal?" can be sufficient to clearly indicate that it is intended to become a proposal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2445/10 (Power=1.0) How to Pend a Proposal Imminence is a switch, tracked by the Promotor, possessed by proposals in the Proposal Pool, whose value is either "pending" or "not pending" (default). Any player CAN flip a specified proposal's imminence to "pending" by announcement by: a) spending 1 Action Point, OR b) spending the current Pend Cost in shinies. An Official Proposal is a proposal designated as such by the Rules; generally official proposals that are created as part of an Officer's duties. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, an Official proposal is always pending. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, players CANNOT claim rewards for the adoption of an Official proposal. History: Enacted by Proposal 7728 (Tiger), Nov 24, 2014 Amended(1) by Proposal 7742 (ais523), May 12, 2015 Amended(2) by Proposal 7773 (Alexis), Aug 14, 2014 Amended(3) by Proposal 7807 (aranea), Aug 10, 2016 Amended(4) by Proposal 7818 (ais523), Oct 31, 2016 Amended(5) by Proposal 7838 (o; with nichdel, G., Ørjan), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(6) by Proposal 7848 "Emergency Scam Fix" (ais523), May 13, 2017 Amended(7) by Proposal 7854 "Close Recent Loopholes v2" (ais523), Jun 05, 2017 Amended(8) by Proposal 7867 "Economics Overhaul v2" (nichdel; with o, grok, Aris), Jul 30, 2017 Amended(9) by Proposal 7876 "Float On" (o), Sep 26, 2017 Amended(10) by Proposal 7883 "Fear v2.1" (G.), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 1607/43 (Power=3.0) Distribution The Promotor is an office; its holder is responsible for receiving and distributing proposals. Determining whether to adopt a proposal is an Agoran decision. For this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, the adoption index is initially the adoption index of the proposal, or 1.0 if the proposal does not have one, and the text, author, and coauthors of the proposal are essential parameters. Initiating such a decision is known as distribution, and removes the proposal from the Proposal Pool. The Promotor CAN distribute a proposal which is in the Proposal Pool at any time, by announcement. The Promotor SHALL NOT distribute proposals which are not pending. In a given Agoran week, the Promotor SHALL, as part of eir weekly duties, distribute all pending proposals except for those exempted from automatic distribution by other rules. Distributed proposals have ID numbers, to be assigned by the Promotor. If there is a Proposal in the Pool that it would otherwise be IMPOSSIBLE for any player to distribute, then any player CAN distribute that Proposal Without 3 Objections. The Promotor's report includes a list of all proposals in the Proposal Pool, along with their text and attributes. This portion of a public document purporting to be a Promotor's report is self-ratifying. History: Enacted by Proposal 2522, Mar 10, 1996 Amended(1) by Proposal 2662, Sep 12, 1996 Amended(2) by Proposal 2696, Oct 10, 1996 Amended(3) by Proposal 3827 (Kolja A.), Feb 04, 1999 Amended(4) by Proposal 3871 (Peekee), Jun 02, 1999 Amended(5) by Proposal 3902 (Murphy), Sep 06, 1999 Amended(6) by Proposal 4002 (harvel), May 08, 2000 Amended(7) by Proposal 4050 (t), Aug 15, 2000 Amended(8) by Proposal 4085 (Blob), Nov 16, 2000 Amended(9) by Proposal 4250 (harvel), Feb 19, 2002 Amended(10) by Proposal 4486 (Michael), Apr 24, 2003 Amended(11) by Proposal 4868 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(12) by Proposal 5077 (Murphy), Jul 18, 2007 Amended(13) by Proposal 5110 (Murphy), Aug 02, 2007 Amended(14) by Proposal 5112 (Murphy), Aug 02, 2007 Amended(15) by Proposal 5418 (root), Feb 02, 2008 Amended(16) by Proposal 5457 (Murphy), Mar 09, 2008 Amended(17) by Proposal 5485 (root), Apr 09, 2008 Power changed from power 1.0 to 2.0 by Proposal 5947 (ais523), Nov 15, 2008 Amended(18) by Proposal 6001 (G.), Dec 07, 2008 Assigned to the Committee on Rules by Proposal 6053 (Murphy; with woggle, ais523), Jan 23, 2009 Amended(19) by Proposal 6313 (G.), May 26, 2009 Amended(20) by Proposal 6341 (G.), Jun 11, 2009 Amended(21) by Proposal 6394 (G.), Jul 10, 2009 Amended(22) by Proposal 6395 (Alexis), Jul 17, 2009 Amended(23) by Proposal 6406 (Walker), Aug 07, 2009 Amended(24) by Proposal 6500 [disinterested] (Alexis), Sep 26, 2009 Amended(25) by Proposal 6531 (Walker), Oct 23, 2009 Amended(26) by Proposal 6541 (Murphy), Nov 04, 2009 Amended(27) by Proposal 6550 [disinterested] (Tiger), Nov 13, 2009 Amended(28) by Proposal 6793 (wooble), Aug 27, 2010 Amended(29) by Proposal 6961 (G.), Mar 03, 2011 Amended(30) by Proposal 7033 (omd), May 16, 2011 Amended(31) by Proposal 7069 (Walker), Jun 16, 2011 Amended(32) by Proposal 7083 (Walker), Jul 04, 2011 Amended(33) by Proposal 7226 (omd), Jun 10, 2012 Amended(34) by Proposal 7239 (omd), Jun 10, 2012 Amended(35) by Proposal 7461 (Walker), Jun 17, 2013 Amended(36) by Proposal 7569 (omd; with Alexis), Aug 24, 2013 Amended(37) by Proposal 7586 (omd), Aug 24, 2013 Amended(38) by Proposal 7610 (G.), Dec 22, 2013 Amended(39) by Proposal 7618 (omd), Jan 24, 2014 Amended(40) by Proposal 7629 (Alexis), Apr 07, 2014 Amended(41) by Proposal 7728 (Tiger), Nov 24, 2014 Amended(42) by Proposal 7832 (Alexis), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(43) by Proposal 7885 (o; with V.J. Rada, Ørjan), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1546 (called Apr 14, 2005), CFJ 1669 (called May 16, 2007): If a proposal is purportedly distributed with a text that differs from the submitted text, this constitutes a legal distribution of the submitted proposal if and only if the difference does not affect the meaning of the proposal. CFJ 1655 (called May 09, 2007): Distributing a purported proposal whose text consists of the texts of two submitted proposals and separating matter from the message that submitted them both, if both submitted proposals have non-null effects, does not constitute a legal distribution of either of the submitted proposals. CFJ 1656 (called May 09, 2007): If the Promotor purports to distribute a proposal, but the distributed text does not match any proposal in the proposal pool, this constitutes the effective (albeit prohibited) distribution of a new proposal. CFJ 1780 (called Nov 04, 2007): If the Promotor creates a new proposal by distribution, by accidentally mangling the text of a proposal in the pool, and the new proposal is very similar in meaning to the one on which it is based (with only inconsequential differences), then the author of the new proposal is the author of the proposal on which it is based. CFJ 1780 (called Nov 04, 2007): If the Promotor accidentally creates a new proposal by distribution, and the new proposal is seriously different from any proposal in the pool, then the new proposal has no author. CFJ 2733 (called Nov 14, 2009): This rule defines a separate method of distribution from the one defined in Rule 107. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2137/2 (Power=1.0) The Assessor The Assessor is an office; its holder is responsible for collecting votes and keeping track of related properties. History: Enacted by Proposal 4939 (Murphy), Apr 29, 2007 Amended(1) by Proposal 5078 (Zefram), Jul 18, 2007 Amended(2) by Proposal 5453 (Murphy), Mar 01, 2008 Assigned to the Committee on Rules by Proposal 6053 (Murphy; with woggle, ais523), Jan 23, 2009 Annotations: CFJ 1758-1759 (called Sep 30, 2007): If Assessorship changes hands, vote collection duties move with it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 106/39 (Power=3.0) Adopting Proposals When a decision about whether to adopt a proposal is resolved, if the outcome is ADOPTED, then the proposal in question is adopted, and unless other rules prevent it from taking effect, its power is set to the minimum of four and its adoption index, and then it takes effect. Except as prohibited by other rules, a proposal that takes effect CAN and does, as part of its effect, apply the changes that it specifies. If the proposal cannot make some such changes, this does not preclude the other changes from taking place. If there is no Agoran Decision to adopt a particular proposal that has an outcome of ADOPTED, that proposal CANNOT take effect, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. Preventing a proposal from taking effect is a secured change; this does not apply to generally preventing changes to specified areas of the gamestate, nor to a proposal preventing itself from taking effect (its no- effect clause is generally interpreted as applying only to the rest of the proposal). Except insofar as the actions performed by a proposal happen one after another, rather than simultaneously, a proposal's effect is instantaneous. A proposal can neither delay nor extend its own effect. Once a propsal finishes taking effect, its power is set to 0. History: Initial Immutable Rule 106 at Agora's birth, Jun 30, 1993 Mutated from MI=unanimity to MI=3 by Proposal 1073, Oct 04, 1994 Amended(1) by Proposal 1278, Oct 24, 1994 Renumbered by Rule 1295, Nov 01, 1994 Infected by Rule 1454, May 07, 1995 Amended(2), May 03, 1998 Amended(3) by Proposal 4811 (Maud; with G.), Jun 20, 2005 Amended(4) by Proposal 4868 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(5) by Proposal 4868 (G.), Aug 27, 2006 Amended(6) by Proposal 4918 (OscaryMeyr), Apr 02, 2007 Amended(7) by Proposal 4939 (Murphy), Apr 29, 2007 Amended(8) by Proposal 5010 (Levi), Jun 24, 2007 Amended(9) by Proposal 5078 (Zefram), Jul 18, 2007 Amended(10) by Proposal 5083 (Zefram), Aug 01, 2007 Amended(11) by Proposal 5334 (Murphy), Dec 05, 2007 Amended(12) by Proposal 5356 (root), Dec 16, 2007 Amended(13) by Proposal 5418 (root), Feb 02, 2008 Amended(14) by Proposal 5453 (Murphy), Mar 01, 2008 Amended(15) by Proposal 5572 (Murphy), Jul 04, 2008 Amended(16) by Proposal 6001 (G.), Dec 07, 2008 Amended(17) by Proposal 6022 (Murphy), Dec 22, 2008 Assigned to the Committee on Rules by Proposal 6053 (Murphy; with woggle, ais523), Jan 23, 2009 Amended(18) by cleaning (omd), Feb 12, 2009 Amended(19) by Proposal 6089 (G.), Feb 22, 2009 Amended(20) by Proposal 6090 (Murphy; with ais523), Feb 22, 2009 Amended(21) by Proposal 6113 (G.), Mar 01, 2009 Amended(22) by Proposal 6222 (Alexis), Apr 27, 2009 Amended(23) by Proposal 6398 [disinterested] (Walker), Jul 17, 2009 Amended(24) by Proposal 6414 (Walker), Aug 08, 2009 Amended(25) by Proposal 6469 [disinterested] (Alexis), Sep 15, 2009 Amended(26) by Proposal 6571 (ais523), Nov 28, 2009 Amended(27) by Proposal 6625 (Murphy), Feb 20, 2010 Amended(28) by Proposal 6656 (Alexis), Mar 01, 2010 Amended(29) by Proposal 6721 [disinterested] (Alexis), May 21, 2010 Amended(30) by Proposal 6732 (omd), Jun 13, 2010 Amended(31) by Proposal 6823 (Murphy; with omd), Sep 10, 2010 Amended(32) by Proposal 6968 (Murphy; with Alexis, Wooble), Mar 20, 2011 Amended(33) by Proposal 7013 (omd), Apr 23, 2011 Amended(34) by Proposal 7081 (Murphy), Jul 04, 2011 Amended(35) by Proposal 7083 (Walker), Jul 04, 2011 Amended(36) by Proposal 7086 (G.; with omd), Jul 23, 2011 Amended(37) by Proposal 7246 (omd), Jun 10, 2012 Amended(38) by Proposal 7778 (Alexis), Aug 14, 2014 Amended(39) by Proposal 7940 "High Power Cleanup" (Alexis; with G., Publius Scribonius Scholasticus), Nov 06, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 1639 (called Apr 29, 2007): Where a proposal attempts two separate amendments of the text of the same rule, if one of the attempted amendments is not possible and the other is then the possible amendment does in fact occur, unless the proposal explicitly requires a different resolution. CFJ 1841 (called Dec 20, 2007): It is possible for a proposal to have retroactive effect. CFJ 2162 (called Sep 14, 2008): The retroactive effect of a proposal cannot actually alter the past. CFJ 2163 (called Sep 14, 2008): There is no possible proposal text that would cause a proposal to take effect without being adopted. CFJ 2259 (called Nov 06, 2008): The possibility of the instantaneous effects of a proposal are governed by the rules. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2443/1 (Power=3.0) Expediting Proposals A player CAN expedite a proposal whose adoption index is at most 1.5, in a message containing the character string "[Expedition]" in the subject line, 1. by specially deputising for the Promotor to distribute the proposal, if it has not been distributed; or 2. by announcement, otherwise. If, in an Agoran Decision to adopt a proposal, the strength of AGAINST is zero, and the proposal was expedited at least 7 days earlier, then any player CAN specially deputise for the Assessor to resolve the decision. History: Enacted by Proposal 7713 (the Warrigal), Nov 09, 2014 Amended(1) by Rule 2430, May 24, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2431/1 (Power=1.0) Proposal Competitions Any player CAN, with Agoran Consent, initiate a Proposal Competition with a specified Objective. Only one Competition may be in progress at a time. The Objective should be a specification of effects of a proposal, and SHOULD NOT depend on factors that could not be determined from the text of a proposal. During the Agoran Week following the initiation of a Proposal Competition, any player CAN specify that a Proposal e submits is a Competition Proposal for that Competition. Players are ENCOURAGED to describe how their Competition Proposals fulfill the Objective. The Promotor SHALL distribute all Competition Proposals for a given Competition in the same message. The Assessor SHALL resolve all the Agoran Decisions to adopt the Competition Proposals for a given Competition in the same message. Once all Agoran decisions to adopt Competition Proposals for a given Competition have been resolved, the Competition ends. History: Enacted by Proposal 7667 (Alexis), Jun 03, 2014 Power changed from power 3.0 to 1.0 by Proposal 7705 (omd), Nov 03, 2014 Amended(1) by Proposal 7705 (omd), Nov 03, 2014 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Punishment ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2426/9 (Power=2.0) Cards A Card is a recognition of a specific violation of the rules or other manner of infraction that is awarded to the violator in order to draw attention to eir disregard for the rule of law and, depending on the type of Card, to impose a penalty. Cards CANNOT be issued except by players by announcement. Any attempt to issue a Card is INEFFECTIVE if it does not include (1) the type of card being issued, (2) the name of the person being issued the card (the bad sport), and (3) the specific reason for the issuance of the card, or if it attempts to issue a person a card for an action or inaction which e (more likely than not) did not commit, or if it attempts to issue a card for an action or inaction which is not prohibited by law, or if it attempts to issue a type of card which is blatantly and obviously unsuited to the conduct which constitutes the reason for its issuance or to the person to which it is being issued, or if it is made more than 14 days after the conduct constituting the reason for the issuance of the card, or if it attempts to issue a card to a player who has already been issued a card for the conduct constituting the reason for the issuance of the card. Issuing Cards is secured with power threshold 1.7. The types of Card are defined by the rules. A type of Card may have a defined set of circumstances for which it is appropriate, as well as a penalty which takes effect when a Card of that type is issued. Unless otherwise specified by the rule defining a type of Card, that Card type's penalty and circumstances for which it is appropriate are secured at the power threshold of that rule. It is inappropriate to award a card to a non-player person unless the rule defining the card says otherwise. History: Enacted by Proposal 7639 (omd), May 01, 2014 Amended(1) by Proposal 7696 (omd), Oct 23, 2014 Amended(2) by Proposal 7708 (Murphy), Nov 03, 2014 Amended(3) by Proposal 7720 (omd), Nov 09, 2014 Amended(4) by Proposal 7729 #1 (aranea), Nov 24, 2014 Power changed from power 1.0 to 2.0 by Proposal 7831 (Alexis), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(5) by Proposal 7831 (Alexis), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(6) by Proposal 7886 (Aris; with ais523, Ørjan), Sep 26, 2017 Amended(7) by Proposal 7964 "Referee Reform and Card Appealability" (V.J. Rada, running for Referee), Nov 07, 2017 Amended(8) by Proposal 7964 "Referee Reform and Card Appealability" (V.J. Rada, running for Referee), Nov 07, 2017 Amended(9) by Proposal 7970 "Referee Minor Fix" (V.J. Rada), Nov 21, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2477/1 (Power=1.0) The Referee The Referee is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping track of and adjudicating wrongdoing. The Referee's weekly report includes a list of all Cards issued within the past 90 days and the reasons therefor, as well as a list of all penalties due to Cards that are still in effect. History: Enacted by Proposal 7831 (Alexis), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(1) by Rule 2477, Apr 22, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2478/5 (Power=1.7) Vigilante Justice A player CAN by announcement, but subject to the provisions of this rule, Point eir Finger at a person who plays the game, citing an alleged violation of the rules by that person. When a player Points a Finger, the investigator SHALL investigate the allegation and, in a timely fashion, SHALL conclude the investigation by: - Imposing the Cold Hand of Justice, issuing a Card to the pointed-at person by announcement whose reason is rooted in the allegation; or - if e believes that no rules violation occurred or that it would be ILLEGAL to issue a Card for it, announcing the Finger Pointing to be Shenanigans. There is no limit on how many times a player may impose the Cold Hand of Justice per week The Referee is by default the investigator for all Finger Pointing. When a Finger, other than the Arbitor's, is Pointed over an allegation related to the official duties or powers of the Referee, then the Arbitor CAN, by announcement, take over the investigation and thereby become the investigator. History: Enacted by Proposal 7831 (Alexis), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(1) by Rule 2430, May 24, 2017 Amended(2) by Proposal 7886 (Aris; with ais523, Ørjan), Sep 26, 2017 Amended(3) by Proposal 7964 "Referee Reform and Card Appealability" (V.J. Rada, running for Referee), Nov 07, 2017 Amended(4) by Proposal 7964 "Referee Reform and Card Appealability" (V.J. Rada, running for Referee), Nov 07, 2017 Amended(5) by Proposal 7964 "Referee Reform and Card Appealability" (V.J. Rada, running for Referee), Nov 07, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2479/4 (Power=1.7) Official Justice The Referee CAN, subject to the provisions of this rule, impose Summary Judgment on a person who plays the game by issuing a card to em by announcement. Summary Judgement is imposed on the Referee's own initiative, and not in response to any official proceeding The Referee CANNOT impose Summary Judgement more than three times a week History: Enacted by Proposal 7831 (Alexis), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(1) by Proposal 7886 (Aris; with ais523, Ørjan), Sep 26, 2017 Amended(2) by Proposal 7964 "Referee Reform and Card Appealability" (V.J. Rada, running for Referee), Nov 07, 2017 Amended(3) by Proposal 7964 "Referee Reform and Card Appealability" (V.J. Rada, running for Referee), Nov 07, 2017 Amended(4) by Proposal 7964 "Referee Reform and Card Appealability" (V.J. Rada, running for Referee), Nov 07, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2531/0 (Power=1.0) Referee Accountability If the Referee attempts to issue three or more INEFFECTIVE cards in a week, any player CAN, with two support, issue a writ of Impartial Arbitration Restoration, immediately making the position of Referee vacant. When a writ of Impartial Arbitration Restoration is issued, the ADoP SHALL initiate an election for the Referee within a timely fashion History: Enacted by Proposal 7964 "Referee Reform and Card Appealability" (V.J. Rada, running for Referee), Nov 06, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2474/2 (Power=0.5) Green Cards A Green Card is a type of Card that is appropriate for minor, accidental, and/or inconsequential infraction. A Green Card is also appropriate for any infraction for which no other type of Card is appropriate. 'Tis appropriate to issue a Green Card to a non-player person who plays the game, for the infractions previously described. When a person is issued a Green Card, e is ENCOURAGED to travel to the United States. History: Enacted by Proposal 7831 (Alexis), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(1) by Proposal 7871 "Minor fixes (sans typos)" (V.J. Rada), Sep 07, 2017 Amended(2) by Proposal 7886 (Aris; with ais523, Ørjan), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2506/0 (Power=2.0) Blue Cards A Blue Card is a type of Card that is appropriate for deliberate or negligent infractions either where the the player responsible profited from violating the rules or where e significantly harmed another person or the game as a whole. The person issuing a Blue Card must, in the same message, announce a penalty between 1 shiny and the greater of 25 shinies and the amount the bad sport profited from the infraction, in order for the card to be effective. E CAN additionally, in the same message, determine the distribution of the money between Agora and the players(s) harmed, save that e CANNOT distribute money to emself or such that it would be under eir effective control. By default, all the money goes to Agora. When a Blue Card is issued, as a penalty, within the next 7 days, any player CAN once, with 2 Support, Levy a Fine upon the bad sport. After the Fine is Levied upon the bad sport, e SHALL endeavor in good faith to pay the fine to Agora or the correct player(s), in accordance with the distribution laid out by the carder. Any player CAN also act on the bad sport's behalf to do so, fulfilling eir obligation. History: Enacted by Proposal 7886 (Aris; with ais523, Ørjan), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: CFJ 3605 (called Nov 22, 2017): The upper bound of penalty can be in a currency other than shinies. A fine can be assessed in a currency other than shinies, if it is clear that the value of the fined assets fits within the range. In the event of ambiguity of relative value of different assets, the fine is ineffective. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2427/2 (Power=2.0) Yellow Cards A Yellow Card is a type of Card that is appropriate either for infractions that have a significant, though small, impact on gameplay or for infractions for which a Green Card has already been issued. When a Yellow Card is issued, the bad sport SHOULD publish a formal apology of at least 200 words explaining eir error, shame, remorse, and ardent desire for self-improvement. A player issuing a Yellow Card MAY, when doing so, additionally specify up to 10 words to be included in the apology. Until e publishes such an apology, as a penalty, the bad sport's voting strength on all Agoran decisions initiated within 30 days of the Card's issuance is set to 0 after modifiers. History: Enacted by Proposal 7639 (omd), May 01, 2014 Amended(1) by Proposal 7831 (Alexis), Dec 05, 2016 Amended(2) by Proposal 7874 "Shorter Apologies" (o), Sep 07, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2475/0 (Power=2.0) Red Cards A Red Card is a type of Card that is appropriate for serious and deliberate violations of the rules. A Red Card is also appropriate for a person who appears to be part of an attempt in bad faith to swarm Agora and outpower the regular players in voting strength. When a Red Card is issued, as a penalty, within the next 7 days, any player CAN once, with 2 Support, Throw the Book at the bad sport. When the Book is Thrown at the bad sport, eir voting strength on all Agoran decisions initiated during the first Agoran week which begins at least four days after the issuance of the Card is reduced by 2. History: Enacted by Proposal 7831 (Alexis), Dec 05, 2016 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2507/0 (Power=2.0) Black Cards A Black Card is a card appropriate for a person who plays the game, not currently a player, who either broke the rules while not a player or broke them while a player and then deregistered in bad faith. A Black Card CANNOT be issued to current players, and no more than 3 Black Cards CAN be issued per week. Any attempt to issue a Black Card in violation of these limitations is INEFFECTIVE. When a Black Card is issued, as a penalty, within the next 7 days, any player CAN once, with Agoran Consent, Slam the Door at the bad sport. After the Door is Slammed at a person, e CANNOT register or take any game actions for 30 days, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. Any attempt to Slam the Door on a player or a person whose most recent deregistration took place without eir consent is INEFFECTIVE, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. History: Enacted by Proposal 7886 (Aris; with ais523, Ørjan), Sep 26, 2017 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2476/0 (Power=1.0) Pink Slips A Pink Slip is a type of Card that is appropriate for abuses of official power for personal gain A Pink Slip CANNOT be issued unless the reason indicates the specific office or offices whose power was abused. When a Pink Slip is issued, as a penalty, within the next 7 days, any player CAN, with 2 Support, become the holder of one or more of those offices still held by the bad sport. History: Enacted by Proposal 7831 (Alexis), Dec 05, 2016 Annotations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Reusable Definitions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule 2152/7 (Power=3.0) Mother, May I? The following terms are defined. These definitions are used when a rule includes a term in all caps, and provide guidance in determining the ordinary-language meaning of a term when a rule includes a term otherwise. Earlier definitions take precedence over later ones. If a rule specifies one or more persons in connection with a term, then the term applies only to the specified person(s). 1. CANNOT, IMPOSSIBLE, INEFFECTIVE, INVALID: Attempts to perform the described action are unsuccessful. 2. MUST NOT, MAY NOT, SHALL NOT, ILLEGAL, PROHIBITED: Performing the described action violates the rule in question. 3. NEED NOT, OPTIONAL: Failing to perform the described action does not violate the rules. 4. SHOULD NOT, DISCOURAGED, DEPRECATED: Before performing the described action, the full implications of performing it should be understood and carefully weighed. 5. CAN: Attempts to perform the described action are successful. 6. MAY: Performing the described action does not violate the rules. 7. MUST, SHALL, REQUIRED, MANDATORY: Failing to perform the described action violates the rule in question. 8. SHOULD, ENCOURAGED, RECOMMENDED: Before failing to perform the described action, the full implications of failing to perform it should (in the ordinary-language sense) be understood and carefully weighed. History: Enacted by Proposal 5053 (Murphy), Jul 05, 2007 Power changed from power 1.0 to 2.0 by Proposal 5054 (Murphy), Jul 05, 2007 Amended(1) by Proposal 5189 (Levi), Sep 03, 2007 Power changed from power 2.0 to 3.0 by Proposal 5247 (AFO), Oct 14, 2007 Amended(2) by Proposal 5353 [disinterested] (Murphy), Dec 16, 2007 Amended(3) by Proposal 5354 (Murphy), Dec 16, 2007 Amended(4) by Proposal 5535 (Murphy), Jun 07, 2008 Amended(5) by Proposal 6571 (ais523), Nov 28, 2009 Amended(6) by Proposal 6983 (Murphy), Apr 10, 2011 Amended(7) by Proposal 7613 (Arufonsu), Jan 11, 2014 Annotations: CFJ 1132: A Player failing to perform a duty required by the Rules within a reasonable time may be in violation of the Rules, even if the Rules do not provide a time limit for the performance of that duty. CFJ 1488 (called Feb 11, 2004): Engineering a situation in which other players are unable to follow a particular rule is not in itself a violation of that rule. CFJ 2395 (called Mar 01, 2009): Even without this being explicitly specified in the rules, it is possible for a non-player to violate a rule by missing a deadline. CFJ 1990 (called Jun 07, 2008): "Allowed" may refer to either possibility or permissibility depending on context. CFJ 2120-2121 (called Aug 04, 2008): A requirement of the form 'within