Re: DIS: Suggested Auction Amendment [attn. Treasuror]

2021-07-12 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-discussion
On 7/12/21 5:32 PM, Trigon via agora-discussion wrote: > On 12/07/2021 21:23, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: >> On 7/12/21 5:13 PM, Trigon via agora-discussion wrote: >>> I'm not sure your amendment does anything to help here. All it allows is >>> for different players to submit bids of equ

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: @Arbitor Blots CFJ

2021-07-12 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2021-07-12 at 15:40 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > Those arguments seem quite confusing, but this seems rather simple? If > Person A and B are tied for the lead in something, does Person A have the > most? No, Person B has just as much. And vice versa. There is no pers

DIS: Re: BUS: @Arbitor Blots CFJ

2021-07-12 Thread Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion
On 7/12/2021 12:39 PM, Falsifian via agora-business wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 03:12:18PM +1000, Rebecca Lee via agora-business > wrote: >> I call a CFJ: Each player may claim a justice card this Agoran week. >> >> Rule 2478 states in relevant part "The player who initiated the most Finger >

Re: DIS: Suggested Auction Amendment [attn. Treasuror]

2021-07-12 Thread Trigon via agora-discussion
On 12/07/2021 21:23, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: On 7/12/21 5:13 PM, Trigon via agora-discussion wrote: I'm not sure your amendment does anything to help here. All it allows is for different players to submit bids of equal amount as long as they're on different lots in a selective-bid

Re: DIS: Suggested Auction Amendment [attn. Treasuror]

2021-07-12 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-discussion
On 7/12/21 5:13 PM, Trigon via agora-discussion wrote: > I'm not sure your amendment does anything to help here. All it allows is > for different players to submit bids of equal amount as long as they're > on different lots in a selective-bid auction. The bids are still given > out to the Nth ac

Re: DIS: Suggested Auction Amendment [attn. Treasuror]

2021-07-12 Thread Trigon via agora-discussion
On 12/07/2021 20:49, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: This fixes a quirk of selective-bidding auction where each bid amount can only be claimed by a single person. That's fine in normal auctions, but in a selective-bid auction, it means Alice can bid 5 coins on lot X and lot Y, but Alice ca

DIS: Re: BUS: [Obstructive Pooling] Clarity in Accounting

2021-07-12 Thread Falsifian via agora-discussion
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 04:28:51PM -0400, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > I propose the following amendment to Obstructive Pooling: > > { > > After the paragraph containing "The Accountant is the recordkeepor for > the Trust and for Decipoints.", insert the following paragraph: "When > pub

DIS: Re: BUS: [Obstructive Pooling] Trustee Win Delay

2021-07-12 Thread Falsifian via agora-discussion
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 04:32:27PM -0400, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > I propose the following amendment to Obstructive Pooling: > > { > > Append the following to the paragraph that begins "The Trust is a unique > asset" in the section "Holding": "Any player who is the Trustee or was >

DIS: Suggested Auction Amendment [attn. Treasuror]

2021-07-12 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-discussion
This fixes a quirk of selective-bidding auction where each bid amount can only be claimed by a single person. That's fine in normal auctions, but in a selective-bid auction, it means Alice can bid 5 coins on lot X and lot Y, but Alice can't bid 5 coins on lot X while Bob bids 5 coins on lot Y. Am

Re: DIS: [Proto-Contract] Speaking of ways to circumvent withdrawal...

2021-07-12 Thread Jason Cobb via agora-discussion
On 7/12/21 4:16 PM, Trigon via agora-discussion wrote: > If there is no proxy, then any player CAN join the contract, and in the > same message transfer from the bidder to emself 100 coins. Attempts to > join this contract when there is a proxy is INEFFECTIVE. I'd just use "fee" wording, since I

DIS: [Proto-Contract] Speaking of ways to circumvent withdrawal...

2021-07-12 Thread Trigon via agora-discussion
The following is a proto-contract allowing someone (potentially withdrawn) to bid on behalf of some other party so that they can continue as if nothing happened. It's complex legalese and this is basically my first draft, so I'd love to hear criticisms. And just so we're clear, I probably won't b

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Re: [Treasuror] [Victory Auction] First Victory Auction of July 2021

2021-07-12 Thread Trigon via agora-discussion
On 12/07/2021 19:15, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: On 7/2/21 8:14 PM, Rebecca Lee via agora-business wrote: I bid 105 I bid 150 coins in the ongoing Victory Auction. I think an explanation of the state of this auction is in order. I accidentally started this as a Forward Auction, m

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [ADoP] Election updates

2021-07-12 Thread Falsifian via agora-discussion
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 7:06 AM Trigon via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > On 11/07/2021 20:40, Edward Murphy via agora-official wrote: > > > I initiate an Agoran decision to select the winner of the election for > > > Registrar. > > > > > >* The Vote Collect