Re: DIS: art degrees

2020-07-02 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 14:15, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion wrote: > On 7/1/20 12:15 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > > > > tl;dr What do people think about a separate method for arts degrees that's > > more akin to applause and somehow brings in Bard? (just in

Re: DIS: art degrees

2020-07-01 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 at 16:17, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > tl;dr What do people think about a separate method for arts degrees that's > more akin to applause and somehow brings in Bard? (just in general). > > longer: > > I didn't think about this when voting last month, but the new ar

Re: DIS: Hidden Action Fixes

2020-07-01 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 21:17, ATMunn via agora-discussion wrote: > aww man, I was going to try to bury an apathy intent R2595 requires the intent to have been published "conspicously" and "without obfuscation". My understanding is that comes from a period of time when people were sticking hidden

DIS: Re: BUS: @Referee Giving a Blot B Gone to G

2020-07-01 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> Also I intend to declare apathy (just kidding) I object. - Falsifian

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: Objections

2020-07-01 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 12:27 AM Jason Cobb via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > On 6/30/20 10:26 AM, Jason Cobb wrote: > > > I object to all and any intents to exile nch. > > > > > > I withdraw these objections. > > > > > > > I object to all and any intents to exile

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Falsifian, Treasuror, Notary] Quickexchange use

2020-06-29 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 17:49, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/29/20 1:47 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 17:41, Becca Lee via agora-business > > wrote: > >> Nice, I transfer 2 Pendants to QuickExchan

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Falsifian, Treasuror, Notary] Quickexchange use

2020-06-29 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
lol, I think you need to retry now that I pf'd. On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 17:49, Becca Lee via agora-business wrote: > > Oops, I consent, take the pendants, and transfer them back to QE in > exchange for 84 credits > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 3:48 AM James Cook via agora-

DIS: Re: BUS: [Falsifian, Treasuror, Notary] Quickexchange use

2020-06-29 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 17:47, James Cook wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 17:41, Becca Lee via agora-business > wrote: > > Nice, I transfer 2 Pendants to QuickExchange > > Er... I think you just gave 2 Pendants to QE for free. I think you need to say you pay 1 Pendant in order to be granted 44 Le

DIS: Re: BUS: [Falsifian, Treasuror, Notary] Quickexchange use

2020-06-29 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 17:41, Becca Lee via agora-business wrote: > Nice, I transfer 2 Pendants to QuickExchange Er... I think you just gave 2 Pendants to QE for free. I consent to the following amendment to the Dragon QuickExchange contract: { Append one paragraph at the end. It says: { If R.

Re: DIS: Draft Regulations for Diplonomic Birthday Tournament

2020-06-29 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 at 01:30, Ed Strange via agora-discussion wrote: > Im not sure this contract itself can technically override No Faking, > however it should be clear from context as the game goes on that nobody > intends their statenents to be true. If it's still a worry, we could require all

DIS: Re: BUS: Birthday Tournament Regulations

2020-06-28 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
Sorry, I didn't get around to reading these until now. Thanks for going to the effort to write these! Comments inline. > 4. The judge is the final arbitor on matters of this tournament, and eir > decisions can overturned if and only if a CFJ finds eir decisions were "can overturned" > 8. At any

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Interested Proposals

2020-06-28 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 at 23:07, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/23/20 7:33 PM, nch via agora-business wrote: > > On 6/23/20 7:32 PM, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > >> On 6/23/20 7:29 PM, nch via agora-business wrote: > >>> I ditched the idea of Ready Proposals for something more similar to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Honor among Pirates [Attn. All "Pirates"]

2020-06-28 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 21:45, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/16/20 3:17 PM, Cuddle Beam via agora-business wrote: > > I could have just let this pass and banked some MAJOR coinage but the > > long-term consequences of having people be paranoid about my contracts > > isn't worth it imo, I m

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Contract charities

2020-06-28 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 00:53, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/26/20 8:45 PM, James Cook via agora-business wrote: > > This SHOULD only be done if the > > contract's provisions ensure that its funds will be used solely > > for the betterment of A

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ 3851 judged TRUE

2020-06-26 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 16:08, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/26/2020 8:49 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: > > On 6/19/20 8:26 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-official wrote: > >> The below CFJ is 3851. I assign it to Publius Scribonius Scholasticus. > >> > >> status: https://

DIS: Re: BUS: [Dragon] Rejoining

2020-06-26 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 21:35, Aris Merchant via agora-business wrote: > I don't think I ever consented to the latest amendment, so I believe I > am no longer a party. I become a party to the Dragon Corporation. > > -Aris Oops, welcome back! Sorry, probably should have bumped that thread first. -

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Statement from the Opposition

2020-06-26 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 19:39, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 12:36 PM nch via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On 6/25/20 2:35 PM, Aris Merchant wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 12:16 PM nch via agora-discussion >

Re: [Attn: G.] Re: Contract charities (was Re: DIS: How and Whether to Change Patch Certification)

2020-06-25 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 17:03, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/25/2020 9:33 AM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 14:00, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > > wrote: > >> On 6/24/2020 8:47 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion w

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Talismans Auction Patch

2020-06-25 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 16:39, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/25/20 12:37 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 14:05, Jason Cobb via agora-business > > wrote: > >> I submit the following proposal: &g

Re: [Attn. R. Lee] Re: DIS: [Reportor] Last Week in Agora

2020-06-25 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
n 6/24/2020 11:20 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > >> https://discord.gg/UGxm3v --- Agora suddenly has an unofficial Discord > >> server. This happened when a downside of Agora's recent increased > >> activity becomes impossible to ignore: the activity

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Talismans Auction Patch

2020-06-25 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 14:05, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > I submit the following proposal: > > Title: Talismans auction patch > > Author: Jason > > Coauthors: Trigon > > Adoption index: 2.0 > > { > > Amend Rule 1885 by deleting the sentence beginning "The method to be > used for this au

Re: [Attn: G.] Re: Contract charities (was Re: DIS: How and Whether to Change Patch Certification)

2020-06-25 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 14:00, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/24/2020 8:47 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > > Bump. Here's an updated text; all I did was remove the once-per-month > > restriction. G., what do you think about submitting this before nc

DIS: Re: OFF: Report Routing

2020-06-25 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 04:40, Aris Merchant via agora-official wrote: > I would prefer for Reportor reports to be sent to OFF, even in the absence > of a rule making the Reportor an office. People often read OFF to get a > summary of game affairs at a given time. The Reportor's entries are > astou

[Attn: G.] Re: Contract charities (was Re: DIS: How and Whether to Change Patch Certification)

2020-06-24 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 19:30, James Cook wrote: > > The idea of a contract charity (which we've done before) is intriguing and > > this makes me want to go for the strongest standard (w/o objection). > > I was just in the middle of drafting a Reportor contract. Here's a > copy of your proto for ch

DIS: [Reportor] Last Week in Agora

2020-06-24 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
Archived at https://github.com/AgoraNomic/Reportor/tree/master/weekly_summaries Report for the week of 2020-06-15..21: # Summary Welcome Zyborg! https://discord.gg/UGxm3v --- Agora suddenly has an unofficial Discord server. This happened when a downside of Agora's recent increased activity bec

Re: DIS: [Notary] Web Report Survey

2020-06-24 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> - Should everything be in one long webpage, or should each contract be > split into its own page? Having a one-page version available would be convenient for searching. - Falsifian

DIS: Re: BUS: Petty corruption

2020-06-23 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> I transfer a voting card from omd to myself. Nothing about omd's promise makes this text effective. However, omd granted you a Voting Card when you cashed the promise, so I think the end effect is what you intended. - Falsifian

Re: DIS: Why did PAoaM fail?

2020-06-22 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 at 00:15, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > It's generally agreed that the PAoaM economic model didn't work out. Unlike > the shinies economy, which is generally agreed to have suffered from > unpredictable boom bust cycles that were more annoying than anything else,

Re: DIS: [DracoLotto Administrator] Draft Lottery Resolution

2020-06-22 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 at 00:50, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > [Here's my draft resolution for the DracoLotto. Please look it over > and let me know if you see any errors.] I skimmed it and didn't notice any errors. The Treasuror going through the public version is likely our best doub

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Put the discord on the agora home page

2020-06-22 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 21:16, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/22/2020 1:55 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 20:53, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via > > agora-discussion wrote: > >> On 6/22/20 4:06 PM, nch via agora-di

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Put the discord on the agora home page

2020-06-22 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> I still think it would be nice to have a party in Aris's and Jacob's > MUD some time : ) (Could *that* be bridged to IRC/Discord?) > > - Falsifian Er, sorry, Jason. (I shouldn't try to write emails while distracted.) - Falsifian

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Put the discord on the agora home page

2020-06-22 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 21:05, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/22/20 5:02 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 1:55 PM James Cook via agora-discussion > > wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, 22 Jun

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Put the discord on the agora home page

2020-06-22 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 20:53, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/22/20 4:06 PM, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > > On 6/22/20 3:00 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion > > wrote: > >> On 6/22/20 3:50 PM, James Cook vi

Re: DIS: How to keep up

2020-06-22 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 03:16, Zyborg Mao via agora-discussion wrote: > I just signed up and already have 50+ messages. I'm not sure how to deal > with this. Any hints/tips? You could see if my weekly summaries help: https://github.com/AgoraNomic/Reportor/tree/master/weekly_summaries Not a comple

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Put the discord on the agora home page

2020-06-22 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 1:12 PM Rebecca via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > See title > > > > Also all should join it, it has been a fun and very active atmosphere, > > although too small. On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 03:17, Rebecca via agora-discussion wrote: > https:

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: is this too morbid?

2020-06-22 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 12:00 PM ATMunn via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > I feel like I vaguely recall this being discussed at some point > > previously, but I thought I would go for it anyways. > > > > I initiate a Call for Judgement on the following statement:

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Action Is better than words

2020-06-21 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 at 20:13, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/20/20 8:47 PM, Rebecca via agora-business wrote: > > Therefore, please join this discord server I made > > https://discord.gg/UGxm3v > > > > Tell me what channels you want all up in there and stuff > > -- > > From R. Lee > > Jus

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Leaving or something like that

2020-06-21 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 22:02, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/20/2020 2:55 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > I don't think we need continuity/historicity on every card transfer, and > > the only reason for some of the other reports to have timestamped > > documents (e.g. Treasuror) is to h

DIS: Re: BUS: [proposal] let's just match the promotor's reality shall we

2020-06-21 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 at 15:52, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > [This confuses everyone regularly, except Aris. Let's just make it clear] > > I submit the following proposal "no backdating needed", AI-3: > > > > Amend

Re: DIS: Fora and Accessibility

2020-06-20 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 22:24, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > Moving this here because multiple subtopics in one thread was explicitly > mentioned as an accessibility problem in the increasing off-topic > "Leaving..." thread. > > First, I want to simply ask: Do you use IRC, and how often? Do you

DIS: Draft Reportor contract

2020-06-20 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
This is intended to be a publicly funded contract once we have a rule for that. (The same thing could be accomplished more simply by making Reportor rule-defined, but I'm interested in being able to add things to Agora without adding complexity to the rules.) Much of the text is around determinin

Contract charities (was Re: DIS: How and Whether to Change Patch Certification)

2020-06-20 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> The idea of a contract charity (which we've done before) is intriguing and > this makes me want to go for the strongest standard (w/o objection). I was just in the middle of drafting a Reportor contract. Here's a copy of your proto for charity contracts from last month: > Proto > - > Enact the

Re: DIS: How and Whether to Change Patch Certification

2020-06-20 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 01:45, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > I think we need a free way of pending patch proposals. The voters appear to > agree with me. One voter's perspective: I voted FOR only to protect for the case that someone finds a serious bug with pending proposals. Perso

DIS: [Reportor] Last Week in Agora

2020-06-18 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
Archived at https://github.com/AgoraNomic/Reportor/tree/master/weekly_summaries Report for the week of 2020-06-08..14: # Summary nch's long-awaited Sets economy was adopted this week, and we've already seen three contracts for moving Cards and Products around (one of which has been revealed to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Non-fee based mechanisms for fee-based actions

2020-06-18 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 03:32, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/18/20 11:29 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > > What would the text look like then? (I don't follow how the "invoke" > > phrasing relates to the requirement about specifying zero

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Non-fee based mechanisms for fee-based actions

2020-06-18 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> >> If the Rules define a fee-based mechanism to perform an action, but the > >> specified set of assets is the empty set, then the mechanism can be > >> invoked by announcement, but the announcement must include that there is > >> an (empty or 0) fee for the mechanism. > > I'm not sure if the mea

Re: DIS: [Proto-proposal] What's a card game without a deck?

2020-06-18 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 20:37, ATMunn via agora-discussion wrote: > Here's a proto-proposal I came up with somewhat on the spot. Opinions > welcome. > > > Title: The Deck > AI: 1.0 > Author: ATMunn > Co-author(s): > > Enact a power-1 rule entitled "The Deck" with the following text: > The D

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Non-fee based mechanisms for fee-based actions

2020-06-18 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> If the Rules associate payment of a set of actions (hereafter the fee s/actions/assets/ > for the action; syns: cost, price charge) with performing an action, You lost a comma after "price". > that mechanism for performing that action is a fee-based mechanism. Shouldn't it be "method" rather

Re: DIS: Fixing fee-based actions (was winning - more direct or less direct?)

2020-06-18 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 02:54, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/18/20 10:47 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > > I don't have a strong preference but just directly winning does seem > > simpler. > > > > Either way I think R2579 should b

DIS: Fixing fee-based actions (was winning - more direct or less direct?)

2020-06-18 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 17:36, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > Minor discussion topic here. > > Right now, as evidenced by recent CFJ, the rules are in a slightly weird > place in winning where sometimes you do a thing (Raise a Banner) that > causes you to win, and sometimes what you do i

DIS: Re: BUS: Honor among Pirates [Attn. All "Pirates"]

2020-06-16 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 20:17, Cuddle Beam via agora-business wrote: > I could have just let this pass and banked some MAJOR coinage but the > long-term consequences of having people be paranoid about my contracts > isn't worth it imo, I much prefer to have people's trust that I won't > betray them

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3843 Assigned to Murphy

2020-06-16 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> The set {Cuddlebeam's Master Switch, Agora's Ruleset} fails to satisfy > the second part. Jason argued the set is distinct from its elements. I don't think it would change the judgement, but it might change the arguments. Not sure if it's worth re-opening. (Jason argued that the contract could

DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer’s locker

2020-06-16 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> Cuddlebeam is the only party to this contract. Cuddlebeam, while acting as > Cuddlebeam and with Cuddlebeam’s consent, CAN amend this contract by > announcement. > > Cuddlebeam, while acting as Cuddlebeam and with Cuddlebeam’s consent, CAN > transfer Assets from this Contract to Cuddlebeam. I'm

Re: DIS: Who is aiming for Victory Cards/Points?

2020-06-16 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 19:36, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/14/2020 12:15 PM, Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion wrote: > > Small survey for who is aiming for Victory Cards/Points because barring a > > scam surprising us, it’s going to be way harder to win if someone has to > > comp

Re: DIS: [Webmastor] Informal Polling

2020-06-16 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> * What should be on the main page? [it's pretty outdated now, and I feel > like it could use a facelift and some new copy] Information for people who want to know what Agora is. I think the current content is pretty good for that. I think having recent events and up-to-date information about th

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer now has a pegleg and an eyepatch

2020-06-15 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 12:19, nch via agora-business wrote: > On 6/14/20 10:32 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > >> I propose the following Parley: > >> > >> { > >> > >> Replace the last sentence (under PARLEY) with: > >> >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer now has a pegleg and an eyepatch

2020-06-14 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> I propose the following Parley: > > { > > Replace the last sentence (under PARLEY) with: > > If a Parley was proposed at least 2 days ago, at least 2/3rds (rounded > up) of all Pirates consent to its contents, and it has not yet been > applied, then any Pirate can apply it by announcement, causin

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Agora Birthday

2020-06-14 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 02:22, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > Proto: "Registrar's monthly report highlights birthdays coming up in the > next month." (or maybe just a suggestion to the registrar :) ) Hm, maybe I will do this. I thought about it before but didn't, partly because of "P

Re: DIS: humble agoran farmer's birthday

2020-06-13 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
wrote: > > That message wasn't considered to be my registration iirc. This one was > https://i.gyazo.com/01b292873845ea08041c2d56b5596048.png > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 9:41 PM James Cook via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > On

Re: DIS: humble agoran farmer's birthday

2020-06-13 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 at 16:25, Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion wrote: > I was reading the rules and I found Rule 2585. My Agoran Birthday is May > 21st, this is me announcing this. > > Anyways, just that, cheers. Are you sure it's not May 20? I have May 20, 2017 in my monthly report, and found th

DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8431-8441

2020-06-12 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
I vote as follows: > ID Author(s)AITitle > --- > 8431l Aris, ais523 1.0 Proposal Reward Trimming endorse Aris > 8432* Aris, Alexis, Falsifian 3.0 The Administrative State PRESENT >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer now has a pegleg and an eyepatch

2020-06-12 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> ‍☠️ PARLEY > > Any Pirate can propose a Parley by announcement, which describes amendments > to this contract. If at least 2/3rds (rounded up) of all Pirates consent to > the Parley’s contents, this contract is amended according to the Parley. There should be a minimum notice period. Otherwise i

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [proposal] can you believe nicknames are entirely undefined?

2020-06-12 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
Sorry about that. I've seen both, and as Registrar, I should have asked for clarification. Updated for the next weekly report. - Falsifian On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 13:42, Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion wrote: > Please change mine to Cuddlebeam instead of Cuddle Beam. Cuddlebeam is my > real Ago

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] End of June zombie auction

2020-06-12 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 01:06, Rebecca via agora-business wrote: > On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 6:11 AM James Cook via agora-official < > agora-offic...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > The June zombie auction has ended. It began 2020-06-04 at 00:37, and > > ended 2020-06-11 at 00:37. All times UTC. > > > >

Re: DIS: [proto-contract] Arbitration

2020-06-12 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 16:48, nch wrote: > On 6/12/20 11:42 AM, James Cook wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 22:12, nch wrote: > >> On 6/11/20 2:28 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > >>> Actually, that could be a use for a limited asset. Call them Fingers

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: indirect wins

2020-06-12 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 22:24, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/11/2020 2:48 PM, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > > On 6/11/20 3:29 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > >> > >> I submit the following proposal, "win indirection", AI-1: > >> -

Re: DIS: [Proto-proposal] Amulets

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> I also contributed three stone videos in the original thread in May > 2019 (subject "the end never games"): s/videos/ideas/ Not sure how that happened. - Falsifian

Re: DIS: [Proto-proposal] Amulets

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> > This has a lot in common with G.'s "stones" proto. Last posted in > > September, I think: > > > > https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-discussion/2019-September/055498.html > > > > I thought the rules about stones escaping were fun. Also, there were > > some creative kin

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Barrel rolling

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> In general, defining one method for doing something excludes "unregulated" > methods from working, but doesn't exclude other regulated methods in the > rules from working. > > For example, saying (under certain conditions) that the Herald CAN award > Champion by announcement (Rule 2449) doesn't p

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [ADoP] Prime Minister Election Voting Phase

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 19:09, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 00:05, Rebecca via agora-official > wrote: > > I initiate an agoran decision for the election of the Prime Minister. The > > quorum is 7, the vote collector is the ADoP, the meth

Re: DIS: [proto-contract] Arbitration

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> > What is the advantage of arbitration by contract over just having the > > Referee / CFJ system handle things? > > The Referee and judges didn't necessarily opt in to being involved in > every possible contract dispute (and it allows more flexibility than the > rules currently do). And, if we en

Re: DIS: [proto-contract] Arbitration

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 18:16, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/11/2020 10:55 AM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > >> When an Arbitration Case is unassigned, the Head Arbitrator CAN by > >> announcement, and SHALL in a timely fashion, flip its Arbitra

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Barrel rolling

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 17:36, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/11/2020 10:12 AM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > >> On Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 20:16:09 GMT+1, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > >> wrote: > >>> On 6/9/2020 11:21 AM, Alex

DIS: Re: OFF: [ADoP] Prime Minister Election Voting Phase

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 00:05, Rebecca via agora-official wrote: > I initiate an agoran decision for the election of the Prime Minister. The > quorum is 7, the vote collector is the ADoP, the method is IRV, and the > valid options are any candidates for PM, which currently are R. Lee, nch > and ATM

Re: DIS: [Proto] Competitive Finger Pointing

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 22:14, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > This is a very early proto, but I figured I'd throw it out there for > consideration while other criminal reforms are being discussed. > > The idea is: > > * Shenanigans is a 0+X crime, where X is the number of times in the last > 7 d

DIS: Re: BUS: criminal behavior

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 22:27, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-business wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 6:06 PM nch via agora-business > wrote: > > > > > > On 6/10/20 4:22 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > > > > > > I ossify Agora. > > > > > I point my finger at G. for Faking.

Re: DIS: [Proto-proposal] Amulets

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> I've been rattling this idea around in my mind for a bit. I decided to > put together a proto-proposal to see what others think. This has a lot in common with G.'s "stones" proto. Last posted in September, I think: https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-discussion/2019-Sep

Re: DIS: [proto-contract] Arbitration

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> When an Arbitration Case is unassigned, the Head Arbitrator CAN by > announcement, and SHALL in a timely fashion, flip its Arbitrator to any > other value. The Arbitrator SHALL NOT assign an Arbitration Case to a > person who has a manifest interest in the case, whether monetary or > otherwise.

DIS: Re: BUS: [Notice of Honour]

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 21:06, nch via agora-business wrote: > > This is a Notice of Honour: > > +1 Falsifian (excellence in journalism) > > -1 Jason (to ensure eir ego doesn't grow too big up in the clouds above > the rest of us) Thanks, ATMunn and nch! I am glad you're enjoying the summaries. -

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Barrel rolling

2020-06-11 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> On Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 20:16:09 GMT+1, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > wrote: > > On 6/9/2020 11:21 AM, Alex Smith via agora-discussion wrote: > > > I submit the following proposal, "Barrel Rolling", AI-1: > > >> A player CAN win the game, but it will cost em 100 barrels. > > > This is unu

DIS: [Reportor] Last Week in Agora

2020-06-09 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
Archived at https://github.com/AgoraNomic/Reportor/tree/master/weekly_summaries Report for the week of 2020-06-01..07: # Summary Welcome, Tyler! A very busy week. With nch's new "Sets" economy coming, there's a rush to submit proposals while submitting them is still free, leading the Promotor

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Barrel rolling

2020-06-09 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 16:25, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/9/20 11:05 AM, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > > > > I submit the following proposal, "Barrel Rolling", AI-1: > > > > > > Create a power-1 rule, "The

Re: DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2020-06-09 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
The below AIs are inconsistent: > 8437l R. Lee, G. 1.0 Guilderoy Lockhart > // > ID: 8437 > Title: Guilderoy Lockhart > Adoption index: 2.0 > Author: R. Lee > Co-authors: G. - Falsifian

Re: [CFJ] Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer opens a humble agoran occult shop

2020-06-09 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 21:06, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/8/20 4:51 PM, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > > 1 seems unconvincing. The NAX now requires simple majority for > > amendments (meaning not all members need to publicly consent to the next > > change), and I think everyone

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Stately Officiation

2020-06-08 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 18:44, James Cook wrote: > On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 18:35, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion > wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 11:20 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < > > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 6/8/2020 11:12 AM, Aris Merchant wrote: >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Stately Officiation

2020-06-08 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 18:35, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 11:20 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > > On 6/8/2020 11:12 AM, Aris Merchant wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 7:26 AM Rebecca wrote: > > >> On M

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Executive Expansion

2020-06-07 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 at 19:29, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 12:24 PM James Cook via agora-discussion > wrote: > > > > > - Imprimatur: The Prime Minister acts on behalf of the vote collector > > > of an Agoran Decision to re

Re: DIS: [Attn: Herald] Birthday Tournament Discussion

2020-06-07 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> Oh those are really pretty simple too, chess-level simple or simpler (with > some edge cases that come up as you go). My experience learning Diplomacy was that the although rules are short and seem simple, I found out about new (to me) edge cases constantly. I love the game but I think the rule

Re: DIS: [Protos] Rule Violation Options

2020-06-07 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 at 06:26, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 10:14 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion > wrote: > > > > > > On 6/6/2020 9:33 AM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > > >> E.g. "Certain actions

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposals] Administrative Reforms

2020-06-07 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> eir's own office's Administrative Regulations. Administrative Regulations Still not quite there : ) eir's

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Executive Expansion

2020-06-07 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> - Imprimatur: The Prime Minister acts on behalf of the vote collector > of an Agoran Decision to resolve that decision. It worries me that this doesn't say how the decision is resolved. Also is power 2 high enough to do this? Sorry, didn't notice this until reviewing proposals to vote on

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Executive Expansion

2020-06-07 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> - Corram Vobis: The Prime Minister enters a specified case, the current > judgement of which was assigned within the past quarter, into Moot. Should that be "Coram Nobis" - Falsifian

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8409-8430

2020-06-07 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> (1) use natural switches - current solution, bad metaphor; > > (2) use currencies - I think that's a bad fit, we don't really want to > treat these quantities as tradable objects and we want to include negative > karma, so with an even "worse" metaphor IMO; > > (3) invent something new in paralle

Re: DIS: [Attn: Herald] Birthday Tournament Discussion

2020-06-07 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> I like FRCs, and I have really enjoyed that in the past, but I also > think that we should try to be experimental with tournaments given the > limited frequency with which they occur. Diplonomic seems interesting, > and rules already exist for it, which we could modify to suit our > needs. > > At

Re: DIS: [Proto] Judicial Diversification

2020-06-07 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 at 01:09, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > This is intended to lay the groundwork for adding other types of judicial > cases later. Thoughts? Do you have any examples in mind? Also, I'm curious how this was done in the past; I remember hearing about Agora once having

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] The dumbest idea I've ever had...?

2020-06-06 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at 18:17, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion wrote: > If no one else is interested in preparing a draft for this, I’ll get to it > later this weekend. Thanks! - Falsifian

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] The dumbest idea I've ever had...?

2020-06-06 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at 17:40, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 6/6/2020 10:28 AM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > >>> This is great! but I'm likely to vote AGAINST unless we get a > >>> crime/infraction distinction and this becomes an inf

DIS: Re: BUS: registration

2020-06-06 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at 16:32, Tyler M via agora-business wrote: > I would like to have citizenship. Welcome to Agora. What name would you like to use? My take on the current state of the game: a big change is expected to be enacted next week (Sets v1.4) which will create an economy with many diff

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] The dumbest idea I've ever had...?

2020-06-06 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> > This is great! but I'm likely to vote AGAINST unless we get a > > crime/infraction distinction and this becomes an infraction, i.e. not > > actually against the rules. > > Is this something that is currently being proposed, or no? I know > there's something related to blots and stuff in the pro

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] The dumbest idea I've ever had...?

2020-06-06 Thread James Cook via agora-discussion
> Title: Bank Robbery > AI: 1.0 > Author: ATMunn > Co-author(s): > > Enact a rule entitled "Heists" with the following text: > { > At any time, any player CAN, by announcement, perform a Heist. Upon > doing so, e CAN transfer up to half of the coins owned by Agora, rounded > down, to emself. Howeve

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