Re: Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread CuddleBeam
>Great Degree, Super Awesome Degree, Very Very Rad Degree... goddamnit I laughed way harder than I should have lol

Re: Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread CuddleBeam
>Proto: For every thesis beyond a PhD-qualifying thesis that a >player submits, e receives a Degree where is one >more positive adjectives than the last degree e received had. >PhD, Great Degree, Super Awesome Degree, Very Very Rad Degree... goddamnit I laughed way harder than I should have lo

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Nic Evans
On 05/25/2017 07:30 PM, CuddleBeam wrote: Ah, ok, sorry. I also wondering about that myself because what would happen if I max out at degrees yet still want to submit more thesis? I just don't go higher I guess. Or I become Magnum Philosopher Quad-PhD Thesispooper Supreme with Capuchino of No

Re: Re: Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
We could add higher degrees or we could award Certificates of High Scholarship for any extra theses. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 8:30 PM, CuddleBeam wrote: > Ah, ok, sorry. I also wondering about that myself because what would > happen if I max out at degrees ye

Re: Re: Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread CuddleBeam
Ah, ok, sorry. I also wondering about that myself because what would happen if I max out at degrees yet still want to submit more thesis? I just don't go higher I guess. Or I become Magnum Philosopher Quad-PhD Thesispooper Supreme with Capuchino of Nomic or something I dunno.

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 May 2017, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: > On this topic, why can’t someone receive multiple of the same degree? I dunno. It wasn't in the earliest mail archive version of that rule, and I can't remember it ever being an issue. I suppose there's some logic to requiring a pr

Re: Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
I wasn't saying we should change it, just wondering the original logic. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 8:20 PM, CuddleBeam wrote: > I'm guessing that it likely just made sense to themselves at the time. Why > would anyone even *try* to submit more than one thesis?

Re: Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread CuddleBeam
I'm guessing that it likely just made sense to themselves at the time. Why would anyone even *try* to submit more than one thesis? Holy fuck. A *whole* thesis. Based on that suspicion, I think it's just spectacle creep that we consider that now to be a bit silly. Again, just guessing.

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
On this topic, why can’t someone receive multiple of the same degree? Publius Scribonius Scholasticus p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com > On May 25, 2017, at 5:54 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > > On Thu, 2017-05-25 at 21:28 +0200, CuddleBeam wrote: >> I also request to be laid off Judging as I

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Alex Smith
On Thu, 2017-05-25 at 21:28 +0200, CuddleBeam wrote: > I also request to be laid off Judging as I'd like to dedicate my efforts > towards writing and nurturing a better system for these activities instead > of hijacking CFJs. Noted. -- ais523

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Aris Merchant
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Quazie wrote: > Speaking of GitHub (But more speaking of useful Officer Sites) - Aris do you > have any intention of making an unofficial proposal pool visible to the > masses? Not yet unfortunately. Currently I prepare it manually just before I post it. If I have

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Quazie
Speaking of GitHub (But more speaking of useful Officer Sites) - Aris do you have any intention of making an unofficial proposal pool visible to the masses? On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 1:20 PM Nic Evans wrote: > On 05/25/2017 03:16 PM, CuddleBeam wrote: > > Wrong forum goddamnit lol. Reposting: > >

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
I think that unless people have major problems, we should try it as is with some more activity and anyone wanting to help, I would be willing to try and work with you possibly through agencies and for pay. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Nic Evans wrote: >

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Nic Evans
On 05/25/2017 03:16 PM, CuddleBeam wrote: Wrong forum goddamnit lol. Reposting: We could even sprinkle in some analysis of the game and then the creation of a new-comer sort of guide ("Bill Nye"/"Mythbusters"/"other flavor of informal" style, to better ease in the complexity? Creation of an i

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 May 2017, Aris Merchant wrote: > On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 12:47 PM, grok (caleb vines) > wrote: > > On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus > > wrote: > >> > >> I am already trying to do this some with the Herald and I see no need to > >> add a new office, so

Re: Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread CuddleBeam
Wrong forum goddamnit lol. Reposting: We could even sprinkle in some analysis of the game and then the creation of a new-comer sort of guide ("Bill Nye"/"Mythbusters"/"other flavor of informal" style, to better ease in the complexity? Creation of an introductory pamphlet of a sort of the game perh

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Josh T
I support academic themeing as I think it would be an interesting change of pace. Bonus fact: 蘭亭社 makes reference to a famous literati gathering which had influenced Eastern art for centuries. 天火狐 On 25 May 2017 at 16:00, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus < p.scribonius.scholasti...@googlemail.com>

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
The Herald traditionally gives interesting historical facts, I just didn't because I just wanted to get a report out there. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Aris Merchant < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 12:47 PM, grok (c

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Aris Merchant
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 12:47 PM, grok (caleb vines) wrote: > On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus > wrote: >> >> I am already trying to do this some with the Herald and I see no need to >> add a new office, so I would be happy to take this up informally to go along >>

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
I am currently working on a major thesis to analyze Agoran historiography and history, which could be interesting. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 3:47 PM, grok (caleb vines) wrote: > On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus < > p.scribonius.

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread grok (caleb vines)
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus < p.scribonius.scholasti...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I am already trying to do this some with the Herald and I see no need to > add a new office, so I would be happy to take this up informally to go > along with the Herald. As to the

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
If we wanted to dive all in, I would be all for theming this in an academic manner and putting more of an emphasis on scholarship and degrees, I just don't want to do it half way. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 May 2017,

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 May 2017, CuddleBeam wrote: > Rule > University Director: You know, while I think the emerging economy is great and don't want to distract from it, it's been a while since we've had a theme, and the economy is sort of generic as a theme. An elaborated Grants/Departments/schola

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
I like that idea, but at the moment I don't understand the Organization system well enough, so if someone else could write up the charter that would be great, but if not I am happy to figure it out. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Nic Evans wrote: > On 05/2

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Nic Evans
On 05/25/2017 02:37 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: As to the funding, we could set this up through donations with a pseudo-trust set up with a pledge. You could also make a real trust with an organization, which could even issue its own stamps as a reward.

Re: DIS: Proto: Agoran Research Funding/Grants/Scholarship/other term

2017-05-25 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
I am already trying to do this some with the Herald and I see no need to add a new office, so I would be happy to take this up informally to go along with the Herald. As to the funding, we could set this up through donations with a pseudo-trust set up with a pledge. Publius Scribonius Scholas