On 06/21/2012 04:21 PM, Henri Bouchard wrote: > Do I need to know all the rules to play?
No. If you want to be engage in certain optional aspects of play, such as being a judge, or writing proposals, or exploiting loopholes in the rules, then it would probably be helpful to have a cursory acquaintance with most of the rules. The full ruleset can be found at <http://agora.qoid.us/current_flr.txt>. Here's a quick primer to get started. You're not required to read all of it. Many game actions are taken "by announcement". In order to do something by announcement, send a message to [email protected] stating that you do it. For example, to become a player, you could send a message to agora-business with the text "I become a player." in the body. A "CFJ" (Call For Judgement) is (usually) a formal request for clarification on something that might be unclear. A CFJ is created by announcement (see above), specifying a true-or-false statement. For example, if I want to know whether the black moon howls, I could send a message to agora-business with the text "CFJ: The black moon howls." in the body. A few days later, someone would file an official judgement, such as "TRUE" (if the black moon howls) or "FALSE" (if the black moon does not howl). It's bad form to call a CFJ if you're just confused about what's going on; CFJs are generally used when the playerbase as a whole is confused or in disagreement, and the game needs an official ruling in order to be able to continue. If you just want clarification, ask in agora-discussion. If you prefer, you can also ask for clarification in the IRC channel ##nomic on Freenode. Once a week, someone (currently omd) will send a message to [email protected] with a title along the lines of "Distribution of Proposals". You can vote on these proposals by announcement; an example ballot can be found at <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg23341.html>. If you don't want to vote, it would be polite to send a message to agora-business saying "I vote PRESENT on everything I can."; this will help the vote to reach quorum.
