I got this email a few days ago in response to my pinging of the ancients. I apologize for the delay in forwarding it; it got lost in the sea of ~100 "delivery failed" messages.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joshua Murphy <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 5:17 PM Subject: Re: Agora Celebrates 20 Years! To: Aaron Goldfein <[email protected]> Tell the current Agorans that they're totally, completely, wonderfully insane for understanding the complex rules of Agora. :) I myself left because it was just so complex, as is the [initial] nature of the game over time. I remember I was going to find some way of twisting the rules to get Cleverbot to play. After all, no rule [to my knowledge, and as of the last time I played] says a player needs to be human! Heck, you could get a die to play, theoretically, since the definition of "translate" in the rule about players is/was ambiguous. We could "translate" Cleverbot's responses into an email form, or "translate" a die roll's number to a prewritten response for each, which we then "translate" into an email form. Good luck causing chaos with this idea, Agorans! On Jun 20, 2013, at 10:36 PM, Aaron Goldfein <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Agoran, > > You are receiving this email because our records show that you played > Agora Nomic at some time between 1993 and the present. I am writing to > inform you that Agora has continued on strong, and on June 30 will > celebrate its 20th anniversary, or Vigintennial. Agora is by far the > longest lived and most successful nomic of all time, and we have you > to thank as a contributor to its prosperity. > > In recognition of the occasion, we have planned several events, and I > invite you to take part in any that you wish. First and most foremost, > there is a currently running game of blitz nomic which started just a > few days ago and will end on the date of the Vigintennial. Play > started from the original Agoran ruleset with slight modifications to > fit our accelerated format, and has already amounted to great fun. > It's being played on the [email protected] mailing list. > Additionally, there will be a get together of current players and old > timers on the IRC channel ##nomic on Sunday June 30th at 21:00 UTC > (22:00 UK time, 17:00 Eastern US time). There is also a creativity > contest and other events in the works. I encourage you to take part in > anything that you find interesting. > > Please feel free to respond with any questions or comments you might > have. If you wish, I could gladly pass on a message to the current > players. > > Sincerely, > Aaron Goldfein
