I didn't see the "entities other than Agora" change, that works.
On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 12:46 AM, Kenyon Prater <[email protected]>
wrote:
> In "Facilities":
>
> If a player owns any facilities with upkeep costs, e must pay them
> before the first day of the next Agoran month. Failing to do this
> destroys the facility. In the second to last Eastman week of the
> Agoran Month, the Cartographor SHOULD issue a humiliating public
> reminder to all those who have not paid upkeep fees on any of eir
> facilities.
>
> Should include something about a contract owning a facility with upkeep
> costs. Probably it can just become something like "If a player or
> contract owns any facilities with upkeep costs..." but I'm not sure if that
> has any issues I'm not seeing. And just to confirm, we want public
> facilities to be upkeep-free, right? That has a bit of an exploit if I,
> say, transferred all of the land I owned to Agora and wrote a script to
> send an email claiming the products at exactly 0:00 UTC or something, but
> it seems mostly fair.
>
> Kenyon
>
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 12:09 AM, Aris Merchant <thoughtsoflifeandlight17@
> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Okay, everyone, here's a revised patch. Please point out any other
>> issues you see. All changes more significant than a typo fix have been
>> moved to a new section for reader's convenience . Gaelan, some version
>> of this will be in this week's distribution, so you can withdraw your
>> original.
>>
>> -Aris
>>
>> ---
>> Title: PAoaM Patch v2
>> Adoption index: 3.0
>> Author: Aris
>> Co-authors: Gaelan, Trigon
>>
>>
>> In Rule 105 “Rule Changes,” replace
>>
>> "If the reenacting proposal provides new text for the rule, the rule
>> must have materially the same purpose as did the repealed version;
>> otherwise, the attempt to reenact the rule is null and void.”
>>
>> with
>>
>> “If the reenacting proposal provides new text for the rule, the
>> rule SHOULD have materially the same purpose as did the repealed
>> version."
>>
>> The Rulekeepor MAY list historical annotations for changes made by the
>> following portion of this proposal (until the text “END CLEANUP”) however
>> e
>> wishes, including incorrectly or not at all.
>>
>> If Rule 2599 is not currently enacted, re-enact it with the following
>> text; if it is enacted but does not have the following text, amend it
>> to have the following text: {
>>
>> If a player has not received a Welcome Package since e most
>> recently registered, any player CAN cause em to receive one by
>> announcement.
>>
>> When a player receives a Welcome Package, Agora creates the
>> following assets in eir possession:
>>
>> 1. 10 coins
>> 2. 5 lumber
>> 3. 5 stones
>> 4. 10 apples
>> 5. 3 papers
>> }
>>
>> If no rule titled “Paydays” exists, create it at power 2 with the
>> following
>> text; if it exists but does not have the following text, amend it to have
>> the
>> following text: {
>>
>> Whenever a Payday occurs, the following events happen in order:
>>
>> 1. The following assets are created in the possession of each
>> player:
>> A. 10 coins
>> B. 5 apples
>> C. 2 papers
>>
>> 2. For each office, if a single player held that office for 16 or
>> more days in the previous month and e was not issued any Cards
>> other than Green for eir conduct in that office during that
>> time, the following assets are created in the possession of
>> that player:
>> A. 5 coins
>> B. 1 corn
>>
>> The occurrence of Paydays is secured. At the beginning of each
>> month, a Payday occurs.
>> }
>>
>> If Rule 1993 is not currently enacted, re-enact it with the following
>> text;
>> if it is enacted but does not have the following text, amend it to have
>> the
>> following text: {
>>
>> Arcadia is a land entirely defined by the Arcadian Map (the Map).
>> The Map is the term for the set of all Land Units.
>>
>> The Map divides Arcadia into a finite, discrete number of Units of
>> Land, or simply Land. Each Unit of Land is an indestructible asset
>> specified by an ordered pair of integers known as its Latitude and
>> Longitude.
>>
>> Every unique ordered pair of integers within the limits defined in
>> the Rules for Latitude and Longitude signifies an existent Unit of
>> Land. No other Units of Land exist. Units of Land CAN only be
>> created or destroyed by changing the limits of Latitude and
>> Longitude defined in the Rules.
>>
>> All values for Latitude and Longitude MUST lie between -6 and +6,
>> inclusive.
>>
>> The Total Land Area of Arcadia is the number of existent Units of
>> Land defined by permissible Latitude and Longitude pairs.
>> }
>>
>> If Rule 1994 is not currently enacted, re-enact it with the following
>> text;
>> if it is enacted but does not have the following text, amend it to have
>> the
>> following text: {
>>
>> Any existent Land for which ownership has not been explicitly
>> changed belongs to Agora.
>>
>> Land belonging to Agora is called Public Land. Land belonging to
>> a contract is called Communal Land. Land belonging to any other
>> entity is called Private Land. Together, Communal Land and Private
>> Land are called Proprietary Land.
>> }
>>
>> If Rule 1995 is not currently enacted, re-enact it with the following
>> text;
>> if it is enacted but does not have the following text, amend it to have
>> the
>> following text: {
>>
>> Each Unit of Land has a Land Type switch, tracked by the
>> Cartographor, whose values are "Black", "White", and "Aether" (the
>> default). Changes to Land Type switches are secured. To "change
>> the type" of, or to "transform" a Unit of Land is to flip its Type
>> switch. A “Unit of X” is a Unit of Land whose Land Type switch has
>> the value X.
>>
>> When existent Land has not had its Type changed as explicitly
>> permitted by the Rules, or has a Type that is not currently
>> defined by the Rules, it is considered to have the Land Type of
>> Aether. Rules to the contrary nonwithstanding, Units of Aether
>> CANNOT be transferred from Agora, or owned by any entity other
>> than Agora.
>>
>> If Proprietary Land becomes Aether, the Cartographor SHALL
>> transfer it to Agora in a timely fashion, destroy any facilities
>> on the Land Unit, and set all other switches to their default
>> values.
>>
>> Type is a singleton switch with the values of Black and White,
>> defaulting to Black. When an act specifies that an alternating
>> land type is to be used, the current value of the Alternating Land
>> Type switch is used, and the switch is set to the next value of
>> the switch.
>> }
>>
>> If Rule 1996 is not currently enacted, re-enact it with the following
>> text;
>> if it is enacted but does not have the following text, amend it to have
>> the
>> following text: {
>>
>> The Cartographor is an office; its holder is recordkeepor for the
>> Land of Arcadia.
>>
>> The Cartographor's Weekly Report shall include:
>>
>> 1. the ownership and land type of all existing land;
>> 2. all changes in the ownership and land type of existing land
>> since the most recent report;
>> 3. the location for the previous week and the current week of each
>> entity with a defined location;
>> 4. the next alternating land type;
>> 5. all facilities and their parent land units; and
>> 6. a list of all preserved land units.
>> }
>>
>> If Rule 1996 is not titled “The Cartographor”, retitle it “The
>> Cartographor”.
>>
>> If Rule 1998 is not currently enacted, re-enact it with the following
>> text;
>> if it is enacted but does not have the following text, amend it to have
>> the
>> following text: {
>>
>> Two Units of Land are Adjacent if they have the same Latitude, and
>> their Longitudes differ by exactly one; or they have the same
>> Longitude, and their Latitudes differ by exactly one.
>>
>> Land Unit A is said to be connected to Land Unit B if it is
>> possible to reach B by moving only to adjacent Land Units of the
>> same color, starting from A.
>> }
>>
>> If Rule 1999 is not currently enacted, re-enact it with the following
>> text;
>> if it is enacted but does not have the following text, amend it to have
>> the
>> following text: {
>>
>> Location is a player switch, tracked by the Cartographer, whose
>> values are ordered pairs of integers where the first value is a
>> valid Latitude, and the second is a valid Longitude. The default
>> Location is (0, 0).
>>
>> To "move" a player is to flip that player’s Location switch to the
>> Latitude and Longitude of the destination.
>>
>> No other Entity can have a location unless it is defined in a rule
>> other than this one. Changes to the Location of an Entity are
>> secured. If an Entity is specified by this Rule as having a
>> defined Location, but its Location has not been explicitly set or
>> changed, its Location is set to (0, 0).
>> }
>>
>> If Rule 2003 is not currently enacted, re-enact it with the following
>> text;
>> if it is enacted but does not have the following text, amend it to have
>> the
>> following text: {
>>
>> Players CAN destroy:
>>
>> 1. 1 apple to move from one Land Unit to an adjacent Unit if their
>> Land Types are the same and the destination is not Aether;
>>
>> 2. 2 apples to move from one Land Unit to an adjacent Unit if
>> their Land Types differ and the destination is not Aether;
>>
>> 3. 2 apples to set Land Type of a Land Unit which e owns to any
>> Land Type other than Aether, whether or not e is located at
>> that Land Unit.
>>
>> 4. 3 apples to set the Land Type of a Land Unit that is adjacent
>> to the Entity's current location, is of type Aether, and is
>> owned by Agora, to an alternating Land Type.
>>
>> 5. 4 apples to set the Land Type of a Land Unit that is adjacent
>> to the Entity's current location, is of type Aether, and is
>> owned by Agora, to a Land Type of eir choice.
>>
>> 6. 6 apples to set the Land Type of a Land Unit that is of type
>> Aether, and is owned by Agora, to an alternating Land Type.
>>
>> Players CAN, while performing the above actions, substitute 3
>> apples for 1 corn.
>> }
>>
>> If rule 2004 is not currently enacted, re-enact it with the following
>> text;
>> if it is enacted but does not have the following text, amend it to have
>> the
>> following text: {
>>
>> Every Agoran Week, if the number of units of Private Land is less
>> than one half the total number of units of Land, an auction SHALL
>> be initiated. For this auction, the announcer is the Cartographor,
>> the auctioneer is the Cartographor, the lots are chosen as such:
>>
>> 1. if there exist at least 5 Units of non-Aether Land in the
>> possession of Agora with the preservation switch set to False:
>> any 5 such Units of Land, to be chosen by the Cartographor,
>> each Land Unit in a separate lot;
>>
>> 2. if there exist fewer than 5 Units of non-Aether Land in the
>> possession of Agora: all such Units, each land unit in a
>> separate lot;
>>
>> and the minimum bid is 1 coin.
>> }
>>
>> If Rule 2022 is not currently enacted, re-enact it with the following
>> text;
>> if it is enacted but does not have the following text, amend it to have
>> the
>> following text: {
>>
>> During the second Eastman week of each Agoran Month, the
>> Cartographor SHALL perform the following actions in sequence, and
>> report these changes:
>>
>> 1. Every Land Unit, with a preservation switch of False
>> that is not directly connected to a unit of Aether, or is not
>> connected by its own type to a unit of Aether, shall be
>> transformed to Aether.
>>
>> 2. Any entities whose locations are on land units so transformed
>> shall have their locations set to (0, 0).
>>
>> 3. If any land unit so transformed is not property of Agora, it
>> becomes property of Agora.
>> }
>>
>> If Rule 2022 is not titled “Land Transfiguration”, retitle it
>> “Land Transfiguration”.
>>
>> END ROUND 1 oOF CLEANUP
>>
>> Amend Rule 2166 by replacing “shiny” with “unit of Agora’s official
>> currency”
>> in both instances.
>>
>> Amend Rule 1995 by replacing “all other switches” with
>> “all other switches on the Land Unit”.
>>
>> Amend Rule 2022 “Land Transfiguration” by replacing the first paragraph
>> with
>>
>> “Once during the second or third Eastman week of each Agoran Month, the
>> Cartographor CAN perform the following actions in sequence, and report
>> these
>> changes:”
>>
>> and by appending
>>
>> “The Cartographor SHALL do so in the second Eastman week of each
>> Agoran Month.”
>>
>> at the end in a new paragraph.
>>
>> END ROUND 2 OF CLEANUP
>>
>> Amend Rule 2004 “Land Auctions” by making the following changes: {
>>
>> Change "an auction SHALL be initiated" to read "the Cartographor CAN and
>> SHALL initiate an auction”.
>>
>> Replace "the auctioneer is the Cartographor” with "the auctioneer is
>> Agora”.
>> }
>>
>> Amend the Rule titled “Facilities” by making the following changes: {
>>
>> Replace the last paragraph with "Facilities always have the same owner
>> as
>> their parent land unit. If the owner of a facility is ever not the same
>> as
>> that of its parent land unit, it is transferred to the owner of its
>> parent
>> land unit.”
>>
>> Append the following to the second paragraph: “Facilities on private
>> land can
>> be destroyed by the owner by announcement. Facilities on communal land
>> can be
>> destroyed by the owning contract by announcement. Facilities on public
>> land
>> can be destroyed Without Objection.”
>>
>> Change the text "If a player owns any facilities" to read "If an
>> entity other than Agora owns any facilities".
>>
>> Change the word "MUST" to be lower case.
>> }
>>
>> END ROUND 3 OF CLEANUP
>>
>
>
