Herald's Report - near Bastille Day edition (August 31, 2008) ----------------------- HERALD'S HISTORY CORNER -----------------------
[I was writing a bit about the history of crime and punishment but it was turning into a heavy thesis and I ran low on time. In the meantime, I'll mention the title Admiral since off the top of my head in the five minutes I've got right now I know that history.] For a year or so in 2004 (?) it was not possible to win the game as an individual. Players were grouped randomly into teams, and when a team accumulated the right number of points, it won. After a win, teams were reshuffled with automatic balancing trades (e.g. switching the highest scorer on the winning team with the lowest on the losing). A typical team score report is here: http://www.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-official/2004-May/001415.html Scoring was mostly for voting events, being elected as an officer, etc., so in reality, while individuals would occasionally "play for a score", collectively scores accumulated pretty randomly in the course of events. A player could name emself Team Captain without objection from other team members; when a team won, the Team Captain won the Admiral title. The team system was repealed because the lack of true "team play" or "team spirit" if you will made it fairly unexciting. ---------- EVENTS LOG ---------- 7 Jul 2008 15:49:00 -0400 Attempted action by Sgeo: "With Agoran Consent, I act on behalf of Agora to award myself and all supporters a Win." Success of action subject to CFJ 2055. 7 Jul 2008 15:59:46 -0400 Sgeo posts (ineffectively by CFJ 2055) a win announcement, announcing that the following players have met the Win condition of Win by Extortion: -Sgeo -ais523 -ihope -Olipro -cctoide -root -BobTHJ 7 Jul 2008 (on or about) Goethe, ehird, Quazie try to jump on the Extortion bandwagon after the fact (didn't work, CFJ 2066). [Time of Last Report] 28 Aug 2008 11:25:38 -0600 BobTHJ announces that ais523 has won by points (a win announcement) as of report time there are no challenges to this assertion. 28 Aug 2008 13:50:17 -0700 - Herald awards Patent Title Champion to ais532. - Herald awards (second copy of) Patent Title Minister Without Portfolio to ais523. ===================== THE SCROLL OF AGORA ===================== Tierced palewise sable, argent, and sable, charged with a quill and an axe in saltire, proper, and in the chief a capital letter A, gules. ____ _ /| DARWIN -> \_ |/ | / \ __/ / | | <- DSV / / | \ _ \ \_ | \ MORNINGTON CRESCENT -> / | <- GOETHE BARRIER _ _/ | \_/\_/ \ REEF / \\ <- SHARK BAY | | / | | \ <- TOWNSVILLE ___/ | | \_ __/ | | .___o ) | / | | ~~vv ===~~~ <-OSCAR'S MIRE / O <- SHERLOCK NESS | |/\ | | | |_ | | | EMERALD -> \ \ |__________=_____, \ BRISBANE / | | | <-' \ O <- LT. ANNE MOORE | __ _\ \ | |_______/ \/ | LORD | __/\ <- TARCOOLA / HOWE -> \ PERTH __/ \_ / / | <-' _ __/ | /| IVANHOE -> | <-. / _/ \/ \ / / | / WOLLONGONG |_ / <- ESPERANTO v /__ |_ / <- CANBERRA \_/ \ | \_ _| __ __ | | \__/ __ \ / __ \___=_ ___| / \ | / \ MANUBOURNE -> \/ \|/ _,.---v---._ /\__ /\__/\ / \ | | \_ _/ / \ | / \ \_| @ __| \_/ <- HOBART \ \_ \ ,__/ / ~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~~ "Agora n'est pas une fontaine." MINISTERS WITHOUT PORTFOLIO Levi 21-Oct-07 // Not a player pikhq 31-Dec-07 <- Speaker BobTHJ 2-Mar-08 ais523 24-Jun-08 Zefram 30-Jun-08 ais523 28-Aug-08 Prerogatives for August 2008 [Not Assigned] Prerogatives for September 2008 [Not Assigned] CHAMPION BY: CARDS Goddess Eris, Goethe, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root CONTEST Goddess Eris, OscarMeyr MANIAC Craig, root MUSICIANSHIP Zefram PARADOX Goethe, Murphy, root, BobTHJ, ais523, ehird POINTS Elysion, Goethe, Levi, Murphy, Steve, ais523 PROPOSAL Human Point Two, Morendil, Steve (x3), Andre (x3) TROMBONES Blob, elJefe, General Chaos, Steve UNSPECIFIED Chuck, Dave Bowen, favor, Garth, Ian, Jeffrey, KoJen, Michael, Oerjan, Swann, t, Timothy, Troublemaker at Large, Vanyel(x2), Wes(x2). *(7/6): Chuck, elJefe, Kelly, KoJen, Morendil, Steve, Swann, Troublemaker at Large; *(4/3): Chuck, Kelly, KoJen, Steve, Troublemaker at Large, Wes; *(3/2): Chuck, Kelly, Steve; *(5/3): Kelly, Steve; *(11/6): Kelly *(N/P): Full patent title is Champion*(N/P) where N/P is the winning ratio. --------------------------- OTHER DEFINED PATENT TITLES --------------------------- BARD Goethe, Maud, Elysion, Sherlock ELDER LURKER David Nicol, Michael SCAMSTER Troublemaker at Large, Waggie, Goethe, Steve, Murphy, root, OscarMeyr LEFT IN A HUFF Waggie, Gecko, Kelly (x3!), Swann, KoJen, Zefram, Vlad, Andre, Goethe, BobTHJ LONG SERVICE AWARDS Three Months: Goddess Eris, Goethe, Sherlock, Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root, Iammers, Wooble, Zefram Six Months: Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root, Sherlock, Goethe, Zefram Nine Months: Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root, Goethe, Zefram Twelve Months: Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root, Goethe, Zefram HIGHER EDUCATION Bachelor of Nomic (B.N.): elJefe, favor, Steve, Vanyel, Kolja A., Murphy Doctor of Nomic History (D.N.Hist.): Swann, Vlad Doctor of Nomic Philosophy (D.N.Phil.): Steve ---------------------------------- UNDEFINED BUT HELD PATENT TITLES ---------------------------------- : Andre Admiral: Goethe Agoran Spy: pikhq Agoraphobe: Antimatter, BethMo, Blue Boor: General Chaos, Macross, Murphy, Sherlock, elJefe, Crito Came Back in a Puff: BobTHJ Current Champion: The Goddess Eris Distributor: Steve Entrepreneur: Chuck Exorcist: Oerjan Fantasy Rule Catalyst: Peter Fantasy Rule Compulsion: Zefram Fantasy Rule Conspirator: OscarMeyr Fantasy Rule Creator: Murphy Hero: Peter Suber, Chuck Carroll, Douglas Hofstadter Historian: Vlad Honorless Worm: Kelly Maniac: Craig, Peekee, root Miscreant: Pakaran Nomic Thief: Swann Originator: Chuck Plagiarist: ehird Pugachev: Goethe Robespierre: Goethe Samurai: Michael, Murphy Shogun: Michael Sorcerer's Apprentice: comex Winners' Cups Paper Cup: Dave Bowen, favor, Garth, Harlequin, Ian, Jeffrey, Michael, Murphy, Oerjan, Timothy, Vanyel Tin Cup: Blob Glass Cup: Swann, elJefe, KoJen, Troublemaker at Large, Wes Crystal Cup: Andre, Chuck, Morendil Gold Cup: General Chaos Ruby Cup: Steve Supreme Cup: Crito FUGITIVES (Players who left Under a Cloud, unofficial list) Player Date deregistered --------------------------------- Elde 4 Oct 97 Time Agent 16 Apr 98 Antimatter 31 Oct 98 Proglet 15 Jan 99 Macross 23 Mar 99 Vlad 21 Jun 99 Morendil 28 Jun 99 Beefurabi 7 Sep 99 elJefe 16 Apr 00 Ziggy 9 Jul 01 Evantine 1 Nov 01 pTang 12 May 02 Blaise 11 Jul 02 Syllepsis 30 Sep 02 neil 2 Mar 03 Craig 9 Mar 03 Blob 22 Feb 04 Magu 11 Apr 04 Peekee 11 Apr 04 Cainech 19 Jun 04 Wes 14 Nov 04 t 05 Jan 05 Pakaran 07 Apr 05 Sir Toby 20 May 05 THE LAST ZEITGEIST Chuck (3848) = Office of the Agoran Herald =