Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, and soliloquy

[Katherina Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion]

On 23/08/2023 03:22, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote:
> 
>> No bother :) Even if this isn't one of them, I'm sure culture has
>> changed in some ways since I was last here - I fully expect there to be
>> a bit of adjustment needed from me.
> 
> Spivak is still very much the default. I (speaking for myself) am happy to 
> use other pronouns if you (or anyone) would prefer that, though.

Oh, to be clear - my pronoun remark was just because I got they/themmed
in the first response I got from anyone, which surprised me. I'm still
perfectly happy with Spivak :)

-Kate

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, and soliloquy

[Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion]

> No bother :) Even if this isn't one of them, I'm sure culture has
> changed in some ways since I was last here - I fully expect there to be
> a bit of adjustment needed from me.

Spivak is still very much the default. I (speaking for myself) am happy to use 
other pronouns if you (or anyone) would prefer that, though.

Gaelan

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, and soliloquy

[Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 3:44 AM Katherina Walshe-Grey wrote:

>
> And if you'll have me, I would like it to be again.
>
> -Kate, Orator
>
Really great to have you back. I have very fond memories of your tenure. -G.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, and soliloquy

[4st nomic via agora-discussion]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 10:05 AM Katherina Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion
 wrote:

> On 21/08/2023 17:47, 4st nomic via agora-discussion wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 7:31 AM Katherina Walshe-Grey via agora-business
> <
> > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> >
> >> (Also: Is the convention here not still to use Spivak e/em/eir pronouns
> >> for everyone? If not, mine are she/her. Thanks.)
> >
> > That's just me being me, I think. I forgot Agora prefers e/em instead of
> > they/them.
>
> No bother :) Even if this isn't one of them, I'm sure culture has
> changed in some ways since I was last here - I fully expect there to be
> a bit of adjustment needed from me.
>
> -Kate
>

For reference:
https://www.mail-archive.com/agora-official@agoranomic.org/msg13467.html is
the tournament regulations if you have trouble finding them.
-- 
4ˢᵗ
Deputy Herald
Uncertified Bad Idea Generator

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, and soliloquy

[Katherina Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion]

On 21/08/2023 17:47, 4st nomic via agora-discussion wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 7:31 AM Katherina Walshe-Grey via agora-business <
> agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> 
>> (Also: Is the convention here not still to use Spivak e/em/eir pronouns
>> for everyone? If not, mine are she/her. Thanks.)
> 
> That's just me being me, I think. I forgot Agora prefers e/em instead of
> they/them.

No bother :) Even if this isn't one of them, I'm sure culture has
changed in some ways since I was last here - I fully expect there to be
a bit of adjustment needed from me.

-Kate

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, and soliloquy

[4st nomic via agora-discussion]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 7:31 AM Katherina Walshe-Grey via agora-business <
agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:

> On 21/08/2023 14:51, 4st nomic via agora-business wrote:
> > I grant Kate a welcome package! (And gently remind them to join as a
> > participant of the Birthday Tournament: TLDR: It's like Agora +
> > Werewolf/Mafia/Salem)
>
> Thank you! I don't think I knew you, but it's a pleasure to meet you 
>
> I join the ongoing Birthday Tournament.
>
> (Also: Is the convention here not still to use Spivak e/em/eir pronouns
> for everyone? If not, mine are she/her. Thanks.)
>
> -Kate
>

That's just me being me, I think. I forgot Agora prefers e/em instead of
they/them.

-- 
4ˢᵗ
Deputy Herald
Uncertified Bad Idea Generator

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration - Yachay

[Yachay Wayllukuq via agora-discussion]

Appreciated!

On Thursday, March 16, 2023, nix via agora-business <
agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:

> On 3/16/23 13:09, Yachay Wayllukuq via agora-business wrote:
>
>> Hello, as per Rule 869/51, I express that I intend to be a player for
>> Agora
>> nomic under the name of "Yachay Wayllukuq" ("philosopher" in Quechua),
>> with
>> the abbreviation of just "Yachay" being acceptable as well.
>>
>> A pleasure to meet you all.
>>
> Welcome! I grant Yachay a Welcome Package (this contains 1 Yachay
> Wayllukuq stamp and some number of hooves).
>
> --
> nix
> Collector, Herald
>
>

DIS: Re: BUS: registration

[Juan F. Meleiro via agora-discussion]

2022-10-14 11:49:38, the Astrally Forged via agora-business 
 wrote:
>My name is the Astrally Forged.
>
>I can be reached as AstrallyForged on LiberaChat (including in ##nomic), as 
>@moonb...@mst3k.interlinked.me on the fediverse, and (less preferably) at this 
>mailbox.
>
>I register myself.

Welcome the Astrally Forged!

I grant the Astrally Forged a Welcome Package and a Welcome Device.
-- 
juan
Registrar

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration @Registrar

[shy owl via agora-discussion]

I feel very welcomed. :)

I attempt to activate my welcome device. If this fails, I attempt to turn my 
welcome device on.



--
Shy Owl

> 
> Welcome, Shy Owl! I grant Shy Owl a welcome package and a welcome
> device.

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Forest Sweeney via agora-discussion]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 6:52 PM Vitor Gonçalves via agora-business <
agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:

> I am Vitor Gonçalves and I want to register on this Nomic!
>

Welcome!

--
4st
Referee

>

DIS: Re: BUS: registration of duck

[Sylvan Arevalo via agora-discussion]

replying here too. im khakiducks. im not a player yet. don't know anything
except a wikipedia page i skimmed years ago, and these emails which i
sometimes glance at

On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 3:27 PM ais523 via agora-business <
agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 2022-03-12 at 16:29 -0500, Rose Strong via agora-business
> wrote:
> > Nor is it me.
>
> Not me either.
>
> I suspect e actually is a new player, but quite possibly e's been put
> up to this by an existing player – e seems to know rather more about
> the game than a typical new player would.
>
> If I'm wrong, and duck is actually an existing player claiming to
> register despite already being registered, then a) that's illegal, but
> b) please own up to it because it can do a lot of damage to the
> gamestate if we don't find out quickly – precedent is that if someone
> is pretending to be two different people, the actions are nonetheless
> all taken by the same person. That means that things like claiming
> Welcome Packages won't work, and if you deregister under any account,
> you deregister under all of them; and that sort of effect tends to have
> extreme knock-on effects, leading to a situation in which the gamestate
> is quite different from what everyone else thinks it is. So it's in the
> best interests of the game that we never have one person who's secretly
> attempting to control two "accounts" – it doesn't work but it deals a
> lot of damage.
>
> --
> ais523
>
>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Aris Merchant via agora-discussion]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 2:00 PM omd via agora-business <
agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:

> at 6:48 PM, ais523 via agora-discussion 
>
> wrote:
> > Updated hypothesis: the messages are being sent by a bot, probably a
> > neural network trained on Agoran public forum messages.
>
> I just noticed that the name “Greg P. Thomas II” has the initials “GPT
> II”,
> i.e. GPT-2, the notorious text generation neural network.
>
> For the record, TTPF: I am not behind this.
>
*gasp*

If you're not behind it, you must be in front of it! That means...
everyone, omd is a front for GPT-II!

-Aris

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Falsifian via agora-discussion]

On July 20, 2020 9:48:32 p.m. EDT, ais523 via agora-discussion 
 wrote:
>On Mon, 2020-07-20 at 23:06 +0100, ais523 via agora-business wrote:
>> It isn't me either. (If it were, the message would have caused me to
>> register, so this message would be Faking.) Registering anonymously
>> is the sort of thing I might do, but trying to cause confusion with
>> an existing player isn't.
>> 
>> For what it's worth, I suspect it's a new player rather than someone
>> who's previously been active on the lists, but this is just a guess
>> and might well be wrong.
>
>Updated hypothesis: the messages are being sent by a bot, probably a
>neural network trained on Agoran public forum messages.

Oops, you beat me to it.

Falsifian

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[ais523 via agora-discussion]

On Mon, 2020-07-20 at 23:06 +0100, ais523 via agora-business wrote:
> It isn't me either. (If it were, the message would have caused me to
> register, so this message would be Faking.) Registering anonymously
> is the sort of thing I might do, but trying to cause confusion with
> an existing player isn't.
> 
> For what it's worth, I suspect it's a new player rather than someone
> who's previously been active on the lists, but this is just a guess
> and might well be wrong.

Updated hypothesis: the messages are being sent by a bot, probably a
neural network trained on Agoran public forum messages.

This would explain the bizarre signalling, the frequent use of existing
Agorans' signatures, and the general incomprehensibility of the posts,
in addition to the failure to reply at messages directed at it.

(Presumably, the registration post was rigged to start with "I hereby
register as a player." The sort of neural network I'm thinking of can
be customized to start its output with a particular substring, and it
will try to work out what could plausibly follow it.)

-- 
ais523

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Jason Cobb via agora-discussion]

On 7/20/20 6:49 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote:
> 3.  Giving benefit of the doubt, I'll assume that this is an innocent
> person who wants to be known by eir first initial and didn't know G. was
> in use.  So, welcome to Agora, G(reg)!  I award G(reg) a Welcome Package.


E did also sign eir message with "Trigon"...

-- 
Jason Cobb

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[ais523 via agora-discussion]

On Mon, 2020-07-20 at 15:55 -0600, Reuben Staley via agora-business
wrote:
> On 2020-07-20 15:46, Greg P. Thomas II via agora-business wrote:
> > I hereby register as a player.
> > 
> > I hereby change my name to G.
> > 
> 
> Sending this to a-b so that No Faking applies.
> 
> I did not send this message.

The signature doesn't match yours anyway :-D

-- 
ais523

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[ais523 via agora-discussion]

On Mon, 2020-07-20 at 14:46 -0700, Greg P. Thomas II via agora-business 
wrote:
> I hereby register as a player.
> 
> I hereby change my name to G.
>
> --
> Trigon

We used to have a rule specifically against doing this sort of thing,
but it got repealed.

CFJ 1703, which probably predated the rule in question, found that it
didn't work even if it was prohibited.

All that said, the registration probably worked (unless you are in fact
an existing player), but you might end up being referred to by names
you don't want/expect in order for people to refer to you
unambiguously.

-- 
ais523

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[ATMunn via agora-discussion]

On 7/20/2020 5:46 PM, Greg P. Thomas II via agora-business wrote:

--
Trigon


either this is the best fake i've ever seen or...

--
ATMunn
friendly neighborhood notary and Czar of Russia :)

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration - Fred

[ATMunn via agora-discussion]

coming soon to a nicely formatted web report near you!

On 7/3/2020 10:40 PM, nch via agora-discussion wrote:

There's also quite a few Contracts to interact with right now. Most but
not all have something to do with the Cards. You can join whichever ones
seem interesting to you. They're listed here:
https://www.mail-archive.com/agora-official@agoranomic.org/msg10267.html


--
ATMunn
friendly neighborhood notary here :)

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration - Fred

[Jason Cobb via agora-discussion]

On 7/3/20 7:00 PM, Ca B via agora-business wrote:
> I register. My preferred name is Fred.


Welcome! We have an unofficial Discord guild at [0], if you would like
to join.

[0]: https://discord.gg/JCC6YGc

-- 
Jason Cobb

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration - Fred

[nch via agora-discussion]

On 7/3/20 9:32 PM, Fred via agora-discussion wrote:
> I have four midterms this coming week so I'll hold off this time around.
> Thank you for the invite though!
>
>
> Generally speaking, are tournaments a good way to get a feel for things?

Tournaments are fairly rare events. This one is in celebration of 
Agora's 27th birthday. I'm not sure how well it'd help you learn Agora 
in general since it has its own sub rules.

Besides the tournament we also have a bit of an economy going right now. 
When you got your Welcome Package you got some cards (1 each of 
Legislative, Victory, Judicial, and Voting). You can pay a set of 1-4 
cards to get items related to those fields. You also have 10 coins. You 
can buy/sell/trade with other players to get more cards.

There's also quite a few Contracts to interact with right now. Most but 
not all have something to do with the Cards. You can join whichever ones 
seem interesting to you. They're listed here: 
https://www.mail-archive.com/agora-official@agoranomic.org/msg10267.html

-- 
nch
Prime Minister, Webmastor, NAX Exchange Manager

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration - Fred

[Fred via agora-discussion]

I have four midterms this coming week so I'll hold off this time around. 
Thank you for the invite though!



Generally speaking, are tournaments a good way to get a feel for things?

On 2020-07-03 6:23 p.m., Falsifian via agora-discussion wrote:

On 2020-07-03 11:00 p.m., Ca B via agora-business wrote:

I register. My preferred name is Fred.


Welcome to Agora, Fred. There's a lot going on right now.

If you like Diplomacy and expect to have a lot of time on your hands 
over the next few weeks, I think there's still room to sign up for 
year's Birthday Tournament: 
https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-official/2020-July/013897.html


(By my count, 5/7 spots are taken.)

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration - Fred

[Falsifian via agora-discussion]

On 2020-07-03 11:00 p.m., Ca B via agora-business wrote:

I register. My preferred name is Fred.


Welcome to Agora, Fred. There's a lot going on right now.

If you like Diplomacy and expect to have a lot of time on your hands 
over the next few weeks, I think there's still room to sign up for 
year's Birthday Tournament: 
https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-official/2020-July/013897.html


(By my count, 5/7 spots are taken.)

--
Falsifian

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration - Fred

[Ca B via agora-discussion]

Thanks, ATMunn!


On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 4:02 PM ATMunn via agora-business <
agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:

> Welcome, Fred! I cause Fred to receive a Welcome Package if e has not
> received one already.
>
> On 7/3/2020 7:00 PM, Ca B via agora-business wrote:
> > I register. My preferred name is Fred.
> >
>
> --
> ATMunn
> friendly neighborhood notary here :)
>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion]

On 6/20/2020 11:32 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 11:25 PM Rebecca wrote:
>>
>> Welcome! My advice is just do stuff when you feel like it, no need to read
>> every message, rule or CFJ
> 
> I on the other hand would advise reading all of the rules and
> messages. Reading all of the CFJs... I'm not sure if that's humanly
> possible? But I read the FLR before I registered, which put me in a
> pretty good position as a player. Message traffic is... a lot higher
> now than it was when I joined.

I think a key point for new players is you don't *have* to read everything
(or even a whole lot), you won't really "screw up" if you don't know
something, you can learn by watching, choosing what to watch, or reading
in detail - all works.  Simple starting point:

- The "round" we just started is pretty much described in Rules 2620 and
2621.

- You were just given one of each card described in Rule 2620, as a
welcome package (Rule 2499).

- Trade cards with people, collect sets, make products, and win!  (as per
those rules).

- Everybody's cards and products (updated weekly) can be found here:
https://agoranomic.org/Treasuror/reports/weekly/fresh.txt

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Rebecca via agora-discussion]

interesting, i think the moral of the story is that reading is for suckers

On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 4:33 PM Aris Merchant via agora-discussion <
agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 11:25 PM Rebecca via agora-discussion
>  wrote:
> >
> > Welcome! My advice is just do stuff when you feel like it, no need to
> read
> > every message, rule or CFJ
>
> I on the other hand would advise reading all of the rules and
> messages. Reading all of the CFJs... I'm not sure if that's humanly
> possible? But I read the FLR before I registered, which put me in a
> pretty good position as a player. Message traffic is... a lot higher
> now than it was when I joined.
>
> I think the moral of the story here is that there are several valid
> approaches, and which one you should take depends on your inclinations
> and circumstances.
>
> -Aris
>


-- 
>From R. Lee

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Aris Merchant via agora-discussion]

On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 11:25 PM Rebecca via agora-discussion
 wrote:
>
> Welcome! My advice is just do stuff when you feel like it, no need to read
> every message, rule or CFJ

I on the other hand would advise reading all of the rules and
messages. Reading all of the CFJs... I'm not sure if that's humanly
possible? But I read the FLR before I registered, which put me in a
pretty good position as a player. Message traffic is... a lot higher
now than it was when I joined.

I think the moral of the story here is that there are several valid
approaches, and which one you should take depends on your inclinations
and circumstances.

-Aris

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Rebecca via agora-discussion]

Welcome! My advice is just do stuff when you feel like it, no need to read
every message, rule or CFJ

On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 4:14 PM Zyborg Mao via agora-business <
agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:

> I, Zyborg, an Unregistered Person, wish to Register as a Player.
>


-- 
>From R. Lee

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Reuben Staley via agora-discussion]

Welcome to Agora! Always great to see new players. Our ruleset is a bit
hard to get a handle on, so please don't be afraid to ask questions. We
even (as of today) have a Discord server where you can ask questions in a
more casual environment if that's your style. I hope you enjoy your time
here!

https://discord.gg/UGxm3v

--
Trigon

currently on a phone

On Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 00:14 Zyborg Mao via agora-business <
agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:

> I, Zyborg, an Unregistered Person, wish to Register as a Player.
>

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration [attn. Treasuror]

[Aris Merchant via agora-discussion]

On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 11:14 PM Zyborg Mao via agora-business
 wrote:
>
> I, Zyborg, an Unregistered Person, wish to Register as a Player.

Welcome to Agora, Zyborg! I cause Zyborg to receive a Welcome Package.

-Aris

DIS: Re: BUS: registration

[James Cook via agora-discussion]

On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at 16:32, Tyler M via agora-business
 wrote:
> I would like to have citizenship.

Welcome to Agora. What name would you like to use?

My take on the current state of the game: a big change is expected to
be enacted next week (Sets v1.4) which will create an economy with
many different kinds of resource, and we don't know what the relative
values will be. An exchange, "NAX" has been set up in anticipation of
this. The change will also make it no longer free to put a proposal up
for voting, which may explain why there's currently a high rate of
proposals (on all topics) being submitted.

- Falsifian

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Reuben Staley via agora-discussion]

Non-ASCII is perfectly acceptable! Welcome to Agora, Bögtil!

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 2:15 PM Stefan Fjellander via agora-discussion
 wrote:
>
> Bögtil, if non-ascii is ok? elsewise Bogtil
>
>
> Den fre 22 maj 2020 kl 22:00 skrev Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via
> agora-discussion :
>
> > On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 3:43 PM Stefan Fjellander via agora-business
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > Hereby, I register as a player.
> >
> > Welcome! By what name, would you like to be referred?
> >



-- 
Trigon

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion]

No problem with non-ascii - Welcome, Bögtil!

On 5/22/2020 1:14 PM, Stefan Fjellander via agora-discussion wrote:
> Bögtil, if non-ascii is ok? elsewise Bogtil
> 
> 
> Den fre 22 maj 2020 kl 22:00 skrev Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via
> agora-discussion :
> 
>> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 3:43 PM Stefan Fjellander via agora-business
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hereby, I register as a player.
>>
>> Welcome! By what name, would you like to be referred?
>>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Stefan Fjellander via agora-discussion]

Bögtil, if non-ascii is ok? elsewise Bogtil


Den fre 22 maj 2020 kl 22:00 skrev Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via
agora-discussion :

> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 3:43 PM Stefan Fjellander via agora-business
>  wrote:
> >
> > Hereby, I register as a player.
>
> Welcome! By what name, would you like to be referred?
>

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion]

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 3:43 PM Stefan Fjellander via agora-business
 wrote:
>
> Hereby, I register as a player.

Welcome! By what name, would you like to be referred?

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Birthday

[sukil via agora-discussion]

El 13/02/2020 a las 17:56, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion escribió:

sukil wrote:

Me too!

Hi sukil, welcome to Agora! You sent this to the main Discussion Forum
(agora-discussion@agoranomic.org), whereas you probably meant to send it
to the main Public Forum (agora-busin...@agoranomic.org). Messages sent
to a discussion forum have no in-game effect, because it's useful for us
to have a way to talk about the game without actually performing in-game
actions.

The details about fora are in Rule 478, and you can find a list of fora
in the Registrar's weekly report, which is published online here:
https://agoranomic.org/Registrar/

-twg


You're right. Upon investigation, it seems that the headers got messed 
up in the message I was replying to (or before that message),populating 
the "reply-to" header with the discussion list and your e-mail address.



Thanks very much on the pointer about the register!

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Birthday

[Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion]

sukil wrote:
> Me too!

Hi sukil, welcome to Agora! You sent this to the main Discussion Forum
(agora-discussion@agoranomic.org), whereas you probably meant to send it
to the main Public Forum (agora-busin...@agoranomic.org). Messages sent
to a discussion forum have no in-game effect, because it's useful for us
to have a way to talk about the game without actually performing in-game
actions.

The details about fora are in Rule 478, and you can find a list of fora
in the Registrar's weekly report, which is published online here:
https://agoranomic.org/Registrar/

-twg

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Birthday

[sukil via agora-discussion]

El 13/02/2020 a las 17:37, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-business escribió:

Aris wrote:

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 5:09 AM Jason Cobb via agora-business
 wrote:



Happy birthday! I grant Falsifian 3 coins.



Likewise!

So do I!

-tw


Me too!

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration.

[Ada Worcester]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2019, at 17:32, James Cook wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Oct 2019 at 21:39, Ada Worcester  wrote:
> > I would prefer "pikhq", thanks for asking! (this is probably the easiest 
> > for record keeping consistency, regardless :) )
> >
> > --
> > Ada "pikhq" Worcester, Agoran Spy
> 
> Welcome, pikhq!
> 
> -- 
> - Falsifian
>

Aaaah, feels good to be back. Thanks!

-- 
Ada "pikhq" Worcester, Agoran Spy

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration.

[James Cook]

On Sun, 20 Oct 2019 at 21:39, Ada Worcester  wrote:
> I would prefer "pikhq", thanks for asking! (this is probably the easiest for 
> record keeping consistency, regardless :) )
>
> --
> Ada "pikhq" Worcester, Agoran Spy

Welcome, pikhq!

-- 
- Falsifian

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration.

[Ada Worcester]

On Sun, Oct 20, 2019, at 3:33 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> 
> On 10/20/2019 2:15 PM, Ada Worcester wrote:
> > I register.
> > 
> > --
> > Ada "pikhq" Worcester, Agoran Spy
> 
> Oh hey, welcome back! Unless you're spying again -quick check all the other
> Nomics! :) Do you want to be known as pikhq or Ada (or something else?)
> 
> -G.
> 
> 
> 
> 

I would prefer "pikhq", thanks for asking! (this is probably the easiest for 
record keeping consistency, regardless :) )

--
Ada "pikhq" Worcester, Agoran Spy

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration.

[Kerim Aydin]

On 10/20/2019 2:15 PM, Ada Worcester wrote:

I register.

--
Ada "pikhq" Worcester, Agoran Spy


Oh hey, welcome back!  Unless you're spying again -quick check all the other
Nomics! :)  Do you want to be known as pikhq or Ada (or something else?)

-G.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Timon Walshe-Grey]

On Friday, October 18, 2019 8:41 PM, Jason Cobb  wrote:
> Sounds fun (only half sarcasm).

It's ok, we're all snerds here. :P

-twg

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Jason Cobb]

On 10/18/19 4:38 PM, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote:

When I get around to it I plan to set up a personal mail server specifically 
for Agoran mail.


Sounds fun (only half sarcasm). Good luck fixing your issues!

--
Jason Cobb

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Timon Walshe-Grey]

On Friday, October 18, 2019 8:25 PM, Jason Cobb  wrote:
> On 10/18/19 4:23 PM, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote:
> > Point of order: I didn't receive nch's message.
> >
> > -twg
>
>
> It appears to have made it to the forum, as it's in the archive:
> https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2019-October/041519.html
> .
>
> --
> Jason Cobb

Oh, yes, I didn't mean to imply it had necessarily been sent improperly - with 
all the other weird shit my email provider pulls with Agoran emails (but _only_ 
Agoran emails, for whatever reason) I fully expect the problem to be on my end. 
Just putting it out there as a data point.

When I get around to it I plan to set up a personal mail server specifically 
for Agoran mail.

-twg

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Jason Cobb]

On 10/18/19 4:23 PM, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote:

Point of order: I didn't receive nch's message.

-twg



It appears to have made it to the forum, as it's in the archive: 
https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2019-October/041519.html 
.


--
Jason Cobb

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Timon Walshe-Grey]

On Friday, October 18, 2019 8:11 PM, Jason Cobb  wrote:
> On 10/18/19 3:24 PM, Nch wrote:
> > I register. I pledge not to foolishly deregister.
> >
> > ---
> > Nch
>
> I cause nch to receive a Welcome Package.
>
> --
> Jason Cobb

Point of order: I didn't receive nch's message.

-twg

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[David Seeber]

I don’t think I was in the latest Report either.. 



Baron von Vaderham



-Original Message-
From: agora-business  On Behalf Of Timon 
Walshe-Grey
Sent: 18 February 2019 18:20
To: agora-busin...@agoranomic.org
Subject: Re: BUS: Registration



I act on Corona's behalf to Point eir Finger at me for Galaxy Neglect - I did 
not create a Sector for Baron von Vaderham's Spaceship. (I haven't done it for 
Falsifian either, but the time limit for that hasn't expired yet.)



I will do both shortly, but in the meantime I resolve the above Finger Pointing 
by levying a fine of 3 blots on myself for the conduct in question.



I think this and the other one I posted are the only crimes I actually 
committed. (Except Tardiness, but we haven't punished anyone for that for 
nearly half a year.)



-twg





‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐

On Monday, February 4, 2019 8:10 PM, David Seeber 
mailto:davidsee...@outlook.com>> wrote:



> I register as a player.

>

> Baron Von Vaderham

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Birthday

[Kerim Aydin]

In terms of the common definition for "declare", it makes perfect sense.
In fact I called a CFJ on a similar issue (substituting "state" for
"declare") a couple weeks back, but I'm realizing it's not in the Gazette.

D. Margaux, did the following CFJ get missed or am I just not finding the 
assignment?


https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2019-January/039834.html

On 2/13/2019 6:05 PM, James Cook wrote:

Thanks, G.

When I was initially planning this, I thought I remembered Rule 478
being power=4 and having some strong wording to the effect that
players can participate in the fora, and thought I could make a case
that a lower-powered rule like 2125 can't limit a player's ability to
do anything synonymous with sending messages (such as making a public
declaration)

.But thinking about it more, even if my false memory were true, the
text "declared as eir Agoran Birthday" in Rule 2585 should not be
interpreted as referring to the ordinary English verb "declare",
because anyone with common sense would understand that it's intending
to refer to the regulated action defined in the previous sentence, and
Rule 217 says we should augment the rule with common sense if it's
ambiguous.

Does that all make sense? Or is this a wrong or misleading way to look
at the situation?

Falsifian

On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 13:28, Kerim Aydin  wrote:



Welcome, Falsifian!  Good test of new rule - nice beginning!

In general, when a rule says "a Player CAN [verb] with Agoran Consent", it
means that e does whatever [verb] is using the Agoran Consent method; that
is, the "actual" actions the player takes are following the R1728 procedure.
Similarly, if it was "can declare by announcement" then e would do it by
announcement.

This is what is meant by "only using the methods explicitly specified in the
Rules" in Rule 2125.

Interestingly, if the rule said "declare" and didn't have one of the Rules
methods in addition, then it's not clear how you would do it.  To interpret
it, a judge would probably use the common (dictionary) definition of
"declare" (as per R217), and it's not clear whether, as a result,
"declare" on it own would mean to publish it, or just say it out loud (i.e.
literally declare it to yourself), or what.  So you'd be spot-on with your
arguments in that case.

-G.

On 2/12/2019 5:58 PM, James Cook wrote:

Thanks, D. Margaux. The only thing I can think of is that "declaring"
might not be an action (and hence not covered by Rule 1728), or that
it might be synonymous with "announcing" or "publishing", which Rule
478 allows me to do. I'm guessing that Rule 217 and  game custom
defeat those arguments, but I thought I'd give it a try, since I don't
have much experience with game custom.


On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 01:17, D. Margaux  wrote:


Welcome!

I assign that CFJ to myself

Under the rule, I believe that a player CAN declare a date to be eir birthday 
only “with Agoran Consent,” which is a particular method of taking actions 
described in Rule 1728 that requires that you first announce your intent to 
perform the action, and give players an opportunity to support or object to it, 
and the action is permitted only if more people support than oppose. So based 
on that, I think the CFJ is FALSE, and I judge it that way unless there is 
something I am missing.


On Feb 12, 2019, at 7:52 PM, James Cook  wrote:

I register. I go by "Falsifian" in online settings, or just my real name
"James" if you prefer.

My Agoran Birthday is the day beginning at midnight UTC on February 13,
2018.

I initiate a CFJ for the statement "It is Falsifian's Agoran Birthday today
(the day beginning at midnight UTC on February 13, 2019).".

Here is my argument:

1. I declared earlier in this message that is my Agoran Birthday was one
year ago. This is a simple matter of fact that anyone reading this can
verify. The rules cannot change this fact.

2. The day I first registered is unknown, because I haven't told anyone.
For example, as far as anyone else knows, I might have first registered a
very long time ago under a different name.

3. Rule 2585 says: "As long as the day a player first registered remains
unknown, it is considered to be eir Agoran Birthday on the anniversary of
the day e most recently declared as eir Agoran Birthday.". Based on my two
earlier points, then, today is the anniversary of my Agoran Birthday.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Birthday

[James Cook]

Thanks, G.

When I was initially planning this, I thought I remembered Rule 478
being power=4 and having some strong wording to the effect that
players can participate in the fora, and thought I could make a case
that a lower-powered rule like 2125 can't limit a player's ability to
do anything synonymous with sending messages (such as making a public
declaration)

.But thinking about it more, even if my false memory were true, the
text "declared as eir Agoran Birthday" in Rule 2585 should not be
interpreted as referring to the ordinary English verb "declare",
because anyone with common sense would understand that it's intending
to refer to the regulated action defined in the previous sentence, and
Rule 217 says we should augment the rule with common sense if it's
ambiguous.

Does that all make sense? Or is this a wrong or misleading way to look
at the situation?

Falsifian

On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 13:28, Kerim Aydin  wrote:
>
>
> Welcome, Falsifian!  Good test of new rule - nice beginning!
>
> In general, when a rule says "a Player CAN [verb] with Agoran Consent", it
> means that e does whatever [verb] is using the Agoran Consent method; that
> is, the "actual" actions the player takes are following the R1728 procedure.
> Similarly, if it was "can declare by announcement" then e would do it by
> announcement.
>
> This is what is meant by "only using the methods explicitly specified in the
> Rules" in Rule 2125.
>
> Interestingly, if the rule said "declare" and didn't have one of the Rules
> methods in addition, then it's not clear how you would do it.  To interpret
> it, a judge would probably use the common (dictionary) definition of
> "declare" (as per R217), and it's not clear whether, as a result,
> "declare" on it own would mean to publish it, or just say it out loud (i.e.
> literally declare it to yourself), or what.  So you'd be spot-on with your
> arguments in that case.
>
> -G.
>
> On 2/12/2019 5:58 PM, James Cook wrote:
> > Thanks, D. Margaux. The only thing I can think of is that "declaring"
> > might not be an action (and hence not covered by Rule 1728), or that
> > it might be synonymous with "announcing" or "publishing", which Rule
> > 478 allows me to do. I'm guessing that Rule 217 and  game custom
> > defeat those arguments, but I thought I'd give it a try, since I don't
> > have much experience with game custom.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 01:17, D. Margaux  wrote:
> >>
> >> Welcome!
> >>
> >> I assign that CFJ to myself
> >>
> >> Under the rule, I believe that a player CAN declare a date to be eir 
> >> birthday only “with Agoran Consent,” which is a particular method of 
> >> taking actions described in Rule 1728 that requires that you first 
> >> announce your intent to perform the action, and give players an 
> >> opportunity to support or object to it, and the action is permitted only 
> >> if more people support than oppose. So based on that, I think the CFJ is 
> >> FALSE, and I judge it that way unless there is something I am missing.
> >>
> >>> On Feb 12, 2019, at 7:52 PM, James Cook  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I register. I go by "Falsifian" in online settings, or just my real name
> >>> "James" if you prefer.
> >>>
> >>> My Agoran Birthday is the day beginning at midnight UTC on February 13,
> >>> 2018.
> >>>
> >>> I initiate a CFJ for the statement "It is Falsifian's Agoran Birthday 
> >>> today
> >>> (the day beginning at midnight UTC on February 13, 2019).".
> >>>
> >>> Here is my argument:
> >>>
> >>> 1. I declared earlier in this message that is my Agoran Birthday was one
> >>> year ago. This is a simple matter of fact that anyone reading this can
> >>> verify. The rules cannot change this fact.
> >>>
> >>> 2. The day I first registered is unknown, because I haven't told anyone.
> >>> For example, as far as anyone else knows, I might have first registered a
> >>> very long time ago under a different name.
> >>>
> >>> 3. Rule 2585 says: "As long as the day a player first registered remains
> >>> unknown, it is considered to be eir Agoran Birthday on the anniversary of
> >>> the day e most recently declared as eir Agoran Birthday.". Based on my two
> >>> earlier points, then, today is the anniversary of my Agoran Birthday.

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Birthday

[Aris Merchant]

You adopted the reasons, but arguably not the judgement. Could you say that
you judge it FALSE, just in case?

-Aris

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 3:54 PM D. Margaux  wrote:

>
> I adopt the below reasons as my final judgment In this CFJ.
>
> I earn 5 coins and award myself 3 PLA favours for issuing the CFJ.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: "D. Margaux" 
> > Date: February 12, 2019 at 8:17:07 PM EST
> > To: agora-busin...@agoranomic.org
> > Subject: Re: BUS: Registration and Birthday
> >
> > Welcome!
> >
> > I assign that CFJ to myself
> >
> > Under the rule, I believe that a player CAN declare a date to be eir
> birthday only “with Agoran Consent,” which is a particular method of taking
> actions described in Rule 1728 that requires that you first announce your
> intent to perform the action, and give players an opportunity to support or
> object to it, and the action is permitted only if more people support than
> oppose. So based on that, I think the CFJ is FALSE, and I judge it that way
> unless there is something I am missing.
> >
> >> On Feb 12, 2019, at 7:52 PM, James Cook  wrote:
> >>
> >> I register. I go by "Falsifian" in online settings, or just my real name
> >> "James" if you prefer.
> >>
> >> My Agoran Birthday is the day beginning at midnight UTC on February 13,
> >> 2018.
> >>
> >> I initiate a CFJ for the statement "It is Falsifian's Agoran Birthday
> today
> >> (the day beginning at midnight UTC on February 13, 2019).".
> >>
> >> Here is my argument:
> >>
> >> 1. I declared earlier in this message that is my Agoran Birthday was one
> >> year ago. This is a simple matter of fact that anyone reading this can
> >> verify. The rules cannot change this fact.
> >>
> >> 2. The day I first registered is unknown, because I haven't told anyone.
> >> For example, as far as anyone else knows, I might have first registered
> a
> >> very long time ago under a different name.
> >>
> >> 3. Rule 2585 says: "As long as the day a player first registered remains
> >> unknown, it is considered to be eir Agoran Birthday on the anniversary
> of
> >> the day e most recently declared as eir Agoran Birthday.". Based on my
> two
> >> earlier points, then, today is the anniversary of my Agoran Birthday.
>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Birthday

[Kerim Aydin]

Welcome, Falsifian!  Good test of new rule - nice beginning!

In general, when a rule says "a Player CAN [verb] with Agoran Consent", it
means that e does whatever [verb] is using the Agoran Consent method; that
is, the "actual" actions the player takes are following the R1728 procedure.
Similarly, if it was "can declare by announcement" then e would do it by
announcement.

This is what is meant by "only using the methods explicitly specified in the
Rules" in Rule 2125.

Interestingly, if the rule said "declare" and didn't have one of the Rules
methods in addition, then it's not clear how you would do it.  To interpret
it, a judge would probably use the common (dictionary) definition of
"declare" (as per R217), and it's not clear whether, as a result,
"declare" on it own would mean to publish it, or just say it out loud (i.e.
literally declare it to yourself), or what.  So you'd be spot-on with your
arguments in that case.

-G.

On 2/12/2019 5:58 PM, James Cook wrote:

Thanks, D. Margaux. The only thing I can think of is that "declaring"
might not be an action (and hence not covered by Rule 1728), or that
it might be synonymous with "announcing" or "publishing", which Rule
478 allows me to do. I'm guessing that Rule 217 and  game custom
defeat those arguments, but I thought I'd give it a try, since I don't
have much experience with game custom.


On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 01:17, D. Margaux  wrote:


Welcome!

I assign that CFJ to myself

Under the rule, I believe that a player CAN declare a date to be eir birthday 
only “with Agoran Consent,” which is a particular method of taking actions 
described in Rule 1728 that requires that you first announce your intent to 
perform the action, and give players an opportunity to support or object to it, 
and the action is permitted only if more people support than oppose. So based 
on that, I think the CFJ is FALSE, and I judge it that way unless there is 
something I am missing.


On Feb 12, 2019, at 7:52 PM, James Cook  wrote:

I register. I go by "Falsifian" in online settings, or just my real name
"James" if you prefer.

My Agoran Birthday is the day beginning at midnight UTC on February 13,
2018.

I initiate a CFJ for the statement "It is Falsifian's Agoran Birthday today
(the day beginning at midnight UTC on February 13, 2019).".

Here is my argument:

1. I declared earlier in this message that is my Agoran Birthday was one
year ago. This is a simple matter of fact that anyone reading this can
verify. The rules cannot change this fact.

2. The day I first registered is unknown, because I haven't told anyone.
For example, as far as anyone else knows, I might have first registered a
very long time ago under a different name.

3. Rule 2585 says: "As long as the day a player first registered remains
unknown, it is considered to be eir Agoran Birthday on the anniversary of
the day e most recently declared as eir Agoran Birthday.". Based on my two
earlier points, then, today is the anniversary of my Agoran Birthday.

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Birthday

[James Cook]

Thanks, D. Margaux. The only thing I can think of is that "declaring"
might not be an action (and hence not covered by Rule 1728), or that
it might be synonymous with "announcing" or "publishing", which Rule
478 allows me to do. I'm guessing that Rule 217 and  game custom
defeat those arguments, but I thought I'd give it a try, since I don't
have much experience with game custom.


On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 01:17, D. Margaux  wrote:
>
> Welcome!
>
> I assign that CFJ to myself
>
> Under the rule, I believe that a player CAN declare a date to be eir birthday 
> only “with Agoran Consent,” which is a particular method of taking actions 
> described in Rule 1728 that requires that you first announce your intent to 
> perform the action, and give players an opportunity to support or object to 
> it, and the action is permitted only if more people support than oppose. So 
> based on that, I think the CFJ is FALSE, and I judge it that way unless there 
> is something I am missing.
>
> > On Feb 12, 2019, at 7:52 PM, James Cook  wrote:
> >
> > I register. I go by "Falsifian" in online settings, or just my real name
> > "James" if you prefer.
> >
> > My Agoran Birthday is the day beginning at midnight UTC on February 13,
> > 2018.
> >
> > I initiate a CFJ for the statement "It is Falsifian's Agoran Birthday today
> > (the day beginning at midnight UTC on February 13, 2019).".
> >
> > Here is my argument:
> >
> > 1. I declared earlier in this message that is my Agoran Birthday was one
> > year ago. This is a simple matter of fact that anyone reading this can
> > verify. The rules cannot change this fact.
> >
> > 2. The day I first registered is unknown, because I haven't told anyone.
> > For example, as far as anyone else knows, I might have first registered a
> > very long time ago under a different name.
> >
> > 3. Rule 2585 says: "As long as the day a player first registered remains
> > unknown, it is considered to be eir Agoran Birthday on the anniversary of
> > the day e most recently declared as eir Agoran Birthday.". Based on my two
> > earlier points, then, today is the anniversary of my Agoran Birthday.

RE: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[David Seeber]

It is possible that Wikipedia is inaccurate.

-Original Message-
From: agora-discussion  On Behalf Of 
Kerim Aydin
Sent: 04 February 2019 23:22
To: Agora Nomic discussions (DF) 
Subject: Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration


I've never looked up Wikipedia on Wikipedia, but it started 2001 (according to 
Wikipedia).  Agora was 1993 (Rule 1727), so definitely older.

On 2/4/2019 3:12 PM, David Seeber wrote:
> That sounds like the beginning of a thesis. But anyway.
> 
> In my opinion it’s Wikipedia mentioning them because they are still around. 
> The easiest thing to do would be
>   a. check the modification records from Wikipedia (I assume that's 
> possible because it's all meant to be transparent, right?) and see when they 
> were first mentioned
>   b. Check when Wikipedia itself was founded. It's possible that Agora 
> and BlogNomic are older than Wikipedia (anybody?)
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: agora-discussion  On 
> Behalf Of ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk
> Sent: 04 February 2019 23:09
> To: agora-discussion@agoranomic.org
> Subject: Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration
> 
> On Mon, 2019-02-04 at 23:05 +, David Seeber wrote:
>> Actually it was a good friend of mine who is a sort of board game 
>> nerd. He has a little nomic which he plays with a few friends and 
>> invited me to join in. Whilst checking out what nomics actually are, 
>> I found the Wikipedia page, which talks about Agora being the biggest 
>> nomic still running. And I thought, Hey... Why not?
> 
> Theory: the fact that Agora and BlogNomic are by far the longest- 
> lasting nomics is connected to the fact that they're the only ones 
> referenced from Wikipedia. (That said, the causality may be reversed, 
> i.e. they may have been referenced from Wikipedia due to being long- 
> lived rather than vice versa.)
> 
> --
> ais523
> 

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Kerim Aydin]

I've never looked up Wikipedia on Wikipedia, but it started 2001 (according
to Wikipedia).  Agora was 1993 (Rule 1727), so definitely older.

On 2/4/2019 3:12 PM, David Seeber wrote:

That sounds like the beginning of a thesis. But anyway.

In my opinion it’s Wikipedia mentioning them because they are still around. The 
easiest thing to do would be
a. check the modification records from Wikipedia (I assume that's 
possible because it's all meant to be transparent, right?) and see when they 
were first mentioned
b. Check when Wikipedia itself was founded. It's possible that Agora 
and BlogNomic are older than Wikipedia (anybody?)

-Original Message-
From: agora-discussion  On Behalf Of 
ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk
Sent: 04 February 2019 23:09
To: agora-discussion@agoranomic.org
Subject: Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

On Mon, 2019-02-04 at 23:05 +, David Seeber wrote:

Actually it was a good friend of mine who is a sort of board game
nerd. He has a little nomic which he plays with a few friends and
invited me to join in. Whilst checking out what nomics actually are, I
found the Wikipedia page, which talks about Agora being the biggest
nomic still running. And I thought, Hey... Why not?


Theory: the fact that Agora and BlogNomic are by far the longest- lasting 
nomics is connected to the fact that they're the only ones referenced from 
Wikipedia. (That said, the causality may be reversed, i.e. they may have been 
referenced from Wikipedia due to being long- lived rather than vice versa.)

--
ais523

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Timon Walshe-Grey]

I love that the talk page on that Wikipedia article has an argument about how 
to define a nomic.

-twg


‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐
On Monday, February 4, 2019 11:16 PM, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk 
 wrote:

> On Mon, 2019-02-04 at 23:09 +, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2019-02-04 at 23:05 +, David Seeber wrote:
> >
> > > Actually it was a good friend of mine who is a sort of board game
> > > nerd. He has a little nomic which he plays with a few friends and
> > > invited me to join in. Whilst checking out what nomics actually
> > > are,
> > > I found the Wikipedia page, which talks about Agora being the
> > > biggest
> > > nomic still running. And I thought, Hey... Why not?
> >
> > Theory: the fact that Agora and BlogNomic are by far the longest-
> > lasting nomics is connected to the fact that they're the only ones
> > referenced from Wikipedia. (That said, the causality may be reversed,
> > i.e. they may have been referenced from Wikipedia due to being long-
> > lived rather than vice versa.)
>
> Further theory after rereading the Wikipedia article: most nomics last
> a sufficiently short time that they're dead before they're mentioned,
> so only long-time active nomics get a chance at being linked in a non-
> defunct state. (There are plenty of nomics mentioned but they're nearly
> all dead, so I didn't mentally count them.)
>
> --
>
> ais523

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk]

On Mon, 2019-02-04 at 23:09 +, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-02-04 at 23:05 +, David Seeber wrote:
> > Actually it was a good friend of mine who is a sort of board game
> > nerd. He has a little nomic which he plays with a few friends and
> > invited me to join in. Whilst checking out what nomics actually
> > are,
> > I found the Wikipedia page, which talks about Agora being the
> > biggest
> > nomic still running. And I thought, Hey... Why not?
> 
> Theory: the fact that Agora and BlogNomic are by far the longest-
> lasting nomics is connected to the fact that they're the only ones
> referenced from Wikipedia. (That said, the causality may be reversed,
> i.e. they may have been referenced from Wikipedia due to being long-
> lived rather than vice versa.)

Further theory after rereading the Wikipedia article: most nomics last
a sufficiently short time that they're dead before they're mentioned,
so only long-time active nomics get a chance at being linked in a non-
defunct state. (There are plenty of nomics mentioned but they're nearly
all dead, so I didn't mentally count them.)

-- 
ais523

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Gaelan Steele]

I imagine it’s a cycle.

Gaelan

> On Feb 4, 2019, at 3:09 PM, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote:
> 
> 
> Theory: the fact that Agora and BlogNomic are by far the longest-
> lasting nomics is connected to the fact that they're the only ones
> referenced from Wikipedia. (That said, the causality may be reversed,
> i.e. they may have been referenced from Wikipedia due to being long-
> lived rather than vice versa.)
> 
> -- 
> ais523



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RE: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[David Seeber]

That sounds like the beginning of a thesis. But anyway.

In my opinion it’s Wikipedia mentioning them because they are still around. The 
easiest thing to do would be
a. check the modification records from Wikipedia (I assume that's 
possible because it's all meant to be transparent, right?) and see when they 
were first mentioned
b. Check when Wikipedia itself was founded. It's possible that Agora 
and BlogNomic are older than Wikipedia (anybody?)

-Original Message-
From: agora-discussion  On Behalf Of 
ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk
Sent: 04 February 2019 23:09
To: agora-discussion@agoranomic.org
Subject: Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

On Mon, 2019-02-04 at 23:05 +, David Seeber wrote:
> Actually it was a good friend of mine who is a sort of board game 
> nerd. He has a little nomic which he plays with a few friends and 
> invited me to join in. Whilst checking out what nomics actually are, I 
> found the Wikipedia page, which talks about Agora being the biggest 
> nomic still running. And I thought, Hey... Why not?

Theory: the fact that Agora and BlogNomic are by far the longest- lasting 
nomics is connected to the fact that they're the only ones referenced from 
Wikipedia. (That said, the causality may be reversed, i.e. they may have been 
referenced from Wikipedia due to being long- lived rather than vice versa.)

--
ais523

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk]

On Mon, 2019-02-04 at 23:05 +, David Seeber wrote:
> Actually it was a good friend of mine who is a sort of board game
> nerd. He has a little nomic which he plays with a few friends and
> invited me to join in. Whilst checking out what nomics actually are,
> I found the Wikipedia page, which talks about Agora being the biggest
> nomic still running. And I thought, Hey... Why not?

Theory: the fact that Agora and BlogNomic are by far the longest-
lasting nomics is connected to the fact that they're the only ones
referenced from Wikipedia. (That said, the causality may be reversed,
i.e. they may have been referenced from Wikipedia due to being long-
lived rather than vice versa.)

-- 
ais523

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[David Seeber]

Actually it was a good friend of mine who is a sort of board game nerd. He has 
a little nomic which he plays with a few friends and invited me to join in. 
Whilst checking out what nomics actually are, I found the Wikipedia page, which 
talks about Agora being the biggest nomic still running. And I thought, Hey... 
Why not?

I'm not sure what I'll actually get up to here, but definitely a bit of Spaaace 
at least :D

-Original Message-
From: agora-discussion  On Behalf Of 
Cuddle Beam
Sent: 04 February 2019 20:52
To: Agora Nomic discussions (DF) 
Subject: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

Welcome Baron! I'm quite curious, how did you find Agora?

On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 9:45 PM Reuben Staley 
wrote:

> Welcome to Agora! I cause Baron Von Vaderham to receive a welcome package.
>
> --
> Trigon
>
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 13:10 David Seeber 
> > I register as a player.
> >
> > Baron Von Vaderham
> >
>

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Cuddle Beam]

Welcome Baron! I'm quite curious, how did you find Agora?

On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 9:45 PM Reuben Staley 
wrote:

> Welcome to Agora! I cause Baron Von Vaderham to receive a welcome package.
>
> --
> Trigon
>
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 13:10 David Seeber 
> > I register as a player.
> >
> > Baron Von Vaderham
> >
>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Cuddle Beam]

Hello pokes!!!

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 12:30 AM, pokes  wrote:

>
> On 12/14/2017 05:58 PM, Aris Merchant wrote:
> >
> > You're a BlogNomic player, aren't you? That would explain it. I
> > remembered reading your username somewhere, and I thought it was the
> > Agoran mailing list archives.
> >
>
> Yup! That must be it.
>
> >
> > They are the current unofficial curreny system. We have an actual
> > economy, based around a currency called shinies, but it's pretty
> > broken right now (constantly running out of supply to pay people, no
> > one has a reason to spend which leads to hoarding, etc.). A major
> > economic reform proposal is in development, but it's taking a while to
> > work out the details. Bills are a replacement currency, operating on a
> > shiny standard (you know, like the gold standard) that had been
> > defined by contract. If you go to the a-o (Agora-official, aka. OFF)
> > archives, and look at the most recent Notary's weekly report, there's
> > a contract called The Agoran Credit Union. It contains further
> > details.
> >
> > -Aris
> >
>
> I see now. This is what I get for not back-reading enough OFF: a very
> helpful explanation.
>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[pokes]

On 12/14/2017 05:58 PM, Aris Merchant wrote:
>
> You're a BlogNomic player, aren't you? That would explain it. I
> remembered reading your username somewhere, and I thought it was the
> Agoran mailing list archives.
>

Yup! That must be it.

>
> They are the current unofficial curreny system. We have an actual
> economy, based around a currency called shinies, but it's pretty
> broken right now (constantly running out of supply to pay people, no
> one has a reason to spend which leads to hoarding, etc.). A major
> economic reform proposal is in development, but it's taking a while to
> work out the details. Bills are a replacement currency, operating on a
> shiny standard (you know, like the gold standard) that had been
> defined by contract. If you go to the a-o (Agora-official, aka. OFF)
> archives, and look at the most recent Notary's weekly report, there's
> a contract called The Agoran Credit Union. It contains further
> details.
>
> -Aris
>

I see now. This is what I get for not back-reading enough OFF: a very 
helpful explanation.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[ATMunn]

I also recently started working on a proposal based on an old system from
the early 2000s. G. wrote a thesis about the old system, and I decided to
try and see what that would look like today. Not sure when that will be
done, though.

On 12/14/2017 5:58 PM, Aris Merchant wrote:


They are the current unofficial curreny system. We have an actual
economy, based around a currency called shinies, but it's pretty
broken right now (constantly running out of supply to pay people, no
one has a reason to spend which leads to hoarding, etc.). A major
economic reform proposal is in development, but it's taking a while to
work out the details. Bills are a replacement currency, operating on a
shiny standard (you know, like the gold standard) that had been
defined by contract. If you go to the a-o (Agora-official, aka. OFF)
archives, and look at the most recent Notary's weekly report, there's
a contract called The Agoran Credit Union. It contains further
details.

-Aris

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Aris Merchant]

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:31 PM, pokes  wrote:
>
>> Welcome (back I believe) to Agora!
>>
>> -Aris
>
>
> I'm completely fresh, so excuse a few bumps on the way to my getting up to
> speed.

You're a BlogNomic player, aren't you? That would explain it. I
remembered reading your username somewhere, and I thought it was the
Agoran mailing list archives.

>> Welcome!
>>
>> I transfer 150 bills to pokes.
>
>
> Thanks! But how would one find out what bills are?

They are the current unofficial curreny system. We have an actual
economy, based around a currency called shinies, but it's pretty
broken right now (constantly running out of supply to pay people, no
one has a reason to spend which leads to hoarding, etc.). A major
economic reform proposal is in development, but it's taking a while to
work out the details. Bills are a replacement currency, operating on a
shiny standard (you know, like the gold standard) that had been
defined by contract. If you go to the a-o (Agora-official, aka. OFF)
archives, and look at the most recent Notary's weekly report, there's
a contract called The Agoran Credit Union. It contains further
details.

-Aris

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[pokes]

Welcome (back I believe) to Agora!

-Aris


I'm completely fresh, so excuse a few bumps on the way to my getting up 
to speed.



Welcome!

I transfer 150 bills to pokes.


Thanks! But how would one find out what bills are?

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Aris Merchant]

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 6:46 PM pokes  wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I unambiguously intend to become a player at this time.
>
Welcome (back I believe) to Agora!

-Aris

DIS: Re: BUS: registration fix

[Aris Merchant]

Pardon me if I'm missing something, but this doesn't seem to be pended.

-Aris

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Kerim Aydin  wrote:
>
>
> I submit the following Proposal, AI-3, "Registration fix finally":
>
> --
> [It looks like we have various ways for players to make money now so
> the re-registration bug can be fixed.  Also clearly defines the verb
> "to register" and makes it clear that registered persons can't "re"
> register].
>
>
> Amend Rule 869 (How to Join and Leave Agora) by replacing:
>
>   Citizenship is a person switch with values Unregistered
>   (default) and Registered, tracked by the Registrar.  Changes to
>   citizenship are secured.  A registered person is a Player.
>
>   A person CAN (unless explicitly forbidden or prevented by the
>   rules) register by publishing a message that indicates
>   reasonably clearly and reasonably unambiguously that e intends
>   to become a player at that time.  A person, by registering,
>   agrees to abide by the Rules.  The Rules CANNOT otherwise bind a
>   person to abide by any agreement without that person's willful
>   consent.
>
>   A player CAN deregister (cease being a player) by announcement.
>   If e does so, e CANNOT register by announcement for 30 days.
>
> with:
>
>   Citizenship is a person switch with values Unregistered
>   (default) and Registered, tracked by the Registrar.  Changes to
>   citizenship are secured.  A registered person is a Player.
>   To "register" someone is to flip that person's Citizenship
>   switch from Unregistered to Registered.
>
>   An Unregistered person CAN (unless explicitly forbidden or
>   prevented by the rules) register by publishing a message that
>   indicates reasonably clearly and reasonably unambiguously that e
>   intends to become a player at that time. A player CAN deregister
>   (cease being a player) by announcement. If e does so, e CANNOT
>   register or be registered for 30 days.
>
>   A person, by registering, agrees to abide by the Rules.  The
>   Rules CANNOT otherwise bind a person to abide by any agreement
>   without that person's willful consent.
>
> --
>
>
>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Aris Merchant]

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Kerim Aydin  wrote:
>
>
>
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2017, Aris Merchant wrote:
>> Three reasons that would be a bad judgment, which I would likely moot:
>>
>> 1. I'm paying for the CFJ, which means the judge will get paid for it.
>> It wouldn't be very nice to take money and then assign an effectively
>> null judgment.
>
> This is an inappropriate line of thinking, regardless of your other
> arguments.  A CFJ's truth shouldn't be dependent whatsoever on how it
> was paid for.

Yeah, it wouldn't really be a reason to moot. However if the judge is
getting paid for it, it would be nice if they would think about it.,
and come to a conclusion about the subject, even if it isn't one I
agree with.

>> 2. The CFJ concerns a subject of deep game significance. If the rules
>> directly disagree with reality, which one wins? I
>> We've been assuming that the rules do, but I haven't seen a ruling on
>> it. This is probably one of the most important philosophical questions
>> in the history of the game, with many implications for how we play,
>> and it shouldn't just be tossed out unconsidered.
>
> I agree that it's an interesting philosophical point, but there are a few
> rulings on the subject, mainly that "reality wins" in general:
>
> https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?2149
> https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?2150
> https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?1613
>

None of those appear to consider an explicit disagreement between the
game and reality. They primarily deal with what happens when the game
doesn't specify something (reality takes over), and don't resolve this
issue.

>> 3. We have something of a tradition of dealing with hypothetical
>> situations even when they're unlikely to occur, particularly when they
>> clarify the application of existing rules.
>
> While we have "something of a tradition", we only recently voted in this
> language (in June):
>   * IRRELEVANT, appropriate if the veracity of the statement is
> not relevant to the game or is an overly hypothetical
> extrapolation of the game or its rules to conditions
> The fact that we explicitly added it to the Rules means we should re-
> interpret this standard in light of recent legislative action, and (IMO)
> be more ready to call hypothetical situations IRRELEVANT.

As I understand, that was a reenactment of previous text to allow for
more specificity in judgments. I wouldn't really object if someone
judged it IRRELEVANT per se, but I think it deserves an answer in
addition to the judgement.

-Aris

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Kerim Aydin]

On Fri, 20 Oct 2017, Aris Merchant wrote:
> Three reasons that would be a bad judgment, which I would likely moot:
> 
> 1. I'm paying for the CFJ, which means the judge will get paid for it.
> It wouldn't be very nice to take money and then assign an effectively
> null judgment.

This is an inappropriate line of thinking, regardless of your other 
arguments.  A CFJ's truth shouldn't be dependent whatsoever on how it 
was paid for.


> 2. The CFJ concerns a subject of deep game significance. If the rules
> directly disagree with reality, which one wins? I
> We've been assuming that the rules do, but I haven't seen a ruling on
> it. This is probably one of the most important philosophical questions
> in the history of the game, with many implications for how we play,
> and it shouldn't just be tossed out unconsidered.

I agree that it's an interesting philosophical point, but there are a few
rulings on the subject, mainly that "reality wins" in general:

https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?2149
https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?2150
https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?1613


> 3. We have something of a tradition of dealing with hypothetical
> situations even when they're unlikely to occur, particularly when they
> clarify the application of existing rules. 

While we have "something of a tradition", we only recently voted in this 
language (in June):
  * IRRELEVANT, appropriate if the veracity of the statement is
not relevant to the game or is an overly hypothetical
extrapolation of the game or its rules to conditions 
The fact that we explicitly added it to the Rules means we should re-
interpret this standard in light of recent legislative action, and (IMO) 
be more ready to call hypothetical situations IRRELEVANT.


> See, for instance, CFJs
> 1147 (really strong precedent), 1887, etc. Admittedly we sometimes do
> the opposite, but it does support the other two.
> 
> -Aris
> 
> On Oct 20, 2017 7:00 PM, "VJ Rada"  wrote:
> >
> > I would judge IRRELEVANT:  situation appears to be too hypothetical
> > and attenuated to be a useful clarification of the game state.
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Alexis Hunt  wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 at 21:53 Aris Merchant
> > >  wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Actually, given that this makes things more interesting... I SH-CFJ (or
> > >> AP-CFJ if the action would otherwise fail due to lack of shinies) "If 
> > >> there
> > >> were currently a power 3.9 rule purpoting to allow any person to destroy 
> > >> the
> > >> universe by announcement, without defining the effect of this action, 
> > >> and I
> > >> announced that I destroyed the universe in that way (all other aspects of
> > >> the gamestate being as they are now), my announcement would, as far as 
> > >> the
> > >> game is concerned, have the effect it purported to have." I request that 
> > >> the
> > >> judge consider the situation both with and without existing power 4 rules
> > >> (101, 1698, and 2029) and also whether the destruction of the universe in
> > >> this way would have practical effect upon the game. I also request that 
> > >> the
> > >> H. Arbitor link the cases and that they have a combined caselog. I'll
> > >> probably have more arguments later, and invite the arguments of others.
> > >>
> > >> -Aris
> > >
> > >
> > > Arguments: FALSE, because Agora Is A Nomic.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > From V.J. Rada

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Aris Merchant]

Three reasons that would be a bad judgment, which I would likely moot:

1. I'm paying for the CFJ, which means the judge will get paid for it.
It wouldn't be very nice to take money and then assign an effectively
null judgment.

2. The CFJ concerns a subject of deep game signifcance. If the rules
directly disagree with reality, which one wins? I
We've been assuming that the rules do, but I haven't seen a ruling on
it. This is probably one of the most important philosophical questions
in the history of the game, with many implications for how we play,
and it shouldn't just be tossed out unconsidered.

3. We have something of a tradition of dealing with hypothetical
situations even when they're unlikely to occur, particularly when they
clarify the application of existing rules. See, for instance, CFJs
1147 (really strong precedent), 1887, etc. Admittedly we sometimes do
the opposite, but it does support the other two.

-Aris

On Oct 20, 2017 7:00 PM, "VJ Rada"  wrote:
>
> I would judge IRRELEVANT:  situation appears to be too hypothetical
> and attenuated to be a useful clarification of the game state.
>
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Alexis Hunt  wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 at 21:53 Aris Merchant
> >  wrote:
> >>
> >> Actually, given that this makes things more interesting... I SH-CFJ (or
> >> AP-CFJ if the action would otherwise fail due to lack of shinies) "If there
> >> were currently a power 3.9 rule purpoting to allow any person to destroy 
> >> the
> >> universe by announcement, without defining the effect of this action, and I
> >> announced that I destroyed the universe in that way (all other aspects of
> >> the gamestate being as they are now), my announcement would, as far as the
> >> game is concerned, have the effect it purported to have." I request that 
> >> the
> >> judge consider the situation both with and without existing power 4 rules
> >> (101, 1698, and 2029) and also whether the destruction of the universe in
> >> this way would have practical effect upon the game. I also request that the
> >> H. Arbitor link the cases and that they have a combined caselog. I'll
> >> probably have more arguments later, and invite the arguments of others.
> >>
> >> -Aris
> >
> >
> > Arguments: FALSE, because Agora Is A Nomic.
>
>
>
> --
> From V.J. Rada

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[VJ Rada]

Is the safety-valve super-secret propitietery technology?

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Alex Smith  wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-10-20 at 19:24 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, Alex Smith wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2017-10-20 at 18:28 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote:
>> > > I submit the following Proposal, "Don't vote for this", AI-3, and
>> > > AP-pend it:
>> >
>> > The created rule wouldn't actually work (for interesting reasons which
>> > are almost along the line of a scam). That said, that's not something
>> > I'd like to rely on.
>>
>> Yah, that was the safety (at least the reason I have in mind that it won't
>> work - dunno if it's same as yours).  Suppose I could fix it pretty simply...
>
> Is it becoming a thing to write Terrible Proposals but to make sure
> that they don't work, on the basis that it can be very hard to prevent
> them passing?
>
> (That said, this one only seems to have one safety valve, unless you
> consider the name. The last time I wrote a Terrible Proposal it had a
> safety valve /and/ insufficient Power to work.)
>
> --
> ais523



-- 
>From V.J. Rada

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Alex Smith]

On Fri, 2017-10-20 at 19:24 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, Alex Smith wrote:
> > On Fri, 2017-10-20 at 18:28 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> > > I submit the following Proposal, "Don't vote for this", AI-3, and 
> > > AP-pend it:
> > 
> > The created rule wouldn't actually work (for interesting reasons which
> > are almost along the line of a scam). That said, that's not something
> > I'd like to rely on.
> 
> Yah, that was the safety (at least the reason I have in mind that it won't
> work - dunno if it's same as yours).  Suppose I could fix it pretty simply...

Is it becoming a thing to write Terrible Proposals but to make sure
that they don't work, on the basis that it can be very hard to prevent
them passing?

(That said, this one only seems to have one safety valve, unless you
consider the name. The last time I wrote a Terrible Proposal it had a
safety valve /and/ insufficient Power to work.)

-- 
ais523

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Kerim Aydin]

On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, Alex Smith wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-10-20 at 18:28 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> > I submit the following Proposal, "Don't vote for this", AI-3, and 
> > AP-pend it:
> 
> The created rule wouldn't actually work (for interesting reasons which
> are almost along the line of a scam). That said, that's not something
> I'd like to rely on.

Yah, that was the safety (at least the reason I have in mind that it won't
work - dunno if it's same as yours).  Suppose I could fix it pretty simply...

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Aris Merchant]

I've requested that the judge consider what would happen in that rule's
absence.
-Aris

On Oct 20, 2017 6:59 PM, "Alexis Hunt"  wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 at 21:53 Aris Merchant  gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually, given that this makes things more interesting... I SH-CFJ (or
>> AP-CFJ if the action would otherwise fail due to lack of shinies) "If there
>> were currently a power 3.9 rule purpoting to allow any person to destroy
>> the universe by announcement, without defining the effect of this action,
>> and I announced that I destroyed the universe in that way (all other
>> aspects of the gamestate being as they are now), my announcement would, as
>> far as the game is concerned, have the effect it purported to have." I
>> request that the judge consider the situation both with and without
>> existing power 4 rules (101, 1698, and 2029) and also whether the
>> destruction of the universe in this way would have practical effect upon
>> the game. I also request that the H. Arbitor link the cases and that they
>> have a combined caselog. I'll probably have more arguments later, and
>> invite the arguments of others.
>>
>> -Aris
>>
>
> Arguments: FALSE, because Agora Is A Nomic.
>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Alex Smith]

On Fri, 2017-10-20 at 18:28 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> I submit the following Proposal, "Don't vote for this", AI-3, and 
> AP-pend it:

The created rule wouldn't actually work (for interesting reasons which
are almost along the line of a scam). That said, that's not something
I'd like to rely on.

-- 
ais523

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Alex Smith]

On Sat, 2017-10-21 at 09:32 +1100, Madeline wrote:
> I intend to win the game with two days' notice, in accordance with
> Rule 7923. (Does this really work before it's even a rule?)

Dependent action intents work "backwards". The intent itself doesn't do
anything, but the resolution of the dependent action looks back in time
to see if there was a matching intent.

This means that you can intend to do something that isn't currently
possible, in the hope that it'll become possible by the time the intent
is resolved.

-- 
ais523

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[VJ Rada]

I would judge IRRELEVANT:  situation appears to be too hypothetical
and attenuated to be a useful clarification of the game state.

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Alexis Hunt  wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 at 21:53 Aris Merchant
>  wrote:
>>
>> Actually, given that this makes things more interesting... I SH-CFJ (or
>> AP-CFJ if the action would otherwise fail due to lack of shinies) "If there
>> were currently a power 3.9 rule purpoting to allow any person to destroy the
>> universe by announcement, without defining the effect of this action, and I
>> announced that I destroyed the universe in that way (all other aspects of
>> the gamestate being as they are now), my announcement would, as far as the
>> game is concerned, have the effect it purported to have." I request that the
>> judge consider the situation both with and without existing power 4 rules
>> (101, 1698, and 2029) and also whether the destruction of the universe in
>> this way would have practical effect upon the game. I also request that the
>> H. Arbitor link the cases and that they have a combined caselog. I'll
>> probably have more arguments later, and invite the arguments of others.
>>
>> -Aris
>
>
> Arguments: FALSE, because Agora Is A Nomic.



-- 
>From V.J. Rada

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Alexis Hunt]

On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 at 21:53 Aris Merchant <
thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually, given that this makes things more interesting... I SH-CFJ (or
> AP-CFJ if the action would otherwise fail due to lack of shinies) "If there
> were currently a power 3.9 rule purpoting to allow any person to destroy
> the universe by announcement, without defining the effect of this action,
> and I announced that I destroyed the universe in that way (all other
> aspects of the gamestate being as they are now), my announcement would, as
> far as the game is concerned, have the effect it purported to have." I
> request that the judge consider the situation both with and without
> existing power 4 rules (101, 1698, and 2029) and also whether the
> destruction of the universe in this way would have practical effect upon
> the game. I also request that the H. Arbitor link the cases and that they
> have a combined caselog. I'll probably have more arguments later, and
> invite the arguments of others.
>
> -Aris
>

Arguments: FALSE, because Agora Is A Nomic.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[ATMunn .]

Okay, how did this go from "The shiny balance can not be negative because
it is an asset, not a switch." to "Any Player CAN destroy the universe With
Notice."

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Kerim Aydin  wrote:

>
>
> I submit the following Proposal, "Don't vote for this", AI-3, and
> AP-pend it:
>
> --
>
> Create the following power-3 Rule, "A very very bad idea":
>
>   Any Player CAN destroy the universe With Notice.  When the
>   universe is destroyed, all assets are destroyed and all
>   switches are set to their default values, simultaneously.
>
> --
>
> (I note that this could be adopted within the 14 days before Aris's
> intent message expires).
>
>
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2017, Aris Merchant wrote:
> > Arguments: The universe is certainly too large for me to destroy on my
> > own. My intent clearly also doesn't do anything, because no rule
> > permits it to take effect. However, it is my belief that since Agora
> > is, for game purposes, both omniscient and omnipotent, if a rule
> > permitted my intent it would succeed. This probably wouldn't do
> > anything though, because nothing would cause any aspect of the
> > gamestate to stop existing, or even necessarily the players.
> >
> > -Aris
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 6:10 PM, ATMunn . 
> wrote:
> > > I CFJ with AP on the following statement:
> > > Aris's intent to destroy the universe is valid.
> > >
> > > Caller's arguments: The universe is too large for Aris to destroy.
> > >
> > > [What a stupid thing for my first ever CFJ to be. I love it. I honestly
> > > don't care how this is judged.]
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:24 PM, Aris Merchant
> > >  wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I intend to destroy the universe with notice.
> > >>
> > >> -Aris
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
> > >>  wrote:
> > >> > I intend t win the game with two days' notice, as described in
> Proposal
> > >> > 7923.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On 10/20/2017 06:36 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, Madeline wrote:
> > >> >>> I intend to win the game with two days' notice, in accordance with
> > >> >>> Rule 7923.
> > >> >>> (Does this really work before it's even a rule?)
> > >> >> Yes, but it's not Rule 7923 (that's the proposal), saying it was
> "Rule
> > >> >> 7923"
> > >> >> instead of "as described in Proposal 7923" might make this
> announcement
> > >> >> wrong
> > >> >> enough to fail.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> It works because in Rule 1728, the requirements are worded
> backwards in
> > >> >> time;
> > >> >> the action works if the rules allow it *when you try to finish the
> > >> >> action*,
> > >> >> provided you announced the intent a few days before - and the rule
> > >> >> doesn't
> > >> >> care that the action wasn't possible those few days before when you
> > >> >> announced
> > >> >> the intent.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> -G.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Kerim Aydin]

On Fri, 20 Oct 2017, Aris Merchant wrote:
> I intend to destroy the universe with notice.

https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?2150

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Publius Scribonius Scholasticus]

If supporting this message is allowable, I do so.


On 10/20/2017 08:24 PM, Aris Merchant wrote:
> I intend to destroy the universe with notice.
>
> -Aris
>
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
>  wrote:
>> I intend t win the game with two days' notice, as described in Proposal
>> 7923.
>>
>>
>> On 10/20/2017 06:36 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, Madeline wrote:
 I intend to win the game with two days' notice, in accordance with Rule 
 7923.
 (Does this really work before it's even a rule?)
>>> Yes, but it's not Rule 7923 (that's the proposal), saying it was "Rule 7923"
>>> instead of "as described in Proposal 7923" might make this announcement 
>>> wrong
>>> enough to fail.
>>>
>>> It works because in Rule 1728, the requirements are worded backwards in 
>>> time;
>>> the action works if the rules allow it *when you try to finish the action*,
>>> provided you announced the intent a few days before - and the rule doesn't
>>> care that the action wasn't possible those few days before when you 
>>> announced
>>> the intent.
>>>
>>> -G.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>




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Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[VJ Rada]

I already have a proposal which ties the Supply Value to the number of
players every month. Called (if I recall) "slightly more responsible
Zimbabwean-style economics".



On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 9:37 AM, ATMunn .  wrote:
> That's an interesting idea. I feel like this could be scammable though. Then
> again, what isn't scammable?
>
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 6:34 PM, Kerim Aydin  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Why not just change it so a Welcome package Creates money rather than
>> transferring it?  (and to balance it, the secretary can destroy money
>> if total is above some multiple of # of players).
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, VJ Rada wrote:
>> > By the way, with this registration we have 20 players and 1000
>> > shinies. It's literally only possible for everyone to claim a welcome
>> > package if nobody gained any more money than that. We need to print
>> > money.
>> >
>> > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 9:22 AM, VJ Rada  wrote:
>> > > I pay Telnaior 5 shinies.
>> > >
>> > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Telnaior  wrote:
>> > >> I flip my Citizenship to Registered.
>> > >>
>> > >> For recordkeeping purposes, my username is Telnaior and I was
>> > >> previously
>> > >> deregistered in 2014.
>> > >>
>> > >> Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for causing trouble so
>> > >> early but
>> > >> I haven't been able to find anything in the rules that prevents
>> > >> Agora's (or
>> > >> anyone's) shiny balance from going negative, is there? (This might be
>> > >> my
>> > >> first target for proposal, perhaps)
>> > >>
>> > >> I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 shinies from Agora.
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > From V.J. Rada
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > From V.J. Rada
>> >
>>
>



-- 
>From V.J. Rada

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Kerim Aydin]

On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, Madeline wrote:
> I intend to win the game with two days' notice, in accordance with Rule 7923.
> (Does this really work before it's even a rule?)

Yes, but it's not Rule 7923 (that's the proposal), saying it was "Rule 7923"
instead of "as described in Proposal 7923" might make this announcement wrong
enough to fail.

It works because in Rule 1728, the requirements are worded backwards in time;
the action works if the rules allow it *when you try to finish the action*,
provided you announced the intent a few days before - and the rule doesn't
care that the action wasn't possible those few days before when you announced
the intent.

-G.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Madeline]

Another option could be to go all the way with this and remove the 
supply limit altogether, making shinies destructible and having costs 
based on how many are possessed by players, then rewards either fully 
constant or based on some kind of logarithmic function? (Having them 
tied linearly to how many are in play just invites hyperinflation, I think)
You'd want a lot more player-to-player shiny transaction if we went with 
this route, though.


On 2017-10-21 09:37, ATMunn . wrote:
That's an interesting idea. I feel like this could be scammable 
though. Then again, what isn't scammable?


On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 6:34 PM, Kerim Aydin > wrote:




Why not just change it so a Welcome package Creates money rather than
transferring it?  (and to balance it, the secretary can destroy money
if total is above some multiple of # of players).


On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, VJ Rada wrote:
> By the way, with this registration we have 20 players and 1000
> shinies. It's literally only possible for everyone to claim a
welcome
> package if nobody gained any more money than that. We need to print
> money.
>
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 9:22 AM, VJ Rada > wrote:
> > I pay Telnaior 5 shinies.
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Telnaior > wrote:
> >> I flip my Citizenship to Registered.
> >>
> >> For recordkeeping purposes, my username is Telnaior and I was
previously
> >> deregistered in 2014.
> >>
> >> Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for causing
trouble so early but
> >> I haven't been able to find anything in the rules that
prevents Agora's (or
> >> anyone's) shiny balance from going negative, is there? (This
might be my
> >> first target for proposal, perhaps)
> >>
> >> I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 shinies from Agora.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > From V.J. Rada
>
>
>
> --
> From V.J. Rada
>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[ATMunn .]

That's an interesting idea. I feel like this could be scammable though.
Then again, what isn't scammable?

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 6:34 PM, Kerim Aydin  wrote:

>
>
> Why not just change it so a Welcome package Creates money rather than
> transferring it?  (and to balance it, the secretary can destroy money
> if total is above some multiple of # of players).
>
>
> On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, VJ Rada wrote:
> > By the way, with this registration we have 20 players and 1000
> > shinies. It's literally only possible for everyone to claim a welcome
> > package if nobody gained any more money than that. We need to print
> > money.
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 9:22 AM, VJ Rada  wrote:
> > > I pay Telnaior 5 shinies.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Telnaior  wrote:
> > >> I flip my Citizenship to Registered.
> > >>
> > >> For recordkeeping purposes, my username is Telnaior and I was
> previously
> > >> deregistered in 2014.
> > >>
> > >> Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for causing trouble so
> early but
> > >> I haven't been able to find anything in the rules that prevents
> Agora's (or
> > >> anyone's) shiny balance from going negative, is there? (This might be
> my
> > >> first target for proposal, perhaps)
> > >>
> > >> I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 shinies from Agora.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > From V.J. Rada
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > From V.J. Rada
> >
>
>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Kerim Aydin]

Why not just change it so a Welcome package Creates money rather than
transferring it?  (and to balance it, the secretary can destroy money
if total is above some multiple of # of players).


On Sat, 21 Oct 2017, VJ Rada wrote:
> By the way, with this registration we have 20 players and 1000
> shinies. It's literally only possible for everyone to claim a welcome
> package if nobody gained any more money than that. We need to print
> money.
> 
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 9:22 AM, VJ Rada  wrote:
> > I pay Telnaior 5 shinies.
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Telnaior  wrote:
> >> I flip my Citizenship to Registered.
> >>
> >> For recordkeeping purposes, my username is Telnaior and I was previously
> >> deregistered in 2014.
> >>
> >> Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for causing trouble so early 
> >> but
> >> I haven't been able to find anything in the rules that prevents Agora's (or
> >> anyone's) shiny balance from going negative, is there? (This might be my
> >> first target for proposal, perhaps)
> >>
> >> I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 shinies from Agora.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > From V.J. Rada
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> From V.J. Rada
>

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[VJ Rada]

By the way, with this registration we have 20 players and 1000
shinies. It's literally only possible for everyone to claim a welcome
package if nobody gained any more money than that. We need to print
money.

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 9:22 AM, VJ Rada  wrote:
> I pay Telnaior 5 shinies.
>
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Telnaior  wrote:
>> I flip my Citizenship to Registered.
>>
>> For recordkeeping purposes, my username is Telnaior and I was previously
>> deregistered in 2014.
>>
>> Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for causing trouble so early but
>> I haven't been able to find anything in the rules that prevents Agora's (or
>> anyone's) shiny balance from going negative, is there? (This might be my
>> first target for proposal, perhaps)
>>
>> I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 shinies from Agora.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> From V.J. Rada



-- 
>From V.J. Rada

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Madeline]

On 2017-10-21 09:22, Kerim Aydin wrote:


Telnaior - you should announce intent to win with 2 days notice, in
case proposal 7923 passes...

On Fri, 20 Oct 2017, ATMunn . wrote:

Speaking of...

If Telnaior's shiny balance is 0 as of the sending of this message, I transfer 
10 shinies to Telnaior.

I included the conditional in case Agora did have enough shinies for the 
welcome package to succeed. I don't think it did, however.

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 6:05 PM, ATMunn .  wrote:
   Eh, you'll get money soon enough. Welcome! I'm Agora's second-newest 
player before you registered (I think), so I'm still learning the ropes.

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Madeline  wrote:
   That's both the most disappointing (but perhaps the most sensible) 
interpretation and means I'm stuck being broke D:

   On 2017-10-21 07:47, Aris Merchant wrote:
 The generally accepted interpretation is that the action entirely
 fails. Welcome back!

 -Aris



 On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Madeline  
wrote:
   Alright, so what... does happen? It specifies you can't 
destroy a stamp if
   Agora can't pay the balance, but nothing else has a similar 
clause which
   suggests it's intended to still be possible.


   On 2017-10-21 07:44, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote:
 The shiny balance can not be negative because it is an 
asset, not a
 switch.


 On 10/20/2017 04:42 PM, Telnaior wrote:
   I flip my Citizenship to Registered.

   For recordkeeping purposes, my username is 
Telnaior and I was
   previously deregistered in 2014.

   Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for 
causing trouble so
   early but I haven't been able to find anything 
in the rules that
   prevents Agora's (or anyone's) shiny balance 
from going negative, is
   there? (This might be my first target for 
proposal, perhaps)

   I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 
shinies from Agora.


I intend to win the game with two days' notice, in accordance with Rule 
7923. (Does this really work before it's even a rule?)


In all seriousness, though, how should we actually fix this mess? My 
first thought is to make a second floating value attached to how many 
shinies are in players' hands and use that to determine costs, then 
rename the current floating value to "reward value" or something like 
that and only use it to determine rewards (and perhaps also attach it to 
report rewards and others that currently aren't as well? It shouldn't 
ever be possible for the money to run out, and I feel like letting 
things round down to 0 is a better choice)

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Kerim Aydin]

Telnaior - you should announce intent to win with 2 days notice, in 
case proposal 7923 passes...

On Fri, 20 Oct 2017, ATMunn . wrote:
> Speaking of...
> 
> If Telnaior's shiny balance is 0 as of the sending of this message, I 
> transfer 10 shinies to Telnaior.
> 
> I included the conditional in case Agora did have enough shinies for the 
> welcome package to succeed. I don't think it did, however.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 6:05 PM, ATMunn .  wrote:
>   Eh, you'll get money soon enough. Welcome! I'm Agora's second-newest 
> player before you registered (I think), so I'm still learning the ropes.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Madeline  wrote:
>   That's both the most disappointing (but perhaps the most sensible) 
> interpretation and means I'm stuck being broke D:
> 
>   On 2017-10-21 07:47, Aris Merchant wrote:
> The generally accepted interpretation is that the action entirely
> fails. Welcome back!
> 
> -Aris
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Madeline  
> wrote:
>   Alright, so what... does happen? It specifies you can't 
> destroy a stamp if
>   Agora can't pay the balance, but nothing else has a similar 
> clause which
>   suggests it's intended to still be possible.
> 
> 
>   On 2017-10-21 07:44, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote:
> The shiny balance can not be negative because it is 
> an asset, not a
> switch.
> 
> 
> On 10/20/2017 04:42 PM, Telnaior wrote:
>   I flip my Citizenship to Registered.
> 
>   For recordkeeping purposes, my username is 
> Telnaior and I was
>   previously deregistered in 2014.
> 
>   Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for 
> causing trouble so
>   early but I haven't been able to find anything 
> in the rules that
>   prevents Agora's (or anyone's) shiny balance 
> from going negative, is
>   there? (This might be my first target for 
> proposal, perhaps)
> 
>   I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 
> shinies from Agora.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[ATMunn .]

Eh, you'll get money soon enough. Welcome! I'm Agora's second-newest player
before you registered (I think), so I'm still learning the ropes.

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Madeline  wrote:

> That's both the most disappointing (but perhaps the most sensible)
> interpretation and means I'm stuck being broke D:
>
>
> On 2017-10-21 07:47, Aris Merchant wrote:
>
>> The generally accepted interpretation is that the action entirely
>> fails. Welcome back!
>>
>> -Aris
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Madeline  wrote:
>>
>>> Alright, so what... does happen? It specifies you can't destroy a stamp
>>> if
>>> Agora can't pay the balance, but nothing else has a similar clause which
>>> suggests it's intended to still be possible.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2017-10-21 07:44, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote:
>>>
 The shiny balance can not be negative because it is an asset, not a
 switch.


 On 10/20/2017 04:42 PM, Telnaior wrote:

> I flip my Citizenship to Registered.
>
> For recordkeeping purposes, my username is Telnaior and I was
> previously deregistered in 2014.
>
> Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for causing trouble so
> early but I haven't been able to find anything in the rules that
> prevents Agora's (or anyone's) shiny balance from going negative, is
> there? (This might be my first target for proposal, perhaps)
>
> I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 shinies from Agora.
>

>
>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Madeline]

That's both the most disappointing (but perhaps the most sensible) 
interpretation and means I'm stuck being broke D:


On 2017-10-21 07:47, Aris Merchant wrote:

The generally accepted interpretation is that the action entirely
fails. Welcome back!

-Aris



On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Madeline  wrote:

Alright, so what... does happen? It specifies you can't destroy a stamp if
Agora can't pay the balance, but nothing else has a similar clause which
suggests it's intended to still be possible.


On 2017-10-21 07:44, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote:

The shiny balance can not be negative because it is an asset, not a
switch.


On 10/20/2017 04:42 PM, Telnaior wrote:

I flip my Citizenship to Registered.

For recordkeeping purposes, my username is Telnaior and I was
previously deregistered in 2014.

Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for causing trouble so
early but I haven't been able to find anything in the rules that
prevents Agora's (or anyone's) shiny balance from going negative, is
there? (This might be my first target for proposal, perhaps)

I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 shinies from Agora.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Aris Merchant]

The generally accepted interpretation is that the action entirely
fails. Welcome back!

-Aris



On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Madeline  wrote:
> Alright, so what... does happen? It specifies you can't destroy a stamp if
> Agora can't pay the balance, but nothing else has a similar clause which
> suggests it's intended to still be possible.
>
>
> On 2017-10-21 07:44, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote:
>>
>> The shiny balance can not be negative because it is an asset, not a
>> switch.
>>
>>
>> On 10/20/2017 04:42 PM, Telnaior wrote:
>>>
>>> I flip my Citizenship to Registered.
>>>
>>> For recordkeeping purposes, my username is Telnaior and I was
>>> previously deregistered in 2014.
>>>
>>> Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for causing trouble so
>>> early but I haven't been able to find anything in the rules that
>>> prevents Agora's (or anyone's) shiny balance from going negative, is
>>> there? (This might be my first target for proposal, perhaps)
>>>
>>> I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 shinies from Agora.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Madeline]

Alright, so what... does happen? It specifies you can't destroy a stamp 
if Agora can't pay the balance, but nothing else has a similar clause 
which suggests it's intended to still be possible.


On 2017-10-21 07:44, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote:

The shiny balance can not be negative because it is an asset, not a switch.


On 10/20/2017 04:42 PM, Telnaior wrote:

I flip my Citizenship to Registered.

For recordkeeping purposes, my username is Telnaior and I was
previously deregistered in 2014.

Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for causing trouble so
early but I haven't been able to find anything in the rules that
prevents Agora's (or anyone's) shiny balance from going negative, is
there? (This might be my first target for proposal, perhaps)

I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 shinies from Agora.

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration and Apology

[Publius Scribonius Scholasticus]

The shiny balance can not be negative because it is an asset, not a switch.


On 10/20/2017 04:42 PM, Telnaior wrote:
> I flip my Citizenship to Registered.
>
> For recordkeeping purposes, my username is Telnaior and I was
> previously deregistered in 2014.
>
> Anyways, I'm going to apologise, I feel bad for causing trouble so
> early but I haven't been able to find anything in the rules that
> prevents Agora's (or anyone's) shiny balance from going negative, is
> there? (This might be my first target for proposal, perhaps)
>
> I receive my Welcome Package, claiming 50 shinies from Agora.
>




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Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration as a player

[Owen Jacobson]

On Sat, 2017-07-29 at 10:12 -0700, Ajay Kumar Raja wrote:

> I would like to register as a player.

Welcome to Agora!

On Jul 29, 2017, at 1:17 PM, Alex Smith  wrote:

> Welcome!
> 
> Just as a note, you normally have to be quite precise with your
> language when taking actions in Agora (registration is an exception,
> which is why this (probably) works). Saying that you'd like to do an
> action isn't necessarily the same as actually doing it.


As a necessary consequence of that, it is socially acceptable, and expected, 
that you will be direct when performing an action. It would not have been rude 
or impolite to write “I register as a player,” rather than “I would like to 
register as a player.”

That registration was almost certainly effective anyways, but when it comes 
time to vote on proposals, be blunt and be bold.

-o



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DIS: Re: BUS: Registration as a player

[Alex Smith]

On Sat, 2017-07-29 at 10:12 -0700, Ajay Kumar Raja wrote:
> I would like to register as a player.

Welcome!

Just as a note, you normally have to be quite precise with your
language when taking actions in Agora (registration is an exception,
which is why this (probably) works). Saying that you'd like to do an
action isn't necessarily the same as actually doing it.

-- 
ais523

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[V.J Rada]

Well I've been lurking around for a while reading things but when I first
considered joining it seemed pretty dead with some kind of dictatorship
going on? But now it seems flourishing and so I thought it was the optimal
time to join here.

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 12:44 AM, Quazie  wrote:

> Welcome!
>
> How did you find us?  What brings you here?
>
> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 03:09 ben keil  wrote:
>
>> Hello, I, V.J. Rada aka vijar...@gmail.com register for this game.
>>
>

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

[Quazie]

Welcome!

How did you find us?  What brings you here?

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 03:09 ben keil  wrote:

> Hello, I, V.J. Rada aka vijar...@gmail.com register for this game.
>