Nomic rules as of Thu Oct 14 18:53:51 2004

Players (9): blech_ coraline darobin hex knew octothorp sky urgen zool

#TextProposed accepted rejected abstained
1 This Game has some Rules and some Players. octothorp sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, urgen, hex none none
2 Every Player must Accept a Rule for the Rule to be considered Binding. octothorp knew, urgen, blech_, zool, octothorp sky, coraline, darobin, hex none
3 Any person may enroll in the Game as a Player unless greater than 50% of the existing Players are in objection to said enrollment. hex sky, knew, coraline, blech_, hex, octothorp urgen, darobin, zool none
4 All new Players must Accept all previously Binding Rules. octothorp knew, darobin, zool, hex, octothorp sky, coraline, urgen blech_
5 All rule proposals and votes must be made in public. octothorp sky, urgen, darobin, zool knew, coraline, hex, octothorp blech_
6 No Player may subsequently alter Acceptance or Rejection of a given Rule, but Rules may be Amended by other Rules. octothorp knew, urgen, zool, hex, octothorp sky, coraline, darobin blech_
7 In the interests of keeping things moving, any Rule not explicitly Rejected within 72 hours of proposal is Accepted. octothorp blech_, octothorp sky, knew, coraline, urgen, darobin, zool, hex none
8 This Game has a Bot, called fiatlex, and an executive office of Botherder, whose task it shall be to ensure that fiatlex's recording and reporting functions are consonant with the Binding Rules of the Game. The position of Botherder will periodically shift between Players. octothorpe will be the first Botherder. octothorp sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none none
9 No Rule is immutable. hex sky, knew, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp coraline, urgen, darobin none
10 Every rule is mutable sky sky, knew, urgen, zool, hex coraline, darobin, blech_, octothorp none
11 A public record shall be kept automatically of all votes cast. hex sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none none
12 if two rules conflict the newer one should have higher precedence sky sky, darobin, blech_, zool knew, coraline, urgen, hex, octothorp none
13 All Rule proposals shall be timestamped. hex sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none none
14 Rule 11 shall be amended to say "timestamped public log" instead of "public record", and this Rule shall be deleted if accepted. hex sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none none
15 Rules that have met the criteria for being removed shall be removed from the main list of Rules and placed into a list of Rules that didn't make it. hex sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none none
16 There is no Rule 16. hex sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none none
17 If rule #12 does not solve a problem, or if people cannot agree, sky should be supreme judge over what happens sky sky coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none
18 A rule is considered newer than another if its timestamp is more recent darobin sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none none
19 Rules must, where and when possible, be made to be as spicy as possible. darobin sky, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp coraline, urgen none
20 Rules that zool finds dull should be particularly avoided at all times darobin darobin, zool sky, knew, coraline, urgen, hex, octothorp blech_
21 functional gameplay rules, once accepted by all current players, should be encoded in the bot and erased from the Rules until they are brought into question again zool knew, urgen, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp sky, coraline none
22 If rules are encoded in the bot, the source must be open. sky sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none none
23 Any Player that shouts "Dahut" loudly and repeatedly will get the bot's sympathy, and randomly not have the Rules he proposes rejected. darobin darobin, blech_, zool, hex sky, knew, coraline, urgen, octothorp none
24 There is no finite limite of anything sky sky, knew, urgen, darobin, zool, octothorp coraline, hex blech_
25 Nothing is impossible! sky sky, knew, darobin, zool coraline, urgen, hex, octothorp blech_
26 there is a maximum amount of Rules, N, in this game zool darobin, zool sky, knew, coraline, urgen, hex, octothorp blech_
27 everything is possible unless it's not knew knew, darobin, zool sky, coraline, urgen, hex, octothorp blech_
28 the value of N is 42 zool coraline, darobin, zool, octothorp sky, knew, urgen, hex blech_
29 The maximum N number of rules is set to be 42, but can be mutated at any time darobin darobin, zool sky, knew, coraline, urgen, blech_, hex, octothorp none
30 The purpose of the Game is to win. hex sky, hex, octothorp knew, coraline, urgen, darobin, blech_, zool none
31 If a Player leaves the Channel, then they leave the Game and all their previous votes on Rules are disregarded blech_ knew, urgen, blech_, zool sky, coraline, darobin, hex, octothorp none
32 If a player leaves the Channel for less than 5 minutes, this will be seen as an act of Network and not count as leaving blech_ hex sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen none
33 The Channel is defined as #bots on the irc.perl.org network. hex sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none none
34 Players should be able to vote "silly" in addition to rejecting and approving rules, which counts as a rejection with the added implication that the rule was daft and clogged up the rulespace hex sky, knew, darobin, zool, hex coraline, urgen, blech_, octothorp none
35 : the set called 'vote,' should be defined by the elements: Accept, No Further Action, Challenge (for discussion), Permit (after discussion) urgen sky, knew, darobin, zool, hex coraline, blech_, octothorp urgen
36 : Any rule is open for 'vote' at any time. urgen knew, darobin, zool, hex, octothorp sky, coraline urgen, blech_
37 As an exception, new players may vote on all previous rules using privmsgs so as not to hog the channel. All other votes remain public darobin sky, coraline, darobin, zool, hex knew, blech_, octothorp none
38 some rules may be designated 'auto-binding' and so do not have to be accepted to be in play upon player enrollment. urgen sky, knew, coraline, darobin, zool, hex, octothorp none urgen, blech_
39 To avoid overly sillyness, it is possible to exclude a misbehaving player, if 50% of people agree that he/she is misbehaving darobin knew, darobin, hex, octothorp sky, coraline, urgen, zool blech_
40 The taste of LotR is considered null and void, and he need not be listened to in culinary discussions. darobin sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp urgen none
41 Any Rule Proposed by a Player is presumed to be Accepted by the Player. octothorp darobin, hex, octothorp sky, knew, coraline, urgen, blech_, zool none
42 Do What Thou Wilt shall be the Whole of the Law hex hex, octothorp sky, knew, coraline, urgen, darobin, blech_, zool none
43 This Rule doubles the maximum number of rules to 84 darobin darobin sky, coraline, knew, urgen, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none
44 No one may ever reject rule 44. darobin knew, darobin sky, coraline, urgen, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none
45 This Rule must not be obeyed. hex sky, darobin, zool, hex knew, coraline, octothorp urgen, blech_
46 Whenever darobin is sarcastic, hex is allowed to ignore him completely, and also to punt LotR accross the room. darobin knew, darobin, hex sky, coraline, urgen, zool, octothorp blech_
47 Rules do not have to be fair, ever. darobin knew, coraline, darobin, zool, hex, octothorp sky, urgen blech_
48 Rule 47 only applies when LotR re-nicks himself sarcasm for that purpose darobin knew, darobin, octothorp sky, coraline, urgen, zool, hex blech_
49 that we make zool our queen and supreme leader sky sky, knew, darobin, octothorp coraline, urgen, blech_, zool, hex none
50 Rule 2 is amended to allow any Rule to be considered Binding which has the Acceptance of two-thirds of the Players, rounded up, and no Rejections. A Rule Enacted in this manner may be subsequently Repealed by a new Rejection or legitimate alteration of a prior Acceptance. octothorp sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none none
51 All rule proposals must be made public. coraline sky, knew, coraline, urgen, blech_, zool, octothorp darobin, hex none
52 Players should also be able to vote Abstain, which means neither Accept nor Reject. hex sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp, urgen, hex none none
53 Self-contradicting Rules shall be considered binding only when Rule #16 is considered binding. coraline sky, coraline, darobin, zool, hex urgen knew, blech_, octothorp
54 a Rule shall be considered binding if it gathers greater than 50% of Accept votes (of everyone playing at that time. players enrolling after the Proposal are included in this count). votes not cast within 72 hours of the rule being proposed will be counted as Abstained. once a Rule is Binding, it may only be Repealed by the Proposing and Binding of a new Rule. This rule is dependent of Rule #52 being considered Binding knew none sky, knew, coraline, darobin, zool, hex, octothorp blech_
55 a Rule shall be considered Binding if it gathers greater than two-thirds of Accept votes (of everyone playing at that time. players enrolling after the Proposal are included in this count). votes not cast within 72 hours of the rule being proposed will be counted as Abstained. once a Rule is Binding, it may only be Repealed by the Proposing and Binding of a new Rule. This rule is dependent on Rule #52 being considered Binding and Rule #54 b knew none sky, knew, coraline, darobin, zool, hex, octothorp blech_
56 The IRC message length should be the maximum textual length of a Rule. hex sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none none
57 a Rule shall be considered Binding if it gathers greater than two-thirds of Accept votes (of everyone playing at that time. players enrolling after the Proposal are included in this count). votes not cast within 72 hours of the rule being proposed will be counted as Abstained. once a Rule is Binding, it may only be Repealed by the Proposing and Binding of a new Rule. knew sky, knew, darobin, hex coraline, zool, octothorp blech_
58 Any Player should be able to propose an Amendment to a Rule, which would be voted upon in the same manner as a Rule; and for clarity the Bot should store these in an equivalent mechanism to that for storing Rules. hex sky, knew, coraline, darobin, hex octothorp blech_, zool
59 A player may Redact a Rule Proposal within a period of five minutes if less than one third of the Players have voted on the Rule within that time. A Redacted Rule Proposal shall be considered rejected. coraline knew, darobin, zool, hex sky, coraline, octothorp blech_
60 What coraline really meant in Rule 59 is "retract", not "redact". This Rule amends it. darobin knew, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp sky, coraline none
61 A Player may at any moment unenroll himself. Upon adoption of this Rule, someone has to hack it into the bot. darobin darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp sky, coraline none
62 Players of genders not depicted by those covered by "himself" in Rule 62 are also allowed to unenroll, under the same conditions. darobin darobin, hex sky, coraline, octothorp blech_, zool
63 If you break a rule, you will be banned from the game sky sky coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none
64 Zool is our Queen but her head must lie easy and she needn't wear no stinking crown. darobin sky, darobin, hex, octothorp coraline blech_, zool
65 In addition to the Accept and Reject votes, there is an Ignore flag that can be set marking someone as not taking part in the vote. darobin sky, coraline, darobin, blech_, zool octothorp none
66 There should be a way to signal that you want to ignore voting on a certain rule sky sky, darobin, blech_ coraline, zool, hex, octothorp none
67 rule 66 should be deleted in favour of 65 sky sky, coraline, darobin, zool hex, octothorp blech_
68 Rule 65,66,67 are all redundant by rule 52 and can be deleted sky sky, coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none none
69 Each state of the rules should be given a version number. urgen sky, darobin, hex coraline, blech_ octothorp
70 When a new person joins the rule state version number is given to the person so they have a reference by which to track their participation by. urgen sky, coraline, darobin, zool, hex none blech_, octothorp
71 A rule set shall be determined binding by a count of the number of unamimously carried rules in play at a predetermined time. urgen zool sky, coraline, darobin blech_, hex, octothorp
72 The time at which a rule set becomes binding is upon entry of the game by registering with the bot. urgen sky, coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none none
73 Player coraline will be considered to have voted to Abstain on any Rule Proposal which he has not voted 48 hours after all other Players have voted to Accept the Rule Proposal. coraline none sky, coraline, darobin, zool, octothorp blech_, hex
74 The player sky may not vote during daytime when he is working (daytime, workdays in England) sky sky none coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp
75 Each state of the rules should be given a version number consisting of a timestamp. coraline sky, coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none none
76 The Bot shall provide each Player with a means to store Player comments on Rules. coraline sky, coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none none
77 The office of Botherder has an unparseable name, and will henceforth be referred to as the office of Botwrangler instead. octothorp knew, coraline, darobin, blech_, hex, octothorp none sky, zool
78 Any Rule Proposed by a Player is presumed to be Accepted by all Players. coraline none sky, coraline, knew, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none
79 The number of Players shall not exceed nine. octothorp coraline, octothorp sky, hex darobin, blech_, zool
80 fiatlex will store all timestamps in UTC. octothorp sky, coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none none
81 the final state of a Rule is not decided until all the Players have voted on it zool darobin, zool sky, coraline, octothorp blech_
82 Players should be able to vote on rules that are dead in order to remove them from the rulespace (e.g. malformed submissions). hex coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none none
83 From now on until sky comes back and say he wants to vote again, all his votes should be counted as abstain sky sky, coraline darobin, hex, octothorp blech_, zool
84 The bot must be able to deal gracefully with players leaving the game (intentionally, or because dead). An unenroll command may be appropriate. darobin coraline, darobin, blech_, hex none zool, octothorp
85 This Rule must be rejected. hex none none coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp
86 All rules must be proposed in public. hex coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex sky octothorp
87 the state of any Rule, whether rejected or accepted, is not decided until all players have voted, even if the result seems inevitable. zool darobin, zool coraline, blech_, hex octothorp
88 Questions or inconsistencies arising from the interactions of rules may be resolved by appeal to precedent. octothorp coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none none
89 The adoption of rule-changes must never become completely impermissible. hex coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none none
90 To simplify and rationalise Rule grammar, the gender-neutral pronouns 've' and 'vis' should be used in Rules instead of 'he' and 'she' and 'his' and 'her'. hex zool, hex, octothorp darobin coraline, blech_
91 To avoid mangling the English language, any gender-specific pronoun used in a Rule definition shall be taken to mean Players of all genders. octothorp coraline, darobin zool, octothorp blech_, hex
92 When a Player rejects a Rule, they must register a reason with fiatlex for doing so. octothorp hex, octothorp coraline, darobin, blech_, zool none
93 At the end of the Game (as defined by these Rules) there will be a Special Prize awarded to one player. hex coraline, darobin, hex, octothorp none blech_, zool
94 The Patron Deity of this Game is a Goddess and That Goddess is Eris, Goddess of Chaos, Discord and Confusion. hex coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex, octothorp none none
95 If something does not happen then the exact opposite will happen, only in exactly the opposite manner from that in which it did not happen. (the Law of Negative Reversal) hex zool, hex coraline, octothorp blech_
96 Proposals must be distinct from Rules; the Enaction of a Proposal should make it into a Rule. These two forms should be discrete. hex coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, hex none octothorp
97 Any Player may Propose a new Rule at any time. octothorp coraline, darobin, blech_, zool, octothorp none none
98 Any persons wishing to leave the game must have the consent of 2/3 or greater of all the players. hex coraline, blech_, hex darobin none
99 At any point, a player can call for a Halting Vote if they feel the game has come to a standstill, and, if accepted by 2/3 of all the players, the game will be over. hex blech_, hex none coraline, darobin
100 If a player is defeated in a Halting Vote, they will lose voting privileges for one day. hex sky, hex darobin, blech_, zool coraline
101 Although this is called a 'game' it is in reality an exercise in quasi-legalistic navel-gazing hex sky, coraline, blech_, hex none darobin
102 We should create a military to ensure security against external threats sky sky, hex coraline, darobin, zool blech_
103 The goal should be Total World Domination sky sky, coraline, darobin, zool, hex blech_ none
104 hex is no longer a player of this game, because he feels it has entered deadlock. hex hex blech_ darobin