Turn 20030615
2006-11-19
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Turn 20030511
2003-05-11 22:00:00 - 2003-05-17 22:00:00

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Free Parking Winning Number : 42
Free Parking Winning Player : Missed opportunity for Pakaran
Free Parking Contents : 20 points initial contents
9 points for failed proposal 552
Voltaire : Pakaran
The Executive : Stevil


Rule Change Proposals

557. The Ministry of Information
Sponsor : Stevil
PASSED
Player Vote Creativity Vote Reason
evol for 8 I decided I like this idea, but I'm going to amend it so these people get paid.
Jef against 9 I like my Keywords proposal better
mmessano against good idea In another form, I would vote for it
pitboss against 9
Stevil for 10
tes for 8
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for 9
Senso for 9
deltanine against 8
Tovan for 8
Ouroboros for 6
Piglet against 8
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall for 4
Catesby against 6
Teucer no vote

There shall exist a Ministry of Information. The charter of the Ministry is to define and guide the information architecture of the Nomicron rule set. This includes structuring information components, identifying their relationships, and defining the principles and guidelines governing their design and evolution over time.

Election of Ministry officials shall happen via Nomicount. The three candidates with the highest number of vote points become the Ministers of Information. Ministry terms are indefinite; however, the Administrator may remove a Minister at any time for any reason. In the event of a removal, the Executive serves as an interim Minister until elections are complete. The subsequent election to replace the removed Minister(s) takes place the following turn. Ministry Officials may also resign at any time, finishing out their term until the end of the turn in which they announced their resignation.

Ministers of Information can collectively submit an additional proposal each turn that supports the Ministry of Information charter. Ministers of Information share any Points lost or gained from the adoption or rejection of the collective proposal. Any remaining fractions go to Free Parking.


558. The Shape Of Things
Sponsor : pitboss
PASSED
Player Vote Creativity Vote Reason
evol for 10 The beauty of simplicity.
Jef for 9
mmessano for
pitboss for 10
Stevil for 7 Flat, the world is not.
tes against 10
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for 7 toruses (tori?) are pretty dang cool
Senso against 2 Bad for my position
deltanine for 10 Brilliant in its simplicity. In fact, i'm surprised teh Simplists didn't put their full weight behind this one.
Tovan for 10
Ouroboros against 8
Piglet against 7 It would potentially put my space at a disadvantage.
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall against 1
Catesby against 9 I admire the intent, but I assert that the earth is flat
Teucer no vote

The Mappa is a torus.


559. Spivak Pronouns
Sponsor : Emil Bleehall
FAILED
Player Vote Creativity Vote Reason
evol against 3 I am really against Spivak.
Jef against 7 I don't like the way they read; using plural pronouns for singular-indefinate gender is well-established in the English language
mmessano abstain
pitboss against 2 I don't speak Spivak...
Stevil against 0 A bad nomic cliche.
tes against
Seighin against
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid against 5 we don't really need Spivak
Senso against 5 I like Spivak, I would vote for such a Declaration
deltanine against 0 political capital... and unnecessary.
Tovan abstain 9 I have no use for these, but will not deny others, therefore my abstain
Ouroboros against 0
Piglet against 9 Seems like a fairly worthless complication to me
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall for 10
Catesby for 3
Teucer no vote

In recognition of each being's merit, regardless of gender, the Spivak pronouns, as defined and listed in this rule, shall be legal alternatives to standard English third person pronouns. The Spivak pronouns are used to refer to either gender, as appropriate. They may also be used where the gender of the referred object is unknown. Use of Spivak pronouns is optional.

Translation Table

subject: e (replaces he/she)
object: em (replaces him/her)
possessive: eir (replaces his/hers)
reflexive: emslef (replaces himself/herself)


560. Gomicron
Sponsor : misuba
PASSED
Player Vote Creativity Vote Reason
evol for 10 It goes well with the torus prop.
Jef for 9
mmessano for
pitboss for 8
Stevil against 3 don't like s/he - otherwise would vote for it.
tes for 7
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for 9
Senso for 7 Checkmate!
deltanine for 9 adds interesting gameplay to the Mappa.
Tovan for 9
Ouroboros for 8
Piglet for 10
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall against 0
Catesby for 7
Teucer no vote

When a contiguous group of Mappa spaces, all controlled by the same player, is surrounded by other players' claimed Mappa spaces, such that the surrounded player has no open spaces s/he could claim without resorting to space theft, that group of spaces becomes unclaimed.

The player whose spaces were surrounded immediately gets 5 points in compensation for each space s/he just lost in this way.


561. Party Favors
Sponsor : Ouroboros
PASSED
Player Vote Creativity Vote Reason
evol against 10 not sure how i feel about campaign finance.....
Jef for 8
mmessano for
pitboss for 7
Stevil against 5
tes for
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for 5
Senso against 2 I'm against private lobbyism
deltanine for 7
Tovan for 8
Ouroboros for 10
Piglet against 7 I feel the Executive should not be a particularly benificial (to oneself) role
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall against 0
Catesby against 4
Teucer no vote

The Party Funds of a Political Party will be increased by 50 Points should the Party Leader of the Political Party be elected Executive.


562. Summer Break
Sponsor : tes
FAILED
Player Vote Creativity Vote Reason
evol against 4 I'll forget what's going on.
Jef against 7
mmessano for
pitboss against 5
Stevil abstain 7
tes for 10
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid against 6 the game doesn't need to be slowed down
Senso abstain 3 I'm not sure I like it...
deltanine against 7 I don't want to slow the game down.
Tovan for 9
Ouroboros for 4
Piglet abstain 8
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall against 0 slower than a tortoise...
Catesby against 5
Teucer no vote

The time period between June 1, 2003 and September 6, 2003 shall be known as Nomicron Summer Break.

During this time period, starting Sunday, June 1, 2003 and ending Saturday, September 6, 2003, turns shall begin every other week at 10:00 PM CST on Sunday and end at 10:00 PM CST Saturday, fourteen days later.

This rule, for the time period it is in effect, shall take precedence over Rule 201.


563. Vacation
Sponsor : Jef
PASSED
Player Vote Creativity Vote Reason
evol for 9 I like this better as an alternative than making things span out over two weeks.
Jef for 7
mmessano for
pitboss for 4
Stevil for 6
tes for 7
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for 6
Senso for 5
deltanine for 5
Tovan for 9
Ouroboros for 2
Piglet for 7
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall against 0 play or play not. There is no vacation.
Catesby for 5
Teucer no vote

The Administrator or The Executive may submit a Referendum to declare a Vacation for the game of Nomicron. Vacations span a set number of Turns declared in the Referendum. If the Referendum passes, Vacation occurs when specified, and no regular game activity takes place. However, players may still create and comment on Draft proposals if the RFC is technically available. No proposals shall be voted on, nor shall any subgames progress. For the duration of the Vacation, the Turns that would have taken place are not considered Turns. This rule takes precedence over those defining Turns and associated time periods.


Referendums

2100.
Referendum Type: Spelling Correction
Sponsor: mmessano
PASSED
Player Vote Vote Reason
evol for
Jef for
mmessano for
pitboss for
Stevil for Wee shuld awl spel good and use grammar proper like.
tes for
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for
Senso for
deltanine for
Tovan for
Ouroboros for
Piglet for
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall for
Catesby for
Teucer no vote

Rule 556. The Executive currently reads:

556. The Executive
Mutable
Every four turns, The Election For The Executive is held. The first Election took place during turn 20030126. The Election is a Referendum, with the exception that voting is conducted via a Nomicount. All active players are candidates for The Executive. In the event of a tie, the tied player with the most points wins the title of The Executive. If there is still a tie, a runoff election (also conducted via a Nomiount) between the tied candidates will be held the following turn to determine the winner. The newly elected Executive begins their term at the beginning of the turn following the Election (or runoff election). The Executive's term of office expires when a newly elected Executive begins their term.

The Executive may Veto any non-transmutation proposal that is voted on during their term. A vetoed proposal is adopted only if it receives a number of votes equal to or greater than 2/3 of the number of Voters for that turn. For each Veto invoked, 5 points are deducted from the excutive's total and added to Free Parking. If the proposal passes despite the Veto, an additional 5 points are deducted from the Executive's total and added to Free Parking. The Executive cannot Veto a proposal if they do not have sufficient points to cover any potential deductions.

This rule takes precedence over rules which set the required number of votes for proposals. This rule defers to rules which set the required number of votes for proposals which propose to transmute a rule.



The 6th sentence contains ...(also conducted via a Nomiount)..., and it should read ...(also conducted via a Nomicount)...


2101.
Referendum Type: Quotation for NOHOQ
Sponsor: tes
FAILED
Player Vote Vote Reason
evol for
Jef against not enough context
mmessano abstain
pitboss against
Stevil abstain
tes for
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid against
Senso against
deltanine abstain
Tovan for
Ouroboros against
Piglet for
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall against
Catesby against
Teucer no vote

May the lady justice guide you.

-evol, 20030509


2102.
Referendum Type: Quotation for NOHOQ
Sponsor: Senso
FAILED
Player Vote Vote Reason
evol against
Jef against
mmessano abstain
pitboss against
Stevil for
tes against
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid against
Senso for
deltanine for Someone should also enter his quote that said, "I will never retire."
Tovan against
Ouroboros against
Piglet against Thats not a clever quote, its a dull statement
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall against
Catesby against
Teucer no vote

I quit Nomicron.

- BvS


2103.
Referendum Type: NOHOQ Quotation Removal
Sponsor: Senso
PASSED
Player Vote Vote Reason
evol for
Jef for
mmessano for
pitboss against
Stevil for
tes for
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for
Senso for
deltanine for
Tovan against already in NOHOQ
Ouroboros for
Piglet against Like the text points out, its already in a funnier quote
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall against
Catesby for
Teucer no vote

"metaphors escape me most of the time."

- JediSquid
( 20030323: sponsored by Senso)

---
This quote is also in another (funnier) NOHOQ entry ( 20030330: sponsored by Tovan).


2104.
Referendum Type: Power-Up
Sponsor: JediSquid
PASSED
Player Vote Vote Reason
evol against
Jef for
mmessano for
pitboss for
Stevil against
tes against
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for we need power ups
Senso for
deltanine for
Tovan for
Ouroboros for
Piglet for
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall for
Catesby for
Teucer no vote

Goody Bag (G)
20% chance of two appearing every turn

This player recieves 10 points.


2105.
Referendum Type: Spelling Correction
Sponsor: Tovan
PASSED
Player Vote Vote Reason
evol for
Jef for
mmessano for
pitboss for
Stevil for
tes for
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for
Senso for
deltanine for
Tovan for
Ouroboros for
Piglet for
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall for
Catesby for
Teucer no vote

In Rule #538, the following paragraph has a spelling error:

"A Party Forum may also be used to draft Statements. Statements are the collective opinion of the *mebers* of a Party. When a Statement is deemed complete by the Party, the Party leader may post the Statement on the Public Forum."

"mebers" should be "members"


2106.
Referendum Type: Koodles to You
Sponsor: Tovan
PASSED
Player Vote Vote Reason
evol for
Jef abstain
mmessano for
pitboss for
Stevil for
tes for
Seighin for
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for
Senso for Voting AGAINST here is not an option! ;-)
deltanine for couldn't agree more.
Tovan for
Ouroboros for
Piglet for
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall against I object to Koodles, not to Jef
Catesby for
Teucer no vote

A "Koodles To You" goes out to Jef.

As administrator, he has been outstanding in his duties. His devotion to Nomicron and his fellow players has never been in doubt. He is helpful, intelligent, courteous and astute player of the game - Nomicron. His actions during the entire length of the current round deserve this "Koodles To You"!


2107.
Referendum Type: Initiative
Sponsor: Ouroboros
FAILED
Player Vote Vote Reason
evol against
Jef for I have done so
mmessano for
pitboss for
Stevil for
tes for
Seighin against
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for i could use 20 points
Senso for
deltanine abstain
Tovan against Rul#202, Points may not be gained, lost, or traded except as explicitly stated in the rules.
Ouroboros for
Piglet for Hmm... This might fill up the biographies :P
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall for woo-hoo
Catesby against
Teucer no vote

Players who have submitted biographical sketches to Biocron shall receive 20 Points.


2108.
Referendum Type: Quotation for NOHOQ
Sponsor: Piglet
PASSED
Player Vote Vote Reason
evol for this one is really funny and ironic
Jef for
mmessano for
pitboss for
Stevil for
tes against
Seighin abstain
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid against
Senso for
deltanine for
Tovan abstain
Ouroboros abstain
Piglet for
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall for
Catesby for
Teucer no vote

Cheese sandwiches are unregulated.

- Seighin


2109.
Referendum Type: Power-Up
Sponsor: JediSquid
FAILED
Player Vote Vote Reason
evol against
Jef for cool
mmessano for
pitboss against
Stevil against
tes against
Seighin against
Pakaran no vote
JediSquid for
Senso for
deltanine for
Tovan against Can not allow unattached spaces
Ouroboros no vote
Piglet against I like the clumps
misuba no vote
Emil Bleehall against bad wording of an okay concept
Catesby against
Teucer no vote

Teleportation Module (T)
20% chance of one appearing every turn

The next turn a player with a Teleportation Module is eligible to recieve a Mappa Space, they may claim an unclaimed space non-adjacent to their already-claimed spaces.


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