I'm idle

Going idle for a few days. I am running a marathon tomorrow (wish me some luck!) and will be a little busy in the days that follow. Still having a lot of fun with this dynasty and will be back to put my schemes into play. =D

Proposal: The Switch II

Add a new rule of number 98, entitled "The Switch", and reading as follows:

BlogNomic is preparing to migrate from Blog*Spot to its own webspace at BlogNomic.com. The Switch will involve game actions and rule changes other than those allowed by the Ruleset. These will be documented and planned by The Switch Document at http://blognomic.com/switch/ . The Switch Document takes precedence over the Ruleset in all matters related to The Switch.

This rule may not be repealed or amended until The Switch Document explicitly allows it.

No gamestate tracked by the GNDT shall change as a result of this Proposal.

Passed 9-0, reaches quorum. Enacted by Angry Grasshopper, 8th of June at 18:16.

Tentative Powers: Organisation Fox News Channel

The Illuminatus who controls the Organisation Fox News Channel may alter the Reality Index of any Organisation by spending 2 Influence per point added or subtracted. The sum of these Reality Index changes to all Organisations in a given week cannot exceed the Reality Index of the Fox News Channel.

("spending" means removing Influence which that Illuminatus currently has -- no deficit spending.)

Idle

I'm goin idle.

Idle me

I'm sorry, but I'm bored with this dynasty.

Proposal: Another Action Template

Add a rule titled: Bids for Power:-

An Illuminatus may, once per day, make a type of Bid, which must be defined in the ruleset, by posting to the blog in a format as defined for that type of Bid.

Up to 24 hours after the Bid is posted it is in an Open state and any Illuminatus may affect the Bid by commenting with any number of FOR or AGAINST votes, each of which must be accompanied by a positive number. {This number may be a Hidden Value.} This is known as the Support Influence or Opposition Influence which has been applied to that Bid, as matched with a FOR or an AGAINST vote, respectively. The total sum of all of an Illuminatus' Support and Opposition Influence applied to all Open Bids must be less than or equal to eir current Influence.

After 24 hours, the Open state of the Bid is over and it becomes Closed, during which time no more Influence can be applied to it. {Hidden Influence Values may be revealed at this time.}

After 24 hours of being Closed the Bid may be resolved by any Illuminatus. If the total amount of Support Influence is greater than the total amount of Opposition Influence, the Bid is successful, otherwise it has failed. In either case, each Illuminatus has its Influence reduced by the amount of Support Influence or Opposition Influence it applied. {If a Hidden Value was not revealed by this time then the Illuminatus who posted it loses an amount of Influence equal to the largest individual Support Influence or Opposition Influence amount, but this is a penalty and has no effect on the Bid outcome.}

Types of Bids:

Bid for Membership. Any Illuminatus may post a "Bid for Membership: [Target Organisation]" If it is successful the Illuminatus is added to the Supporter List for that Organisation.

Bid for Control. An Illuminatus who is in an Organisation's Supporter List may post a "Bid for Control: [Target Organisation]" If it is successful the Illuminatus becomes a controller of that Organisation.

The text in the curly braces is conditional. If the Rule Hidden Values exists, keep it, otherwise remove it.

If Supporter Lists do not exist, replace instances of "Supporter List" with "Official List".

Passed 3-2. Timed out with a pathetic number of votes cast. Enacted by smith, 8th of June at 16:10.

Proposal: Using Encryption

Add a rule called, Hidden Values:-

When a rule specifies that a Hidden Value is used, then where an Illuminatus would enter a number or text, e must enter the encrypted value of that number or text instead, using the encryption tool in the sidebar with a key of eir choice.

When a rule forces a Hidden Value to be revealed then the Illuminatus must add a comment to eir original encrypted value, disclosing the key used and giving the unencrypted value of the Hidden Value.

(This is for use by other rules.)

Passed 8-0. Enacted by smith, 7th of June at 16:17.

Opinion: Legal Powers?

I made Tentative Power posts for the Manchester United Football Club and Fox News Channel, which were approved by the Illuminatus Rex.

The posts were made before the ruleset changed to forbid the Organisation's controller from making the Tentative Power posts, but Rodney's approval vote was added after that.

I claim the posting restriction is only checked at the time of posting, not re-checked when the Illuminatus Rex votes, but I am not feeling 100% confident in this so I decided it would be better to bring it to everyone attention and see if I am likely to be CfJ'ed, before I start using my new powers.

The question may well come up again if an organisation changes controllers while a Tentative Powers post is still pending. (It may also come up with Illuminatus Doodle, who is in the same situation with the Professional Organisation of English Majors).

Tentative Powers, IRS

The Illuminatus who controls IRS may claim 1 Influence once whenever an Organization's Reality Index or another Illuminatus's Influence is increased, to a maximum of 5 Influence per day. This must be claimed within 48 hours of the increasing of said Index or Influence.

Proposal: Folded Paper Trail

[ Unlocking the Wiki and moving the Official Lists into it. And giving the game a use for encryption - instead of demanding that Rodney keep copies of Official Lists (presumably for the resolution of rare disputes), we can just encrypt them and keep them somewhere public and date-stamped, and give Rodney the key if ever he needs to check back through them to prove a point. ]

Reword Rule 14 (Members Only) to:-

Each Organisation has a Supporter List, which contains the names of all official Supporters of the Organisation. These Lists are maintained by the controllers of the Organisations, and are tracked in the Wiki on the "SupporterLists" page. They can, if their controller wishes it, be encrypted using the sidebar encryption tool, with a key word of the controller's choice. (Encrypted lists may be padded out with filler text to obscure the number of supporters.)

If an Organisation changes control, its previous controller should inform the new controller of the key word, if its Supporter List is encrypted.

The controller of an Organisation may only add an Illuminatus to its Supporter List if that Illuminatus has asked to be added. An Illuminatus may never support an Organisation it controls.

In Rule 16, replace "who is in an Organization but does not control it" with "who is a Supporter of an Organization".

If "Organisation Conflict Again" passed, replace "member" with "supporter" in the rule it created.

Finally, Kevan will make the Wiki publicly editable. Or, at least, give a prominently obvious admin password, which I've done for other wikis - it's enough to stop spammers mucking things up, which is all we've really got to worry about, I think. (It gives some room for cleverly malevolent players or passers-by to amend the ruleset in subtle ways, but all the changes are logged.)

Passed 7-1. Timed Out. Enacted by smith, 6th of June at 23:40.

Proposal: Organisation Conflict Again

[ Hm, interesting; the original proposal of this timed out at 3 votes to 3, the five abstentions having no effect with neither Bribery nor an Illuminatus Rex vote to sway them. Not sure if this is a problem of deferential-bribery voting that we need to fix, or whether it's going to be a gradual lesson that voting deferentially might get you some Influence, but might also mean that a proposal you would have benefited from could fail.

Proposing it again to see what happens, anyway. ]

Enact a new Rule, "Organisation Actions":-

An Illuminatus may - at any time - order one of its Organisations (the Instigator) to affect another Organisation (the Target), optionally paying an amount of Influence (the Backing) to support the action.

The following actions may be undertaken:-

• Attack. Both Organisations' Reality Indices are reduced by X. X is a positive number of the Illuminatus's choice, which may not exceed the Reality Index of the smaller Organisation plus Backing.
  
  
• Overthrow. If the Illuminatus is a member of the smaller Organisation, and if the Backing equals or exceeds the Reality Index of the smaller Organisation, then its controller loses control of it (if several control it, the Illuminatus may choose one of them), and the Illuminatus gains control of it.

(The "smaller" Organisation is the one with the lowest Reality Index. If both are the same, the Instigator is considered to be smaller. References to "the Illuminatus" mean "the Illuminatus who initiated the action".)

Failed 2-4. Failed by smith, 6th of June at 21:17.

Call For Judgment

Call For Judgment

There is some question as to when Tentative Powers for Organisations come into effect. The current text of rule 16 reads

If the Illuminatus Rex marks the post with a FOR vote, then the body of the "Tentative Powers" post is appended to this rule and becomes rule text.

Vote FOR this CfJ if you believe that this implies that the Powers come into effect immediately upon the vote being cast by Rodney, and that the actual edit of the wiki ruleset merely tracks the use of the powers. If this CfJ passes, change the wording of the above by appending "immediately" to the above sentence.

Vote AGAINST this CfJ if you believe that this implies that the Powers come into effect upon being physically added to the ruleset by an Admin. Change the above sentence to read

If the Illuminatus Rex marks the post with a FOS vote, then the body of the "Tentative Powers" post shall be added to the end of this rule by an Admin, and comes into effect at such time

These changes shall be retroactive to the creation of this rule.

Passed 6-4. Enacted by Kevan, 8th of June at 10:43.

Proposal: The Switch

Create a new rule of number 98, entitled "The Switch" and reading as follows:

BlogNomic is preparing to migrate from Blog*Spot to its own webspace at http://blognomic.com. This rule dictates the manner in which this migration, henceforth called "The Switch," takes place.

This rule may not be repealed by an ascending Illuminatus Rex, but may otherwise be amended or repealed by normal BlogNomic procedures. This paragraph takes precedence over any rule giving ascending Illuminati Rex repeal power.

This rule may contain uniquely numbered sections called "Phases". Each Phase will list rule changes pertinent to The Switch. These changes must be enacted according to the following guidelines and procedures.

• To "enact" a Phase is to simultaneously enact of all of that Phase's listed rule changes.


• Any Illuminatus may stipulate in a Proposal that specific Phases should be enacted. Illuminati are strongly encouraged to word such Proposals to SCHEDULE those Phases for enactment at the conclusion of the current dynasty, rather than to enact them directly. Phases may be enacted during Hiatuses; this sentence takes precedence over Rule 9.


• Any technical facilities required by a Phase must be fully functional and properly synchronized with the game BEFORE such Proposals are made. Illuminati should test this for themselves before voting FOR these Proposals, and they are encouraged to talk with the person(s) responsible for implementing that Phase of The Switch.


• Phases need not be enacted sequentially. However, a Phase may dictate that it must be enacted before, with, or after any other Phase(s).


• A Phase may dictate any other conditions that must be met before its own enactment.

This can be a convenient way to plan and organize The Switch and to let everyone know well in advance. Suggestions welcome.

Self-failed. Failed by smith, 6th of June at 16:08.

Tentative Powers: Organisation Manchester United Football Club

The Illuminatus who controls the Organisation Manchester United Football Club may, once per week, adjust the Reality Index of the Manchester United Football Club by 2DICE6 -7 (if this total would go to zero or less, then the Organisation is destroyed). Immediately after doing so, that Illuminatus must gain Influence equal to the new Reality Index.

Proposal: You stopped watching!

Append to rule 11 (The World) the following subsection:

Rule 11.1: Hostile Takeovers

If organisations exist which do not have a controller, for whatever reason, then any Illuminatus may make a post to the BlogNomic front page with the title "Hostile Takeover: N", where N is any number of influence, and the name of an uncontrolled organisation in the body of the post. Any other Illuminatus may respond in a comment with a comment with a number greater than all numbers posted so far to that thread, and this may be done any number of times.

When 24 hours have elapsed since a comment has been posted, the Hostile Takeover is resolved as follows: first, the highest bid is considered. If the Illuminatus who bid that number has more influence than eir bid, eir influence is reduced by eir bid and e gains control of the organisation. If eir bid is greater than eir influence, eir influence is set to zero, and the next highest bid is considered in the same manner, i.e. the highest bidder loses all eir influence and does not gain control of the organisation. All people who bid on the auction are added to the offical list of the organisation, which is then sent to the new controller by the Illuminatus Rex.

If the organisation is uncontrolled because the controller became idle, and the controller later becomes active again, e gains a number of influence equal to the number lost by the bidders making a takeover of eir organisations, and is automatically added to the Offical List of the Organisation.

Passed 6-0 (idle votes dropped). Timed Out. Enacted by smith, 5th of June at 20:47.

Proposal: EcoTerrorism

Greenpeace is too powerful.

Remove these powers from the Greenpeace Organisation:

- If the Ruleset is changed by any other means, the Treehugger may increase eir influence by 5.

- The Treehuggers votes AGAINST a proposal count for two votes.

Passed 7-0. Timed Out. Enacted by smith, 5th of June at 20:42.

Tentative Powers: Organisation Fox News Channel

The Illuminatus who controls the Organisation Fox News Channel may alter the Reality Index of any Organisation by spending 3 Influence per point added or subtracted. The sum of these Reality Index changes to all Organisations in a given week cannot exceed the Reality Index of the Fox News Channel.

("spending" means removing Influence which that Illuminatus currently has -- no deficit spending.)

Tentative Powers, Professional Organization of English Majors

The Illuminatus who controls Organization Professional Organization of English Majors may reward (to a maximum of 5 influence points per day) any Illuminatus that, in an official blognomic post, demonstrate exceptional use of one or more of the following devices:

- Simile/Metaphor
- Alliteration
- Parallelism
- Epithet

This list of devices may be expanded in the comments to this post (Tentative Powers, Professional Organization of English Majors), only if the Illuminatus Rex feels inclined to add them.

I think this is finally correct. I fail at following directions

Tentative Powers, Mobile Phone Companies

The Illuminatus who controls the Mobile Phone Companies may - at any time - adjust that Organisation's Reality Index to be equal to the number of Organisations currently in existence.

Proposal: No more.

We have had too many problems with the current wording of Rule 16.

In Rule 16, Paragraph 2, change "must" to "may".

Passed 11-1. Timed out. Enacted by smith, 4th of June at 7:04 PM.

Tentative Powers: Atlantis

The Illuminatus who controls Atlantis may claim 50 influence if Atlantis is destroyed. For the purposes of this rule, 'The Illuminatus who controls Atlantis' is taken to mean 'The Illuminatus who controls Atlantis at the time it is destroyed'.

Tentative Powers: Worldwide Cabal of Militant Grammarians

I'm re-posting in correct form.

The Illuminatus who controls Organization Worldwide Cabal of Militant Grammarians may, upon noting the presence of a grammatical error in any post on the blognomic blog, the 8th Grade English Teacher may either alter eis influence upwards 5 points or alter the dunce's influence down 5 points at eis discretion. In order to do this the 8th Grade English Teacher must post to the front page with the title "X, go to the back of the class". The text of the post must note the nature of the error, its location and the action the 8th Grade English Teacher has chosen to take in response. The 8th Grade English Teacher may not do this more than once a day.

Any member of the class may, upon noting the presence of a grammatical error in a post on the blognomic blog, bring this to the attention of the 8th Grade English Teacher by posting to the comment thread of the offending post a comment making fun of the error and its author.

For the purposes of this rule let the controller of the Worldwide Cabal of Militant Grammarians, be referred to as the "8th Grade English Teacher" let the members of the organization be known as "the class" and let any person who posts to the front page of the blognomic blog a post containing a grammar error be known as "the dunce".

Tentative Powers, Profession Organization of English Majors

The Illuminatus who controls Profession Organization of English Majors may reward (to a maximum of 5 influence points per day) any Illuminatus that, in an official blognomic post, demonstrate exceptional use of one or more of the following devices:

- Simile/Metaphor
- Alliteration
- Parallelism
- Epithet

This list of devices may be expanded in the comments to this post (Tentative Powers, Profession Organization of English Majors), only if the Illuminatus Rex feels inclined to add them.

Tentative Powers: the United Nations

The Illuminatus who controls the United Nations may spend 2 Influence points to undo any loss of Reality points caused to an Organization by an Illuminatus who is not its Controller, provided that the 2 Influence points are spent within 24 hours of the Reality loss.

Proposal: A lean and hungry proposal

Append to Rule 16:

The Illuminatus who controls the Mobile Phone Companies may claim 1 Influence per official entry to the BlogNomic weblog (excluding his or her own), to a maximum of 5 Influence per day. This must be claimed within 48 hours of the entry being posted.

Failed 1-7 (3 abstentions). Timed Out. Failed by smith, 4th of June at 9:06 PM.

Some notes

I've edited into the Ruleset some of the Tentative Powers Rodney has voted FOR and I've marked them with a FOR icon, to easy readability of the main page.

I've also marked with AGAINST icons all Tentative Powers Rodney has voted AGAINST.

I found some of the posts to be invalid, under rule 16 provision "The body of the text of that post must begin with the phrase "The Illuminatus who controls Organization X may..."," and marked them. If someone disagrees, please CfJ.

Another thing I have done is enact, beteen other proposals, Proposal: Titles, which resulted in we having 2 rules "17" in the Ruleset. I guess this is thematically consistent, alongside with having a unnamed Rule 13. I've looked for a rule mandating rule numbering and found none.

Have fun.

Idleing

Kurt is idle, per his request, Quorum is 9

Tentative Powers: Greenpeace (Mark II)

What Greenpeace says is good for the environment, must be. And vice versa

The Illuminatus who Controls Greenpeace may be known as the Treehugger, and has the following powers:


If the Treehugger votes FOR a proposal, and it passes, the Treehugger must increase the proposer's and eir own influence by 5.
If the Treehugger votes AGAINST a proposal, and it passes, the Treehugger must decrease the proposer's and eir own influcence by 5.
If the Treehugger votes AGAINST a proposal, and it fails, Greenpeace's Reality Index is increased by one, as Greenpeace is cheered by the success of their campaigning against something.
If the Ruleset is changed by any other means, the Treehugger may increase eir influence by 5.
The Treehuggers votes AGAINST a proposal count for two votes.

Throughout this rule, the Treehugger's votes shall be considered FOR or AGAINST in the same way as the final vote tallying for the proposal including DEFERENTIAL votes later bought or modified by the Illuminatus Rex .

Organization notice

I would like to point out that when someone with an orginization is idled then eir organization remains. Now would be a good time to enact something like the OrgDT

Please Idle me

It's been fun, but I don't have time to keep up with the game, and I don't want to hold up quorum. I'll be back when I have more free time.

Tentative Powers: Organisation Fox News Network

The Illuminatus who controls the Fox News Network may alter the Reality Index of any Organisation by spending 3 Influence per point added or subtracted. The sum of these Reality Index changes to all Organisations in a given week cannot exceed the Reality Index of the Fox News Network.

("spending" means removing Influence which that Illuminatus currently has -- no deficit spending.)

Proposal: Organisational Conflict

Enact a new Rule, "Organisation Actions":-

An Illuminatus may - at any time - order one of its Organisations (the Instigator) to affect another Organisation (the Target), optionally paying an amount of Influence (the Backing) to support the action.

The following actions may be undertaken:-

• Attack. Both Organisations' Reality Indices are reduced by X. X is a positive number of the Illuminatus's choice, which may not exceed the Reality Index of the smaller Organisation plus Backing.
  
  
• Overthrow. If the Illuminatus is a member of the smaller Organisation, and if the Backing equals or exceeds the Reality Index of the smaller Organisation, then its controller loses control of it (if several control it, the Illuminatus may choose one of them), and the Illuminatus gains control of it.

(The "smaller" Organisation is the one with the lowest Reality Index. If both are the same, the Instigator is considered to be smaller. References to "the Illuminatus" mean "the Illuminatus who initiated the action".)

Failed 3-4. Timed Out, with 5 Abstentions. Failed by smith, 3rd of June at 1:50 AM.

Proposal: An Organization of One?

In Rule "Organization Powers", replace "an Illuminatus who controls at least one Organization" with "an Illuminatus who is in an Organization but does not control it".

If the majority of For votes (or Deferential votes which count as For votes) to this Proposal include the words Keep it Secret, then append to the first paragraph of that Rule: "E may optionally do this using the anonymous CallForJudgment account AND privately sending a copy of the post to the Illuminatus Rex."

This will actually give Organization heads a reason to let people into their Organization. The additional complication would allow people to propose powers without revealing their membership, but it would give the Illuminatus Rex more responsibility.

Passed 11-0 (Reached Quorum, with a Majority "keep it secret"). Enacted by smith, 3rd of June at 1:03 AM.

Tentative Powers: Manchester United Football Club

The Illuminatus who controls the Manchester United Football Club gains or loses wealth and prestige based on the Football Season results. Once per week the controlling Illuminatus may post a Season Target Number (STN) to the blog, where the STN must be equal or less than the controller's Influence. One to three days later, e must roll DICE(STN+R) in the GNDT, where R is the Reality Index of the Manchester United Football Club. If the result of the roll exceeds the STN then the Illuminatus may gain STN Influence, if not then the Illuminatus loses STN Influence.

Note from Chronos: As this post doesn't start with "The Illuminatus who controls Manchester United Football Club may", it's not a valid Tentative Power, even with Rodney voting for it. If Someone disagree, please CfJ.

Tentative Powers, Profession Organization of English Majors

The Illuminatus who controls Profession Organization of English Majors is tasked with overseeing the use of rhetorical devices.

The controller may reward (to a maximum of 5 influence points per day) any Illuminatus that, in an official blognomic post, demonstrate exceptional use of one or more of the following devices:

- Simile/Metaphor
- Alliteration
- Parallelism
- Epithet

This list of devices may be expanded in the comments to this post (Tentative Powers, Profession Organization of English Majors), only if the Illuminatus Rex feels inclined to add them.

Note from Chronos: As this post doesn't start with "The Illuminatus who controls Profession Organization of English Majors may", it's not a valid Tentative Power, even with Rodney voting for it. If Someone disagree, please CfJ.

Proposal: Attributes

In Rule 11 – The World, change:

A number of Organisations exist, each with a Name, and a Reality Index signifying the extent of their interaction with the world (with a minimum of zero).

Illuminati may control any number of Organisations. This control is tracked as a list in a single GNDT field for each Illuminati, with the Reality Indices given in brackets after each Organisation. (If a Reality Index changes for an Organisation, all lists it appears in must be updated.)

Initially, Illuminati control no Organisations. An Illuminatus may spend X points of its own Influence, where X is at least 12, to create a new Organisation with a Reality Index of X, and gain control of it (provided that that Organisation is not currently under the control of another Illuminatus).

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A number of Organisations exist, each with a Name, a Reality Index signifying the extent of their interaction with the world (with a minimum of zero) and an Attributes List (defaulting to “None”).

Illuminati may control any number of Organisations. This control is tracked as a list in a single GNDT field for each Illuminati, with the Reality Indices and Attributes Lists given in brackets and separated by slashes after each Organisation. (If a Reality Index and/or Attribute List changes for an Organisation, all lists it appears in must be updated.)

Initially, Illuminati control no Organisations. An Illuminatus may spend X points of its own Influence, where X is at least 12, to create a new Organisation with a Reality Index of X, and gain control of it (provided that that Organisation is not currently under the control of another Illuminatus).

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To the end of the same rule, add:

Whenever an Attribute is found in an Organisation’s Attribute List, the Controller of said Organisation is allowed to take some Special Game Actions, and/or that Organisation may be the subject of Special Game Actions taken by other Illuminati, as described in this rule.

Currently, the valid Attributes and the game actions they allow are:

* None - An Organisation having the “None” Attribute grants no Special Game Actions to its Controller, nor it can be the subject of a Special Game Action. At any time, if an Organisation has no Attributes, it shall be given the “None” Attribute. At any time, if an Organisation with the “None” Attribute gains another Attribute, it shall lose the “None” Attribute.

Timed out, 3-6, with 1 deferential. Failed by Angry Grasshopper, 2nd of June, at 16:35.

Proposal: Secret Memberships

In Rule 14 – Members Only, change:

When an Illuminatus creates a new Organisation, both that Illuminatus and the Illuminatus Rex must create an Official List for that Organisation, with the creating Illuminatus as the sole member.

When an Illuminatus takes Control of an Organisation from another Illuminatus, then the Illuminatus Rex must send a copy of the Official List of that Organisation to the new Controller of that Organisation, so that e can have one.

An Illuminatus may apply to get on the Official List of an Organisation of which e is not a member, by privately contacting the Controller of that Organisation with a message containing the phrase "Am I In?" and the name of the particular Organisation. If the Controller replies to the request within 48 hours with the phrase "You're In" and the name of the particular Organisation, then the Controller may and must add the applicant's name to the Official List of that Organisation, and must notify the Illuminatus Rex that e is doing so.

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When an Illuminatus creates a new Organization, both that Illuminatus and the Illuminatus Rex must create an Official List for that Organisation, with the creating Illuminatus as the sole member, and a Membership Charter, which reads “No one may join this Organization by asking that to the Illuminatus Rex”.

At any time, the version of an Official List in the possession of the Illuminatus Rex is the valid one for games purposes.

When an Illuminatus takes Control of an Organization from another Illuminatus, then the Illuminatus Rex must send a copy of the Official List and the Membership Charter of that Organization to the new Controller.

An Illuminatus who controls an Organization may change its Membership Charter at any time, by sending a new one to the Illuminatus Rex. The Membership Charter of an Organization must list the criteria to be met by an Illuminatus applying to join that Organization.

An Illuminatus may apply to join an Organization of which e is not a member, by privately contacting the Controller of that Organization or the Illuminatus Rex with a message containing the phrase "Am I In [Org]?", where [Org] is the name of a particular Organization.

The Controller may reply to the request within 48 hours with the phrase "You're In [Org]" ]?", where [Org] is the name of the particular Organization. Upon that, the Controller may and must add the applicant's name to the Official List of that Organization, and must notify the Illuminatus Rex that e is doing so.

The Illuminatus Rex may reply to the request within 48 hours with the phrase "You're In [Org]" ]?", where [Org] is the name of the particular Organization if, and only if, the applicant meets all criteria listed in the Membership Charter of that Organization. Upon that, the Controller may and must add the applicant's name to the Official List of that Organization, and is not obliged to notify the Controller that e is doing so.

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Give each extant organization a Membership Charter which reads “No one may join this Organization by asking that to the Illuminatus Rex”.

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If this passess, I'll come up with methods allowing people other than the Controller to change the Charter

Failed 2-9. Cannot be enacted without CoV. Failed by Angry Grasshopper, 1st of July Day 1 of Month 6, at 16:24.

Tentative Powers, Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta

The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta has lost most of its contact with reality.

The Illuminatus who controls Organization Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta may claim 1 Influence once whenever an Organization's Reality Index is reduced, to a maximum of 5 Influence per day. This must be claimed within 48 hours of the reduction of said Index.

Tentative Powers: Atlantis

If Atlantis is ever destroyed, the Illuminatus controlling Atlantis at the time it was destroyed gains 50 influence.

Note from Chronos: As this post doesn't start with "The Illuminatus who controls Atlantis may", it's not a valid Tentative Power, even with Rodney voting for it. If Someone disagree, please CfJ.

Idle Me

I'm sorry, but I'm developing a terminal internet addiction, and I'm going to be gone most of the summer anyway. I'll put up Caine pictures when I finish that, and hopefully be back at the end of my summer vacation. Thanks for the fun.

New veto Icon!

I'd like this to be the new Veto Icon: .

Proposal: Titles

What's the fun of being in a secret society if you don't have funny titles?

Add a rule number 17 titled "Titles"

Any illuminatus may choose to have a title. These titles are tracked in the GNDT in a field called "title". Multiple illuminati may have a particular title at the same time and any illuminatus may set or change eir title at will by posting the GNDT, subject to the exceptions below. All references to specific illuminati in blog posts, comments or GNDT posts must refer to those illuminati by eir correct titles at the time of the post.

Some titles are exceptional. All exceptional titles and their effects are listed below. An Illuminatus may only take an exceptional title if the conditions outlined in the title description of the title are met.

Illuminatus Rex- The powers and responsibilities of the grand illuminatus are described elsewhere in the rules. Rodney is the Grand Illuminatus unless proven otherwise.

OK, I know I need more interesting titles, but I figured once the mechanic was in place we could work the rest out.

11-1. Reached Quorum. Enacted by Chronos at 05/31/2005 GMT 19:35. Now we have 2 rules numbered 17 ;)

Tentative Powers: Organisation Quazie

The Illuminatus who controls Quazie[org] or Quazie[Illum] may, once per day, transfer any integer number of Influence points from emself to either Quazie[Illum] or the Illuminatus who controls Quazie[org], or vice versa, but only if Quazie[Illum] is a member of Quazie[org]. If Quazie[Illum] votes FOR on this "Tentative Powers" post, e is added to the official list of Quazie[org].

If Quazie[Illum] votes AGAINST this "Tentative Powers" post, Quazie[org] is removed from the game.

Quazie[Illum] may vote FOR, AGAINST, or DEFERENTIAL on this "Tentative Powers" post. This paragraph is retroactive, as is Quazie's[Illum] vote; that is, it is legal and has effect even if the Illuminatus Rex approves these Powers after Quazie[Illum] votes.

Note from Chronos: As there is no Organizarion named "Quazie[org] or Quazie[Illum]", it's not a valid Tentative Power, even with Rodney voting for it. If Someone disagree, please CfJ.

Tentative Powers: Worldwide Cabal of Militant Grammarians

For the purposes of this rule let the controller of the Worldwide Cabal of Militant Grammarians, be referred to as the "8th Grade English Teacher" let the members of the organization be known as "the class" and let any person who posts to the front page of the blognomic blog a post containing a grammar error be known as "the dunce".

Upon noting the presence of a grammatical error in any post on the blognomic blog, the 8th Grade English Teacher may either alter eis influence upwards 5 points or alter the dunce's influence down 5 points at eis discretion. In order to do this the 8th Grade English Teacher must post to the front page with the title "X, go to the back of the class". The text of the post must note the nature of the error, its location and the action the 8th Grade English Teacher has chosen to take in response. The 8th Grade English Teacher may not do this more than once a day.

Any member of the class may, upon noting the presence of a grammatical error in a post on the blognomic blog, bring this to the attention of the 8th Grade English Teacher by posting to the comment thread of the offending post a comment making fun of the error and its author.

Note from Chronos: As this post doesn't start with "The Illuminatus who controls Organization Worldwide Cabal of Militant Grammarians may", it's not a valid Tentative Power, even with Rodney voting for it. If Someone disagree, please CfJ.

Tentative Powers: Organization Decepticon Fleet

The Illuminatus who controls Organization Decepticon Fleet may, once per day, reduce the Reality Index of a single Organization by DICE20. If this would give the Organization a zero or negative Reality Index, it instead destroys the Organization.

Proposal: Mail Drop

Add a rule called No Return Address:

Any Illuminatus may use the anonymous CallForJudgment account to post a Proposal as long as more than 25 hours have elapsed since the last Proposal was posted by that account.

9-0. Reached Quorum. Enacted by Chronos at 05/31/2005 GMT 19:30

Proposal: Free roaming

If "Proposal: Can you hear me now?" passes, no changes are made to the Ruleset.

Otherwise, in Rule 16, change

Mobile Phone Companies: The Illuminatus who controls the Mobile Phone Companies may claim 1 Influence per entry to the BlogNomic weblog (excluding his or her own), to a maximum of 5 Influence per day. This must be claimed within 48 hours of the entry being posted.

to

Mobile Phone Companies: The Illuminatus who controls the Mobile Phone Companies may claim 1 Influence per official entry to the BlogNomic weblog (excluding his or her own), to a maximum of 5 Influence per day. This must be claimed within 48 hours of the entry being posted.

Let's not award points for meta-game communications. Those of you who find this Organization too powerful haven't spent enough time thinking about your own Orgs. =)

2-3. Timed out. Failed by Chronos at 05/31/2005 GMT 19:19

Tentative powers: the Crypto-Cthulhuvian Society of Bankers of Venezuela

The long tentacles, err, arms of the Crypto-Cthulhuvian Bankers of Venezuela reach far into the world of financial and monetary transactions.

The Illuminatus who controls the Crypto-Cthulhuvian Society of Bankers of Venezuela may, once per day, increase eir Influence by 5 points if e has less than 25 points. If this increase would set eir Influence above 25, set it to 25.

I tried to include the word "cyclopean" in this post, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.

Tentative Powers: Greenpeace

Greenpeace stands for things not changing, dammit. We will protest the defacation of the environment, or failing that, the rules!!

The Illuminatus who Controlls Greenpeace, who may be refferred to as the Treehugger, has the following powers:

The Treehugger may change eir influence by 5 points whenever the Ruleset is amended.
The Treehugger may change by 5 points the influence of anyone whose post to the blog causes a change to the ruleset.
The Treehugger's votes AGAINST a proposal count as two votes

Proposal: Can you hear me now?

Remove from Rule 16 the Powers of the Organization, Mobile Phone Companies.

10-3. Timed-Out. Enacted by Chronos at 05/31/2005 GMT 19:17