The Unofficial Agora Nomic Dictionary

Originally produced by TAL (then known as "Stella?"), the Agora A to W is a semi-comprehensive guide to Agora Nomic, and the most common terms used therein.
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Subject:      Nomic from A to Z
Date:         Fri, 19 Aug 94 12:45:40 SET

The Unofficial Agora Nomic Dictionary


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ABSTAIN, interj.
One of the three possible way to Vote. Assures a Point without taking a decision on a Proposal. (683)
Active, adj.
Any Player not On Hold. (1016)
Adopt, v.
To put a Proposal into effect; a Proposal is Adopted when it passes the Vote. (106, 955)
AGAINST, interj.
One of the three possible way to Vote. Assures much chagrin for the Proposer. (683)
Agora, n.
The name of the Game. (1020)
Ambassador, n.
Officer charged with relations with other Nomics. (1070)
Amend, v.
To change the wording of a Rule. (105)
Appeal, v.
To request to change a Judgement. (911)
Archivist, n.
Officer charged with keeping a historical record of the Ruleset, and other archiving duties. (417)
Bank, n.
Entity that may hold Marks, but most often doesn't (1470)
Banker, n.
Officer charged with the recording of Marks held. (1548)
Bar, v.
To exclude Player(s) from being Judge on a CFJ. (897)
CFJ, v., n.
Call for Judgment. Formal request for a certain Statement to be Judged. (991)
Champion, n.
Patent Title given to a game Winner. (755) (755)
Clerk of the Courts, n.
Officer charged with the selection of Judges and the general bookkeeping necessary for CFJ's. (889)
Coin, n.
Currency minted by Groups. (1474)
CotC, n.
See Clerk of the Courts.
Create, v.
To enact a new Rule. (105)
Crime, n.
A certain class of Rule violations explicitly defined by rules and punishable in Blots. (1503)
Currency, n.
A class of Entities with a common set of Rules regulating possession, transfer, etc. Examples include Marks, Points, and Win Tokens. (1467)
Game Custom, n.
Last resort of a Judge who can't decide a CFJ by the Rules. (217)
Date: header, n.
Timestamp at the top of an email message, usually used as the official time of a game Move.
Directories, n.
see Phone Books.
Distributor, n.
Officer charged with the distribution of Official mail. In practice, the Officer mostly maintains the various Nomic listservers. (796)
Electioneer, n.
Player charged with the filling of an empty Office. (790)
Eligible, adj.
Said of a Player who may be selected as Judge for a given CFJ (698) (951, 698)
Enact, v.
See Create a Rule.
Nomic Entity, n.
Any "thing" existing directly as a result of the Agora Ruleset. It is hotly disputed as to what exactly Entities are, and how to legally define them.
FALSE, interj.
One of the four possible Judgements of a CFJ. (591) (591)
FOR, interj.
One of the three possible ways to Vote. (683)
Foreign Policy Directive, n.
A legal document that directs the actions required of the Ambassador. (1070)
Formal apology, n.
A letter required of a Ninny for breaking one or more Rules. (908)
Game
1. the game of Agora Nomic as we continuously play it. (1020)
2. part of (1) between the moment all Players have zero points and the moment that a player becomes Champion. (388, 1433)
Group
a set of Players registering as such. (766)
Herald
Officer charged with recording Kudo transfers. (1377)
Hero
Patent Title given to those persons who gave outstanding service to Agora. Peter Suber is the only Hero. (There is no longer any Rule which authorizes this Patent Title, but a number of people believe it still exists.)
Honour
The amount of Kudos a Player holds. (1062)
Injunction
a statement or series of statements specifying an action or actions which must take place, and which may accompany certain Judgements. (663, 665, 789, 1500)
Judge
Player selected to Judge a given CFJ. (951, 408, 591)
Judgement
Decision on the validness of a statement on the Game (591)
Justices
e three players that judge Appeals (910)
Justiciar
Officer who is the third Justiciar in the Appeal Court (910)
Kudo
One unit of Honour (963)
Legal
permitted by the Rules
Mark
currency too optimistically created to start an economy (516)
Member
Player belonging to a Group (719)
Mutable
Set of those Rules that may be changed by less unanimity (101)
Ninny
Player accused of breaking the Rules (908)
Office
Set of tasks required of an Officer
Officer
Player charged by the Rules to execute certain tasks, see Ambassador, Archivist, Banker, Clerk, Scorekeepor
On Hold
Status of a Player for which Real Life interfered with Nomic (870)
Ordinancekeepor
r charged with keeping up-to-date the Ordinances of a Group (766)
Ordinances
Rules specific to the Members of a Group (721)
Originator
Patent Title given to Chuck. We know why, but it's not in the Rules (816)
Patent Title
Nomic Entity given to certain Players for certain reasons as determined by the Rules. One of those Entities which serve no apparent reason, but are fun to have around (649)
Phone Books
List of Players and Officers (676)
Player
any person registered as such. You and me (869)
Point
magic entity of which a certain amount is needed to win
Proposal
Attempt to change (or not to change) the Rules
Quorum
Minimum number of Players required to Vote to adopt a Proposal (103 879)
Registrar
Officer charged with registering Players and Groups, and the update of the Phone Books and the Group Report (559)
Repeal a Rule
deleting a Rule from the Rule Set
Rule Set
collection of currently 200 Rules that gouvern play
Rulekeepor
Officer charged with updating and distributing the Rule Set (399)
Salary
Compensation for Officers
Spirit of the Game
Last resort of a Judge who can't decide a statement by the Rules. Highly subjective (217)
Mighty Samourai
Player who holds more than fourty Kudos (963)
Scamster
Patent Title awarded to a Player who has shown great enthusiasm, persistence or skill in the perpretating of Scams (I am quoting, I am quoting) (840)
Score
number of Points a Player has
Scorekeepor
Officer charged with updating and distributing the scores (901)
Speaker
Player in charge of distributing Proposals and collecting the Votes (208).
Squealer
Player accusing another of breaking the Rules (908)
Statement
Set of sentences being judged after a CFJ (991)
Title
First line of a Proposal (597)
Transfer
Point or Currency change where one Entity receives the amount that a second Entity looses (614 692)
Treasury
Group account that may hold Points and Currencies (721)
TRUE
one of the three possible Judgments of a CFJ (591)
Vizier
Officer holding the executive power of a Group (766)
Vote
1. The decision process for adopting or rejecting Proposals (108) 2. One unit of decision power (206)
Winning a Game
Obtaining the limit of Points defined in (724)

Obsolete Defintions

Included for reference when listening to the Seasoned Veterans babble about the Good Old Days
Accusation
A CFJ claiming a Player broke a Rule (848)
Act of Mischief
the weapon in the War between the Groups. A dead baby at present (764)
Assistant
Officer charged with the recording of Official mail (839)
Auction
The public sell of a Nomic Entity (758)
Auctioneer
Player charged with the organization of an Auction (758)
Cache
Black boxes that hold Points given to the Vototron (574)
Conserved Quantity
Any Entity that may only be created or destroyed as explicitly stated by the Rules (747)
Contested Proposal
a proposal that directly changes the actions required or forbidden to the Speaker, to which e is opposed (956)
Criminal Court
Mythical entity supposed to judge Crimes (41)
Declaration
Prescribed statement on the 2nd line of a Proposal giving its effect on the Ruleset (884)
Decrees
A proposal that is not a proposed Rule Change (900)
Dividend
5% of the score of Player X, as paid to the Player which holds X Stock(931)
Entrepreneur
Mythical Patent Title of which the awarding seems to be a little later than foreseen (862)
Group Report
list of Groups, Members and unaffiliated Players (717)
Guilty
condition of a Player who committed a prescribed Crime (see Crime)
Immutable Rules
Set of Rules whose transmutation and subsequent change is virtually impossible (101)
Lottery
ekly happening where a Player chosen among those who submitted proposals receives a prize in Points (749)
Marxist
Patent Title of the Player holding the most Marks (736)
Non-Rule-Change
Proposals that are not Rule Changes (891)
Oath
Sworn statement by a Player to do (or not to do) something (853)
Poverty Line
20% of the average score of all Active Players. See Welfare (713)
Point Reserve
the Nomic Point Sink in whereto all negatives go (628)
Sane Proposal
Proposal on which no non-Voter Nomic Entity may Vote (779)
Stock
Entity that give its owner the right on Dividend (931)
Sweepstake Officer
Officer in charge of the weekly Lottery (655)
Transmutation
The act of changing an Immutable Rule into a Mutable one or vice versa (110)
Vototron
Black Box mechanism that may be used to push trough one's Proposals (574)
Walrus
Animal abused in a mythical Scam by Waggie (864)
Welfare
Point transfer to Players that have less points than most other (903)
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