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	Proposed By [[User:BobTHJ|BobTHJ]] 01:17, 30 April 2007 (EDT)		Proposed By [[User:BobTHJ|BobTHJ]] 01:17, 30 April 2007 (EDT)
-	Each geographical region of Nomicapolis shall have a value "Fortune" and a value "Seed", both values will default to 0. On the first day of each month, the Scorekeeper shall determine the Seed and Fortune value of each geographical region of Nomicapolis as follows:	+	Whenever a number would be specified in a proposed rule, its proposer may instead specify a string in the following format:
-	1. Beginning with the previous month's Seed value the Scorekeeper shall add one to the Seed value for each letter in the name of the geographical region.	+	RANDOM:[XXX]
-	2. The Scorekeeper shall add X to the Seed value, where X is the number corresponding to the first letter of the name of the geographical region in the sequence A=1, B=2, etc.	+	The [XXX] in the above should be substituted with any stock ticker symbol for any publicly traded stock with historical information readily available on leading financial websites. The number in question shall be equal to the hundredths digit (cents, a number from 0-9) of the most recent closing price of the specified stock, and shall vary over time as the stock price changes.
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-	3. The Scorekeeper shall add the previous month's Fortune value to the Seed value.	+
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-	4. If the seed value is greater than 50, then reduce it by 50.	+
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-	5. The Scorekeeper shall consult the Recent Changes page. Consulting changes that have occurred in the previous month, the Scorekeeper shall count down from the top of the list (moving back in time through past changes) a number of changes equal to the Seed value.	+
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-	6. The Scorekeeper shall set the Fortune value for that region equal to the ones digit of the minutes portion of the timestamp (0-9).	+
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-	Seed and Fortune values shall be calculated before population effects are calculated as described in Rule [[367]]. When the Scorekeeper calculates the number of new Infant population members to be added to that region, he/she multiplies that number by (100 + Fortune)%, rounding down.	+

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Revision as of 14:26, 7 May 2007

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Proposed By BobTHJ 01:17, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

Whenever a number would be specified in a proposed rule, its proposer may instead specify a string in the following format:

RANDOM:[XXX]

The [XXX] in the above should be substituted with any stock ticker symbol for any publicly traded stock with historical information readily available on leading financial websites. The number in question shall be equal to the hundredths digit (cents, a number from 0-9) of the most recent closing price of the specified stock, and shall vary over time as the stock price changes.