Re: spoon-discuss: Another Crisis?

[Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth bd,

> On Monday 03 June 2002 4:40 pm, Wonko wrote:
>> Quoth Wonko,
>> 
>>> Quoth bd,
>>> 
>>>> On Monday 03 June 2002 4:33 pm, Wonko wrote:
>>>>> Um... Anyone want to take a look at this and tell me what it says to
>>>>> them?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Quote from r205:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Each player, at any given time, shall be either On Leave or Off Leave.
>>>>> Any player who is Off Leave may, by posting a message on a business
>>>>> forum, declare emself to be On Leave. Any player who is On Leave may,
>>>>> by posting a message on a business forum, declare emself to be Off
>>>>> Leave. A player who is On Leave cannot be selected by any process which
>>>>> randomly selects a player, and may not take any game actions. If more
>>>>> than 2/3 of all players are On Leave, The Clock shall become Off until
>>>>> such time as at least 1/3 of all players are Off Leave. Players may
>>>>> place emselves On Leave or Off Leave while The Clock is Off.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think I see something disastrous right there, but I want to make sure
>>>>> I'm not hallucinating...
>>>> 
>>>> You can go on leave and off, at any time, and if 2/3 are on, the clock
>>>> stops until only 1/3 are on.
>>> 
>>> The disastrous part lies in the 'may not take any game actions' bit.
>>> Coming On Leave is a Game Action.
>> 
>> Off, I mean. Sorry, slip of the finger.
> 
> Does it say going Off Leave is a game action? It just says you have to post a
> message to a public forum...

That's true... perhaps we can slip through this on the grounds of not
knowing what a Game Action is... I would have thought, though that a Game
Action was an Action in the Game.
-- 
Wonko