Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Just because I like the mayhem

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wednesday 30 July 2003 06:48 pm, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 12:59  AM, Baron von Skippy wrote:
> > First off, I Kick Wonko in the Ass for unbridled hostility towards
> > myself, and again for unbridled hostility towards Glotmorf.
> >
> > Rationale: E kicked us for trying to win. Given the spirit of this
> > game, that's decidedly hostile.
>
> Not for trying to win; for trying to win using someone else's idea.
> That's why we have the Circuit Breaker - to try to stop dozens of
> people from winning every time a bug is discovered, especially people
> who didn't actually discover the bug.
>
> But as Anything McGee has admitted to having no legitimate claim to the
> scam, I drop the two kicks. I'll give back the points if Dave
> recognizes them (but hope e doesn't).
>
> BTW, I still don't think the scam works. I hope nobody is interpreting
> my argument about this as an implicit admission of acceptance, because
> it's not supposed to be.
>
> > And then, as a side note, I cause Wonko to forfeit.
> >
> > Rationale: Nothing says I can't - permissibility of the unprohibited.
> > And it isn't a gamestate change , since players aren't defined and
> > thus I'm not changing the gamestate by "removing" a "player" who
> > doesn't exist in the context of the game /anyway/ from the game.
>
> Players are defined. From r13 (aptly named "Definitions"):
> "A player is any entity who is capable of passing the Turing test,
> consents to said designation as a player, has become a player in the
> manner described in the rules, and who consents to be governed by the
> rules. "
>
> Which, I think, is the thing bd was talking about that you fail to
> repeal in your new player definition prop.

I don't remember talking about such a thing.

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bd
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