Re: [spoon-discuss] A question

[SkArcher <SkArcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

31/07/2003 04:09:56, "Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 7/31/03 at 4:02 AM SkArcher wrote:
>
>>31/07/2003 03:57:46, Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 10:52  PM, SkArcher wrote:
>>>
>>>> 31/07/2003 03:42:51, Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A philosophical question... if an object somehow (proposal, overlord
>>>>> scam, whatever) gets an attribute that isn't defined in the rules, 
>>>>> does
>>>>> it keep it? For example, if I proposed to give myself the attribute
>>>>> "Blue", would I continue to be blue nweeks later?
>>>>>
>>>>> And then, since colors aren't regulated by the rules, could I
>>>>> arbitrarily declare myself to be "Blue"? And if I could, and did, and
>>>>> then nweeks later a rule came around that made Blue players something
>>>>> special, would I count?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I belive that Rob is not only Purple, but also a Concertmaster, two 
>>>> entries in the Roster which predate most of the players (i think it 
>>>> was nweek 1 when Rob
>>>> arbitrarily assigned those to emself before the rules said e couldn't)
>>>>
>>>> So you have been beaten to the idea
>>>
>>>I'm perfectly aware of Rob's attributes. And the Baron is still a 
>>>Penguin, it would seem - we repealed the rule without ever changing em 
>>>back. The question is, if I define "concertmaster", does that mean Rob 
>>>is it?
>>>
>>
>>Of course, after all, e is a concertmaster, the gamestate says so
>>
>>Now, how do we define concertmaster to force rob into doing something
>>funny, thats the real question.
>>
>>And its worth noting that rob cannot choose to become not a concertmaster
>
>Pass my prop and make em a chocolate eclair?
>
>Would you prefer to eat Rob, or smear em?
>
>
Ahh, but as you pointed out when we were dealing with the baron penguinness, just because e is an eclair does not mean e is not a concertmaster.

Eir concertmasterhood may well make em an eclair, but only until we make em something else

And so rob will be the Nomic equivalent of a ballon animal. What would we like em to be today?


SkArcher
 


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