Re: [Spoon-business] Re: [spoon-discuss] p1833

[Zarpint <athena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, [iso-8859-1] Bill Adlam wrote:

> Wonko pointed out:
>
> > Rule 19 states that when a proposal passes, the gamestate changes
> > listed within are made. This takes precedence over rule 27, which
> > states that a player who is ineligible for a Win may not win.
>
> But if a proposal breaks any rule, it violates r10, which has a still
> higher precedence.

No, proposals have to follow the Rules. Since r19 takes precedence over
r27, following the Rules means following r19.

>
> > Actually, r27 is botched - it says ineligible players "may not win",
> > not "may not be awarded wins"; it was determined by some CFI or other
> > that "to win" and "to be awarded a win" are not the same thing.

That's not botched. That's how it was intended, I would suppose. It makes
sense that ineligible players couldn't win normally, but could be awarded
a win - why would we want to stop that?

>
> In that case, I award myself a Win.

You don't have that authority to change the gamestate. A prop does.


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