Re: [s-d] Judgement draft

[Antonio Dolcetta <antonio.dolcetta@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 24 Nov 2006, at 17:44, antonio.dolcetta@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> From: Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> You might want to mention that any statement about the state of the
>> game refers to the time at which the statement was sent out. That is,
>> if I RFJ: "Wonko has 12 points" and then gain 5 points before it's
>> judged, I don't want to lose my 5 points.
>
> You will notice that the draft does not say that Judges have the  
> power of altering gamestate, they just guide the interpretation of  
> the rules.
> Under that assumption do you still think that pointing out that the  
> judgment refers to the time at which the statement was submitted is  
> necessary ?
> Do you think that this kind of RFJ implementation will work at all ?
>
> (and anyway, a statement like "Wonko has 12 points" would likely  
> fall under the definition of "ambiguous")


actually, I eat back my words, Wonko is correct, as usual, and I'm  
the worst nomic player ever.
here is the latest draft.

Version 0.3:
* spelling
* remove administrator judgement clause from rule 1-5
* added Defendants
* fixed "if it not" typo
* accepting an RFJ and a lot of other things is a Game Action
* handled reselection of judges while clock is off
* replaced "random gibberish" with "irrelevant"
* Judgment refers to the time at which the RFJ was submitted

{
Remove the sentence "The Administrator is the authority used to  
interpret the current state of the game." from rule 1-5.

Create a new rule called Judgement that reads as follows:

==Judgment==
===Request For Judgment===
Whenever there is disagreement as to the interpretation of the rules  
any player may submit a Request For Judgment (also called RFJ) as a  
Game Action.
RFJs are Game Documents that contain exactly one Statement,  
optionally some supporting Reasoning and optionally name a Player as  
Defendant for that RFJ.
RFJs automatically gain an RFJ Number upon submission. For each new  
RFJ, the RFJ number shall be equal to 001 or, if such Number is  
already in use, to the greatest existing RFJ Number incremented by one.
A RFJ is in one of the states of Pending, Accepted, Invalid and  
Resolved. A RFJ is initially Pending.

===Selecting the Judge===
Upon submission of an RFJ the Administrator shall as a Game Action  
select a Judge for that RFJ.
All Players that have voted in the last nweek, except the Player that  
submitted the RFJ, the Defendant if the RFJ names one, the  
Administrator and Players that have already been selected as Judges  
for that RFJ, are eligible for selection as Judges. If no Player is  
eligible, the Administrator is automatically selected as Judge.

===Stepping Down===
the Player selected as Judge may as a Game Action, step down from  
office, in this case, the RFJ becomes Pending (if it is not already)  
and a new Judge is selected by the Administrator.

===Accepting RFJs===
The selected Judge shall as a Game Action accept eir assigned RFJ by  
changing it's state to Accepted.
The selected Judge may also change the RFJ's state to Invalid, if e  
considers the contained Statement to be unclear, ambiguous, or  
irrelevant.

===Rendering Judgment===
Once an RFJ is Accepted, the selected Judge shall as a Game Action  
render Judgment on it to the best of eir knowledge of the Rules.  
Judgment shall always refer to the Rules and the state of the game at  
the time at which the Statement was submitted.
Judgment shall conform to these possibilities:
* TRUE: the statement contained in the RFJ is true.
* FALSE: the statement contained in the RFJ is false.
The Judge may also submit his own Reasoning, explaining how eir  
interpretation of the Rules has led to Judgment.
Once Judgment is rendered, the state of the RFJ becomes Resolved.

===The Whole Point===
Resolved RFJs shall guide further interpretation of the Rules.

===Automatic Reassignment===
At the end of each nweek, if a RFJ has been Accepted for a whole  
nweek the RFJ becomes Pending.
At the beginning of each nweek, if a RFJ is Pending the Administrator  
shall select a new Judge for that RFJ.
In the event that the clock is off, every 10 ndelays all Accepted  
RFJs become Pending and all Pending RFJs are reassigned to a new Judge.
}

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