Re: [s-d] [s-b] Consultation: Dominov > ALL?

["Geoffrey Spear" <geoffspear@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 2, 2008 6:18 PM, Jamie Dallaire <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I submit the following Consultation:
>
> {
> As of the time at which this Consultation is submitted, at an exchange rate
> of 5 mackerel for 1 point, would it be possible for the Player named Dominov
> to exchange all of his points for exactly 500 mackerel?
>
> Reasoning: The above exchange would necessitate 100 points. I submit that
> Dominov has AT LEAST 28 points. Because the rules do not provide a default
> score for any game object, the number of points that Dominov had upon
> joining the game is undefined. As such, and regardless of game custom, it is
> just as valid to assume that Dominov started with 72 points as it is to
> assume that e started with 0 points. Rule 17 states that score cannot be
> negative, and we can state with confidence that Dominov now has 28 points
> more than e started with. The number of points e currently holds cannot be
> precisely defined, but it lies somewhere between 28 and positive infinity.
> This interval includes 100. Also note that Dominov became a Player shortly
> AFTER the Public Display of points was ratified by Wooble's Refresh
> Proposal, during nweek 135.
> }
>
> Billy Pilgrim

I don't believe a Player can come to possess any Game Object without
first gaining it.  Since a new Player has never been given any Points,
I don't see how he could have any.

Now, if Points were a Property of Players, I could buy your argument.

-- 
Geoffrey Spear
http://www.geoffreyspear.com/
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