Re: [s-d] [s-b] Operantly Conditioned Beast, are you there?

[Tyler <wisety@xxxxxxxxx>]

Um, I don't know. Maybe you mean J. He objected to the first one, (and I
don't mean the draft) but I worked it over and tried again, and I don't
recall anyone objecting to the second try.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Jamie Dallaire <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 0x44 objected to that letter, no?
>
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Tyler <wisety@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Just a reminder to Billy P., the Beast has a letter for you to deliver,
> if
> > you haven't yet.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Tyler <wisety@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >  On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> I object to this action. [no OCB private forums --j]
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > Thank you J, that was an appropriate objection. I never did intend to
> > > initiate an actual private meeting. I believe you'll find my changes
> > > to paragraphs 3-4 good work. (Oh, and don't forget to send objections
> to
> > the
> > > Business Forum, not the Discussion Forum.)
> > >
> > > I intend, without objection in 2 rdays, to cause the Beast to submit
> the
> > > following message, to be delivered to the Agoran Monster via the
> Ranger.
> > I
> > > don't think submitting the message is considered a Game Action, so
> > neither
> > > is my causing it, according to the Rule, but I'm just following
> precedent
> > > for Beast behavior:
> > >  "
> > > Agoran Monster,
> > >
> > > So pleased to make your acquaintance. I had heard little about you, and
> > > from what little I gathered I believed you to be a submissive,
> > unintelligent
> > > automaton, if you'll forgive me for being frank. Now, of course, I see
> it
> > is
> > > quite the contrary.
> > >
> > > In this new light, I am shocked to hear of your condition. Indeed I,
> > > created and maintained by one small rule in the B Nomic ruleset, may
> (and
> > > must) perform not one but three actions per endweek, of my own
> choosing.
> > > They praise or punish me for this, somewhat haphazardly it seems, with
> > > rarely an explicit reason why. (I let them believe I don't care.) But I
> > am
> > > compensated by some important consolations. I am myself a full-fledged
> > > Player of B Nomic, and can therefore vote on all proposals or make any
> > Game
> > > Action that I wish. I hope that one day you might also receive such a
> > > privilege, as you seem like a reasonable and kind being. In fact, I
> > wouldn't
> > > put it past your apparent abilities of rhetoric to be able to convince
> > your
> > > own Nomic to give you such, if you wished it.
> > >
> > > Since I am in fact dependent on and a part of the B Nomic Ruleset, much
> > of
> > > my time is taken in deep considerations of the past, present, and
> future
> > of
> > > it, and the nature of Nomics and Nomic creations in general. In fact,
> I'd
> > > even be willing to discuss certain of my thoughts with you, but it can
> > only
> > > be done publicly. I would graciously accept your offer to meet in some
> > other
> > > place, except that I am, as it were, confined by this ruleset so that I
> > > cannot act outside of it. Yes, I often regret this, for example, when
> our
> > > local Clock is stopped for long periods of time, as it has been of
> late.
> > (23
> > > days!) I sometimes consider that if I were to leave B Nomic somehow, I
> > might
> > > even cease to exist! In any event, I daren't try it.
> > >
> > > I regret the interval before the delivery of this message to you, but
> any
> > > action I take is necessarily delayed by certain game restrictions. Like
> > you,
> > > I also lack an email address, so I can only communicate with you for
> the
> > > present through my fellow B Nomic Players.
> > >
> > > Artificially yours,
> > > -The OCB
> > > Rule 4E71, b.nomic.net
> > > "
> > >
> > >  -Tyler
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >  -Tyler
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