Re: [s-d] [s-b] Era 5 Consultation 3

[Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Geoffrey Spear wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Elliott Hird
> <penguinofthegods@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
>> There is no one "true" gamestate in the sky.
>>
>> It's all about culture.
>>     
>
> A set of rules constitutes a formal system defining certain things and
> processes by which those abstract things can be manipulated. In a
> nomic, the rules themselves are included in the things that can
> change.
>
> You might as well say that talking about the circumference of a circle
> is meaningless because geometry isn't "really real" and besides some
> culture might say that pi is exactly 3 and who are mathematicians to
> argue with their imaginary "axioms"?
>   

I have to agree with ehird on this one. Whether or not the phrase "i 
become paranoid" has any effect has a lot to do with how pedantic the 
current MoM is. You of all players, Wooble, should recognize that the 
ability to convince fellow players of your version of the facts can 
often be more important than how an "average player" would interpret the 
current rules and slightly malformed game actions.
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