Re: [Spoon-business] Uh... Crap...

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at 11:43  PM, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:

> > From: Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Take a look at the current Society rule.
> >
> > Notice Section I in particular. Look at the previous version of it; 
> > that is, prior to Orc's "fix".
> >
> > Notice the thing that is in the previous version, but not in Orc's 
> > "better" version.
> >
> > See what's not there?
> >
> > It's Charters! That's right, a majority of players (Anything McGee, 
> > Baron von Skippy, bd, Orc In a Spacesuit) have voted to DO AWAY WITH 
> > SOCIETY CHARTERS!
> >
> > So, the following organizations have just been effectively neutered 
> > (they have names, members, and any points/RUs/BNS they had, but can 
> > do nothing with them):
>
> Actually, they still have their charters.  Nowhere is it mandated that 
> their charters ceased to exist.  There's nothing mandating their 
> creation now, but that doesn't mean they're gone.  In fact, there 
> never was anything mandating their creation in the last version.  So, 
> right now, all societies still have their charters, but any new one 
> that comes along will be, sadly, without.

Didn't we just decide that the gamestate cannot be affected by things 
which whose existences aren't provided for in the rules, like dead 
players and whatnot? You've removed the definition of a Charter; so 
Societies can modify them, and even obey them, but nothing specifies 
what they are.

Wait a minute... did I just say 'modify them'? And "nothing specifies 
what they are"?

!  8-D  !

I create a new Society, called "A New Exploitation!", with myself as 
the initial member.

As per r18, __Permissibility of the Unprohibited__, "With the exception 
of Rule Changes whatever is not prohibited or regulated by the Ruleset 
is permitted and unregulated."

The creation of Charters, or for that matter the definition of 
Charters, is no longer regulated; so I define the Charter of "A New 
Exploitation!" to be me, that is, the player known as Wonko.

As per r578, societies take actions when their charters 'dictate' that 
they do. Also as per r578, societies are empowered to modify eir 
charters.

Therefore, I dictate that "A New Exploitation!" modifies its charter by 
increasing the Charm of its charter by 50.

As per r154, I Win.

As per r0, I recognize a State of Emergency.

--
Wonko

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