[Spoon-business] Ruling on CFI 1539

["Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Statement: The apocalypse only lasts an instant.
Defendant: None
Plaintiff: SkArcher
Judge: Glotmorf

Ruling: False.

Analysis:

	Plaintiff SkArcher's analysis seems focused on the sentence "The period of time between the instant when Universal Entropy exceeds Maximum Entropy, and the end of the nweek in which that occurred, may also be referred to as 'Burning Man'" in Rule 154.  However, this is the sole reference to "Burning Man" in the entire ruleset, and the term is not declared to be any sort of synonym for the Apocalypse.

	Even if it were, the exact phrasing of the CFI does not tie it to any particular Apocalypse, which means it's making a claim to a general case; as a general case, the statement is still false, since an Apocalypse can occur in the middle of an nweek, such as when a Win has occurred (see Rule 22).

	Even if it did, the CFI would still be false, since it says clearly in Rule 154 that the Clock is turned off in the event of an Apocalypse for three wdays.  While this theoretically would result in the passage of zero game time, the CFI is not phrased to apply specifically to game time, and the passage of three wdays is considerably longer than an instant.  Plus, "the period of time" referred to in the sentence referenced by Plaintiff isn't tied to game time either, and therefore must include the three wdays.

	I have said.

						Glotmorf

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