Jamie Dallaire on Sun, 9 Dec 2007 21:18:35 -0700 (MST)


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Re: [s-b] [s-d] Voting + Some Game Actions


The Oracle continues to defy me.

I usurp the Ministry of Questions.

Billy Pilgrim

On Dec 9, 2007 11:12 PM, Geoffrey Spear <geoffspear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Dec 9, 2007 7:57 PM, Jamie Dallaire <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > You are entirely correct about the Proposal Numbers, Oracle. I did mean
> to
> > speak of Proposal 212. Your Proposal 202, however, was not included
> because
> > its effects pale beside the might of Proposal 212, by which they are
> > engulfed mercilessly.
> >
> > That said, Oracle, I bid you to explain why you find my Consultations to
> be
> > unworthy, and to explain how I may correct them to bring their worth to
> an
> > acceptable level.
>
> Partially because they were not phrased in the form of Questions.
>
> Of course, I'm happy to admit that it was mostly because I'm not
> afraid to abuse the power granted to me by the rules for the greater
> good of maintaining the integrity of the democratic process.  It was
> clearly not the will of the voters that the game cease to be called "B
> Nomic" and if you can exploit one loophole in the Rules to try to
> subvert that will I'm happy to exploit other loopholes to see that
> it's not subverted.
>
> > Note that the Rules do not bind me to submitting a single Consultation
> per
> > declaration of invalidity.
> >
> > Also note that unless you explain your ZOTTING satisfactorily, I shall
> usurp
> > your position as Minister of Questions. No doubt all Players will agree
> that
> > these Consultations must be seen through.
>
> True, but I'd say if I can't muster a second Objection from somewhere
> then my intuition about the will of the Players is clearly wrong, and
> I'd then welcome an Oracularity declaring that the game shall
> henceforth no longer be called B Nomic and that we still have a
> Membership Test defined even if it's not used.
>
> --
> Geoffrey Spear
> http://www.geoffreyspear.com/
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