Re: [s-b] Consultation: Usurping

["Roger Hicks" <pidgepot@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Roger Hicks <pidgepot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Feb 12, 2008 8:16 PM, Mike McGann <mike.mcgann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > I submit the following Consultation:
>  >
>  > {{
>  > Unbeliever: Billy Pilgrim
>  >
>  > Is 2 support required to usurp a ministry with a retainer less than or
>  > equal to zero?
>  > }}
>  >
>  > Reasoning:
>  > In Rule 48, there is the following sentence which I will name as A:
>  >
>  > "As a Game Action a Player may usurp a Ministry whose Retainer is less
>  > than or equal to 0, unless that Player has held that Ministry during
>  > the current or previous nweek or the current Minister (if any) is
>  > their twin."
>  >
>  > There is also the following sentence which I will name as B:
>  >
>  > "As a Game Action with 2 Support a Player may usurp a Ministry whose
>  > Retainer is less than or equal to 0."
>  >
>  > B applies additional restrictions to A and thus reads as such:
>  >
>  > "As a Game Action with 2 Support a Player may usurp a Ministry whose
>  > Retainer is less than or equal to 0, unless that Player has held that
>  > Ministry during the current or previous nweek or the current Minister
>  > (if any) is their twin."
>  >
>  > It is incorrect to read is this way:
>  >
>  > if ( Retainer == 0 )
>  > {
>  >   if ( Player has held Ministry during the nweek )
>  >   {
>  >     May usurp with 2 support
>  >   }
>  >   else
>  >   {
>  >      May usurp.
>  >   }
>  > }
>  >
>  > A and B are in separate paragraphs and there is no wording that
>  > creates this association. If that was the intent, it should have been
>  > stated differently.
>  >
>
>  This is Consultation #116. I assign it to Priest Codae.
>
>  Oracle BobTHJ
>
As the previous priest has requested this consultation be ZOTTED, and
since I believe it is not ZOT worthy, I re-assign it to Priest Wooble.

Oracle BobTHJ
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