Jamie Dallaire on Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:55:08 -0700 (MST)


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Re: [s-b] [s-d] [MoC] nweek 140 voting results


On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Geoffrey Spear <geoffspear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Jamie Dallaire
> <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  So... I'm not sure what you're saying. We are evaluating the proposal
> >  right now, indeed. But the proposal (right now) refers to the player
> >  known as Wooble when the Proposal was submitted. Is that Player the
> >  same as the current Wooble or not?
>
> err, yeah, it would help if I read the proposal clearly before commenting on it.
>
> I'm the same External Force who was the player known as Wooble when
> the proposal was submitted.  While I ceased to be a Player for a time,
> I'm not sure it makes sense to say that the Player I was previously
> ceased to exist and that I'm now a new Player, common sense would seem
> to dictate that I'm the same Player, just with attributes
> reinitialized at the time I regained the Player-nature.
>
> On the other hand, giving attributes to "the Player known as Wooble at
> the time this Proposal was submitted" could be read to have a
> retroactive effect on the game, depending on how you view the nature
> of identity, the space-time continuum, and Theseus' ship.

Hmmmm. Indeed. To avoid having any consultation pop up concerning
Wooble`s or Ivan`s HP later on, or killers and necromancers, I`m gonna
try this new mechanism.

I Stab Wooble.
I Approve the Public Display found at
http://b.nomic.net/index.php?title=Players&oldid=6967, requiring 4
Support and 0 Objections in 2 rdays.

MoS Billy Pilgrim
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