Re: [s-b] Consultation 183

[teucer@xxxxxxxxx]

So it wasn't. I find it Consistent.

On 1/12/09, Tyler <wisety@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I claim this to be Consistent. That's 2 Consistent, 1 Inconsistent,
> not counting teucer's reply which was nttpf.
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 6:12 AM, 0x44 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I Answer Consultation 183 YES, thanks BP.
>>
>> Reasoning:
>> {
>> My Answer is only part of the game if I am an Active Player, and I am not
>> comex. Hence, the only logical Answer is YES.
>>
>> And now here's why I actually should be answering this question, i.e. why
>> we're all still Players:
>>
>> comex created a Contract, specifying that Players could become bound to it
>> by breathing. The contract created the obligation for parties other than
>> comex to forfeit, and comex triggered this action for all Active Players
>> (save for himself) a few minutes after creating the Contract.
>>
>> I would argue that no one but comex ever became bound by that Contract.
>> Thus, he never successfully triggered forfeits, and no one was
>> deregistered
>> without doing so themselves.
>>
>> Rule 5E10 (Game Actions) states that "A Game Action is defined as any
>> activity specified by the Rules that changes the state of the game." In
>> addition, "To perform a Game Action, an Outsider must post a message to a
>> Public Forum specifying that they are taking that action", though "The
>> Rules
>> also have the power to cause an Outsider to take Game Actions whether they
>> post or not."
>>
>> Because breathing would change the state of the game, it is a Game Action.
>> Though it is reasonable to assume that most Players breathed between the
>> time the Contract was created and comex tried to deregister em, no Player
>> breathed to a Public Forum. The only other way for Outsiders (including
>> Players) to take Game Actions is by posting to such a forum, unless the
>> Rules cause them to take the Game Action without posting.
>>
>> No part of the Rules ever causes any Player to breathe. Therefore, any
>> breathing that occurs outside of the context of the game (not on a Public
>> Forum) cannot be considered a Game Action, meaning it cannot change the
>> state of the game.
>> }
>>
>>
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