Re: [s-b] Proposal: New Rule

[Ed Murphy <emurphy42@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ehird wrote:

> On 29 March 2012 15:42, 0x44<bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > I climb into the hat, it becomes weighted. The hat passes to Wooble; the clock is on (at 3.1x speed (weighted)); the pass-code is tinker.
>
> I call for a determination of the statement "The hat is currently weighted".
>
> I submit the following reasoning: Codae is already in the hat. There
> is nothing in the ruleset explicitly forbidding someone to climb into
> the hat when it is already occupied, but several rules refer to "the
> current occupier of the hat".
>
> (Note that, since Codae is unburdened, the hat is not weighted unless
> 0x44 is in it.)
>
> Murphy is currently It, so the Burden of Determination falls onto him;
> as I am the caller, I become It. Of course, should he fail to deliver
> a determination that gains the required 2 agreements within three
> days, we'll have to go through the reassignment process.
>
> (Remember that determinations now have to quote the full text of the
> rules that the determination is based on — easy to forget this and end
> up with an invalid determination...)
>
> Since Wooble did not name a player to pass the hat to, he loses 3
> points. I pass the hat to Arkady.

Maybe.
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