Re: spoon-discuss: RE: spoon-business: Revision to P396

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth "Joel Ricker":
> From: "Rob Speer" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Change the wording of what? The whole point I was making is that my
> proposal
> > does not have a "Newbie Player". You're an Agent before you make the
> Motion to
> > Add, you're still an Agent afterward, and when the Motion passes you're a
> > Player.
> 
> My original thought was that becoming an agent was part of joining the
> list -- not being a player but still being an agent.  Closer examination of
> the rules I see that becoming an agent is inclusive to becoming a player --
> they happen simultaneously.  Unless of course there is something else I
> missed.  On the order hand, using a term like Newbie Player or even Lurker,
> or pre-player or whatever, may bestow certain rights and actions to someone
> who hasn't gotten involved in the game yet to do a few things to help
> indoctrinate themselves.  Just my opinion.
> 
> Of course people lurking around can always just babble on about the rules
> before being motioned in like I'm doing now.
> 
> 404notfound
> my $.02

Hmm. My interpretation was that you become an Agent the moment you pipe up 
in a public forum. This could lead to some interesting legal battles if 
it's not straightened out soon...

-- 
J.