RE: spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Proposal: Agents and Organizations

[Jorg Rathlev <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I had always thought of Agents as "anyone who has spoken up on the list, 
> plus whatever autonomous thingies we define within the game". Why 

Hmmm...

"The purpose of Agents (as I had envisioned them) was as a superset of 
Players, so we could make Rules that cover both Players and Player-like 
entities together."
-- Joel Uckelman, by email, 2001-02-16


> not just 
> codify that? I'd suggest changing 1 to:
> 
> "1. Any being who has at some time publicly indicated eir presence,"

I see several problems with this definition, for example it does not define when one ceases to be an agent. For example, players which have left the game would still be agents since they have "at some time publicly indicated eir presence".

The current rules specify that an entity can lose its Agency, but does not specify how. I guess you somehow have to become incapable of action :-)

Orders can be sent to agents (Rules 114, 115), so would anyone who has "publicly indidcated eir presence" be required to follow game orders?


Joerg