Re: spoon-discuss: Re: new players

["Donald Whytock" <dwhytock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/13/02 at 9:10 PM Antonio wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:41:30 -0500, "Donald Whytock"
><dwhytock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I discussed the game of Nomic in general, and B Nomic in particular, with
>21 of my imaginary friends. Since there doesn't seem to be a game
>requirement that players exist in this physical reality, they all agreed
>to join. Unfortunately, that very state renders them somewhat impaired for
>dealing with the internet in this reality, as well as the computers
>required for accessing it, so they have asked me to relay messages to and
>from the fora for them. Similarly, they have all given me their proxies,
>so I'll be casting their votes as per their instructions.
>>
>>						Glotmorf
>>
>>The list of new players in the game is:
>>
>>
>>Maggie Peters
>>Tabatha Sayle
>>Shea
>>Eliza Carter
>>Mahmoud Rafik
>>Bob Harney
>>Cheryl Smith
>>Jason Hodges
>>Bob Brown
>>Clio the Cat
>>Janice Yeh
>>Joe MacArthur
>>Lydia Blankenship
>>Steve Osgood
>>Pirx
>>Aknar the Hunter
>>Fidelio
>>Eva Vilevska
>>Asnaggazeth
>>Sir Fancys Bacon
>
>Lol! Do you think you can get away with THAT?
>I won't even try to officially stop you right now, I'd just like to draw
>your attention to the following rules:
>
>rule 13:
>A Player is any entity who is capable of passing the Turing Test, consents
>to said designation as a Player, and has become a Player in the manner
>prescribed in the Rules.
>
>One could simply question one of your imaginary friends capability of
>passing the turing test on his own.
>
>rule 26:
>Any entity otherwise qualified as a Player may become one by posting a
>message to the public Forum explicitly stating eir wish to become a Player.
>
>I'm sorry, but the rules require that the new player posts a message on his
>own. Too ethereal to use a computer? Then you're too ethereal to play B
>Nomic !
>
>Rule 208/0:Proxies
>A player may designate another player to be the holder of eir proxy....
>
>I didn't see any of your friends designate you.
>--
>Antonio
>
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A turing test determines whether a personality is distinguishable as an artificial intelligence, i.e. a machine.  I assure you I can relay responses from them that are nothing like a machine. :)

And would you discriminate against, oh, say, quadriplegic Nomic players? :)

						Glotmorf