spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Fixing the mess

[Dan <wald7330@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We don't need to do this.  We can just all sit in the other thread and let
the playerless one die out.  A thread with only one player isn't a thread
anymore.  It's the ultimate passive resistance strategy--if enough of the
players of the game want something to be done to the game they can just
make the change and refuse to play in any thread in which it is not done.

Dan

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Eric Gerlach wrote:

> Okay Scoff!, let's see if I can't set the wheels in motion to rectify this
> problem.
> 
> Point 1: I'm going by uin's idea that we have 2 threads of game state, and
> I'm going to play my actions into both.  If you don't like it, well, I'm
> just playing CYA.  (Well, the admin just mandated the multiple threads
> thing, so I'm cool)
> 
> Action 1
> --------
> If there is no player named Bean in this game, I join the game under the
> name "Bean".
> 
> ... now that I'm in the game for sure ...
> 
> Action 2
> --------
> 
> I submit the following CFJ:
> 
> Statement:  The players Antonio, Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital
> Optimist, Dan, Glotmorf, Iain, Rob, The Voice, Uncle Psychosis, Wonko did
> not resign.
> 
> I name Scoff! as defendant for this CFJ.
> 
> Analysis:  Rule 18 reads: "Whatever is not prohibited or regulated by the
> Ruleset is permitted and unregulated", and in CFJ 251 was interpreted to
> mean that if there was *any* regulation of an action that was considered
> to be sufficient to detatch Rule 18 from that action.  Rule 14 reads "A
> Player may forfeit at any time by declaring publicly eir intention to do
> so."  The key word here is "eir" which implies that a player must make
> their OWN forfeit.  This word also regulates who may declare the player's
> intention to forfeit.  Therefore Rule 18 does not apply to the action
> that Scoff! took in attempting to get players to forfeit, and so it is
> prohibited.  Therefore we're all still in the game.
> 
> Action 3
> --------
> 
> I rule on CFJ 321:
> 
> I judge this statement to be TRUE.
> 
> Analysis: *This* is an instance where Rule 18 applies.  Go for it.  Kill
> all the Gremlins you like...
> 
> ---Actions Complete---
> 
> Now, if someone could chime in to judge the CFJ by declaring their
> conditional joining the game, we can clear up this mess.
> 
> Bean - Your Friendly Neighbourhood Rules Lawyer
>