Re: spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Proposal: Insta-Rules

["Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/11/02 at 10:36 PM Wonko wrote:

>Quoth Glotmorf,
>
>> { It is { legal | illegal } to { { { throw at | give to | take from } {
>> players | grid locations | <specific player> | <specific grid location>
>} {
>> gremlins | beer cans | <specific MO> } } | { { enter | remain in | enter
>or
>> remain in } <specific grid location> [ without bouncing Elbonia-style ]
>} } }.
>
>So, what happens if I make an Insta-Rule saying "It is illegal to remain in
>(12,12)? What happens to an occupant of (12,12)? Nowhere do the rules
>provide for what happens if something that is happening becomes illegal...
>
>I don't ask merely out of curiosity; It's come to my attention that despite
>the Grid rule saying that no two players may occupy the same square, Rob
>and
>Bean both seem to be sitting on (12,12)... So what happens now?
>
>For that matter, what happens if an Insta-Rule contradicts another rule?
>For
>example, if I declare "It is illegal to throw at Wonko gremlins", wouldn't
>that have no effect, as another, lower-numbered rule states that players
>may
>throw Gremlins at other players?
>
>Also, what stops me from saying "It is legal to take from grid locations
>Gremlins" and then taking all Gremlins from all grid locations? That is
>what
>the rule would say...
>
>--Wonko

The bulk of these issues can be solved by the apporporiate chutzpah ratings.  I suspect chutzpah ratings will be regularly adjusted in the future, especially since "chutz." is a comprehensible abbreviation. (Another candidate for the Straw Poll?)

The purpose of the "it is legal" form is to be paired with the "it is illegal" form to make such things as, "It is illegal to throw at players gremlins", followed by "It is legal to throw at Bean gremlins".  That sorta thang. :)

						Glotmorf