Re: spoon-discuss: Proposed r0 proposal

["The Voice" <nomicvoice0@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx
> To: spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: spoon-discuss: Proposed r0 proposal
> Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 16:40:55 -0400
>
> On Thursday 30 May 2002 11:40 pm, Glotmorf wrote:
> > On 5/30/02 at 10:46 PM The Voice wrote:
> > >>From: "Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>Reply-To: spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx
> > >>To: spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx
> > >>Subject: Re: spoon-discuss: Proposed r0 proposal
> > >>Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 22:43:21 -0400
> > >>
> > >>On 5/31/02 at 1:31 AM Jonathan David Amery wrote:
> > >> > b) The clock doesn't work.
> > >>
> > >>The clock doesn't work?
> > >>
> > >>						Glotmorf
> > >
> > >I believe that this is the logic train:
> > >1) It is impossible to know the score of anyone who owns a dimship.
> > >2) It is, therefore, impossible to know if anyone has won or not.
> > >3) The clock turns off as soon as someone wins.
> > >4) Therefore, we do not know whether the clock is on or off.
> > >
> > >-0- Thus Spake The Voice -0-
> >
> > Well, you can know *my* score, since I'm not displaced in score, but I 
> see
> > what you're concerned about.
> >
> > But I still maintain the same argument.  Either the game is completely
> > broken and what anyone's score is doesn't matter, or precedent dictates 
> the
> > game isn't broken and the runaway acceleration stuff didn't happen.  I
> > favor the latter, because to allow the runaway acceleration is to allow 
> the
> > game to be broken.
>
> All right, is r0 invoked or not? And how difficult would it be to fix 
> things
> if it is?

No, because a majority of players need to recognize an emergency before r0 
kicks in.  Eight is a majority, and I think we only have six.


-0- Thus Spake The Voice -0-


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