Re: spoon-discuss: Another Crisis?

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 03 June 2002 4:43 pm, Wonko wrote:
> Quoth bd,
>
> > On Monday 03 June 2002 4:40 pm, Wonko wrote:
> >> Quoth Wonko,
> >>
> >>> Quoth bd,
> >>>
> >>>> On Monday 03 June 2002 4:33 pm, Wonko wrote:
> >>>>> Um... Anyone want to take a look at this and tell me what it says to
> >>>>> them?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Quote from r205:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Each player, at any given time, shall be either On Leave or Off
> >>>>> Leave. Any player who is Off Leave may, by posting a message on a
> >>>>> business forum, declare emself to be On Leave. Any player who is On
> >>>>> Leave may, by posting a message on a business forum, declare emself
> >>>>> to be Off Leave. A player who is On Leave cannot be selected by any
> >>>>> process which randomly selects a player, and may not take any game
> >>>>> actions. If more than 2/3 of all players are On Leave, The Clock
> >>>>> shall become Off until such time as at least 1/3 of all players are
> >>>>> Off Leave. Players may place emselves On Leave or Off Leave while The
> >>>>> Clock is Off.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I think I see something disastrous right there, but I want to make
> >>>>> sure I'm not hallucinating...
> >>>>
> >>>> You can go on leave and off, at any time, and if 2/3 are on, the clock
> >>>> stops until only 1/3 are on.
> >>>
> >>> The disastrous part lies in the 'may not take any game actions' bit.
> >>> Coming On Leave is a Game Action.
> >>
> >> Off, I mean. Sorry, slip of the finger.
> >
> > Does it say going Off Leave is a game action? It just says you have to
> > post a message to a public forum...
>
> That's true... perhaps we can slip through this on the grounds of not
> knowing what a Game Action is... I would have thought, though that a Game
> Action was an Action in the Game.

The spoon mailing list isn't technically *part* of the game... Anyway, make a 
CFI before you make a proposal.