Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Proposal

[Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth Jonathan David Amery,

>> Quoth Jonathan David Amery,
>> 
>>> {{
>>> Create a rule:
>>> {{
>>> __What makes the world go around?__
>>> 
>>> There exist 5,000,000 indistinguishable B Nomic Shilling notes.  A
>>> number of B Nomic Shilling notes may be referred to as <number>s or
>>> BNS<number>.  [[ For example, 123 B Nomic Shilling notes may be
>>> referred to as 123s or BNS123. ]]
>>> 
>>> B Nomic Shillings may only be manipulated as specified in the rules.
>>> 
>>> There exists an entity known as The Bank.  Where the rules dictate
>>> that an entity gains or is given some shillings without specifying
>>> where from then these shillings come from The Bank.  If The Bank has
>>> less shillings than the transaction requires then The Bank gives all
>>> of its remaining shillings to that entity instead.  Where the rules
>>> dictate that an entity loses or has shillings taken from them without
>>> specifying where they go to then these shillings go to The Bank.
>>> 
>>> An entity may turn 1 point into 9 shillings, or 11 shillings into 1
>>> point by announcing that they are doing so in a public forum, provided
>>> that if there is a positive integer number of points that is part of a
>>> victory condition then no more than 1/10th of that number of points
>>> may be gained by this method each nweek, and if there is a positive
>>> integer number of shillings that is part of a victory condition then
>>> no more than 1/10th of that number of shillings may be gained by this
>>> method each nweek.
>>> }}
>>> 
>>> }}
>> 
>> When you say, 'turn 1 point into 9 shillings', do you mean, 'pay one point
>> to recieve 9 shillings from the Bank', or are you actually molding a point
>> into 9 new shillings that are unaffiliated with the Bank?
>> 
> The former, as specified in the third paragraph.
> 
But it does specify where the shillings come from - they come from the
transmutation of a point...
-- 
Wonko

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