Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Orc joins the game

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On 8/11/02 at 9:55 PM Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
> > From: "Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>On 8/11/02 at 2:04 PM Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
> >>
> >> >-I eat one sheep gnome
> >>
> >>We can eat sheep gnomes??? :)
> >>
> >>				Glotmorf
> >
> >Why not?
> >"__Permissibility of the Unprohibited__
> >With the exception of Rule Changes whatever is not prohibited or 
> regulated
> >by the Ruleset is permitted and unregulated."
> >
> >Yum Yum
>
> I meant, all that wool should give us massive hairballs.  But if yer gonna 
> go technical on me...
>
> Rule 393, The All-Important Default Case
>
> "Players may not change the game state.
>
> This rule defers to all other rules."
>
> The effect this has on Permissibility of the Unprohibited is that it 
> effectively makes every game-state-altering action prohibited, except for 
> those actions that are expressly permitted.  This means going to the 
> bathroom isn't regulated since it doesn't change the game state...unless it 
> causes a state of emergency because one urinated on the host system.  
> Please note: urinating on Joel's machine is illegal for B Nomic players.
>
> So.  Eating a sheep gnome is only permitted as long as it doesn't alter the 
> game state.  So the sheep gnome must remain in existence...it just means 
> you're carrying it in your stomach rather than your hands, and aren't 
> allowed to digest it.  Similarly, if someone insta-rules that players can 
> take gnomes from you, that'll entitle a player to reach down your throat 
> and yank the sheep gnome out.  And I don't even want to think of what 
> you'll have to do to throw it at someone...
>
> 					Glotmorf

Yeah, I already thought about all that.  Oh, and all that and more is 
covered in 2 sentences in my prop.  And the last sentence:  Bend over, pull 
my spacesuit down, aim my rear in their general direction, and...

Orc In A Spacesuit
Current Status: Bending over.


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