Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Grid movement

["Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >>>> I leave the Grid.
> >>>>
> >>>> For the legality of my action, I cite the following sentence from 
> Rule
> >>> 301:
> >>>>
> >>>> "Once a player is on the Grid, e may only leave the Grid [[e.g. 
> change
> >>> his
> >>>> status to "off the Grid"]] or move to other units on the Grid in a
> >manner
> >>>> prescribed by the rules."
> >>>>
> >>>> It is my opinion that this sentence can be interpreted to mean, "Once 
> a
> >>> player
> >>>> is on the Grid, e may only (leave the Grid) or (move to other units 
> on
> >>> the
> >>>> Grid in a manner prescribed by the rules)."  In other words, a given
> >>> player
> >>>> has a choice of either leaving the grid or performing a 
> rule-prescribed
> >>>> on-grid move.
> >>>>
> >>>> Once the new, post-punted location of the football is determined by 
> the
> >>>> Administrator, I enter the grid at that location, join Team 
> Turquoise,
> >>> and
> >>>> catch the ball.
> >>>>
> >>>> Nyah.
> >>>
> >>> I would interpret it the other way - e may only (leave the Grid or 
> move
> >to
> >>> other units on the Grid) in a manner prescribed by the rules.
> >>>
> >>> Otherwise, players on the grid are incapable of taking action 
> entirely,
> >as
> >>> the only actions they are permitted to take are (leave the Grid) and
> >(move
> >>> to other units on the Grid in a manner prescribed by the rules). So if
> >your
> >>> interpretation stands, your actions still cannot happen since you 
> cannot
> >>> join Team Turquoise or catch the ball, as you're restricted to 
> movement
> >or
> >>> leaving.
> >>>
> >>> Well done.
> >>
> >> Well, no, fortunately the football rule has chutzpah 3, whereas the 
> grid
> >rule
> >> has chutzpah 1, therefore taking football-related actions supersedes 
> the
> >> restriction.
> >>
> >> Otherwise, yeah, once one enters the grid, one can't take any game
> >action that
> >> isn't defined in a rule with a smaller number or higher chutzpah than
> >Rule
> >> 301, or defined later on in Rule 301.
> >>
> >> Neat.  So do we have a new SOE now, since a bunch of us have been on 
> the
> >grid
> >> for at least a couple nweeks?  Or shall we interpret that sentence in
> >rule 301
> >> as being confined to grid-related action?  Who wants to throw out the
> >first
> >> CFI of the season?
> >>
> >> On the upside, this means none of the stock market nonsense happened,
> >since it
> >> doesn't have a higher chutzpah than rule 301...
> >>
> >
> >How about we solve the problem by realizing that there is no problem. I 
> can
> >see how the wording could go either way, so why don't we interpret it the
> >way 'game custom' dictates; that is, the way we've been interpreting it 
> for
> >many nweeks? It a) makes more sense, b) follows game custom, and c) 
> doesn't
> >screw the game over.
>
> The same game custom that demonstrated by precedent that dimships couldn't 
> be nested? :)
>
> Okay, I certainly support the idea that game custom and context would 
> suggest the sentence pertains to grid actions rather than everything else 
> (though someone could perhaps go and figure out exactly what has precedence 
> over what in this game), but that doesn't mean my parsing is wrong.  The 
> fact that no one has left the grid in all this time doesn't necessarily 
> mean it's illegal.
>
> 						Glotmorf

-Well, good, we need more CFIs anyway... oh, and welcome back, Wonko. It's 
been quiet without you. Except for yesterday.-

                                                  -BvS-


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