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

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

> From: "Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > On the grounds that, "It dispenses tea or coffee!" (r1148/0, __IT__), I 
> > > > > get
> > > > > a hundred cups of Tea from It. I drink them all, setting my BAC to -100 
> > > > > and
> > > > > my style to 100d4.
> > > > >
> > > > > I buy the style attribute "Wired".
> > > >
> > > > Well, it dispenses tea or coffee, but I have a plethora of reasons why 
> > > > that didn't work:
> > > > It does dispense, but when?  Who says it dispenses 100 right now?
> > > > Where does the dispensed tea go?  Why should you be able to get some?
> > > > No cups.  You need to drink a Cup of Tea, and I don't see any cups.
> > > >
> > > > Ok, so a plethora appears to be 3.  I had more, but that about covers 
> > > > it.
> > > >
> > > > Orc In A Spacesuit
> > > > sticks his mouth on It's spout, and dispenses away
> > > -Permissability of the unprohibited, my good green sir.-
> > >
> > >                                                   [[BvS]]
> > Rule 393/0, __The All-Important Default Case__, states:
> > "Players may not change the game state. This rule defers to all other 
> > rules."
> > I don't see the It rule allowing anybody to get a cup of coffee.  It just 
> > dispenses them.  Transfering them to your possession would be a change of 
> > game state.  And still, no cups.  Just rivers of tea.
> >
> > I know why you were Knight of the Gnome Scam.
> >
> > Orc in a Spacesuit
> > mixes tea and coffee, and drinks it.
> -Because I wrote the pricing rules that let Wonko buy Gnomes for less than 
> he was ditching them for? What does THAT have to do with this?
> By the way:
>
> Rule 18/2
> Permissibility of the Unprohibited
>
> With the exception of Rule Changes whatever is not prohibited or regulated 
> by the Ruleset is permitted and unregulated.-

I would say that changes to the game state are regulated by the ruleset.  
And adding a cup of coffee or tea to your inventory is a change to the game 
state.  Especially if there is no 'cup' anywhere.

Orc In A Spacesuit
gargles some tea

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