[spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Nobody Wins: a play in three CFIs

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

> From: Rob Speer <rspeer@xxxxxxx>
> I make three CFIs:

You might want to name defendants.  Namely, Glotmorf, Wonko, and myself.  
That is, unless you think me ruling on whether or not I win is okay.

> {{
> Statement: Orc in a Spacesuit did not just win the game.

I'm not the defendant, but I'll respond anyway:

> Analysis: Orc attempted to modify his Charter to be a rule. This is a
> change to the gamestate. By the Default Case, "Players may not change the 
> gamestate." The Default Case would defer to another rule if there were a 
> rule to conflict with it, but none does.

"Orc attempted".  No, my society did.  My society did this because it does 
what I say it does.  It is this distinction that makes the difference.

> Also, by Rule 18: "Changing the Rules is permitted only as explicitly or 
> implicitly described by a Rule." Orc claims that the Societies rule
> implicitly lets him change the rules,

No, the societies rule explictly describes societies changing their 
charters, subject to any restriction in the rules.  And by only explicitly 
prohibiting 'whatever's in the rules', everything else is implicitly 
allowed.  Therefore, modifying a charter is explicitly described, and 
changing it to a rule is an implicit part of that.  And because it's an 
implicit description, R18 does not prohibit it.

Orc in a Spacesuit

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