Re: [spoon-discuss] A question

[SkArcher <SkArcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

31/07/2003 03:57:46, Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 10:52  PM, SkArcher wrote:
>
>> 31/07/2003 03:42:51, Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> A philosophical question... if an object somehow (proposal, overlord
>>> scam, whatever) gets an attribute that isn't defined in the rules, 
>>> does
>>> it keep it? For example, if I proposed to give myself the attribute
>>> "Blue", would I continue to be blue nweeks later?
>>>
>>> And then, since colors aren't regulated by the rules, could I
>>> arbitrarily declare myself to be "Blue"? And if I could, and did, and
>>> then nweeks later a rule came around that made Blue players something
>>> special, would I count?
>>>
>>
>> I belive that Rob is not only Purple, but also a Concertmaster, two 
>> entries in the Roster which predate most of the players (i think it 
>> was nweek 1 when Rob
>> arbitrarily assigned those to emself before the rules said e couldn't)
>>
>> So you have been beaten to the idea
>
>I'm perfectly aware of Rob's attributes. And the Baron is still a 
>Penguin, it would seem - we repealed the rule without ever changing em 
>back. The question is, if I define "concertmaster", does that mean Rob 
>is it?
>

Of course, after all, e is a concertmaster, the gamestate says so

Now, how do we define concertmaster to force rob into doing something funny, thats the real question.

And its worth noting that rob cannot choose to become not a concertmaster


SkArcher 


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