Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Speaking of mayhem...

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday, August 1, 2003, at 12:47  AM, Baron von Skippy wrote:

> > > -Yes, but if we used a plural pronoun, or if the Baron used the third
> > > person, then people would think we were slightly cracked, and BvS
> > > doesn't think that's a good idea. So I'll just keep sticking to
> > > standard English.
> > >
> > > Besides, I only performed an action 49 times. Are you going to say
> > > that it was illegal, for example, to buy two Gnomes in a row because
> > > you were using the same "I" every time? I was adding the attribute 
> > > "is
> > > a player" each time, just as that would add the attribute "has a
> > > Gnome." We don't see the problem. (Maybe we should speak in the royal
> > > "we." There are 50 of us, after all.)-
> >
> > No no, the 'I' is not the important part, I'm just using it to prove 
> > my
> > point. The point is that you're still you, regardless of how many 
> > times
> > you've tried to become a player; you're already a player, so turning
> > into one doesn't change anything about you. It's just like how if a
> > Toad becomes a Toad, it's still a Toad, not two Toads.
>
> -We don't see the problem. The Rules say that players can (indeed, are 
> the only people eligible to) join this game as players. They never say 
> what happens after that. So, by our interpretation, we are now many. E 
> unum pluribus, or something like that. We never took Latin.-

The rules say that "Any entity otherwise qualified as a player may 
become one by..." There are two important parts in just that opening 
bit of the sentence:

First, it says an entity *otherwise qualified* as a player may become a 
player in the specified manner. 'Otherwise qualified' in this case 
means, "fits all the qualifications for being a player, except that it 
has never become a player in a manner prescribed by the rules." This 
means that A) nonplayers may join, and B) players can't.

Secondly, it says an *entity* may join. If you intend to join, you must 
do it as a given entity; that entity becomes a player. You are a single 
entity, which is already a player; you are not two entities, so you 
must join as your single entity; but it is already a player, so 
becoming a player doesn't change anything.

This does, however, give me an idea...

--
Wonko

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