[spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Speed Limit, Backwards

[Bill Adlam <sagitta_elegans@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wonko submitted a CFI almost exactly in line with my thoughts : 

> I CFI:
> {{
> __Uh Oh__
> 
> Statement: At the time of this CFI's submission, the score of the 
> player named Wonko was not zero.
> 
[post-win reset bit *crackle* snipped]
>
> Thus, as of the win awarded to either Rob or Iain, all players'
> scores 
> became zero under r22/7, including the score of Wonko.
> 
> However, at the time this happened, Wonko possessed 292 points.
> 
> Under r1248/1, Speed Limit, "If at any time the difference between a 
> player's Score and what it was at the beginning of the nweek is
> greater 
> than 250, eir score is immediately set to the value that would make
> the 
> difference equal to 250."
> 
> At the beginning of the nweek, then, Wonko had 292 points. As soon as
> 
> the win was awarded, e had 0. The difference between 292 and 0 is 
> greater than 250, therefore Wonko's score, under r1248, is set to
> "the 
> value that would make the difference equal to 250".
> 
> This then leads to the question of what value it is set to - 42 and
> 542 
> both fulfill the requirement that the difference between them and 292
> 
> is 250. The judge of this CFI is encouraged to explain exactly what
> the 
> current value is, as r1248 refers to "the value", when in fact there 
> are two such values.
> 
> However, in any case, Wonko's score is either 42, 542, or undefined;
> it 
> cannot be zero.
> }}

Another *buzz* question, which Wonko was too modest to raise, is
whether awarding some points counts as 'taking away' no points, or a
negative number of points.  And thus whether e lost 5 (or 55) style.

Sagitta

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