Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] Votes

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 8, 2004, at 2.59 PM, Jeremy Cook wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 11:28:16AM -0700, Jake Eakle wrote:
> > > Proposal 1915/0: Tomatoes
> > > Shelve [what does it mean for a vine to be planted "in the Town
> > > Square"?]
> > The attribute "in the Town Square" does not actually define a location
> > within the game. It is merely a marker to denote that tomatoes from 
> > that
> > Vine can be picked by any player without penalty.
>
> That makes sense, but in the Prop:
> There exists a Communal Vine, which has the attribute "In the Town
> Square". This Vine is considered to have been planted at the beginning
> of nweek 71. No player owns this Vine, nor may any player claim a Free
> Throw against any other player picking a Tomato from it. If a Tomato
> falls off a Communal Vine, it plants itself in the Town Square. Any and
> all Vines in the Town Square are Communal Vines.
>
> you say that a vine 'plants itself in the Town Square'.

The context is sufficient to indicate the intended meaning; That's all 
that really matters.

> > > Proposal 1916/0: There is a rainbow
> > > Shelve [If a card is stained with Tomato Juice, what color is it
> > > stained?]
> > It is stained 'unreadable'. If a color card were stained, it would do
> > nothing when played. Yes, the flavor is lost a little here, because 
> > the
> > rainbow cards have no text to be stained, but the tomato rule states 
> > that
> > any stained card will have no effect when played.
>
> Araltaln's prop says:
>   The "Apple White" card may be used as a "wild card" to make any
> sequence, but using it means the sequence is worth ~30 less (Thus a
> sequence of Orange, Yellow, Apple White, Blue would only score ~50). If
> the Apple White card has been stained in any way, it is can only
> acceptably be substituted for the colour it has been stained.
>
> which seems to conflict with this unless we add a color 'Tomato'.

It's not a conflict, just an ambiguity in Araltaln's rule - it's 
phrased with the assumption that a card cannot be stained without 
having a color, and so doesn't say what happens if the stain doesn't 
have a color.

I would say if the issue ever comes up somebody should CFI it and we'll 
go by whatever the Judge calls, since it really could be interpreted in 
a couple different ways.

--
Wonko

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
                -- Buckminster Fuller

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