Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] [auto] PlayerPersonman submits p1941

[Jake Eakle <jseakle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/4/04 5:26 PM, "Jeremy Cook" <athena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 05:07:21PM -0800, Jake Eakle wrote:
>> First off, ViewProps is down, in that that it shows a lot of python errors
>> rather than the current proposals. Thought someone might wanna know.
> 
> Are you logged in?

yes.
> 
>> 
>> Secondly, Regarding this void:
>> I am aware that there might be some trouble with the phrase 'do away with'
>> in the second move. This may seem frighteningly similar to the whole 'lay
>> down' thing. However, i think it is distinctly different, in that 'lay down'
>> had a real-life meaning easily interpretable to be something other than
>> 'play'. However, 'do away with' really can't mean anything other than 'kill'
>> or 'destroy', which is the intent here. Thank you for your cooperation,
> 
>>> Add this to a book containing a compilation of distinct sorts of things
>>> which
>>> individuals who play B Nomic may play on any Board which is part of B Nomic
>>> and not part of Political Go, if such a thing is part of B Nomic:
> 
> I don't understand that sentence at all.

In non-void, this reads (correctly, i believe):

"Add the follwoing to the Book of Piece:"

Step by step, the phrases refer to:

individuals who play B Nomic:
Players

distinct sorts of things which [players] may play on any Board which is part
of B Nomic and not part of Political Go:
Pieces. (unless there is a third board I'm not aware of)

a book containing a compilation of [pieces], if such a thing exists:
The Book of Piece (Unless there is a second such compilation I'm not aware
of)





>>> 
>>> [[
>>> A Transport is a thing which individuals who play B Nomic may play on any
>>> Board which is part of B Nomic and not part of Political Go. A symbol for a
>>> transport is ?T¹.
> 
> It would be nice to know what a Board is. And I can't read that symbol:
> it looks like tilde-L-T-box to me.
>

um... a board is defined as well as it needs to be under r1900. And that
symbol is a T. I think the wiki screwed it up cause of the single quotes or
something. I'll fix it.
 
>>> 
>>> A Transport's actions follow:
>>> 
>>> *Shift it to any orthagonally adjoining location.
>>> *Do away with any thing in a location orthagonally adjoining its own, and
>>> build a copy of this thing in a random location on any Board which is part
>>> of
>>> B Nomic and not part of Political Go. An individual who plays B Nomic who
>>> owns
>>> a copy of a thing which a Transport acts upon in this fashion must pay 20~ (
>>> for Transportation Costs) to any individual who plays B Nomic who owns a
>>> Transport that did an action causing said copy to go into play. If an
>>> individual who plays B Nomic has paid for Transportation Costs for such a
>>> copy, that individual must not do so again.
> 
> I don't understand: so if you steal someone's piece, they have to pay
> you 20 tildex?
> Shouldn't it be that you have to pay them 20 tildex in compensation?
> 
You don't steal their piece, you just make a copy of it (keep in mind 'copy'
includes copying who controlled it) and move that copy somewhere random, and
then they pay you for moving their piece. It's kind of meant to be poking
fun at beaurocracies, who are always performing 'services' you don't want
and then charging you for them, but it's also just a pretty good piece.



> Zarpint
> 

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