Re: [s-d] Is it just a game?

[Jonathan David Amery <jdamery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I've been googling, and found this interesting:
> http://www.nomic.net/~nomicwiki/index.php/MousetrapThesis
> 
> Especially:
> >>>>
> While there is a feeling on Steve's part [...] that Agora is at root
> only a game, like chess or Monopoly, wherein every move within the
> structure of the Rules is acceptable [...] The opposite view, away
> from the "game," sees Agora more like a "society." [...] Agora could,
> quite easily, turn itself into a nomic fan club with effects outside
> the "game--" [...] The mere fact that it doesn't actually perform
> these, or any, extra-game functions does not diminish the reactions
> the Players to certain game actions.
> <<<<
> 
> So is B-Nomic just a game?  I don't ask for idle information; if
> b-nomic is like Agora is/was, and I play it as a game, lots of people
> are going to be pissed off with me...
> 
 Speaking as on old-Ackanomican I'd say that it is just a game, but
there are metarules which should be followed that are created out of the
society of the game.

 As an example I present a list of things which are OK from the point of
view of the game, but which aren't allowed by my understanding of the
metarules.

 Things which aren't Harfy
 -------------------------

. It's not harfy to take advantage of the same loophole twice.
 Malenkai's loophole was cool the first time it was exploited -- it got
 boring quickly.
. It's not harfy to lie about the external universe to gain advantage in
 game -- it's not, for instance, harfy to create a sock-puppet player to
 give you advantages in game.
. It's not harfy to do illegal or immoral things to gain a game
 advantage -- for instance it's not harfy to DDOS Joel's server in order
 that mailing-list mail gets delayed.

 There are probably other metarules that I haven't thought of off the
top of my head too...

 WC.
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