Re: [s-d] [s-b] Consultation 52

["Geoffrey Spear" <geoffspear@xxxxxxxxx>]

I believe this is all irrelevant; as far as I can tell the AFO
agreement is not a B-recognized Agreement as it doesn't contain an
explicit description of the parties to the agreement.  If it does, I'm
not aware of it so I'd argue that it probably doesn't qualify as
"easily accessible to all Players".

On Nov 26, 2007 8:13 AM, 0x4461736864617368 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I answer Consultation 52
>
> False, AFO cannot be both a player and a faction.
>
> Reasoning:
>
> Rule 1-3 defines an External Force as "anything which exists independently of the game. That is, it would still exist if the game stopped existing, and would still exist if the game had never started existing.". Although the Agreement defining a Faction could exist outside of the game, A Faction needs to be an Agreement recognized by the game to be a Faction, and the very concept of Faction is something that is recognized, or not, in the game. A Faction needs to be an Agreement recognized by
> the game to be a Faction, and the very concept of Faction is something
> that is recognized, or not, in the game. As such, were, the game cease
> to exist, any Faction would cease to exist, as they are defined within
> the game. Here again, this disqualifies Factions for the status of
> External Force, and, as such, Factions can not be players.
>
> Since Factions cannot be players, and AFO is recognized as a player, AFO
> cannot be a faction.
>
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