Re: [s-d] [s-b] Cracking the Safe of J's Holding Company

[Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We need a couple more Paranoids -- I don't see in the current rules how 
Contracts can be amended.

Also of interest, "A contract must specify means by which a party may 
cease to be bound that contract." ehird's contract was never valid.

My contract at least specified that an officer could take any action, 
not excluding causing parties to cease to be bound by that contract.


Jamie Dallaire wrote:
> Bah... Could someone summarize what just happened for me, with particular
> emphasis on any elements that are relevant to the MoS???
>
> Here's my reading of it: ehird creates a Contract to which only he is a
> party, and the Contract bestows an unrealistic obligation upon him. He must
> post passphrases which he does not know.
>
> This doesn't automatically cause him to post these passphrases, because 4E70
> says "When a Player becomes obligated to perform an unambiguous Game Action
> by a Contract [...]". Posting a passphrase to the Public Forum does not, to
> my knowledge, constitute a Game Action anymore than does yelling CREAMPUFF.
>
> In addition, the Contract's obligation only applies to Lame parties, and
> there is no indication whether ehird started out as Lame or Cool. For all we
> know, ehird was Cool when he created the Contract, and it promptly ceased to
> exist (and ehird also left J's Holding Company).
>
> j then modified his Holding Company to obligate himself and the two
> Corporations who parties to the Holding Company to transfer all eir macks to
> j.
>
> J automatically did so, effectively reversing his earlier move and opening
> the door for his transaction (awarding m50 to whoever pulled that Vote for
> Wooble then vote for someone else trick in Werewolves in one hour) to
> succeed unless j gets rid of his mack again. Any socks transferred too? I
> don't know.
>
> As per the Holding Company's obligation, j left that Contract. The
> Corporations are still there. j's Holding company is alive and well.
>
> Then ais523 uttered some mumbo jumbo that flew way over my head.
>
> Then ehird had a fit.
>
> Then j rebuffed him.
>
> Then ehird said he was sorry.
>
> Then everyone danced.
>
> Did I miss anything?
>
> BP
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Elliott Hird <
> penguinofthegods@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
>> On 20 Nov 2008, at 20:56, Jay Campbell wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Don't cuss me, boy. I didn't expect you to be a member of the
>>> contract.
>>> This was a straightforward dismantlement.
>>>       
>> oh. Sorry.
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