Re: [s-d] [s-b] Consultation 203

[0x44 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

By that argument tweaks are not rules and therefore cannot modify them.

On Jan 27, 2009, at 1:32, James Baxter <jebaxter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > From: ais523@xxxxxxxxxx
> > To: spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:36:05 +0000
> > Subject: Re: [s-d] [s-b] Consultation 203
> >
> >
> > Just because a scam's a scam doesn't mean it didn't work. I  
> > followed the
> > general metarules of scamming (close the loophole behind you, don't  
> > give
> > yourself too big a reward), and winning by scam is normally a  
> > legitimate
> > tactic.
> >
> > Besides, judging that something didn't happen doesn't actually mean  
> > it
> > didn't happen. It's better for us to play in the gamestate that  
> > actually
> > exists, then to cause incorrect results due to playing in an  
> > incorrect
> > gamestate. Better still would be a proposal to make it come to the  
> > same
> > thing either way (say, a proposal that recreates 5e57 if it doesn't
> > exist and amends it if it does).
> > --
> > ais523
>
> There is still nothing in the rules that says that requiring  
> something means that it is possible to do it, only that it is  
> required to make something else happen. If what is required is not  
> allowed by other rules then the requirement cannot be met.  
> Exploiting 5E10 doesn't work as 5E10 specifically says that game  
> actions are defined by the rules. Contracts are not rules, therefore  
> they could not authorise changing the rules.
>
> So what has been created is a Thing (as defined in contract law)  
> because it is a state which the rules do not allow and so only  
> exists within the scope of the contract.
>
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