Re: [s-d] [s-b] (no subject)

[Geoffrey Spear <wooble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:36 PM, M P Darke <darkemalcolm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I submit a consultation:
> Does the sentence "QUoted actions happen as the quoter" mean anything or have any relevance to the gamestate?



On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 12:14 AM, Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is completely ridiculous. If everyone insists on being so
> childish, the game will never proceed.
>
> A few claims, which I thought were obvious to anyone reading the
> rules, but perhaps not.
>
> 1) Rule 10 allows players to Invalidate Game Actions. It also
> Validates game actions that aren't Invalidated. This is redundant
> because Game Actions are, by definition, actions permitted by the
> rules. Illegally attempted actions AREN'T GAME ACTIONS! You can't make
> something happen just by saying it, and everyone needs to STOP TRYING.
>
> 2) All this business about the uncertain state of the game IS NOT
> currently an issue. 99% of all possible actions are clearly specified
> as legal or not, and so far every contested action I've seen has come
> about because somebody didn't read the rules carefully and didn't
> think through what they were asserting.
>
> 3) THE WIKI SHOULD NOT BE MODIFIED UNLESS YOU'RE SURE YOUR ACTIONS ARE
> LEGAL! To do otherwise is arrogant, disruptive, and usually wrong, and
> serves only to worsen the confusion and make it harder to recover.
>
> 4) This is very important: Just because you *can* do something doesn't
> mean you *should* do it. Some players seem not to understand this. I
> don't know why you find it amusing to submit Consultations on, Object
> to, and Invalidate every action on the fora, but it isn't funny, it
> isn't clever, and it isn't "in the spirit of the game". It is petty,
> childish, disruptive, and detrimental to all of us. I was out for four
> hours and got almost seventy new messages, which is completely
> ridiculous. Message death is, and has always been, the leading cause
> of player dropout, and it's really stupid that we're doing it again
> over a few ridiculous typos in the rules.
>
>
> Now can we PLEASE agree to stop this petty bickering and actually play
> the damn game again?
>
> --
> Wonko


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Wooble
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