Re: [s-d] Game over?

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Emergencies include, but are not limited to, the following:..."

I'd say a deadlock preventing further play is still an emergency.

I've also always believed that all games, Nomic included, are instances of
Pure Nomic, and as such carry the unwritten rule that all players may, by
unanimous agreement, make any change to the rules or gamestate at any time.

--
Wonko

Whose phone keeps trying to correct "Wonko" to "Wino".
On Jan 17, 2012 8:30 AM, "Elliott Hird" <penguinofthegods@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On 17 January 2012 13:27, Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > But Wooble forfeited, and so is no longer Emergency Co-Ordinator. It
> > follows that the Emergency Coordinator can't (or at the very least won't)
> > implement a refresh proposal. R0 doesn't consider this possibility,
> leaving
> > "The existence of a paradoxical condition that cannot be resolved under
> the
> > current set of rules" and hence triggering a new emergency.
>
> I don't think it's a paradox; it's just a deadlock. Nothing can happen.
>
> (I'm up for reviving B, but it would definitely be that -- a revival
> -- rather than a rescue.)
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