On Thursday 15 November 2007 18:19:05 comex wrote:
> On Thursday 15 November 2007, Josiah Worcester wrote:
> > On Wednesday 14 November 2007 18:04:53 Benjamin Schultz wrote:
> > > Given that B and Agora are rattling their rulesets, what do we
want
> > > to do should the situation devolve into open warfare?
> >
> > One thing we could do is attempt to become protector of B.
> Again?
> > Upon a
> > cursory view of the B rules, any Agora association would be a B
> > Outsider. Outsiders may become players in B. . . ;)
> The question is whether such an association could pass a Membership
Test.
>
> == [[Rule 1-17]]: Membership Test ==
>
> A Membership Test shall consist of any or all of the following:
> * Proof of uniqueness from all other known sentient beings [[Whether
this
> is a physical difference, such as fingerprints on a human, or a
different
> set of experiences, such as an Artificially Intelligent computer
might
> possess, is up to the being wishing to become a member. However, a
name
> alone is not enough to prove uniqueness.]]
>
> * Refer to one's self in the first person singular without being
awkward
> [[I.E., "I think, therefore I am" rather than "We think, therefore
we am"
> or "I am The World, I am The Children"]]
>
> * Send, and receive a reply to, an email to another entity
>
> * Be capable of thought as an individual. [[I.E. No Borg or Group
> consciousnesses.]]
>
>
Upon a more in-depth view of it, we could make Agoran associations be
B factions. These are similar to Agoran associations, except:
* There exists at least one Player of B Nomic who is a party to the
Agreement.
For others to easily see how to pull this off:
http://b.nomic.net/index.php/Rule_5-1
http://b.nomic.net/index.php/Rule_5-2
http://b.nomic.net/index.php/Rule_5-3
In theory, we could have a *lot* of factions created. . . Actually, we
wouldn't even need them to be Agoran associations (although the idea
amuses me greatly). ;)
