On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Elliott Hird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/5/14 Elliott Hird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I win the game. > > > > ehird > > > > I initiate an inquiry CFJ on the statement: "In the message archived > at the URL > <http://www.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2008-May/010573.html>, > ehird won the game." > > Evidence: > > There are only two rules that could prevent a player from winning the > game merely by announcing it: rule 2186/0 and rule 101/7. In addition, > it must be established that it is possible to win the game merely by > announcing it. > > Rule 101/7(ii) allows players to take actions which are not regulated > (and precedent seems to be that in general regulated actions cannot be > taken except by virtue of rule 101/7). Therefore, if it is shown that > rule 2186/0 is not a problem, and that the action of winning the game > by announcement is not regulated, then an attempt to win the game by > announcement must succeed. > > Rule 2140(c) implies that no entity with a power less than 3 can > modify any substantive aspect of an instrument with power greater than > its own, defining a "substantive" aspect of an instrument as any > aspect that affects the instrument's operation. Therefore, in order to > show that rule 2186/0 does not prevent a player winning the game by > announcement, it needs only be shown that given that winning the game > by announcement is not regulated, that part of rule 2186/0 affects a
It's clear that R2186 regulates winning the game in general if it at all possible for any rule to do so. It plainly satisfies R2151(b)'s criteria "the rules indicate that if certain conditions are satisfied, then some player is permitted to perform the action", the conditions being satisfying a Winning Condition and not satisfying any Losing Condition. Seriously arguing that rules somehow need to regulate every more specific version is ridiculous, I don't think you'd agree that "deregistering ehird by wearing a hat" is unregulated. Also you are mistaken that "winning the game by announcement" is not directly regulated: for example, if I have initiated a tortoise, I can then win the game by announcement per R2110 and R2186. [snip] -woggle
