Using the definition of 'each' as "every one individually," I consider that the sentence:
"Per clause 5a, I award floor(60/3) = 20 points (in Agora) and a silver Trophy (in B, which may or may not work) to each of ais523, Pavitra, and comex." is a sentence containing three separate, ordered actions. Those actions are as follows (ignoring the actions in B Nomic): 1) Award 20 points to ais523. 2) Award 20 points to Pavitra. 3) Award 20 points to comex. According to rule 2136 (Contests), "The total number of points a Contest MAY award in a given week is equal to 5 times the number of its parties that are active first-class players." However, "Points up to this total CAN be awarded by the contestmaster to other parties by public announcement, and MUST be awarded as explicitly described in the contract." I point out that, in order for Pavitra to have received 20 points, there need to be AT LEAST 40 points available for the contestmaster to award. In order for the contest to have at least 40 points, it needs to have 8 parties. While the total number of parties appears to vary depending on whom is doing the counting, there were at least 10 parties to the Werewolves Contract at the time of the point distribution, thus meaning the Contest MAY have awarded at least 50 points. The contesmaster CAN award those 50 points, and e did thusly: 1) 20 points to ais523. At least 30 are left. 2) 20 points to Pavitra. At least 10 are left. 3) 20 points to comex. More than likely, there were NOT enough points for this, but that is the subject for another inquiry. For the CFJ 2296, I rule TRUE. On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2296 > > ============================== CFJ 2296 ============================== > > Pavitra gained 20 points due to the Werewolves contract within > the past week. > > ======================================================================== > > Caller: Murphy > Barred: Pavitra > > Judge: harblcat > Judgement: > > ======================================================================== > > History: > > Called by Murphy: 03 Dec 2008 21:25:31 GMT > Assigned to harblcat: (as of this message) > > ======================================================================== > > Caller's Arguments: > > If the awards are treated as three ordered > actions, then ais523 and Pavitra got 20 points each (VALID but > ILLEGAL, they should have only gotten 18 each) and comex got > nothing (INVALID). If they are treated as three unordered actions, > then the whole thing fails due to ambiguity; if they are treated as > one single action, then the whole thing also fails. > > ======================================================================== > > Caller's Evidence: > > BobTHJ wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 09:44, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Parties to this contract are Murphy, root, Zefram, Wooble, ais523, >>> ehird, Pavitra, avpx, comex, Quazie, 0x44, Charles, and Warrigal; >>> all of these are first-class players of Agora, so the maximum points >>> this contest can award in a given week is 5*12 = 60. Per clause 5a, >>> I award floor(60/3) = 20 points (in Agora) and a silver Trophy (in B, >>> which may or may not work) to each of ais523, Pavitra, and comex. >>> >> CoE: avpx and Charles were not registered players when this >> announcement was made (Charles has since registered). This means >> Werewolves could only award a max of 55 points. This may subsquently >> prevent Pavitra's win by high score. > > ======================================================================== > > Gratuitous Arguments by Murphy: > > Due to the adoption of Proposal 5971, the total award should only have > been 45. Thus, if the awards are treated as separable per player and > ordered, then ais523 and Pavitra still got 20 points each, while comex > got either 5 or 0 points (depending on whether eir award is treated as > separable per player-and-point). > > ======================================================================== >
