On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 02:40, Taral<tar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Geoffrey Spear<geoffsp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I transfer a prop from BobTHJ, for re-platonicizing something that was >>> pragmatic for a reason, to Rodlen, for being someone I chose >>> completely at random. >> >> Hear, hear. Either deal them, or don't. >> > I set it up this way as a pre-cursor to G.'s plan to allow players to > deal to themselves (which by nature needs to be platonic). However, I > will adjust this so that deals made by the Dealor are pragmatic and > only those deals made by plaers themselves will be platonic. Note that > the current success status of all draws can be viewed at the > web-interface: http://nomic.bob-space.com/agoralog.aspx
The fact is, if the dealing is done by deputization, the platonism has to show up because the deputy CAN only if the officer SHALL. Further, if this were turned into a contract, it would be dangerous (to say the least) for an officer to risk being punished by every single player who deals a card on behalf of the officer; so I think any contract (for safety of the officer) would read "If the rules state the Officer SHALL deal a card, then the player CAN act on behalf of the Officer to deal the card." I was planning to mitigate the platonism by requiring the Officer emself to confirm whether or not a deal worked ASAP, and even pragmatically merging the gamestate if unsure. -G.
