On 04/07/2010 04:20 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote:
I have worked out a temporal model of Agora based on infinitely divisible but
discrete units of time (think rational numbers). While it has never seen
official use (the issue it was contrived for had a resolution that didn't
require it), based on it and implication in the rules that actions can be
simultaneous, I would say that the actions occur simultaneously and it's up to
the game to sort things out.
I agree when a single action might have multiple platonic carry-on effects.
But when it's several distinct actions which technically require individual
actual messages or message-parts for a person to perform (like awarding
individual patent titles), any claim to send those multiple messages
simultaneously by use of a collective noun is A Typical Example Of [etc].
-G.
Where the rules define an action that CAN be performed "by
announcement", a person performs that action by unambiguously
and clearly specifying the action and announcing that e performs
it.
There's no reason e cannot perform more than one simultaneously.
-coppro
