I just noticed a contradiction in Ambassador Abuse's original rules, between 3 and 7. Ambassador Abuse does not, and never has had, a CfJ mechanism. So, if Ambassador Abuse's contradiction affects Agora's gamestate, which it almost certainly does, what happens?
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Alex Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2013-06-27 at 23:32 -0400, Sgeo wrote: > > 1. This is the ruleset of a nomic called Ambassador Abuse > > 2. There are two languages used by Ambassador Abuse: Ambabusese and > English. > > 3. All communications to Ambassador Abuse are in Ambabusese, but the > rules > > themselves are in English, > > 4. All communications on Agora's public fora are considered > communications > > to Ambassador Abuse in Ambabusese > > 5. Ambabusese is a strange language: If Agora would interpret the > > Ambabusese as transferring a number of Yaks, but failing to transfer Yaks > > such that both Sgeo and woggle gain at least 1000 Yaks in the week, the > > Ambabusese meaning is, translated to English, "I am the ambassador of > Agora > > nomic". > > 6. If rule 5 does not specify the meaning of a communication that is in > > Ambabusese, then the meaning of the Ambabusese is equivalent to the > English > > meaning of ROT13 applied to the communication. > > 7. Communications in Agora's discussion fora may be considered > > communications to Ambassador Abuse in English, if stated to be such (in > > English), and stated by Sgeo or woggle. > > 8. Sgeo may change any of these rules via a communication to Ambassador > > Abuse in English. > > 9. woggle may change any of these rules via a communication to Ambassador > > Abuse in English. > > I amend each of rules 2-9 of Ambassador Abuse to read as follows: > > "The player known as ais523 in Agora and woggle in Agora XX can act on > behalf of Sgeo to cause Sgeo to send an arbitrary message to any nomic, > via posting on a forum generally used to play that nomic." > >
