I agree with this intepretation, but I believe it is problematic and should be fixed.
On 11/21/2017 01:32 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > I shiny-CFJ on the following statement: > > G. CAN assign this CFJ to emself by announcement. > > > ARGUMENTS > > Rule 991 last paragraph paraphrases as following (full text in evidence). > > - Sentence 1 unequivocally states that the Arbitor CAN assign any > player to be its judge by announcement. > > - Sentence 2 states that the Caller is not "eligible to be assigned". > > - Sentence 3 is about "interested players having equal opportunity". > > - Sentence 4 states that only eligible players CAN assign cases to > themselves w/o 3 objections. > > The question is whether sentence 2's "eligibility" limitation applies > backwards to the Arbitor's ability to assign judgement, or if it only > applies forward (and limits self-assignment, but still allows the > Arbitor to assign anyone). > > My personal feeling is that sentence 2 applies forward, but does not > limit the Arbitor's ability to assign, literally, any player. This > case occurred to me when I noticed that at least one player was not > getting "equal opportunity to judge" (sentence 3) because e also called > a lot of CFJs. So in the case where I (as Arbitor) can't occasionally > (in rare circumstances) self-assign, I am at risk of breaking that SHALL. > > > EVIDENCE > > Rule 991/23 (Power=2.0) > Calls for Judgement > > Any person (the initiator) can initiate a Call for Judgement (CFJ, > syn. Judicial Case), specifying a statement to be inquired into: > > a) by announcement, and spending 1 Action Point, OR > > b) by announcement, and spending the current CFJ cost in shinies, > OR > > c) by announcement if e is not a player. > > When a person initiates a Call for Judgment, e CAN optionally bar > one person from the case by announcement. > > At any time, each CFJ is either open (default), suspended, or > assigned exactly one judgement. > > The Arbitor is an office, responsible for the administration of > justice in a manner that is fair for emself, if not for the rest > of Agora. > > When a CFJ has no judge assigned, the Arbitor CAN assign any > player to be its judge by announcement, and SHALL do so within a > week. The players eligible to be assigned as judge are all players > except the initiator and the person barred (if any). The Arbitor > SHALL assign judges over time such that all interested players > have reasonably equal opportunities to judge. If a CFJ has no > judge assigned, then any player eligible to judge that CFJ CAN > assign it to emself Without 3 Objections. > > The Arbitor's weekly report includes a summary of recent judicial > case activity, including open and recently-judged cases, recent > judicial assignments, and a list of players interested in judging. > > > -- ---- Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
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