Using the guise of "breaking fun" to test something? Well, alright.
I appreciate the lack of book-throwing. On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 12:42 AM, Kerim Aydin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You were testing, I was testing... Citing the rule specifically such that > a ruling on whether it was appropriate would be specific to cause, and > choosing a card to make it worth contesting. > > The Zombie Auction version doesn't make it possible to withdraw bids, > so I don't know if that would work.... No clue. > > On Fri, 9 Feb 2018, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > I find that I broke R2550 a bit weird, because I was relying on your very > > on argument of " You could bid anything and say "hey, a rule change might > > make it possible, you never know." > > > > If you want to Card me for "breaking fun", sure, but then state it as > such > > and not R2550. > > > > Because hey, a rule change might make it possible, you never know. > > > > (Also, I was planning on retracting that and bidding for real to win the > > auction but oh well.) > > > > On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:06 PM, Kerim Aydin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I point the finger at cuddlebeam for breaking Rule 2550 in the first > > > auction. > > > I point the finger at cuddlebeam for breaking Rule 2550 in the second > > > auction. > > > I point the finger at cuddlebeam for breaking Rule 2550 in the third > > > auction. > > > > > > I deputize for the Referee to impose judgement on cuddlebeam for the > first > > > finger-pointing: > > > > > > Trivial auction breaking spoils everyone's fun. Really. And "I > might > > > as well" directly break a rule is a terrible attitude to bring to > the > > > game, and doesn't Treat Agora Right. This deserves a strong > penalty. > > > > > > Red Card. > > > > > > On Thu, 8 Feb 2018, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > > > Might as well: > > > > > > > > I bid an amount equal to the cardinality of the set of all Natural > > > numbers > > > > (aleph-zero), on each auction > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 10:07 PM, Gaelan Steele <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > What does “winning” mean, anyway? > > > > > > > > > > I bid i shinies (i.e. sqrt(-1)) on each auction. > > > > > > > > > > Gaelan > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 8, 2018, at 12:14 PM, Kerim Aydin <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Thu, 8 Feb 2018, Gaelan Steele wrote: > > > > > >> I bid π shinies on each auction. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Gaelan > > > > > > > > > > > > If this is auction is governed by R2550, then this likely break a > > > SHALL > > > > > NOT: > > > > > > A person SHALL NOT bid on an Auction if it would be > impossible > > > for > > > > > > em to pay that amount at the conclusion of the Auction. > > > > > > > > > > > > If this auction is governed by R1885, then this might be a > failed bid > > > > > > attempt, depending on whether "CAN bid a number of Shinies" > > > implicitly > > > > > > requires the number to be shiny-quantized to be successful. > > > > > > > > > > > > Higher bids have been received so I'm ignoring the whole thing, > this > > > is > > > > > > more pointing out the difficulties if there's a "winning" > > > non-positive > > > > > > integer bid. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
