On 7/4/2020 2:09 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: > On 7/4/20 3:52 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: >> >> On 7/4/2020 12:40 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus: >>> Unless >>> explicitly permitted by the Diplonomic 2020 rules, all Contestants >>> SHALL NOT make use of loopholes in the underlying game of >>> Diplomacy in order to gain a competitive advantage. >> >> I'm a little puzzled/concerned about this bit. We're introducing >> proposals to modify these rules and therefore reading these rules closely, >> and it doesn't seem right to forbid that? Are there specific types of >> loopholes in Diplomacy (a game with very very stable rules for a long >> time) that you're trying to prevent us from using? > > My thinking was not to prevent paradoxes or that sort of thing, but more > an instance where an unexpected interaction between two rules is > intentionally used to get an advantage. I also don't intend for this to > apply to any modified rules but only the initial text I draft and the > original rules of Diplomacy because those aren't really written as part > of the game. If there's strong opposition, I'll drop it.
I'm not super-bothered - was thinking that, with Diplomacy being around a long time and having a lot of advice out on the internet, I could imagine someone finding an article that said "I bet you didn't know you could do this counterintuitive move in Diplomacy, which might not have been intended by the original authors, but try surprising your enemies with it!" or something, and wouldn't want anyone to find themselves Blotted for trying that kind of thing. -G.
