On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Ed Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2456
>
> ============================== CFJ 2456 ==============================
>
> On April 1, 2009, Goethe legally flipped j to Beta.
>
> ========================================================================
First, to dispense with comex's gratuitous arguments: the action in
question was attempted by deputisation, prior to Goethe's attempt to
become Grand Poobah. That the latter attempt failed is not relevant
here.
Goethe's arguments here seem reasonable to me. In opposition, it has
been suggested that R2211 requires the sequence of actions it defines
to be performed all at once, not split into separate messages or
interleaved with other actions, successful or not. However, R2211
does not explicitly support this view, and to read it implicitly is, I
think, against Agoran custom.
As evidence for this custom, I offer a sequence of messages dating
back to May 2005. Rule 2083/1 defined an official 4-step procedure,
not unlike the one in R2211, that the Deckmastor was required to use
when it was necessary to enforce hand sizes. In the messages in
question, Deckmastor Goethe performed the first two steps in one
message, shuffled the deck in a second message (necessary, but not
part of the R2083 procedure), then finally performed the last two
steps in a third message. I can find no record that any challenge to
this split performance of duties was made at the time. The rule text
and the messages are reproduced in the evidence section.
In light of this, I see no convincing argument as to why Goethe's
attempt to promote j to Beta might have failed. I enter a judgement
of TRUE in CFJ 2456.
-root
Evidence:
Rule 2083/1
As soon as possible after any gambler's hand becomes frozen, the
Deckmastor shall perform the following actions in order:
1) Calculate and publicly announce the Card Tax for each frozen
gambler. The Card Tax for a frozen gambler is equal to the
hand size of that gambler less the minimum hand size. The
Card Tax shall be calculated as of the moment the gambler's
hand became frozen.
2) From every frozen gambler in turn, transfer cards selected at
random from that gambler's hand to the Deck until eir hand
size has been reduced by an amount not less than eir Card Tax
or e has no cards remaining.
3) If the hands were frozen because of a win, deal cards to the
winner until eir hand size has been increased by the maximum
hand size less the minimum hand size, calculated as of the
moment the winner's hand became frozen.
4) Publicly announce that the table is open for business.
Upon publication of an announcement as in 4), the Flux of every
gambler shall become free. If the Deckmastor makes a public
announcement as in 4) when one or more gamblers are frozen but
steps 1), 2), and 3) have not been completed, then the
announcement is still valid, but the Deckmastor must complete
steps 1), 2), and 3) as soon as possible. If the Deckmastor's
error is not made in good faith, then e commits the Class 4
Crime of Stacking the Deck.
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By Rule 2083, I do the following as part of my official Deckmastor
Duties:
STEP 1
The minimum hand size is 2. The Card Tax for each frozen
gambler is:
Eris 7-2 = 5
Goethe 2-2 = 0
Kolja 7-2 = 5
Maud 7-2 = 5
Michael 7-2 = 5
Murphy 2-2 = 0
OscarMeyr 14-2 = 12
RedKnight 5-2 = 3
Riail 5-2 = 3
root 6-2 = 4
Sir Toby 3-2 = 1
Manu 2-2 = 0
Quazie 6-2 = 4
The Library 7-2 = 5
STATE 1 STATE 2
Sherlock 6-2 = 4 OR 5-2 = 3
Discard Pile 52-2 = 50 OR 53-2 = 51
STEP 2
I transfer the following cards from the following gamblers to the
Deck, in the sequence listed:
FROM: TO THE DECK I TRANSFER
Eris: Charity Brings Happiness, Procedure, It's a Surprise!,
Debate-o-Matic
Goethe:
Kolja: Discard Picking, Absolv-o-Matic, One Share, Rebel Rabble
Maud: Policy, Distrib-u-Matic, One Share, Charity Brings
Happiness
Michael: Dud, Dud, Distrib-u-Matic, Dud, Thieves in the Night
Murphy:
OscarMeyr: Policy, Library Card, Distrib-u-Matic, Absolv-o-Matic,
Distrib-u-Matic, Distrib-u-Matic, Absolv-o-Matic, Debate-o-Matic,
Absolv-o-Matic, Raffle Ticket, Three Shares
RedKnight: Dud, Your Turn, Rebel Rabble
Riail: Raffle Ticket, Debate-o-Matic, Coalition
root: Procedure, Procedure, Raffle Ticket
Sir Toby: Distrib-u-Matic
Manu:
Quazie: Thieves in the Night, Library Renewal, One Share
The Library: Coalition, Thieves in the Night, Patronage,
Distrib-u-Matic, Procedure
Sherlock: Two Shares
I further tranfer One Share from Sherlock to the Deck. This may
or may not succeed depending on the gamestate.
I transfer the following cards from the Discard Pile to the Deck:
Two Shares, Instant Gratification, Two for One, Procedure, Div. or
Conquer Your Stock, Thieves in the Night, Two Shares, Raffle
Ticket, Enforced Charity, Policy, Absolv-o-Matic, Coalition, Your
Turn, Instant Gratification, Coalition, Raffle Ticket, Police
State, Player Stasis, Thieves in the Night, Enforced Charity, Your
Turn, Discard and Draw, Not Your Turn, Two for One, Raffle Ticket,
Absolv-o-Matic, Absolv-o-Matic, Thieves in the Night, Not Your
Turn, Distrib-u-Matic, Presto!, Your Turn, Dud, Charity Brings
Happiness, Discard Picking, Absolv-o-Matic, Charity Brings
Happiness, Coalition, Distrib-u-Matic, Div. or Conquer Your Stock,
Enforced Charity, Enforced Charity, Absolv-o-Matic, Library
Renewal, Thieves in the Night, Reshuffle
I further transfer a Patronage from the Discard Pile to the Deck.
This may or may not succeed depending on the game state.
STEPS 3 and 4 will occur once I have shuffled these cards back
into the deck.
-Goethe
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I transfer the following cards from the Discard Pile to the Deck:
Distrib-u-Matic, Your Turn, Police State, Thieves in the Night,
Coalition, Presto!, Your Turn, Instant Gratification, Enforced
Charity, Thieves in the Night, Enforced Charity, Dud, Not Your
Turn, Reshuffle, Absolv-o-Matic, Instant Gratification, Patronage,
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The starred Discard Picking may not be in the Discard Pile, so
that transfer may have failed. (Since it is fungible with the
other Discard Picking, it is definitely that last one that may
have failed). Either way, the Discard Pile is down to two cards.
The previous transfers from the Library to the Deck also failed,
because they didn't take into account the Blueprints. Since the
Blueprints are destroyed, I now transfer the following cards from
the Library to the Deck:
Distrib-u-Matic, Patronage, Procedure, Policy, Coalition
-Goethe
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I have no legal choice, really. After pondering probabilities, I
must do as follows.
The following five deals are only legal deals in the gamestate in
which Sherlock holds a Discard Picking card:
I deal Dud to The Library
I deal Divide or Conquer Your Stock to The Library
I deal Divide or Conquer Your Stock to The Library
I deal Coalition to The Library
I deal Library Renewal to The Library
The following five deals are only legal deals in the gamestate in
which Sherlock holds a One Share card:
I deal Distrib-u-Matic to The Library
I deal Procedure to The Library
I deal Debate-o-Matic to The Library
I deal Raffle Ticket to The Libary
I deal Divide or Conquer Your Stock to The Library
THE TABLE is OPEN for BUSINESS (both gamestates).
The following five deals are only legal deals in the gamestate in
which Sherlock holds a Discard Picking card:
I deal Instant Punishment to root.
I deal Not Your Turn to Quazie.
I deal Raffle Ticket to root.
I deal Distrib-u-Matic to Quazie.
I deal Divide or Conquer Your Stock to root.
The following five deals are only legal deals in the gamestate in
which Sherlock holds a One Share card:
I deal Debate-o-Matic to root.
I deal Discard Picking to Quazie.
I deal Debate-o-Matic to root.
I deal Absolve-o-matic to Quazie.
I deal Thieves in the Night to root.
-Goethe
