I'm judging this FALSE. GASP! Surprise rocks the nation. I'm not judging it FALSE because auctioning is a regulated action though. It seems to me that despite the auction provisions, people could auction their own property without breaching the rules. I'm judging it based on the fact that Estate ownership is regulated, and CB's attempt to auction off Estates owned by another entity (Agora) and person (Josh) does not work.
"A player who owns an Estate can and may transfer it to any player, to any Organization, or to Agora, by announcement" from rule 2489 regulates Estate ownership, as does the auction provision. This, mixed with the fact that the ordinary meaning of the word "Owner" means someone who can control their property, precludes anyone from taking an Estate from its owner or causing it to be taken from em, unless specifically authorized by rule (such as the auction provision). On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 12:12 AM, Alex Smith <ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 2017-07-02 at 02:21 +0200, CuddleBeam wrote: > > The moment is ripe to attempt something like this, because it's Auction > > time. Let's go: > > > > Putting Estates up to Auction is an unregulated action, much like > > withdrawing. (I don't personally believe this - because I believe all > > actions in the universe are Regulated - but many others do, so I'm going > > off that). In case its of doubt, the following states an obligation for > the > > Surveyor to perform, so its not a description of "circumstances under > which > > the action would succeed or fail": > > > > "At the start of each month, if Agora owns at least one Estate, the > > Surveyor shall put one Estate which is owned by Agora up for auction, by > > announcement. Each auction ends seven days after it begins." > > > > Additionally, the state of being in an auction or not is tracked by > nobody, > > so it doesn't infringe "would, as part of its effect, modify information > > for which some player is required to be a recordkeepor" > > > > Therefore: > > > > - I put every Estate up for Auction, (even those owned by other players, > if > > possible). > > - I then bid a million shinies on each of them. > > - I then bid one shiny on each of them. > > > > I have absolutely no defense towards other people bidding more than a > > million and using my own "scam" to win auctions, which only works versus > > the "conventional" way of winning them by bidding amounts of cash you > > actually own. > > > > I CFJ: "There is currently more than one auction for Estates" > > > > That's all. > > This is CFJ 3537. I assign it to V.J. Rada. > > -- > ais523 > Arbitor >
