On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 01:43:45AM -0800, Gaelan Steele via agora-business
wrote:
>
>
> > On Jan 5, 2021, at 3:26 PM, Cuddle Beam via agora-business
> > <agora-business@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> >
> > YOU HAVE ALL FALLEN FOR MY DEVIOUS PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE INSIDIOUS AND
> > TYRANNICAL CFJ ARCHIVES
> >
> > Never again shall we be plagued by some rascal popping out of thin air
> > saying "ah but sorry this ancient cfj is relevant lmao". Never again! I've
> > come to DESTROY the CFJA. DESTROY IT FOR GOOD!
> >
> > Not only that, you've all enabled me, for you've fallen for my devious
> > plan. I hereby gain 1 Humble Agoran Minion per Potato in play from the
> > Humble Agoran Farming contract (So, 1192 Humble Agoran Minions in total).
> >
> >
> > Haha! You fools! Outsmarted yet again, by me, Cuddlebeam.
> >
> >
> > I hereby Deploy My Army by announcement, consisting of the following:
> >
> > - 1192 x Humble Agoran Minions: Potato-based minions, rich in vitamins
> > and starch and bloodlust. One of them is the Commander unit, "Peter
> > Tuber",
> > granting them all +5 Morale and +3 Intelligence.
> > - 30 x Unused Blognomic Dynasty Concepts: Barely tangible, this swarm of
> > ghostly fodder, oversized unborn fetuses of Dynasties-to-be float 20cm off
> > the ground (they ignore difficult terrain) and phase randomly (3+ on a
> > 1d6) in and out of existence. They can also fire poorly developed ideas.
> >
> > -
> >
> > 4 x Palanquin Bearers, carrying an Idol of Plato for +5 Morale.
> > -
> >
> > 3 x Blognomic Brutes. They’ve survived 5 (five) Dynasties when mere
> > mortals wonder what kind of masochist would keep playing this game and
> > leave after just one. They know no fear nor precedents, having been bred
> > in
> > the treacherous and cutthroat lands of The Other Nomic. They have +3 to
> > break through any Long-Standing Interpretation Standard but don’t have an
> > attention span for anything longer than a month. One of them is a
> > Commander, having won 3 Dynasties and knows Pool Magic. They’re also
> > equipped with a Greater Pool Noodle and Snorkel.
> > -
> >
> > And of course, myself, Cuddlebeam, riding atop a mobile Tower of Hubris.
> > It can fire my poor attempts at humor with its [Cannons] and has a firing
> > range of 5 posts. Its height makes me nigh-impervious but it makes it hard
> > for me to see, especially when out of range of a recent Report because of
> > the Cuddlebeam special Trait of [Can’t be Arsed to Figure out the
> > Gamestate]. I also have the special weakness of [Officer Work]. But I’m
> > equipped with a Flamethrower Guitar of No Special Meta-Referential Meaning
> > (it has +10 Cool).
> >
> > (Also, apparently there's a dictatorship or something going on? HA! Like
> > that's going to do anything against my massive cerebral (that means brain
> > btw) power.)
> >
> > Your move, Agorans.
>
> I point my finger at CuddleBeam for violating No Faking, 2471/1, by taking an
> action e knew not to be effective, with intent to mislead.
>
> Gaelan
Gratuitous:
It seems unlikely to me that this statement was made with the intent to
mislead.
I think it is relevant (a) whether Cuddledeam thinks this does
anything, and (b) whether Cuddlebeam intended this message to make
others think this does anything.
I think there's only intent to mislead if (a) and (b) have different
answers.
To me it seems most likely that (a) and (b) are both false. It seems
too much of a stretch to think taking down a website could have an
effect on the Agoran gamestate. R217 refers to "past judgements", not
"Agora's archive of CFJs".
I think it's plausible that (a) and (b) are both true. It is also
conceivable that (a) is false and (b) is true, but is it likely enough
to pass R2531's item 1 ("preponderance of the evidence")?
--
Falsifian
