On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Alexander Smith wrote: > Well, in that case: there are at least 28 players (I'm not counting > ehrid or the Left Hand in that count because their registration stati > are in doubt), and that ticket has been filled once, so it can be filled > a further 27 times. I therefore fill that ticket 27 times; my VLOD is 4, > so the cost is 1 VP each time. (Arguments for why this is possible: the > action states 'once per each player', which is a total of at least 28 > times, but nothing limits which player can accept a ticket apart from > specifying a set of target parties, which has apparently not been done, > and cannot be construed as anything but the set of all parties to the > vote market if it does exist; the wording "This ticket" implies that all > the tickets are identical and the first one definitely had a target set > of all parties to the vote market. Besides, 'once per each player' is > ambiguous anyway, and could refer to either 'each player can once', or > 'once for each player'; the second reading seems more natural to me, > except that it seems unlikely to have been intentional, thus these > arguments.)
I read the ticket 4 times and each time came up with the wording BobTHJ intended, not the one you inferred. Even if yours seemed a little more natural to you, the good faith and common sense that are the cornerstone of equity should have suggested BobTHJ meant the other way. -Goethe (btw, the reason I didn't fill this one is that for me, it's 1VP whether you buy it through this or through my own tickets, so I prefer to offer it as a sell).
