I assumed... Hazing of sorts. Makes sense to weed out those unwilling to put up with criticism and informs initiates about some of the subtleties of the Agoran way. Clever.
Kyle Marek-Spartz On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Sean Hunt <ride...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kyle Marek-Spartz wrote: >> Unnecessary... According to 869 this is the phrasing necessary for >> registration. >> >> The verb "to be registered" means to become a player (i.e., to >> have one's citizenship changed from Unregistered to Registered), >> and the verb "to be deregistered" means to cease to be a player >> (i.e., to have one's citizenship changed from Registered to >> Unregistered). Where the verb "to register" or "to deregister" >> is used without an explicit direct object, the action is >> implicitly reflexive. >> The home page says "To register as a player, just post a message to >> the "business" mailing list saying that you register" which is un >> specific. I could have posted a message consisting solely of "that you >> register" and according to the home page I should be. >> >> You're giving me a hard time though, so I am as well. ;) >> >> Kyle Marek-Spartz > > Debating whether X counts as a registration is an Agoran pastime. My > registration statement was "I, coppro, am registering", and that was > plenty controversial! >
