Arguments: When we survey what are commonly called "games", we find many games that end upon a win, but also many games that do not end upon a win. An example of the latter is America's National Football League. In the NFL, players are grouped into teams, the wins of each team are tallied over time, and based on the wins a trophy is transferred to a particular team. The rules are silent as to which type of game Agora is. However, the presence of the word "Trophies" in the Short Logical Ruleset, and their customary use in Agora, suggest that Agora is in the balance rather more like the NFL than like Tic Tac Toe.
Citing rule 217, "common sense" indicates that it is not the intent of rule 2419 to end the game of Agora Nomic forever. The proposer of rule 2419 had an opportunity to indicate in the text of rule 2419 that a win would end the game of Agora Nomic forever, if that was eir intention. Even if that was eir intention, eir failure to clearly indicate this unprecedented (in 10+ years) interpretation should be prejudicial to that intrepretation. On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Sean Hunt <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Jonatan Kilhamn > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I find the thought that Agora maybe just accidentally ended hilarious. > > Almost so much that I want it to be true. But I think we're safe. The > > game of agora, and of nomics in general, is well-established as not > > being a normal game. Thus when the only indication we have of an > > ending is the text "wins the game", I think it's justified to say that > > the rules are silent, as per 217. Then game custom and the good of the > > game says it did not just end. Add in 1023(b)(5) the 2nd, which says > > "game" is sometimes used as a time period, and I think we've moved up > > from the rules being "silent" to them being "unclear". > > > > CFJ: The game of Agora has ended. > > Arguments: There is nothing in the rules saying that Agora has ended. > Past precedent, custom, and the good of the game all point to Agora > not having ended. > > -scshunt >
