On Sat, 8 Feb 2014, Fool wrote: > On 2014-02-07 7:13 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > It's actually settled law (supported by factual evidence) that the > > First Game ended, a new Speaker took the position, and Agora continued. > > (it's documented in at least one CFJ; no database up right now so > > don't remember which one). -G. > > Yes, previous tradition says the game continues. How was that even in dispute? > The question is whether under the _current ruleset_, which has changed a lot, > winning the game ends it.
I agree. I was replying to Yally's suggestion that Michael was still speaker - that's the settled fact that's not in dispute. My argument for the current situation is much weaker. I'm simply saying that R104 (a current rule) *implies* that "games" can be arranged in an ordinal set within a larger continuous whole, thereby *suggesting* that adding another finished game to the set doesn't end the continuity. It's a weak implication, but it *is* a current rule, and the rules are otherwise completely silent, so it's among the reasons to tip in the direction of game continuity. Incidentally, in thinking about this I accidentally lost The Game. -G.
