On Sat, 2014-02-08 at 07:42 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > 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.
I think the remaining question is, does the entire gamestate reset when a game ends? I can see a plausible explanation for that happening even if Agora, as an entity, continues. (The argument in favour is that usually happens between individual games of a game.) -- ais523
