H. Clork, I believe I am owed several weeks back-balloons. -Aris
On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 3:44 PM Corona <liliumalbum.ag...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2017, Aris Merchant wrote: > > I sh-CFJ "Aris has advised every politician in the row reduced echelon." > > I judge CFJ 3613 as TRUE. The caller's arguments are sound, and I have > gone through the relevant rules and found nothing contradicting that > interpretation. It goes without saying that rule 2536 should be fixed. > > ~Corona > > ----- > Caller's Arguments: > > > The rule "Taken Under Advisement" states that "A player CAN, by > > announcement, spend Favours in a Party to gain Influence over that > > Politican, depending on the Politician's Echelon". It does not state > > clearly that the party must be the same as that of the politician. It > > does say "that politician", but it is unclear what "that" means in > > this context, and there is certainly no textual basis for assuming > > that it means they must be of the same party. Further, the rule states > > that the process depends on "depend[s] on the Politician's Echelon", > > implying via expressio unius est exclusio alterius that it doesn't > > depend on anything else. In short, there is no textual basis for > > limiting the action to politicians of the same party as the favors. It > > would be reasonable to say that the action fails because its > > definition is ambiguous, but this is against the principle that the > > statements of the rules must be given effect, insofar as it is > > possible. > > > Caller's Evidence (Caller's actions preceding CFJ): > > On Sun, 26 Nov 2017, Aris Merchant wrote: > > I spend 24 NPR favors to gain 16 influence over Mad Cap'n Tom. I advise > em. > > > > I spend 10 NPR favors to gain 10 influence over Politician > > McPoliticianface. I advise em. > > > > I spend 8 NPR favors to gain 12 influence over Mickey Joker. I advise > > em. I spend 8 NPR favors to gain 12 influence over Nick P. Ronald. I > > advise em. > > > > > > Now for the questionable stuff. > > > > For each upper echelon politician I have not yet advised, I spend 5 > > NPR favors to gain 5 influence over em, then advise em. > > > > For each row echelon politician I have not yet advised, I spend 4 NPR > > favors to gain 6 influence over em, then advise em. > > > > For each row reduced politician, I spend 2 NPR favors to gain 4 > > influence over em, then advise em. >
