Politicians in the Row-Reduced Echelon are worth no balloons.
On 2017-12-18 13:48, Aris Merchant wrote:
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
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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.
