Last two weeks' balloons only, the others have expired by now. Probably still enough to win.
On 12/17/17, Aris Merchant <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> 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 >> >> ----- >> 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. >> >
