Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [FRC] An Ambassadorial Consideration

[Publius Scribonius Scholasticus]

G., could you declare the winners, so that I may award the appropriate
patent titles?
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 3:19 PM Aris Merchant
<thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It probably shouldn't have been. My thinking was that tournament is only
> really supposed to last a few weeks (there's a SHOULD to that effect). If
> it goes for three months, it's way overtime, perhaps because it's broken or
> no one is interested enough to complete the goal condition. Under those
> circumstances, I wanted it to stop automatically. The reason it shouldn't
> have been included is that there still might be players enjoying the
> tournament, and they can always terminate it by proposal. It's not actually
> a bug, and we can always fix it if it ever becomes a problem.
>
> -Aris
>
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 12:06 PM Publius Scribonius Scholasticus <
> p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh, I missed that rule. One question: Why was the 3-month time limit
> > included?
> > On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 3:00 PM Aris Merchant
> > <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > R2464, "Tournaments": "If a winner of a tournament is determined within
> > > within 3 months of its initiation, that person or persons win the game,
> > > otherwise the tournament concludes with no winner."
> > >
> > > Who do you think wrote the latest version of the tournament rules. :)
> > >
> > > -Aris
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 11:55 AM Publius Scribonius Scholasticus <
> > > p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I don't think that you get a win from the Birthday Tournament under
> > > > the current rules.
> > > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 2:52 PM Aris Merchant
> > > > <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I agree about the short times as well. Sorry everyone. Now we just
> > have
> > > > to
> > > > > see who wins on points...
> > > > >
> > > > > If I would be appointed Speaker, I request that the appointment be
> > > > deferred
> > > > > until after the PM election.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Aris
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 9:42 AM Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yah sorry about that, the first draft regs used original FRC timing
> > > > which
> > > > > > seemed far too long - holiday tournaments have sometimes worked
> > best
> > > > > > as blitz versions but this was too short, somewhere in the middle
> > would
> > > > > > have been best.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, 15 Jul 2018, Rebecca wrote:
> > > > > > > damn time limits!!!!!! this would have been more fun with higher
> > > > > > > participation/longer time but congrats aris.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 11:05 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
> > > > > > > <p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Yes. That is my third strike. Now, Aris is the only remaining
> > > > player,
> > > > > > > > assuming eir argument is ruled VALID and e thus wins.
> > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 8:59 AM Corona <
> > > > liliumalbum.ag...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >>  > [...] with which Agora would establish relations.
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> You mean G.A.N. Agora?
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> ~Corona
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 1:52 PM, Publius Scribonius
> > Scholasticus <
> > > > > > > >> p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> > I submit the below argument on the third docket:
> > > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > > >> > Your Honor,
> > > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > > >> > I agree with My Fellow Counsellor, Aris, that the office of
> > > > > > Ambassador
> > > > > > > >> > should be brought back. However, there remain many
> > qvestion$ to
> > > > > > > >> > consider, even after making that determination. Initially,
> > it
> > > > must
> > > > > > be
> > > > > > > >> > determined whether a separate Ambassador should be
> > appointed for
> > > > > > each
> > > > > > > >> > Nomic, with which Agora would establish relations. I believe
> > > > that it
> > > > > > > >> > would be better to have a separate Ambassador for each
> > Nomic, so
> > > > > > that
> > > > > > > >> > each Ambassador would have a better knowledge of the foreign
> > > > Nomic.
> > > > > > > >> > Additionally, I would propose that there be a Minister of
> > > > Foreign
> > > > > > > >> > Affairs, who would determine general policy and serve as the
> > > > > > > >> > Ambassador to G.A.N. of F.R.C., in recognition of its
> > special
> > > > > > historic
> > > > > > > >> > status, discussed on the first docket.
> > > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > From V.J. Rada
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> >