On 7/4/20 5:45 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > > On 7/4/2020 2:09 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: >> On 7/4/20 3:52 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: >>> >>> On 7/4/2020 12:40 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus: >>>> Unless >>>> explicitly permitted by the Diplonomic 2020 rules, all Contestants >>>> SHALL NOT make use of loopholes in the underlying game of >>>> Diplomacy in order to gain a competitive advantage. >>> >>> I'm a little puzzled/concerned about this bit. We're introducing >>> proposals to modify these rules and therefore reading these rules closely, >>> and it doesn't seem right to forbid that? Are there specific types of >>> loopholes in Diplomacy (a game with very very stable rules for a long >>> time) that you're trying to prevent us from using? >> >> My thinking was not to prevent paradoxes or that sort of thing, but more >> an instance where an unexpected interaction between two rules is >> intentionally used to get an advantage. I also don't intend for this to >> apply to any modified rules but only the initial text I draft and the >> original rules of Diplomacy because those aren't really written as part >> of the game. If there's strong opposition, I'll drop it. > > I'm not super-bothered - was thinking that, with Diplomacy being around a > long time and having a lot of advice out on the internet, I could imagine > someone finding an article that said "I bet you didn't know you could do > this counterintuitive move in Diplomacy, which might not have been > intended by the original authors, but try surprising your enemies with > it!" or something, and wouldn't want anyone to find themselves Blotted for > trying that kind of thing.
Things like that aren't intended to be prohibited by this. I mean something where they find a loophole that could allow them to duplicate armies or other things which clearly violate the spirit of the game. Do you think there's a better phrasing? -- ---- Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, Herald, Referee, Tailor, Pirate Champion, Badge of the Great Agoran Revival, Badge of the Salted Earth
