From: Gallivanting Tripper (tripper_at_zad.att.ne.jp)
Date: Tue Aug 27 2002 - 08:11:19 PDT
From: G. Tripper, Missing Identity Clerk To: All FRC Legal Counsel Re: Masquerade Fellow Members: A disturbing thought has crossed my mind. The Judge may be plotting to take control of next round, by masquerading as one of us. This plan is so simple and yet so effective, he might have got away with it if it weren't for us meddling kids! The premise is simple: He walks among us, under the assumed name of a Member. Assuming that this plan is not already in action, perhaps the next rule will be posted by a new Member with the pseudonym of "The Judge". Such a rule could merely exclude all other Members from posting rules, (which after all is not illegal, only unstylish, and such a coldly rational being as our Emperor-elect would have no scruples in so posting), and the Judge of the next round would be the Judge, aka The Judge. Got it so far? The advantage of this approach is that it requires no Proposals, such as would have been required by the suggestions of 192:6 and requires no accomplices as recommended by 192:2. The only disadvantage of this approach is that it is could be interpreted as being in violation of RO 2 "any person can become a member..." together with RO 5 "[when] there is only one person eligible to play, then ... (c) the sole remaining player is declared winner of the just ended round and becomes Judge." and RO 3 "The Judge is not eligible." However, this can easily be overcome by interpreting the faux pas (false step) in RO 5 that the Judge can be the sole remaining _player_, which term is otherwise undefined in the ROs (except for RO 7, which states that a player can become Wizard) - so the (The) Judge could merely assert that "The Judge", although not a distinct person from the being with Imperial ambitions, is a distinct player, and therefore can assume Judgeship by posting the last valid rule. So. Now the conspiracy is unmasked, and I see only one way to prevent it. Go tell it from the mountain. No future rule in this round may explicitly prevent any other member, person, or player from posting valid rules. -- Rule Date: 2002-08-27 15:09:08 GMT
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