From: Nathan Russell (nrussell_at_acsu.buffalo.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 09:16:37 PST
--On Wednesday, December 04, 2002 10:48 AM -0500 "Leonhard, Christian" <Christian_Leonhard_at_ADP.com> wrote: > In defense of my own rule: > Regarding your first question, 197:2 merely requires that rules "specify > the cash price of their author's gifts," and does not require that this be > done in terms of a particular currency. The second issue is, of course, a > matter of taste, but bear in mind the following: > a) If the round is not in fact already over, there can only be at most two > of us remaining (myself and J. Bearden), a full week having passed since > any other player's last submission, so only one other person is being > stuck with creating an anagram. Once he does so, however, he gets to put > me in the position of having to create one for whatever he likes, so the > burden is on me as well. True enough. You are counting the 3-4 rules that became valid by default, though, correct? > b) I went out of my way to supply a gift for which I was able to quickly > construct a half dozen or so decent anagrams; it's not like I saddled the > poor guy with SIXTY ZULU SAXOPHONES (the only decent anagram for which I > could come up with was a LUSH, ZANY SIOUX SEXPOT). So, really, one could > say the greater burden was on me, since I tossed my opponent a softball > and left myself open to anything he might care to throw at me. Fair enough. I like the creative defense and rule. Valid +2.5 J. Bearden, the ball is in your court. -- Rule Date: 2002-12-04 17:16:24 GMT
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