Re: ROUND 186 Conclusion

From: Aron Wall (aron_at_wall.org)
Date: Mon Jun 24 2002 - 22:06:16 PDT


Joshua wrote:

> --- James Willson <jkvw3_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- Joshua <j3b4_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > were not sure who they were supporting.  My judgement is that all
> > > players recieve an extra style point if they were known to be on a
> > > winning team.
> >
> > Eh?
> >
> > I Don't think we have enough information to determine how the game
> > ended.
> >
> > Sure, some parts of the game were documented, but we have no reason
> > to
> > assume that nothing else happened in the game.
> >
> > Also, do the RO's really allow you to give out "extra" style points?
>
> I'm certainly open to discussion on this point. I suggested that I
> would do this when I ruled on 186:2 and no one objected. However the
> argument I had prepared then was that I am not actually giving out
> "extra"  style points but delaying the awarding of points to committee
> members who wittily contrive to be on the "winning" team. RO7 limits
> style points to +/-3 for each rule posted, but does not specify when or
> to whom those points must be awarded.  In a four rule game I considered
> myself allowed a budget of +/-12 points to be distributed by any
> criteria I saw fit for such awards.

Now that I look back at the R.O's on this issue, they are somewhat
ambiguous, but no one has ever assigned the style points for a rule to
anyone but the author of that rule.  Do people really think that that is
allowed?

Aron Wall

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Rule Date: 2002-06-25 05:05:58 GMT


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