From: Jesse W (jessw_at_netwood.net)
Date: Fri Oct 11 2002 - 13:04:43 PDT
Eligibility: <everyone else> INELIGIBLE Karl Low INELIGIBLE Ed Murphy Eligible till: 2002-10-11 01:56:46 GMT Tieka Eligible till: 2002-10-11 03:33:05 GMT Glenn & Chrystal Overby Eligible till: 2002-10-12 05:05:38 GMT Style: Karl Low 2.5 Ed Murphy 2 Tieka 2.5 Glenn & Chrystal Overby 2.5 Rules: Karl Low wrote: > MEMORANDUM > > From: Chief Engineer > To: Fantasy Rail Committee > > Members, > > New budgetary restrictions keep all rules from laying any more than two tracks > in any tunnel. Naturally all the tracks must be in a tunnel or a station, or we > don't have a subway anymore and the rule will be invalid. > > When planning tracks, do keep in mind the scheduling. The last thing we want is > a train heading east down the West Harrow tunnel crashing with the train > heading west in the Northwick Park tunnel at the Harrow on the Hill station, > especially considering that a station can only have one track. Creating a rule > that would cause two subway cars to crash is of course invalid. > > So, lets get to work creating these tracks and/or making the schedule. > > -- > Rule Date: 2002-10-03 02:41:00 GMT Validity: VALID, obviously, since there were no previous rules. Style: The rule is witty and uses the theme well; it includes numerous restrictions, but still leaves open plenty of room for further rules. I would give it a 3, but since it is the first rule, and did not have to obey an previously existing restrictions, I will lower that to 2.5. So, 2.5 Style points for 194:1 Your Judge, Jesse Weinstein -- Rule Date: 2002-10-03 05:51:07 GMT Ed Murphy wrote: > From: Sir Topham Hatt > To: Fantasy Rail Committee > > Dear Sirs, > > Our customers lack a proper map, which causes confusion and delay. From > now on, each rule shall mention a new tunnel, and a new station that joins that > tunnel to a previously mentioned tunnel. > > Now, if you will please turn your attention to Mr. Conductor, who will > begin explaining the schedule in the next rule. <sig removed> > Rule Date: 2002-10-04 01:56:46 GMT Validity: VALID, because it's restriction does not include it. Style: It fixes a sort-of hole in the previous rule; that is, it requires tunnel and station building instead of merely defining how to do such; however it does not follow it's own restriction, which is not stylish. Good, solid, even with the "from now on" bit, I'll give it a 2. So, 2 Style points for 194:2 Your Judge, Jesse Weinstein -- Rule Date: 2002-10-05 04:43:32 GMT Tieka wrote: > From: Mr. Conductor > To: Fantasy Rail Committee > > Ladys and Gentlemen, > > We are pleased to announce the completion of the Northwick Park Tunnel > connection at the Cornish-on-Rye Station. With this staion in full > operation, passengers will be able to transfer to the popular Southdown > tunnel offering northbound service on the hour and the half hour, with > arrivals at quarter till and quarter after. > > In order to serve our customers in the most efficient way possible, trains must > be in a station at the specified times. It is expected that future memorandums > will specify the arrival and departure times at any new station. > > Tieka > > Rule Date: 2002-10-04 03:33:05 GMT Validity: VALID, since it includes the necessary tunnels and stations, and does not violate any track-related rules. Style: It keeps to theme, handles the requirements laid down the previous rule well, and establishes a good requirement. However, it does not precisely obey it's own requirement(although this is not a validity issue because the requirement is not required of _this_ rule) in that it does not define the departure and arrival times of the new _station_ it mentions, only the new _tunnel_. So, 2.5 Style points for 194:3 Note from the Judge: I am really getting interested in how this tunnel system is shaping up. I look forward to many more rules expanding the system. Your Judge, Jesse Weinstein -- Rule Date: 2002-10-05 05:05:09 GMT Glenn & Chrystal Overby wrote: > From: Asquim Eidunno, Public Information Officer > To: Fantasy Rail Committee > > The tunnel westward of the new Upper Netherlands station has been renamed for > the worker who died in its construction. It will now be called the Justin > Thyme Memorial tunnel. > > Service eastbound from Upper Netherlands runs hourly, arriving at :39 and > departing at :42 past the hour, via the West Harrow tunnel to Harrow on the > Hill and on to Cornish-on-Rye. > > Service westbound from Upper Netherlands runs hourly, arriving at :09 and > departing at :12 past the hour, via the Justin Thyme Memorial tunnel on the > Orange and Purple train to points northwest. > > It will help the mapmakers if the memorandum writers will reference trains by > their colour scheme in all subsequent memoranda. > > -- > Rule Date: 2002-10-05 05:05:38 GMT Validity: VALID, due to the Judge's failing to rule on it in time (Sorry, people..) Style: The restriction is not inspired, but the style is good, and so I give it 2.5. So, 2.5 Style points for 194:4 Your Judge, Jesse Weinstein -- Rule Date: 2002-10-09 19:00:26 GMT -- Rule Date: 2002-10-11 20:11:05 GMT
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