From: Steve Gardner (gardner_at_sng.its.monash.edu.au)
Date: Sun Mar 30 2003 - 22:20:38 PST
Summary of Round 205 Theme: Precedence Tangles (All times GMT.) Event: Date: Round 205 begins Wed, 19 Mar 2003 04:36:32 Jeff Weston submits 205:1 Wed, 19 Mar 2003 07:57:18 Jonathan Amery submits 205:2 Wed, 19 Mar 2003 07:58:12 Andre Engels submits 205:3 Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:34:48 Rich Holmes submits 205:4 Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:01:03 205:1 judged INVALID, Style -0.5 Thu, 20 Mar 2003 02:02:23 205:2 judged VALID, Style +1.0 Thu, 20 Mar 2003 02:21:08 Nathan Russell submits 205:5 Thu, 19 Mar 2003 02:34:23 Voting on 205:A begins Thu, 20 Mar 2003 02:13:15 Nathan Russell votes FOR 205:A Thu, 20 Mar 2003 02:41:15 Steve Gardner votes FOR 205:A Thu, 20 Mar 2003 03:56:55 Jeff Weston votes FOR 205:A Thu, 20 Mar 2003 05:15:18 Jonathan Amery votes FOR 205:A Thu, 20 Mar 2003 08:32:12 Stephen Turner votes AGAINST 205:A Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:59:08 Andre Engels votes FOR 205:A Thu, 20 Mar 2003 13:01:49 205:3 judged VALID, Style +0.5 Fri, 21 Mar 2003 03:08:05 205:4 judged VALID, Style +1.5 Fri, 21 Mar 2003 03:20:09 205:5 judged INVALID, Style +0.5 Fri, 21 Mar 2003 03:31:22 Ed Murphy submits 205:6 Fri, 20 Mar 2003 03:43:02 205:6 judged VALID, Style -0.5 Fri, 21 Mar 2003 04:00:20 Voting on 205:A ends, passes 5-1 Sun, 23 Mar 2003 02:13:15 Round 205 ends Fri, 28 Mar 2003 04:00:20 Murphy is the winner of Round 205 and the Judge for Round 206. Rich Holmes is the Wizard for Round 206 with Style +1.5. ========================================================================= Text of Proposals and Rules for Round 205 ========================================================================= 205: PROPOSAL A For the duration of Round 205, Regular Ordinance 6 is amended to read: 6. Judge. The Judge is responsible for interpreting the ordinances and determining the validity of fantasy rules. If a fantasy rule is inconsistent with itself, or the regular ordinances, then the Judge shall declare that rule invalid or unsuccessful. If a fantasy rule is inconsistent with a previously posted fantasy rule or rules, then the Judge shall declare the rule to be valid if and only if it has higher precedence than the rule or rules with which it is in conflict, according to the rules for determining precedence then in force. 205:1 INVALID (VALID in light of 205:A) Ah, what a tangled web of precedence we weave. I shall lay down the first strand. All Fantasy Rules in this Round must enact a new mechanism, or modify an existing mechanism, for how Fantasy Rules in this Round may take precedence over one another. A Fantasy Rule (the source) may take precedence over one Fantasy Rule (the target) already in place by specifying that it does so, and indicating which Fantasy Rule it is taking precedence over. Doing so allows the source Rule to ignore any of the restrictions found in the target Rule as well as specify restrictions or logic that are inconsistent with the target Rule. Any inconsistencies created between the source Rule and the target Rule are resolved by ignoring the portions of the target Rule that are inconsistent with the source Rule for the duration that the source Rule takes precedence over the target Rule. 205:2 VALID 1) No more than half of the clauses of any VALID rule be statements of precedence. 2) If there is a VALID rule 205:5 then that rule has precedence over this one. 205:3 VALID 1) If no other rule determines the precedence between two Rules, the Rule with the lowest number has precedence. 2) In order to keep this rule effective, no other rule or combination of rules may determine or try to determine every possible case of precedence. 204:4 VALID 1. This rule takes precedence over all rules numbered with negative half-integers, e.g. -0.5, -2.5, -7.5, etc., but not, e.g., -3, -5. 2. All future rules which take precedence over any rule or rules which take precedence over this rule must mention wombats. 205:5 INVALID I. No valid Rule may contain the seventeenth, twentyfourth, or 26th letters of the alphabet. II. All Rules whose number is 0 modulo three take precedence over all other Rules; within those two groups, the lower numbered rule takes precedence. 205:6 VALID There is NO... rule 6! (Yes, there is, mate; this is bloody well it.) If two clauses within a single rule would otherwise be in conflict, then the later one takes precedence over the earlier one. -- Steve Gardner | School of Computer Science | I've only just realized and Software Engineering | how self-conscious I am. gardner_at_sng.its.monash.edu.au | -- Rule Date: 2003-03-31 06:21:04 GMT
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