From: Ed Murphy (emurphy42_at_socal.rr.com)
Date: Fri Feb 04 2005 - 00:11:03 PST
Round 231 final summary
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Eligible until Player Style
Thu 3 Feb 2005 14:45:28 Bert Sevenhant +6.5
Wed 2 Feb 2005 05:39:05 David Nicol +2.0
Thu 27 Jan 2005 22:22:22 Bryan Donlan +3.0
Tue 1 Feb 2005 21:37:10 Jonathan Van Matre +2.9
Thu 27 Jan 2005 13:01:58 everyone else
All times are +0100 (CET)
Bert Sevenhant is judge and wizard of round 232.
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231:1
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 04:01, Bert Sevenhant wrote:
> Hi;
> I am a newbie, and thus a player of the first degree.
> Players of the first degree are modest.
>
> I hope everyone will introduce himself/herself, specifying their
degree (I
> have heard there are six degrees).
>
> Bert Sevenhant (deg. 1)
No problems. VALID, +1.0 style.
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231:2
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 12:45, David Nicol wrote:
> I participated in the founding of the FRC back in the day, and thus am
> of degree four. To have a higher degree than four, in my opinion,
takes
> super-powers of some kind. The degree system is very new and all
aspects
> of it are subject to change at this time.
No problems. VALID, +2.0 style (bonus for following the
not-really-a-restriction in 231:1).
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231:3
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 13:22, Bryan Donlan wrote:
> I was a judge and wizard once, and thus I am degree five. If deciding
> the very nature of a fantasy world isn't a super power, I don't know
> what is.
>
> --
> bd (deg. 5)
No problems. VALID, +3.0 style (bonuses for following the
quasi-restrictions of 231:1 and 231:2).
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231:4
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 22:51, Bert Sevenhant wrote:
> Dear bd,
> Dear David L Nicol,
> Dear committee members,
>
> Since I have now a valid rule and I have actually earned style points,
I've
> now reached degree 2.
>
> In all rules members should address all players of higher degree, who
posted
> a rule here
> and congratulate everyone who upgraded since eir previous post.
>
> Bert Sevenhant (deg. 2)
No problems. VALID, +2.8 style.
+1.0 Follows theme
+1.0 Expands on volatility mentioned in 231:2
+0.5 Imposes complex restriction on all rules without
accidentally trying to invalidate previous valid rules
+0.5 Requires at least one future rule to congratulate Bert
-0.1 Places comma before "who posted a rule here", not after
-0.1 Leaves referent of "eir previous post" ambiguous
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231:5
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 12:37, Jonathan Van Matre wrote:
> Dear bd,
> Dear David L Nicol,
> Dear Bert Sevenhant,
> Dear Brian Donlan,
> and other esteemed members of the FRC,
>
> I am of degree Q, which is both greater and lesser than all other
degrees.
>
> Thanks to our intriguing choice of a non-linear numeric system for the
degrees, I cannot be certain whether Bert's recent transition from
degree 1 to degree 2 could be construed as an "upgrade", but let me
congratulate Bert anyway on the felicitous event. Well done!
>
> All subsequent posters should identify how their own degree relates in
numeric comparison to at least one other degree.
>
> -Jonathan (deg. Q, whose superpower is Distracting Archvillains By
Getting Bad 80's Songs Stuck In Their Head)
No problems. VALID, +2.9 style.
+1.0 Follows theme
+1.0 Non-linear 'higher' relation
+0.5 Follows own restriction on future rules
+0.5 Specifies superpower
-0.1 HTML
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231:6
On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 05:45, Bert Sevenhant wrote:
> Dear Ed Murphy,
> Dear bd,
> Dear David L Nicol,
> Dear Jonathan Van Matre,
> and other esteemed members of the FRC,
>
> My quest to understand the degrees of members is getting more
intriguing.
>
> I found that there is a geographical representation of the degrees.
> Each degree can be identified with a place on the globe.
> A degree placed more east than an other is considered to be greater.
> If two degrees are on the same meridian, they are considered both
greater
> and lesser than each other.
> (This representation was the conclusion of a talk called
> "the projective plane used to represent degrees of the FRC",
> held to an audience of earth scientists.)
>
> The next poster should explain which is the 6th degree
> or give the position of degree Q on the globe.
>
> Degree 2 (New York) is higher than degree 1 (Los Angeles) (and Q).
>
> All future rules should refer to a scientific talk.
>
> Bert Sevenhant (deg. 2)
No problems, despite being increasingly counterintuitive. VALID,
+2.7 style.
+1.0 Follows theme
+1.0 More specific about comparisons
+0.5 Follows own restriction on future rules
+0.5 Increasingly counterintuitive
-0.3 Three counts of awkward grammar
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