Oerjan, Here is the requested summary of Round 18: ______________________________________________________________________ Round 18 has ended. The Theme was Questionable. I, Doug Chatham, was Judge. Alyxx is the new Judge. Alyxx and Ronald Kunne are the new Wizards. (3 Style Points each) The rules posted in this round are listed below: ____________________________________________________________________ 18:1 by KUNNE: INVALID, awarded -1 Style Points All rules will be in the form of yes/no questions. the answer to a question posed in a Rule with an odd number of lines shall be "yes", while the answer to a question posed in an even number of lines shall be "no". Is this a VALID first Rule? _____________________________________________________________________ >From frc-request@nvg.unit.no Tue Mar 15 09:24:55 1994 18:2 by Garth: VALID, awarded +1 Style Points Fantasy Rule 18.2 Is it true that future Rules should have a prime number of words? ____________________________________________________________________ >From frc-request@nvg.unit.no Tue Mar 15 09:41:26 1994 18:3 by Garth: VALID, awarded 0 Style Points ========================== Fantasy Rule 18.3 Do lines that are blank count for the purpose of determining whether a Rule's question is affirmative or negative? _____________________________________________________________________ 18:4 by Stein: INVALID, awarded 0 Style Points Fantasy Rule 18:3 No, but as any question posed in prime-numbered rules must be answered in the next prime-numbered rule, is it not fair that a question posed in a composite-numbered rule must be answered in the next composite-numbered rule as well? _____________________________________________________________________ >From frc-request@nvg.unit.no Wed Mar 16 03:34:34 1994 18:5, by KUNNE: VALID, awarded +1 Style Points ==== Every future rule shall contain exactly one question that can be answered by YES or NO, but no more than half of the questions posed in VALID Rules shall have NO for an answer. The answer to the question of Rule 18:2 is YES. My question: have all VALID Rules questions the answer YES? ==== ______________________________________________________________________ >From frc-request@nvg.unit.no Wed Mar 16 03:58:48 1994 18:6, by Stein: VALID, awarded +1 Style Points ===== No rule may specifically answer more than one question. No more than half of all VALID rule questions may be specifically answered in other rules. The answer to 18:3 is YES. Did this answer yield any new information? ==== __________________________________________________________________________ >From frc-request@nvg.unit.no Wed Mar 16 09:42:58 1994 18:7, by Alyxx: VALID (by 2/3 vote), awarded +1 Style Points There is always new information contained in rule submissions, 18:6 is no exception. Must all rules restrict other rules? _________________________________________________________________________ >From frc-request@nvg.unit.no Thu Mar 17 09:23:52 1994 18:8, by KUNNE: VALID, awarded +2 Style Points ==== If this or a future Rule is posted on Monday, Wednesday or Friday (Greenwich Mean Time) the answer on the question posed in this Rule is YES. Otherwise the answer is NO. Are there any VALID Rules posted on Fridays (Greenwich Mean Time)? ==== _________________________________________________________________________ 18:9, by Stein: INVALID, awarded -1 Style Points === Given that 18:8 is declared VALID, the term 'Rule' in its first line shall apply to both INVALID and VALID rules. Will anyone post a bogus rule tomorrow just too see what judge Doug will do? Note that in this rule 18:8 may freely be considered to be a word or not, yielding either fiftyseven or fiftynine words total. === ________________________________________________________________________ Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 09:54:10 (GMT +2) From: KUNNE@cernvm.cern.ch Fantasy Rule 18:10 VALID +1 Style Points awarded The answer to the question posed in Rule x shall be YES, where the x shall be defined in the next VALID Rule. Will every question posed this Round be answered this Round? ================================================================== Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 16:40:19 (GMT +2) From: KUNNE@cernvm.cern.ch Fantasy Rule 18:11 VALID +1 Style Points awarded Rule x mentioned earlier this Round is the next VALID Rule. Will Alyxx stop complaining and post today another Rule? ========================================================== Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 10:13:15 EST (GMT -4????) From: alyxx@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (A. Feltser) Fantasy Rule 18:12 VALID +2 Style Points awarded Do invalid rules ever influence play? Why do we inflict this game upon ourselves? Note that only one Yes/No question is allowed! ===================================================================== Date: Tue, 5 Apr 94 06:52:06 EDT (GMT -4?????) From: alyxx@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (A. Feltser) Fantasy Rule 18:13 VALID +1 Style Points awarded Will round eighteen end this week? By definition, 18:10 is "no", as the final question will never be answered. ____________________________________________________________________________ >From frc-request@nvg.unit.no Thu Apr 7 04:11:03 1994 Rule 18:14, by Ronald Kunne INVALID , awarded 0 Style Points ==== `Unanswered questions' are questions which answer has not been given yet in a Rule or which answer can not be derived by reasoning. All future rules shall answer an unanswered question, but unanswered questions of exactly six words shall remain unanswered. Will Alyxx win this Fantasy Round? ==== 18:15 and 18:16 were submitted but received no decision from the Judge. >From frc-request@nvg.unit.no Thu Apr 7 07:20:12 1994 From: alyxx@NADC.NADC.NAVY.MIL (A. Feltser) Please note that 1) despite believing it to be invalid, I am obeying 18:14. 2) "18:5" and "18:8" are words, as are all sets of letters combined in t normal ways within this rule. (word count SHOULD be 29, but it's early yet). Also I assume that "derived by reasoning" refers to INTERNAL logic, independent on other rules. ==== 18:5 is also unanswered, as any "reasoning" to answer it would involve other questions. The answer, of course, is "no," "18:8" is valid; negitive. Is it possible to cheat? ===== Enjoy it! Alyxx >From frc-request@nvg.unit.no Thu Apr 7 12:11:20 1994 From: KUNNE@crnvma.cern.ch Below Rule submission 18:16. I invite Alyxx to obey this Rule, Stein to evaluate all the consequences and Doug to give me a couple of Style Points! And now the Rule: ==== Alyxx shall win this Round. Does this answer an `unanswered question'? ==== Greetings, Ronald _________________________________________________________________________ Some people tried to post rules on days precluded by an Overrule 11 (which suspended play for a week due to the Judge's absence) and by 18:8, which cleverly prevented any posts on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. Those attempts are not included in this summary. _________________________________________________________________________ Sincerely, Doug Chatham