On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:34 AM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Quazie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The idea sounds fun. Would the players find out that they lost/gained >> points per message or per week? If they learned per message would >> they learn publicly or privately? (my hope would be privately per >> message, but that might make it too easy to determine the rules) > > Not really. Even if it was per message and publicly, there is still a > huge number of secret rules that might apply to a given message. If > some of the rules define some objects or attributes which contestants > might have, it gets even more complicated. > > Here's another idea, by the way: > > Some of the secret rules you are allowed to look at privately, perhaps > by clicking a button on a webform. If you read the rule, then you > might gain a huge advantage over the competition, by understanding how > the contest works. However, some rules would give you very very > little gain, and some are booby-trapped and will severely punish you > for reading them. > > In this case, other contestants might know about the punishment, but > not which rule a person attempted to reveal. They might then try to > guess which rule the punished contestant most likely attempted to > view, and avoid it. > > Now, if some contestants (this way or another way) gained privileged > knowledge about how contest-defined objects work-- or guessed it-- > then they might try to fool other contestants by performing invalid > actions on purpose, or lying about things. The contest would be > persued elsewhere than the public forum, so Rule 2149 would not apply. > > Like Mao, I guess. With all the rights I'm trying to dodge, you might > wonder if this is best suited for a game independent from Agora. But > I think it would be more fun when Agoran actions are a factor, and > when contestants might win points. >
If a contract included a provision that a member may lie in relation to the contract without penalty, would a lie in relation to that contract violate R 2149?
