On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 8:04 AM James Cook <jc...@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> > That's a good point. Maybe we could add "as long as the announcement > > is not conditioned on anything". It's possible that R478's requirement > > that "by announcement" actions must be unambiguous would imply this > > anyway. > > > > -- > > - Falsifian > > I have realized the value of the Roshambo Wheel switch will often > become "indeterminate", and thus be reset to the default. So, I agree > with Aris that some sort of higher-powered rule change would be needed > to have changes to switches depend on the future. > > Fortunately, I can get around it by not making the Roshambo Wheel a > switch. Updated draft, with the following changes: > * Defined and used "by unconditional announcement". > * The Roshambo Wheel is not a switch. I hope the new text works. > * I removed With Notice from winning. I see Spaaace has it, but I'm not > sure why. I'll put it back if someone explains it. > * Change "Spin" to "Commune" and "Change eir Mind about spinning" into > "Reach into the Past". > * A player CANNOT play Roshambo if e has Communed in the past 4 days. > * Default the Roshambo Wheel to Rock. > * Add a delay between playing and updating a player's score, to keep the > score determinate. Add an officer to track the scores. > > AI: 1 > Co-authors: Jason Cobb > Text: > Enact a new power-0.5 rule titled "Clairvoyant Roshambo", with the > following text. > > At every time, the Roshambo Wheel is set to exactly one of Rock, > Paper or Scissors. When the Rules do not say that its value > changes, it stays the same. If it would otherwise not be set to a > value, it is set to Rock. > > To perform an action "by unconditional announcement" is to perform > it by announcement and not specify any condition upon which the > action depends in that announcement. > > Whenever a player has not done so in the past 4 days, e CAN > Commune with the Wheel by unconditional announcement, specifying > Rock, Paper or Scissors. A player CAN Reach into the Past by > unconditional announcement at any time. If a player Communes the > Wheel at a time T, and does not Reach into the Past in the four > days following T, then at time T I the value of the Roshambo Wheel > is changed to the value e specified. > > The Medium is an office. Roshambo Score is a player switch with > possible values all integers, tracked by the Medium. To increase > a player's Roshambo Score is to flip it to a value one greater > than it was, and to decrease it is to flip it to a value one less > than it was. > > Rock beats Scissors, Scissors beats Paper, and Paper beats Rock. > > Once per Agoran week, each player CAN Play Roshambo by > unconditional announcement, specifying Rock, Paper or Scissors. > When e does so: > * If e specifies a value that beats the current value of the Roshambo > Wheel, then 4 days later, eir Roshambo Score is increased. > * If e specifies a value that is beaten by the current value of the > Roshambo Wheel, then 4 days later, eir Roshambo Score is > decreased. > > A player with a Roshambo Score of at least 10 CAN Transcend Time > by announcement. When e does so, e wins the game, and all > instances of the Roshambo Score switch are flipped to 0. > > -- > - Falsifian > Okay, a few things. * Defining “unconditional announcement” is probably overkill; any sane judge would arrive at that that anyway, and it adds a bit to bloat. * You should probably say "Roshambo Score is an integer player switch" (R 2509) * You should probably say "increased by 1" and "decreased by 1" (or incremented and decremented) instead of redefining those terms. (R2509) * I'd prefer an award of coins along with a SHOULD encouraging the Herald to give the patent title of "Time Lord" * I agree that this almost certainly works in this limited case. -Aris
