Gaelan wrote:
I CFJ: { If Cuddlebeam does not win the game in the next 90 days, there exists a combination of actions by players that would allow a player to levy the Cold Hand of Justice on twg for violation of the pledge below, without changing the rules or ratifying a document. }Arguments: { 2450/7 reads, in part: { If a Player makes a clear public pledge (syn. Oath) to perform (or refrain from performing) certain actions, then breaking the pledge within the pledge's time window is the Class N crime of Oathbreaking, where N is 2 unless the pledge explicitly states otherwise. The time window of a pledge is 60 days, unless the pledge explicitly states otherwise. A pledge ceases to exist at the end of its time window. } I’m not sure if the quoted pledge “explicitly” states that its time window is 90 days. It certainly discusses a 90-day time window, but I’m not sure if that qualifies as “explicitly” stating that the pledge itself has a time window of 90 days. If the time window is 60 days, there’s no way to violate the pledge within its time window, and this is FALSE. If the time window is 90 days, it still might not work. When was the pledge violated? There’s an argument to be made that the violation occurs at the moment the 90-day window expires. If so, would that count as "breaking the pledge within the pledge's time window”? } GaelanOn Feb 29, 2020, at 1:33 PM, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-business <agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: I cause myself to become CuddleBeam's Active Supermaster by pledging the following: I Pledge that I will cause Cuddlebeam to Win Agora within 90 days. The "N" of this Pledge, for the purpose of its Class N Crime of Oathbreaking is a googleplex. -twg
Gratuitous: * "I Pledge that I will <action> within <duration>" is plenty explicit, even if it doesn't literally use the words "time window". If it quacks like a duck... * I would indeed argue that the violation occurs at the end of the time window, and that the interests of the game are better served by interpreting that as being effective as the rule was surely intended.
