OFF: [Arbitor] Court Gazette
Agoran Court Gazette (Arbitor's Weekly Report) Thu 20 Oct 2022 [Also found at: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/report.html] DEADLINES (details below) --- 3999 Assigned to ais523 Due Thu 27 Oct 2022 18:35:20 4000 Assigned to Murphy Due Thu 27 Oct 2022 18:37:10 INTERESTED JUDGES AND THEIR MOST RECENT CASE --- 3995 G. 3997 snail 3998 Jason 3999 ais523 4000 Murphy OPEN CASES --- 4000 Assigned to Murphy [Due Thu 27 Oct 2022 18:37:10] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?4000 It is round 2,098. 3999 Assigned to ais523 [Due Thu 27 Oct 2022 18:35:20] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3999 Rule 2139 does not define the contents of the Registrar's monthly report to contain all dates such that a person has registered or deregistered. RECENTLY-JUDGED CASES --- 3998 Judged DISMISS by Jason [Sat 15 Oct 2022] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3998 In a message timestamped Tue Oct 11 23:12:43 UTC 2022 entitled "Exhibit A", Shy Owl attempted to perform at least 1 game action. 3997 Judged FALSE by snail [Sun 09 Oct 2022] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3997 Jason's wielding of the Power Stone on or about 25 Sep 2022 increased eir voting strength on the Registrar election in progress at that time. 3996 Judged FALSE by snail [Sun 09 Oct 2022] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3996 Jason's wielding of the Power Stone on or about 25 Sep 2022 increased eir voting strength on at least one decision. 3995 Judged FALSE by G. [Thu 29 Sep 2022] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3995 Within the past 24 hours, Murphy won the game. DEADLINES (details below) --- 3999 Assigned to ais523 Due Thu 27 Oct 2022 18:35:20 4000 Assigned to Murphy Due Thu 27 Oct 2022 18:37:10 INTERESTED JUDGES AND THEIR MOST RECENT CASE --- 3995 G. 3997 Secretsnail9 3998 Jason 3999 ais523 4000 Murphy OPEN CASES --- 4000 Assigned to Murphy [Due Thu 27 Oct 2022 18:37:10] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?4000 It is round 2,098. 3999 Assigned to ais523 [Due Thu 27 Oct 2022 18:35:20] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3999 Rule 2139 does not define the contents of the Registrar's monthly report to contain all dates such that a person has registered or deregistered. RECENTLY-JUDGED CASES --- 3998 Judged DISMISS by Jason [Sat 15 Oct 2022] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3998 In a message timestamped Tue Oct 11 23:12:43 UTC 2022 entitled "Exhibit A", Shy Owl attempted to perform at least 1 game action. 3997 Judged FALSE by snail [Sun 09 Oct 2022] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3997 Jason's wielding of the Power Stone on or about 25 Sep 2022 increased eir voting strength on the Registrar election in progress at that time. 3996 Judged FALSE by snail [Sun 09 Oct 2022] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3996 Jason's wielding of the Power Stone on or about 25 Sep 2022 increased eir voting strength on at least one decision. 3995 Judged FALSE by G. [Thu 29 Sep 2022] https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3995 Within the past 24 hours, Murphy won the game.
OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 4000 Assigned to Murphy
[A nice historical question for the occasion!] The below CFJ is CFJ FOUR THOUSAND (4000). I assign it to Murphy. status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#4000 === CFJ 4000 === It is round 2,098. == Caller:nix Judge: Murphy == History: Called by nix:20 Oct 2022 17:20:44 Assigned to Murphy: [now] == Caller's Arguments: Rounds are defined in R1023 alongside pivots: A pivot is either the instant at which Agora Nomic began (June 30, 1993, 00:04:30 GMT +1200) or an instant at which at least one person won the game. When used as a period of time, a "Round" (historical syn: "game") is the period of time between a pivot and the next pivot. FOR: By my calculations, there have been 2,097 wins. If each win is a pivot that starts a new round, then this is round 2,098. AGAINST: However, rounds are defined as "the period of time between a pivot and the next pivot". Many wins have happened in the same message (notably Jason won 1000 times in one message). Messages are considered to happen instantaneously but sequentially. Arguably, there is no "period of time" between these wins, and no rounds occurred between them. If this is the case, then we are closer to round 599. ==
OFF: CFJ 3999 Assigned to ais523
The below CFJ is 3999. I assign it to ais523. status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3999 === CFJ 3999 === Rule 2139 does not define the contents of the Registrar's monthly report to contain all dates such that a person has registered or deregistered. == Caller:Juan Judge: ais523 == History: Called by Juan: 13 Oct 2022 20:31:16 Assigned to ais523: [now] == Caller's Arguments: Arguments for TRUE: Rule 2139 mandates the Registrar's monthly report to include “For each former player for which the information is reasonably available, the dates on which e registered and deregistered.” Now, a player is defined as simply “a registered person”, which would indicate a “former player” to refer to a person which at some point was registered. Other readings include that it refers to the entity that was a player and ceased to exist when that player was deregistered – this is not supported by evidence. Indeed, the next paragraph of Rule 869 states that “[i]f e does so [deregister], e CANNOT register or be registered for 30 days”, which indicates the entity which is the player continues to exist after deregistration. That is: playerhood is a state, and “former player” should be understood as an entity which at some point in the past was registered, but is no longer. Now, back to the rule in question. It refers to “the dates on which e [a former player] registered and deregistered”. The qualification “on which e registered and deregistered” obviously refer to a pair of dates, and not one date in which the player did both actions. That is not in question and shall not be discussed further. But the point is that the plural “dates” now refers to that pair of dates, and the definitive article “the” makes the whole subject phrase have reference ONLY IF there is a single entity that satisfies the condition. Therefore, for people that became players more than once, the phrase has no referent, and so is confusing and/or ambiguous. So is the whole as well. Note, if the rule said “the dates on which e registered OR deregistered”, there would be a reasonable interpretation, more in tune with the game's traditions, that the plural refers to all such dates in which that particular player has either registered, deregistered, or both. It is not so, however. There remains only a single question: is there a more suitable interpretation that makes it so the text is in accordance with (what I suppose is) the intent of the rule? I'd say NOT, for if the plural in “dates” accomodates a multitude of possible entities satisfying the condition that follows, that condition would be “on which e registered and deregistered” – which is much more rare than what has historically appeared in Registrars' Monthly Reports. Arguments for FALSE: This is proposterous, nitpicking, and must not be indulged. Caller's Evidence: > > Rule 2139/17 (Power=2) > The Registrar > > The Registrar is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping > track of players. > > The Registrar's weekly report includes: > > 1. A list of all players, including information sufficient to > identify and contact each player. > > 2. The date on which each player most recently became a player. > > 3. For each forum with non-Foreign publicity, sufficient > instructions for players to receive messages there. > > The Registrar's monthly report includes: > > 1. For each former player for which the information is reasonably > available, the dates on which e registered and deregistered. > > ==
OFF: CFJ 3998 Judged DISMISS by Jason
status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3998
(This document is informational only and contains no game actions).
=== CFJ 3998 ===
In a message timestamped Tue Oct 11 23:12:43 UTC 2022 entitled
"Exhibit A", Shy Owl attempted to perform at least 1 game action.
==
Caller:Shy Owl
Judge: Jason
Judgement: DISMISS
==
History:
Called by Shy Owl:11 Oct 2022 23:27:48
Assigned to Jason:13 Oct 2022 16:27:03
Judged DISMISS by Jason: 15 Oct 2022 21:00:33
==
Caller's Evidence:
The message is reproduced here:
> Tue Oct 11 23:12:43 UTC 2022
>
> I perform at least 1 game action.
>
> --
>
> Shy Owl
Caller's Arguments:
Arguments for:
{
1. Shy Owl was a player at the time of sending and capable of performing
game actions.
2. The circumstances under which a player is capable of attempting a game
action appear to be unregulated by the rules.
3. The intended result of the message (the number of game actions being
performed being at least 1) was clear and unambiguous.
Therefore, the message did constitute an attempted action.
}
Arguments Against:
{
Shy Owl did not specify any particular action, therefore it is impossible
to determine any specific game action e may have been attempting. If this
were the case, it would be impossible to determine for certain whether or
not the attempt was successful.
Therefore, the message was not valid as an attempted action.
}
--
Judge Jason's Arguments:
The content of the message did not meet any communication standard for
performing an action within the Rules. So, the sending of the message
did not result in any game action being performed.
However, whether Shy Owl was attempting to perform any specific action
or set of actions by sending the message depends on eir mental state at
the time. I find that there is insufficient evidence to conclude either
way by a preponderance of the evidence. As such, CFJ 3998 judged DISMISS.
==
