DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-11-29 Thread Elliott Hird
On 29 Nov 2008, at 20:05, Pavitra wrote: informally request a PBA report sometime soonish nomic.bob-space.com/agoralog.aspx by bobthj I pledged to allow him to publish a report on my behalf. He hasn't yet.

DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-11-26 Thread Joshua Boehme
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:59:44 + Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CFJ: The PRS is a contest Arguments: Wooble neat, PRS isn't a contest; Notary is recordkeepor of contestmasters so ratifying the Scorekeepor report didn't make it a contest. Wooble and since the Scorekeepor

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-11-26 Thread Elliott Hird
On 26 Nov 2008, at 12:12, Joshua Boehme wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:59:44 + Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CFJ: The PRS is a contest Arguments: Wooble neat, PRS isn't a contest; Notary is recordkeepor of contestmasters so ratifying the Scorekeepor report didn't make it a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-11-26 Thread Roger Hicks
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 05:39, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bobthj scammed it as a contest by ratifying scorekeepor's report. Except... see wooble's quote. Arguments: The PRS was a contest for quite some time before it ceased to be one due to a ratification error on the Notary

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-11-26 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:12 AM, Joshua Boehme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I wasn't in on the discussion, could someone provide the context, please? That was all of the context, and I was incorrect. The contestmaster switch is tracked by the Notary, but the list of contestmasters is part

DIS: Re: BUS: PRS Cashout

2008-10-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Alex Smith wrote: The following sentence is a win announcement, and this sentence serves to clearly label it as one. ais523 has a score of at least 100. Therefore, by rule 2187, I satisfy the Winning Condition of High Score; I do not satisfy any Losing Conditions,

DIS: Re: BUS: PRS changes

2008-10-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote: with: The total number of points a player MAY award in a given week is equal to 5 times the number of first-class players who are members of contracts for which e is contestmaster. Points up to this total CAN be awarded by a

DIS: Re: BUS: PRS Cashout

2008-10-27 Thread Ian Kelly
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Roger Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I initiate an equity case regarding the PRS, whose parties are ehird, BobTHJ, comex, Murphy, Quazie, Wooble, Pavitra, ais523, and root. ais523 should only have gotten 1 point from the above cashout since e only had 1 PV. He

DIS: Re: BUS: PRS Cashout

2008-10-27 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:52, Alex Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following sentence is a win announcement, and this sentence serves to clearly label it as one. ais523 has a score of at least 100. Therefore, by rule 2187, I satisfy the Winning Condition of High Score; I do not satisfy

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS Cashout

2008-10-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:52, Alex Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following sentence is a win announcement, and this sentence serves to clearly label it as one. ais523 has a score of at least 100. Therefore, by rule 2187, I satisfy the Winning

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS Cashout

2008-10-27 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 15:07, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:52, Alex Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following sentence is a win announcement, and this sentence serves to clearly label it as one. ais523 has a score

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS Cashout

2008-10-27 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 14:07 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:52, Alex Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following sentence is a win announcement, and this sentence serves to clearly label it as one. ais523 has a score of at least

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS Cashout

2008-10-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Alex Smith wrote: On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 14:07 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: As is, I don't think there's a lot that can be done. The PRS was acting not-in-accordance-with-expectations due to a mistake, so that can be solved equitably, but the gamestate will have changed a lot

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS Cashout

2008-10-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Kerim Aydin wrote: I agree that criminal proceedings aren't reasonable, I'm more thinking of the equity; what is an equitable solution to making a mistake that resets all other members' points? ps. Maybe equity would be me putting a big word ILLEGAL next to the win

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS Cashout

2008-10-27 Thread comex
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Kerim Aydin wrote: I agree that criminal proceedings aren't reasonable, I'm more thinking of the equity; what is an equitable solution to making a mistake that resets all other members' points? ps.

DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-28 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/6/28 Zefram [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I object. -zefram why?

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-28 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: why? I have a problem with the laundering concept of the PRS. It should not be granted the ability to award points. Points should only be awarded for generally-approved subgames, but the PRS would open the way for anything to grant points. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-28 Thread Roger Hicks
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Zefram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Elliott Hird wrote: why? I have a problem with the laundering concept of the PRS. It should not be granted the ability to award points. Points should only be awarded for generally-approved subgames, but the PRS would open the

DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-28 Thread Taral
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Zefram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ihope wrote: Just to speed things along or something, I intend to make the Points Relay Service a contract with myself as contestmaster without three objections. I object. And here I thought you'd just reposted the same thing 4

DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-28 Thread Taral
I object to ehird's, ihope's, and both of Quazie's attempts to make the PRS a contest. It would allow contests to persistently exceed the rules-mandated cap on number of awardable points. -- Taral [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please let me know if there's any further trouble I can give you. -- Unknown

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-28 Thread Roger Hicks
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Zefram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Elliott Hird wrote: why? I have a problem with the laundering concept of the PRS. It should not be granted

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-28 Thread Taral
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Roger Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you be a little more specific about what the problem is here? What about the PRS would you change, or what do you find to be scammable or unbalanced? The PRS is regulated by the same without three objections that

DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-27 Thread Quazie
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I join the PRS. 2008/6/27 Quazie [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I intend to make the Points Relay Service a contract with myself as contestmaster without three objections. I object. I intend to make the Points Relay Service a

DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-27 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I join the PRS. 2008/6/27 Quazie [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I intend to make the Points Relay Service a contract with myself as contestmaster without three objections. I object. I intend to make the Points Relay Service a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-27 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/6/27 Geoffrey Spear [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's already a contest. Ironic.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-27 Thread Quazie
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Geoffrey Spear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I join the PRS. 2008/6/27 Quazie [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I intend to make the Points Relay Service a contract with myself as contestmaster without

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-27 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/6/27 Geoffrey Spear [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's already a contest. Ironic. Proto-proposal: rename contests to something that doesn't share most of the same letters with contracts

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-27 Thread Quazie
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Geoffrey Spear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/6/27 Geoffrey Spear [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's already a contest. Ironic. Proto-proposal: rename contests to something that doesn't share

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-27 Thread Quazie
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Quazie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Geoffrey Spear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Elliott Hird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/6/27 Geoffrey Spear [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's already a contest. Ironic.