They are banned from bidding in zombie auctions, not in land auctions.
I suppose an alternative solution to the loophole would be to ban zombies from
bidding in land auctions as well, but I feel we should leave _some_ benefits to
owning a zombie, otherwise there's not a lot of point.
-twg
‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐
On August 1, 2018 5:17 PM, Corona wrote:
> Wait... aren't zombies banned from bidding? How does this work?
>
> On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey m...@timon.red wrote:
>
> > On July 30, 2018 9:45 PM, Timon Walshe-Grey m...@timon.red wrote:
> >
> > > (For reassurance: Using the zombie is not an attempt to get around the
> > > pledges/promises; I'm intending to exploit a totally different loophole.
> > > In
> > > fact I don't think it would even work to evade the promises, since I'm
> > > still bidding, just not on my own behalf.)
> >
> > I transfer all liquid assets in the possession of the orchard at (+5, 0) to
> > myself.
> > I act on behalf of Kenyon to transfer all liquid assets in the possession
> > of
> > the mine at (-1, +2) to Kenyon. I act on behalf of Kenyon to transfer all
> > eir
> > liquid assets to myself.
> > As I have not won a land auction in the current or previous Agoran month, I
> > destroy 1 corn to Stake a Land Claim on (+5, -1). I choose for (+5, -1) to
> > be
> > white.
> > I act on behalf of Kenyon to submit and pend the following proposal:
> > //
> > Title: Return of the Zombie Loopholes
> > Adoption index: 1.0
> > Author: Kenyon
> > Co-authors: twg
> > Amend rule 2003, "Actions in Arcadia", by replacing the text "and has
> > not won a land auction in the current or previous month" with "and has
> > not, in the current or previous month, either won a land auction or
> > been the master of a zombie when the zombie won a land auction".
> > //
> > I destroy 8 lumber and 4 stones to build a loom at (+5, -1). I transfer
> > all my
> > cotton to the loom at (+5, -1).
> > -twg
>
> --
>
> ~Corona
