[Nomic02] Proposal: miscellaneous proposals

Dylan O'Donnell nomic02@wurb.com
Thu, 10 Apr 2003 12:30:17 +0100


Admiral Jota wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Dylan O'Donnell wrote:
> > > Imp Ant-Power [Jota]
> >
> > Aye, though I'm somewhat concerned by its specifying the winning
> > number explicitly; what if we decide to Move the Goalposts again?
> 
> I was concerned about phrasing the rule in any way that referred to
> "winning", since winning itself ends the game -- I wanted to ensure that
> the player was prevented from actually reaching the number of bp in
> question. If you want to propose a functionally equivalent phrasing that
> you like better, feel free.

I could, but it'd need to wait for Moving the Goalposts [Psmith] to be
ratified, since it'd have a rule-reference pointing at whatever number
that comes into effect as (which could then be modified under the
aegis of Rule 35 by any future goalpost-moving proposal).

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