[Nomic02] [P] Omnibus Tune-Up

Dylan O'Donnell nomic02@wurb.com
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:50:30 +0000


Adam Biltcliffe wrote:
> >Omnibus Tune-Up [Jota]
> 
> As far as I can tell, the only difference between this and the current Rule 
> 50 is the change of "may not be moved by any other means" to "may not be 
> moved by any other action". I therefore vote nay on the basis that 'move' 
> as defined by the rules is a distinct subset of 'change location' and that 
> the current Rule 50 does not prevent a player who uses the Omnibus to enter 
> a room which then immediately disappears from having their location changed 
> (which is what Rule 29 specifies will happen to the contents of the bubble).

But, if we're saying that the Rule 29 shift-to-lounge is happening
before the bubble vanishes, then that _is_ a move (it's a change of
location to a connected room), and hence would be forbidden by Rule 50
to an Omnibus passenger.

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