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There are three people in the SCVF.
We have 11 players, 10 of whom are eligible to vote in the poll.
I have ruled that you only need a majority to overrule the judge.

I don't know what else I can say. This is a game, and the absolute humorlessness of the last few days has come as a complete shock to me. I thought the following would happen, either (a) someone would figure out how to beat the SCVF and keep the game going, which to his credit ssg essentially did, or (b) the SCVF would be congratulated for a clever exploit well within the spirit of Nomic and we'd start over.

Those would have been my reactions had I been on the other side of this. That's what I thought we all got into this for.

I never expected a Complete and Total Freakout on the part of certain other players. I find it utterly shocking that people have become so upset over something so utterly inconsequential, and I deeply regret pulling the trigger on the SCVF now that I see it essentially ruined the game.

If I had it to do over again, I'd have played this very differently, but I foolishly thought this sort of thing was the game. Reversing myself now won't make up for it, as I think we've lost a lot of players and enthusiasm over this, though it may have only accelerated the collapse of a game that was pretty clearly in decline already.

I'm very sorry about it, honestly. I hope the second game gets off the ground and that whatever vibe is necessary for a game to "gel" isn't trashed by conflicting expectations among players. I thought this little victory gambit would be fun, not just for the three "winners" but the group as a whole; instead, it's been utterly agonizing, and I wish you'd get your votes in order to overrule me so we could just be done with it.

I wish you'd get your votes in order to overrule me so we could just be done with it

gerryblog, that is how we continue. To stop, we have to win.

But this really is getting silly, and I don't think stopping our victory is going to make anything better. There are a few new folks queued up here to start, so dragging this first game forward doesn't seem like the best way to sunshine and light.

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There are a few new folks queued up here to start, so dragging this first game forward doesn't seem like the best way to sunshine and light.

I very much agree. I'm pretty stubborn though and I'd really like to see this mess cleared up before we move on to a new game. I'd much rather the next game be played with a little more legal engineering and a little less social engineering (no insult to the SCVF intended; I just don't really want to play the game the way that you play). I'm concerned that if we accept this victory now, there won't be much hope that people won't try the same kind of moves in the next game. Maybe I'm taking this too seriously, but I'd hate for the next game to have the same downer of a conclusion. I realize that my style of play is probably quite a bit too legalistic and nitpicky for many players and I'll do my best to tone that down if the next game gets of the ground.

I'd be happy to Mulligan this game, if the other players are so inclined. gerryblog?

shelleycat, future games will be worse off without you. I'm sorry to see you go.

There are a few new folks queued up here to start, so dragging this first game forward doesn't seem like the best way to sunshine and light.

a little more legal engineering and a little less social engineering

I'd hate for the next game to have the same downer of a conclusion

Want to add that I definitely agree with all of these points, though I think we could have an Interesting Discussion about whose side is (generally) legal engineering and whose side is (generally) social engineering in this particular case. I think your style of play is great, ssg, even if we've butted head a few times on legalistic and nitpicky points.

To answer shelleycat's question, I can reset the account password and email address, but deleting the account would give all the posts to Anonymous.

But honestly, this sort of clash is so common there's a name for it, Left In A Huff. "It has become traditional in Agora Nomic for long-standing players to suddenly decide that several other players hold grudges against em, and to deregister with a lengthy rant about how Agora is never going to succeed with that kind of attitude."

But the link also points out, "Most of these players have also rejoined the game some time after Leaving in a Huff."

We kicked a lot of dirt at the umpire, and he probably deserved it. But after cooling off a few days, the ump and the players generally gear up for the next game, because what else are you gonna do?

So I'd prefer to leave all accounts open, in hopes that you'll unidle soon to stick it to your foes when the opportunities arise.