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A small puzzle in loopholes.
Nomic is a game about changing the rules of the game. In the essay "Minimum Nomic, a Tool for Studying Rule Dynamics" by Masaomi Hatakeyama and Takashi Hashimoto, there's a loophole via the which a pair of players could win the game before any turn is completed, regardless of how many more players there are in the game.
Can you find it?
It's related to how the first online Nomic (Nomic World) got fucked up, if you're interested in looking into more stuff about Nomic.
Original: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.78.4736&rep=rep1&type=pdf
101. All players must always abide by all the rules then in effect, in the form in which they are then in effect. The rules in the Initial Set are in effect whenever a game begins. The Initial Set consists of Rules 101-108.
102. A rule-change is the following: the enactment, repeal, or amendment of a rule.
103. Players shall alternate in clockwise order, taking one whole turn apiece.
104. Each player proposes one rule-change and has it voted on in her/his turn.
105. A rule-change is adopted if and only if the vote is unanimous among the players.
106. An adopted rule-change takes full effect at the movement of the completion of the vote that adopted it. Each new rule adopted shall be given a number. The numbers shall begin with 201.
107. If two or more rules conflict with one another, then the rule with the lowest ordinal number takes precedence.
108. If players disagree about the legality of a move or the interpretation or application of a rule, then the player preceding the one moving is to be the Judge and decide the question. Disagreement for the purposes of this rule may be created by the insistence of any player. This process is called invoking Judgment. That preceding player becomes a Judge, and the Judge gives a decision. The Judge’s Judgment is overruled only by a unanimous vote of the other players taken before the next turn is begun. If a Judge’s Judgment is overruled, the next player to Judge become a new Judge and gives a decision, and do as same as above until Judgement is not overruled.
Nomic is a game about changing the rules of the game. In the essay "Minimum Nomic, a Tool for Studying Rule Dynamics" by Masaomi Hatakeyama and Takashi Hashimoto, there's a loophole via the which a pair of players could win the game before any turn is completed, regardless of how many more players there are in the game.
Can you find it?
It's related to how the first online Nomic (Nomic World) got fucked up, if you're interested in looking into more stuff about Nomic.
Original: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.78.4736&rep=rep1&type=pdf
101. All players must always abide by all the rules then in effect, in the form in which they are then in effect. The rules in the Initial Set are in effect whenever a game begins. The Initial Set consists of Rules 101-108.
102. A rule-change is the following: the enactment, repeal, or amendment of a rule.
103. Players shall alternate in clockwise order, taking one whole turn apiece.
104. Each player proposes one rule-change and has it voted on in her/his turn.
105. A rule-change is adopted if and only if the vote is unanimous among the players.
106. An adopted rule-change takes full effect at the movement of the completion of the vote that adopted it. Each new rule adopted shall be given a number. The numbers shall begin with 201.
107. If two or more rules conflict with one another, then the rule with the lowest ordinal number takes precedence.
108. If players disagree about the legality of a move or the interpretation or application of a rule, then the player preceding the one moving is to be the Judge and decide the question. Disagreement for the purposes of this rule may be created by the insistence of any player. This process is called invoking Judgment. That preceding player becomes a Judge, and the Judge gives a decision. The Judge’s Judgment is overruled only by a unanimous vote of the other players taken before the next turn is begun. If a Judge’s Judgment is overruled, the next player to Judge become a new Judge and gives a decision, and do as same as above until Judgement is not overruled.