rfj add 36/0 13 Mar 2001 15:28:29 Jeff Schroeder Upon passage of any Bank Motion issued by the Tax Collector, a Motive Order is issued by Rule 319/0 forcing the repayment of the points specified from the debtor to the bank. ---- rfj add 37/0 13 Mar 2001 15:28:29 Jeff Schroeder The Player Poulenc performed several actions after the Motive Order for repayment was issued, and therefore did not perform the required action 'as soon as possible' as stated in Rule 319/0. ---- rfj assign 36/0 13 Mar 2001 16:33:04 Poulenc ---- rfj assign 37/0 13 Mar 2001 16:33:04 M'cachessilnath ---- rfj ruling 36/0 13 Mar 2001 17:43:56 Poulenc false The sentence in question in rule 319 is the following: "If it passes then a Motive Order is issued for the repayment of the debt, to be performed as soon as possible." Yes, this would seem to force repayment. However, this refers to a Motion for Repayment, not a Bank Motion. There is a distinction. The wording here is unfortunate. A Bank Motion is defined in rule 317/2 and is a means by which the Player community have to force the Bank to take certain actions, with or without the agreement of the Banker. If the Players feel they don't have enough points, for example, they could order the Bank to transfer to every player 10 points. The Bank, however, is an agent just as other agents are and cannot force a player, outside of rules-defined mechanisms, to transfer points. A Motion for Repayment applies to any debt-situation, whether it involves the bank or not. Normally this must be done by the agent to whom the debt is owed. The exception is the Bank, whose Motions For Repayment are submitted by the Tax Collector. The closest a Bank Motion can come to forcing a player to pay eir debt is to order the Bank to issue a Motion for Repayment. ---- rfj ruling 35/0 13 Mar 2001 20:57:24 PurpleBob true The following items which Benjamin added as contents are not objects in the game: a half-consumed 40 (of liquor) 3 dirty magazines a thermal sleeping bag several newspapers The structure of his message made it clear that these were meant to be contents and not simply part of the description. ---- rfj ruling 31/0 13 Mar 2001 22:58:22 Joerg false The rules clearly state that actions have to be taken in public fora (R112/0, Fora), and voting is an action. A Player may however vote without using a public forum by notifying the Administrator (R226/0, Secret Voting). Since the Administrator is the person resposible for counting the votes (R225/1, Vote Counting), it is obvious that "casting a vote" should be interpreted as "making the vote available to the Administrator". The votes must be made available to the Administrator during the voting period, because "Only votes cast during voting are counted for voting purposes" (R225/1). ----