RE: Re: Requesting Other GM's Opinions
"Adam Kuehn" <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:18:26 -0400
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RUFFHAUS8 wrote:
> Some of you guys would really make great senators....
I believe the correct term is "rules lawyer". ;-)
> There is no benefit to be had by
> ruling the order in question invalid.
I would argue that strict interpretation was intended by the designers.
They obviously anticipated mistakes being made, and it looks to me as though
they intended to shift the risk to the player writing the orders. Of
course, you are free to disagree with the designers....
> Are we really interested in being that
> focused on invalidating an order on a typo???
No. We'd much prefer that the players wrote correct orders.
-Adam
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<p>RUFFHAUS8 wrote: <br>
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> Some of you guys would really make great senators....<br>
<br>
I believe the correct term is "rules lawyer". ;-)<br>
<br>
> There is no benefit to be had by <br>
> ruling the order in question invalid.<br>
<br>
I would argue that strict interpretation was intended by the designers.<br>
They obviously anticipated mistakes being made, and it looks to me as though<br>
they intended to shift the risk to the player writing the orders. Of<br>
course, you are free to disagree with the designers...<wbr>.<br>
<br>
> Are we really interested in being that <br>
> focused on invalidating an order on a typo???<br>
<br>
No. We'd much prefer that the players wrote correct orders.<br>
<br>
-Adam<br>
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