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You must register or log in to post a message.   According to the explicit rules, I was not wrong. Implied, I was. I was highlighting the loopholes in what I thought was a fun way. In the end you are right in that it did cause confusion. I didn't find you rude at all btw, it was just a difference in opinion. :)  Technically, a triple post is a double post followed by a single post. Thus one could argue that the third post should count, as it is not part of a double post, but claiming that all three posts should count is rather nonsensical. Furthermore, let's look at an analogous case: If you are not allowed to count to 2, you cannot legally count to 3 either, because you first had to count to 2. This means that even though counting the 3 is in itself not explicitly illegal, you have broken the rules by counting the 2. And in this game, if the 2 is illegal, so is the 3. As for the other case of whether or not members have a choice of counting negative numbers: Rule #1 of the game is to count as high as you can. That means you shouln't be counting negative numbers. However, the rules state that members can post numbers lower than 0, and in such cases, it's an automatic 0. I agree this could (and should) be phrased more clearly, but I do not think your interpretation is valid, mainly because it would violate rule #1. As you understand, I disagree with your statement that what you did was not wrong. I also do not find this kind of light-hearted humour all too funny. It is rather pointless and annoying to me. 0 ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ Okay plus one! ^^ ^^ ^^ You do realise this means plus one right? Treazer was correct, as the rules do not explicitly state that users do not have a choice. Also, I can triple post as only double posting was again explicitly stated, rather than saying. You are only allowed one post until another user posts. These are only loopholes, but they are legal within the game's rules defined within the first post. This was why I triple posted with the message "Can I triple post?", again in a light-hearted manner. In fact, I didn't even count in that instance. I won't do it again, but it doesn't in any way suggest what I was doing wasn't wrong. The point I was trying to make was to get the rules changed so they had no loopholes, which is hard to do, I know, but we live and learn.  Regardless, I think the rules are pretty clear, stating that Manufan's comment counts as a 0. "If an admin posts and the number is higher that 0 it's an automatic 0. [...] Members can do the same thing with negative numbers." can in my mind only mean "If a normal member posts and the number is lower than 0 it's an automatic 0." -1 0  | GeneralFirst post of the topic Rules: You can only post one number in each message. No doubleposts. When you missed a number, you go back to the last correct number, example: 1 2 3 3 Next count should be 4 NOT 5. Not only direct, but also indirect RIGHT numbers count as one number. As long as it implies that number. If an admin posts and the number is higher than 0 it's an automatic 0. Else they reduce one point. Members do the opposite thing. List of special members: Chris3000: Adds 2. Treazer: Subtract 3. Gameinsky: Subtract 4. People get these by being a multiple of the 10 000th post. Here is the list of valid admins: Allyally Asforien Burfy Captain_404 Cheese9 Coolguy52 DemonicYoshi Doomlord Elizea Ferrari12 Gameinsky Geckojsc Gundu Hexicube Jasperpostema Jos JP Kiethy342 Martinfrakongsberg Minmay Nelson90 Oh_bebe Oldmtnguy Pof Shiro SimonM THeNiNJa Tonypa Treazer Wouter Xile Current Record: 1896 |
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The other case is a little less clear, so I won't bother with arguing about that any more. However, this does not mean that I agree with you that what you did is not against the rules. What we do agree upon is that the rules should be re-phrased, so that there is absolutely no doubt as to what is and is not allowed.
Regarding the humour: You are not alone in thinking that such actions are funny, but you should be aware that highlighting flaws in the rules by breaking them (or bending them, as you claim) on purpose is rather likely to make some people annoyed with you. This is especially true when the intentions of the rules are clear, but the phrasing allows for different interpretations.
What I wrote above does not mean that such humour will never work, but use it with care.
Chris: When the score is at 0, you should count a positive number (because you are not an admin). Because of your special power you should have counted 2.
Lets go back to 0.