[Bnomic-private] Fwd: Refreshments

[Glotmorf]

On 17 Dec 2003 at 8:37, Daniel Lepage wrote:

> 
> On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, at 12:45 AM, Glotmorf wrote:
> 
> > On 16 Dec 2003 at 22:45, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> >
> >>> Destroy the following societies, if they exist:
> >>> OrcTech
> >>> Athena's Society
> >
> > Excuse me.  Both of these societies belong to me.  One of them
> > (I can't remember which offhand, but I believe it's Athena's
> > Society) currently serves as a tontine by way of its charter
> > wording. (A tontine is a Survivor-style partnership, in which
> > the last living participant gets it all.)
> >
> > I would dislike either of these being destroyed willy-nilly.
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, a Tontine requires that there be some sort 
> of prize for the last living participant. Athena's Society has no 
> resources - no points, no bandwidth, no BNS, not even the now-defunct 
> RUs. There is no way it could function as a Tontine in any meaningful 
> way, AFAICT.

Like I said, it's in the charter wording.  The charter 
requires players who are about to be GCd to transfer all eir 
points to the remaining members.  This applied to Mr. in a 
Spacesuit.

What have I got...an hour and a half?

						Glotmorf

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