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Re: Mac broke some rules Thu, 05 May 2011 21:54 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Centaurian wrote on Thu, 05 May 2011 15:07



The game is still ongoing.

You are revealing information that should not be revealed publicly outside the game at this stage.


OK. I will not elaborate further until the game is finished.


Centaurian wrote on Fri, 29 April 2011 18:18

Finally, the reason I have felt the need to comment, since it certainly doesn't further my interests in actual game, is that I cleave to the ideal of "innocent until proven guilty".


Good on ya for that. It is a nice sentiment. I think you have made a reasoned and helpful contribution to the topic. Cheers

magic9mushroom wrote on Thu, 05 May 2011 18:13



I have never understood this weird insistence on terminology based on euphemistic or dysphemistic connotations.

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I still don't see the point of it. Things are what they are. "Cheating" = "breaking the rules" = what he did. Why should he be spared the term just because there are far worse forms of cheating?


I believe his objection was to what he perceived as my malphemism "cheater", and it's a fair cop so far as it might impact the other player's standing. You both make good arguments for the appropriate use of phrasing, one for meaning and the other for connotation.

magic9mushroom, I completely agree with your lexigraphic distinction, but I will concede M.A's interpretation because explaining that Mac is a "rule-breaker", gives adequate warning to players and hosts considering Mac for future games.

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