BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Unfortunately I don’t think this is legal. 3.2.1 - “Unless otherwise specified, game variables defined to hold numeric values can hold only non-negative integers” - 4.5 isn’t an integer - and “If a rule implies that the result of a division should be an integer (for instance, by attempting to store that result in, or add it to, a gamestate variable that can only hold integers), the result of the division is instead the result rounded towards 0.”

I agree. ‘Half of quorum’ is a (dependent) variable that is relevant to the game, so it definitely qualifies as a game variable, and therefore 3.2.1 forces its value to be integer.

is “half of Quorum” a “game state variable that can only hold integers” ?  Or is it a game state variable that can hold non-integer numbers?  Does the rule for child creation imply that “half of Quorum” should be an integer?  We’re not trying to store or add Q/2 anywhere in the GNDT, for example—we’re just it using in relation to the number of Alive Mortals.

In order to determine whether “# of Alive Mortals” (call this M) is greater than, less than, or equal to Q/2, we don’t have to resolve Q/2 into a integer and store it anywhere.  We just have to acknowledge that Q/2 > M, and our “game state variable” turns into “yes, you may create a Child.”

It is a “game variable defined to hold a numeric value,” which must therefore be a non-negative integer. You don’t have to story or retain a value for it to be a game variable - it just has to be a variable, i.e. non-fixed, number that is used for game purposes.

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So what’s the verdict on this?  Svetlana has been added to the wiki—does that mean she exists, unless a CfJ determines that she doesn’t?  Or is she non-real unless a CfJ determines that she does in fact exist?