Last updated: before 4 Nov 1995

Find the Loophole Regulations

  1. The contestmaster is Morendil

  2. The entry fee is 5 Marks.

  3. Players may become Contestants only with prior approval of the Contestmaster.

  4. The Contest Fund may not transfer Currencies except as required by the Rules or these Regulations. The Contest Fund accepts all transfers made to it. This regulation requires a transfer from the Contest Fund to a Contestant whenever the Contestmaster in eir sole discretion wishes it. The Contestmaster is required to detect and report this transfer.

  5. In case the Contest is dissolved, the Contest Fund is transferred.to the Contestmaster's Treasury, or divided equally among Contestants if the Contest is being dissolved because the Contestmaster is no longer a Player.

  6. A Contestant may require of the Contestmaster to be appointed Trustee of the Contest. The Contestmaster is required to comply with this demand if and only if that Contestant has transferred an minimum amount of 10 Marks to the Contestmaster's Treasury within the past 3 days, entry fee included.

  7. The Contestmater is required to send a message to the Trustee, referred to as The Answer, clearly identifying the number(s) of a Rule or set of Rules, and an outine for a specific Agora Move, including a list of changes to the Game State occuring solely as the result of that Move. The Contest may not be dissolved until this has been accomplished. A message sent to the Trustee, specifying the number(s) of a Rule or set of Rules, and an outline for a specific Agora Move, including a list of changes to the Game State occuring solely as the result of that Move, is hereinafter referred to as an Answer. An Answer is Correct if the Rule numbers it lists are the same as those in The Answer, and if the Game State changes it lists are the same as those in the Answer. The Trustee may not divulge a Correct Answer to any other Player. The Trustee is required to send all Answers e receives to the Contestmaster, no later than any other communication e makes to the Public Forum.

  8. A Contestant is prohibited from making a Move of the type described in The Answer. For the purpose of these Regulations, the Contestmaster shall be the sole Judge of whether a Move is of that type.

  9. A Contestant may send two different Answers to the Trustee. Further Answers shall be ignored for the purpose of determining a Winner. A Winner is the first Contestant to send a Correct Answer to the Trustee.

  10. No sooner than twenty days after The Answer has been sent to the Trustee, the Contestmaster may require the Contest Fund to be transferred to eir Treasury.

  11. If at any time before the Contestmaster requires that transfer, the Trustee reports the existence of a Winner to the Public Forum, the Contest Fund is disposed of in the following way :

    All Contestants then cease to be Contestants.

  12. The Regulations may be changed at any time by Morendil, and in no other way.