Goonhub
04-06-2015, 12:34 AM
the problem with enforcing override = negate as a rule is that there's no single word that does what override's second meaning is, while there are tens of other words that perform override's first meaning.
this means that the current interpretation of override includes in it an unintended support of annoying "law bloat" where people use ten words where one would do nicely.
if you want to mean "in the event of conflict, this law takes precedence over law 2", the word you'd use in the English language is "this law overrides law 2"
There's no suitable replacements that are single words and not whole phrases.
since "override" has a huge player culture backing the second meaning, I'm pretty sure that we sounds just enforce that override =/= negate simply because if you wanted to mean "negate" you'd just say "negate". it'd cut down on bloat and would also cut down on rules lawyering arses that nobody really likes (let's be honest here, as much as you might support rules lawyering in theory, I've been yelled at several times for doing it by admins and it's apparant that no one actually does support it in practice
this means that the current interpretation of override includes in it an unintended support of annoying "law bloat" where people use ten words where one would do nicely.
if you want to mean "in the event of conflict, this law takes precedence over law 2", the word you'd use in the English language is "this law overrides law 2"
There's no suitable replacements that are single words and not whole phrases.
since "override" has a huge player culture backing the second meaning, I'm pretty sure that we sounds just enforce that override =/= negate simply because if you wanted to mean "negate" you'd just say "negate". it'd cut down on bloat and would also cut down on rules lawyering arses that nobody really likes (let's be honest here, as much as you might support rules lawyering in theory, I've been yelled at several times for doing it by admins and it's apparant that no one actually does support it in practice