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I'm a huge fan of the game and was really excited to see it on the main page, however I've never heard of the Putumayo agreement. I'm curious is that somewhat similar to the infamous Winsberg-London anomaly of the mid 90s that almost, before a panel of judges determined it was illegal based on obscure technicalities, caused a complete loophole of the rules but was shortly fixed?
Thanks for your question, Tephy!
I'm not totally familiar with the Winsberg-London anomaly, however, I'm relatively new to the game. Here's some more information on the Putumayo agreement for you (reproduced from a previous e-conversation I was having with another player)...
It's the only rule in Mornington Crescent that has been enacted and repealed three times in the history of the game. The first time, it was enacted in May of 1974, but repealed in June of the same year when it was realized that bringing the rule into action caused the players to be at a dead end. It was then resurrected in December of 2000, then repealed shortly after it was overridden by the Juan Valdez "Mocha" amendment in February of 2002. Finally, it was once again added to the rule book in October of 2006, but repealed in August of this year when it was very sensibly pointed out that the "Mocha" amendment would still override it as the person for whom the amendment was named has greater status than the area for which the Putumayo agreement was named, thus making the "Mocha" amendment more valid.
Oh, thanks for the quick reply Athene. Myself am also an avid Morning Crescent fan and really dig the obscure bizarre rules. A little bit for you, the Winsberg-London anomaly was the result of a strategic play developed in the 90s by Joseph London. He found that if you were able to enact the Winsberg circuit as a counter-play the dreaded Dorris Hill loop, a player would theoretically be able to diagonally extend across the Dorris Hill loop and weakening the position so much that it would be create a win within 3 moves. Fortunately, it was investigated by the judges once he played it because they knew it couldn't be legal. However, it took almost 2 weeks for them to do so and almost caused a complete collapse of all known strategies before they were able to repeal the move and declare it illegal based on complicated ruleset that is well above my knowledge.
Oh no, there's more of them now! I sense MC The Third coming on...
Nah, the Hamsphershire Agreement prohibits the same group of people from playing two games of Mornington Crescent at the same time.
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