[Discuss] Deportation

[Robert Croson, Jr]

On 9 Aug 2006 at 23:49, James wrote:

> > And here I thought Deportation was most often used by the judge 
> > because you didn't want your own realm's infiltrators to be executed 
> > in return. Or maybe even because you have a no-execute pact with the 
> > other realm's judge. Honestly, how many judges are going to sit there 
> > and think to themselves "I better not execute him, or his family will 
> > get another point of fame. I suppose I'll just have to deport him..."

> You guys obviously don't talk in mIRC much.  When I used to go in there 
> I heard it a lot.  Maybe it's stopped now, I don't know, but people do.  

I've been in the battlemaster channel on quakenet every day for nearly three 
months. I don't think I've ever heard anyone discuss deportation much, other 
than perhaps a mention that someone *got* deported.

> People, not characters, but their players, also deport to punish a 
> player, colonies for example, do you think people send people to the 
> colonies because they think the person will like it there or hate it?  
> Does the character know the difference at all?  Hell no.

Of course it's a punishment. The whole idea of deportation is to punish the 
infiltrator for their actions against your realm. As such, you would want to send 
the infiltrator to most environment possible. When the English deported their 
prisoners they didn't send them to Scotland, France, or Spain. They sent then to 
North America and Australia.

If I was going to deport it someone, I would send them to the worst place 
imaginable. The place I *knew* they were going to hate.

-- 
Rob

...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual,
and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that
such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly
simple minded...
-- Plato, Phaedrus




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