[Discuss] Region Claims

[Timothy Collett]

On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:54 AM, LilWolf wrote:
> Maybe it's just me, but doesn't anyone else feel it's bordering on  
> abuse to appoint a region lord when it's fairly clear you're not  
> supposed to be able to?

I'm a bit ambivalent on this, as part of me feels that it should be  
treated as any other feature that hasn't been implemented yet...but  
part of me feels that, as Tom has clearly stated what claims will do  
(at least in part), we should respect his intentions in this and not  
appoint lords.

On Jun 14, 2006, at 7:41 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> It's close, but I think if the bug doesn't require you to do anything
> special to exploit it (you just click the link), then it's a bit much
> to expect people to self-impose restrictions.  It would only work if
> everyone does it, anyway, otherwise those that follow the "rules" are
> at a disadvantage.

Here, though, I completely disagree.

*All* rules that are not game-imposed "only work if everyone does  
it," and those that follow the "rules" are *always* at a disadvantage  
compared to those who are willing to break them.  If we're to use  
that as our standard as to whether rules should be followed, we may  
as well give up now, as it would include the rule not to multi-cheat  
and the rule not to use OOC information IC--and basically the whole  
social contract.

If we decide that it is best not to try to implement through action  
what Tom intends to implement in code, it should be simply because it  
is *not* implemented yet, and trying to get the players to implement  
features that will or may exist in code (especially restrictions) is  
a bit silly.

If, on the other hand, we decide *to* do it, it should be because we  
*do* know what the feature is meant to do, and we can come to a  
reasonable consensus to treat its failure to do so as a *bug,* and  
appointing a lord on a region with an unresolved claim as an exploit  
of that bug.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an  
hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.  
That's relativity."
  - Albert Einstein



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