[Discuss] More Ignore options

[Timothy Collett]

The wording of the "ignore" option has always bothered me...and there  
have been occasions when I *wanted* to let someone know I was  
ignoring them.

Thus, I would like to propose 3 new options for the "ignore" feature-- 
partly for pure RP reasons, and partly functional.

The current option can be described, I think, as "behead the  
messenger and dump the body".  I propose to add:
- Behead the messenger, and send the head to his Lord (lets him know  
you really hate him, and are not accepting messaged)
- Turn away the messenger (he will go back to his Lord and let him  
know you're not accepting messages)
- Take the messages and burn them unread (leaves the messenger alive,  
and doesn't let the other player know you're ignoring him)

The non-murderous options I would like because at the moment, anyone  
following the "suggested RP" of the ignore page is killing an  
innocent man for no greater crime than serving the wrong noble.  Now,  
I understand this is not something that many nobles would think much  
of, given the milieu--but I dare say there would be a good number  
who, while they wouldn't consider peasants as being anything remotely  
close to equal to nobles, would nonetheless not condone killing them  
out of hand.

The options for allowing the one being ignored to know it are for  
those times when you just want to rub it in...and don't tell me you  
haven't had some of those ;-)

In any case, you could still ignore someone without them knowing, so  
no current functionality would be lost, and it would be more  
palatable to those of us whose characters believe that peasants are  
still human beings, not cattle.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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  - Walt Disney




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