[Discuss] "roleplaying island"

[Matt Runyon]

Tom wrote:
> I think I just realized how much the game has changed.
>
> 5 years ago, there would be no discussion as to whether your character 
> has to accept a forged document if you know OOC that it is forged. We 
> would have taken it and ran with it.
>
> I think we need to re-think the definition of FEI. Maybe we really do 
> need a roleplaying police, though I still think that is way too much 
> Gestapo for my taste. Or maybe we just need to kick the bad 10% or so 
> off the island. Or maybe only people with a minimum of x roleplaying 
> medals are allowed in at all.
>
> I don't know. But it shows a great deal that this "buy title" thing 
> happened on FEI, where I would have at least expected people to accept 
> an in-game event as real and roleplay with it. On other islands, it 
> wouldn't hurt as much.
 I like the idea of roleplaying police, personally...

But the problem with the buy title issue is that our CHARACTERS (or, at 
least the ones "in the know" who will proceed to inform the rest of 
everyone) know that there is one and only one way that person could have 
grabbed the title without being appointed by someone.  Someone before 
suggested converting it to having a claim on the region, which makes a 
great deal more sense, especially if we get random claims popping up as 
well (especially in, say, the region with your family mansion, or that 
you've been a Knight in). 

We know OOC it's forged.  But is it really unreasonable to assume our 
characters aren't idiots, and recognize the facts of the matter?


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