[Discuss] 2 family members in government positions

[Gloria Santos]

On 6/2/06, Lyman Stone <lymanstone at alltel.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Having access to information is not the same as having the power to
> > decide according to that information.   Just knowing what the
> > ruler, general, banker, and judge do is not the same as actually
> > playing the ruler, general, banker or judge.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Oh come on,



Oh, come on, Lyman, you know better! Do not turn this into a flame war.
Your reply has nothing to do with what I wrote, and of course there is no
desire in me to "win Battlemaster".



council positions, even with the "old farts" having
> "control" arent that hard to come by. For the sake of arguement, lets
> say there are.... 50 realms in BM. I think there are actually quite a
> few more.
>
> That makes 200 council positions, not counting dukes.
>
> Lets say there are... 150 cities in all of BM.
>
> That makes 350 council positions. Three hundred and fifty. BM has,
> what, 1500 active players? Lets assume that each player has 3
> characters. Thats 4500 active characters.
>
> That means about 1 in 13(thats just rough estimation math, I dont
> have a calculator out or anything) characters will have a council
> position, at any given time.


You cannot generalize, though.  There are still 4 positions per realm, and
some realms have more people  than others.


Those arent bad odds, people. About half the players of BM or more
> than half are quiet people who arent going to run for position,
> they'll just cast votes. Even in a tyranny, things come down to
> votes. How so? Well, dont like your tyrant? Assassinate him. Then
> have an election.
>
> And if another "old fart" wins, then get over it: that means that the
> majority, or at least the largest portion, of players LIKE the old
> farts.



I am not the one whining about Boom Boom winning an election instead of one
of my characters.


If you really, really want to play in a council position so badly
> that the code has to make it easier, lets all take the advice someone
> else gave a while back and chant this a bit:
> "I cannot win Battlemaster"
> "I cannot win Battlemaster"
> "I cannot win Battlemaster"



That's a flame and you know it.  It's like calling someone immature or
foolish.  I don't think that's the case for any of the people involved in
this discussion.


Actually, I wielded more "power" while NOT in a council position than
> I did while in a council position, interestingly enough.



Duh, that's not surprising.  I played a spoiled little brat you couldn't
protest against.


One thing I liked about BM was that gaining something like a council
> position was that I had to get it. Nobody was going to say, "Oh, lets
> be nice and give you a position." Its not that hard to earn one, but
> at least its earned. Restricting people from having multiple council
> positions on one island is just restricting people from having
> positions who have earned them through a long time playing, good RP
> (hopefully), and smart politics.


Restricting people from having multiple council positions is ensuring
variety and fun for the rest of the players in that island.


Plus, the rule is pointless anyways for limiting council positions
> per account. You could still have one player with 3 rulers: they'd
> just all be on different continents.
>
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