[Discuss] This makes me feel bad, but I'm not sure if it's my fault.

[Josiah Allen]

On 6/12/06, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I dunno, there were plenty of bloodthirsty yet 'honourable' nobles back in
> > the day. The Crusades weren't exactly wine and roses. Bill the Conqueror did
> > some nasty things, the War of the Roses didn't bring out the best in
> > people...
>
> Well, honour is subjective, so everyone thinks they're honourable and
> that their enemies aren't.  The honour statistic in BM, though, is
> clearly not subjective as there is only one value.  Therefore it needs
> to be using a specific definition of honour, and the only one that
> makes sense is the "ultra-noble" one, as that is the norm that people
> start with and then modify to get an interesting character.
>
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Nobility, propriety, and honor are all relative to a society, as
history can show if you look at enough fuedal cultures.  In some
places you would challenge a king for the crown by dueling to the
death, in others even looking at the king was punishable by death.

Thus, in BM, what we allow is what is proper, and what we protest is
not. On FEI I know nobles who are 'pirates.', and in my realm we put
up with them because we need their help, and there would be more
outcry against banning them for speaking the common tongue then there
would be against accepting them, and that is the culture of the realm
I play in.  Other nations may choose otherwise.

However, this pirate has been known to lose honor from the vulgarity
button, and felt it was justified since he is not particularly
honorable, for other nations may not put up with him.  Thus, with it
Tom has made at least the language of the nobles on the FEI a
island-wide community, but that still is up to the players to judge.
It would be funny and interesting for a King to report any message
that doesn't address him properly (though I wonder if the system gives
good context.)

BM is inherently self moderating, because inaction is still an action.

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