[Discuss] "last seen" troopleader list feature removed?

[Bob]

On 5/11/06, Eric <ericsp at pcisys.net> wrote:
>
>  Bob wrote:
>
> There's concern that this feature was really removed. Was it?
>
> As a judge, I try to always avoid punishing players for being inactive,
> and this is THE main tool I use to tell if a player is inactive. Sure, they
> can just tell me if they couldn't login to follow an order or whatnot... but
> what if they don't tell? Then either the player is inactive, or the
> character is ignoring me, and I can't tell which it is.
>
> It is a light wieght game and there really isn't a need to know how active
> a player is.  The game takes care of the main issues with inactivity.  And
> it has been addressed that BM is not a game of following orders it is a game
> of interaction.  Blindly following orders would be a game called **It's
> not my fault I was just following orders: The War Crimes Tribunal*
>
> *And do you really issue that many orders as a Judge?  I find that a
> little unsettling.*
> *
>

I'm aware it's a "lightweight game." But nevertheless there ARE orders given
(no, not by me as Judge) and if they aren't followed, they are punishable by
fine. There's a reason Generals can give orders and Judges can give fines.
BUT, I do not punish if a player just didn't log in to do it, since that
would punish the player not the character. And the way I tell if a player
wasn't there to do that is twofold: one, discussion with the player and two,
logon times. If a player hasn't been active for 4 days, OBVIOUSLY he won't
be able to follow orders from 1 day ago, will he? Hence he shouldn't be
punished. Unfortunately now I cannot tell if this is the case.

So now I have a choice.

1, don't punish anyone for disobedience again.
2, punish anyone for disobedience even if they were or are inactive.

I don't like 1 since it compromises the military and the government of the
realm, and I sure as hell don't like 2 since it'll violate inalienable
rights. Not much of a choice is it? Now do you see why that "last seen"
feature is good? It helps protect inalienable rights.


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~b
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