[Discuss] Abusing Bounties

[Jeff Wilson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at news.battlemaster.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces at news.battlemaster.org] On Behalf Of Mark Moss
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 12:41 PM
> To: BattleMaster general discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Discuss] Abusing Bounties
> 
> On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 12:17 -0700, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> > > And if they are discovered because they discussed it in game, is the
> > > fact that they could have discussed it in IRC and not gotten caught
> > > relevant to whether there should be consequences?
> >
> > To add to my own post...I think it is sad that you can get a lightning
> bolt
> > for posting "Please don't recruit cavalry, they will be useless against
> > their citadel", but get no punishment whatever for posting "I'll be at
> > oxhelm next turn so you can assassinate me.  That 500 gold will really
> help
> > us realign our recruitment centers."
> 
> The inalienable rights say that characters can recruit whatever type of
> unit they want.  Asking characters not to recuit a specific type of
> unit, whatever the reason, infringes on that right.  If a character
> wants to remind other characters that cavalry doesn't usually do too
> well against fortifications, there are ways to do so without
> asking/ordering/telling the other characters not to recruit cavalry.
> 
> As far as asking to be assassinated:  That neither violates an
> inalienable right, nor directly violates the social contract.  It's
> going to be a judgement call amongst the titans whether or not, in that
> specific case, the caracter with the bounty on his head was abusing game
> mechanics OCC.
> 
> Mark Moss

And that is exactly the type of rules lawyering that Tom says he hates so
much.