[Discuss] Rules of BM Need to be Stressed More

[Brian Hendricks]

On 10/31/07, Darfix Panzer <darfix at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Currently, in Arcachon on the Far East, there is a situation going on
> where our general decided to disband all of the militia in the capital with
> the intent to cause a rebellion.  He was stripped of all of his titles by
> the Pontifex and assassinated.
>
> My job as the judge was really fun here, let me tell you, especially since
> it seems 9 out of 10 BMers don't know how to play the game (or that there
> are forms of government besides a Democracy).
>
> So, the Pontifex strips the general of his nobility, basically saying he
> was never a noble and a peasant.  She receives a ton of protests so I use
> the impeachment option to let the people decide if she made a bad call.
>
> I ban the traitor.
>
> I fine the infiltrator 50 gold for attacking a noble of our realm (wasn't
> banned yet, so he's still a noble).
>
> Because of those actions I have been protested constantly, insulted OOC on
> a non-stop basis, and all manner of unkindly things.
>
> It even specifically says in the game when the titles are stripped that it
> is a "no-no" to use the stripping of titles for "bad, evil, or destructive
> reasons".  Well, plotting a rebellion is destructive, it surely doesn't mean
> the guy is not a noble, so why on earth can people legitimately protest
> bringing up an impeachment over the issue?  Everyone's response is, "Oh, he
> was a rebel so he should be stripped of nobility."
>
> It doesn't make sense.
>
> The bottom line is, most of the people in BM think that BM takes place in
> 2007 and the only government that exists is Republic and Democracies.  I
> think to cement this idea into peoples minds there should be punishments
> (OOC) for behaving as such and we judges should be allowed to ban and fine
> for protests in anything from a Tyranny to a Theocracy (Republics and
> Democracies for the most part can cause trouble if you ban/fine people for
> reasons like that).  I mean, if everyone thinks that free speech in a
> Tyranny, Monarchy, or Theocracy (and speech constructed based on zero facts
> or logic) is protected by the GM, there is a problem.


So, did this take place before or after you  told another long time member
of the community that they either need to learn to play the game or quit in
an insulting OOC message?

At least now I see where your anger stemmed from.
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