[Discuss] Banning Characters

[Robert Croson, Jr]

On 6 Jun 2008 at 12:30, Tom Vogt wrote:

> Am 06.06.2008 um 04:53 schrieb Rob Croson:
> 
> > The game doesn't stop because someone has trouble keeping up,
> > whether its because they lost interest, don't have time, or lost
> > their connection. It keeps on moving, period. I don't mean that if
> > they can't log in every 4 hours to check their messages that they
> > should be banned/exiled. What I mean is that if they have a
> > position, and them not doing their job causes problems, then they
> > should expect to get fined/banned because of it. If they are a
> > region lord and they have no knights, bad estates, stats suck, and
> > it's been this way for months, then expect to get banned. If they
> > are the judge and infiltrators never get banned, prisoner agreements
> > never get followed, all region maintenance is suffering from lack of
> > organization, and it has been doing so for months, then expect to
> > get protested out of office.
> 
> The game already handles this with auto-removals and auto-pause code. 
> There is absolutely NO acceptable reason to act on inactivity. What 
> needs to be done is being done by the game. Anyone who thinks the 
> times are too long, or any other reason to pre-empt the auto-actions 
> is breaking Inalienable Right #1.

I agree with you regarding the inactivity portion of your statement. Which is 
why I focus on the performance aspect of the entire situation.

> If someone logs in once a week so he doesn't get auto-paused, and is 
> "holding the realm back" with that cycle, find IN GAME ways to deal 
> with it. Incapable, insane or otherwise less-than-perfect nobles were 
> a perfectly normal thing in the real middle ages and life went on and 
> wars were fought anyways.

Which is exactly what protests, fines, and bannings are all about. Dealing with 
the performance aspect of the character's situation, and not the activity portion 
of the player.


-- 
Rob

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