[Discuss] Banning Characters

[Robert Croson, Jr]

On 9 Jun 2008 at 16:00, Rob McDonald wrote:

> On 6/9/08, Robert Croson, Jr <robert at arcm.com> wrote:

> > If a judge in a realm I am in banned someone for wearing stupid
> > socks or having a bad haircut, I would personally organize a protest
> > campaign to remove that judge from power. It may not work, but you
> > can bet that by the time I was done, that judge would be regretting
> > the day he decided to do something so stupid. I would like to think
> > that there are other people that have the same opinion, and would do
> > the same.

> The problem is if the reason is a more subtle one that makes more
> sense, but is just covering for the real one.

Well, that's a different situation, isn't it? Ask a different question, get a different 
answer.

> The thread this
> discussion stemmed from involved Timothy talking about how his
> character was looking for an excuse to ban the other, and how he would
> have just found one eventually. It's unlikely that one so silly would
> be made up, but a more robust one along the lines of 'insulted me
> privately' or something, followed up with forged letter copies, which
> have been discussed in previous threads. It wouldn't take very long at
> all to do, looks realistic and is hard to fault because there's no way
> of knowing if the copies are forged or not from the outside.

If the player goes through the trouble to make up a reason, or invent a scenario 
that is so convincing that the players involved can't see through it and take 
action, then what makes you think the Titans will be able to see through it?

An intelligent player can easily make up plenty of reasons to ban someone that 
are indistinguishable from the noble flexing their political power, given sufficient 
time.  How do you expect the Titans to tell the difference between an inactivity 
ban disguised as a power-play, and a true power-play? So long as the person 
responsible wasn't stupid enough to send messages along the lines of "Are you 
ever going to be active in our realm again?", there is no significant difference.


-- 
Rob

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
-- Helen Keller




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