CL: FMOCR and mystics
Althea
of Dawn Forum. (why its not happening on this ng, I'm not sure... Koric
chose to open the topic there, rather than on this ng) The discussion
is here:
http://www.windsofdawn.org/forum/forumdisplay.html?s=&forumid=2
Xel has a decent account of the events for some background on the raid.
http://xel.puddleby.info/report.html
Basically, Hidden bought the mystic Manticore (or so its reported) and
sought to obtain an orga stone. Neige sued him right before the magician
showed up. Manticore chose not to attend his trial. He was convicted in
absentia and prevented from getting the stone.
This was a good thing, because Manticore is really no longer a mystic.
Mystic character transfers that created this problem, should not be
allowed. Mystic character transfers should be treated differently from
other class characters transfers because the mystic class is different
from the other main classes. Mystic tests and promotions have nothing
to do with ranks. In fact, mystics get to earn their ranks after passing
their tests.
Becoming a mystic requires more of the clicker than the other classes,
in part because of the system of peer control built into the Mystic
Guild. Becoming a mystic requires enculturation in a political system.
There's a series of relationships that are created in the process of
becoming a full mystic, unlike healers or fighters. No other class has
that requirement --its one of the things that sets the mystic class
apart -- peer control. The closest analogy is the bard system. Becoming
a full mystic requires of the clicker that they follow the guidance and
dictates of the mystic council.
All of this adds up to making a full mystic character very different
than a high level fighter or healer. They are far more than simply the
sum of their skills. Hence, transferring a mystic character is quite
different from transferring a healer or a fighter.
The fact that Manticore is enjoying FM status and skills seems contrary
to design intent (based on writings in this NG on what the design intent
is) Hence, I'd say its a bug.
Those who castigate Neige for disrupting an FMOCR should instead be
applauding him for preventing a bug from being further exploited.
I hope DT will fix this bug soon.
Shamhat de Leon
Althea <alt...@clanname.com> wrote:
> Mystic character transfers that created this problem, should not be
> allowed.
That's a reasonable and defensible position, but I'm not sure that it
would be possible for DT to implement. There is no /webcam command, even
for the GMs, and it is impossible for DT to know whether the person
playing a given character at a given time is the person who originally
created the character or was clicking for that character at the time of
his promotion.
There are numerous characters who are played by more than one person,
for a variety of reasons. There are also rumors about characters being
clicked by more than one person. I remember being presented with a
portfolio of "evidence" that Axell was being played by more than one
person--"She was mad at me in the morning and in the afternoon it was as
if she had completely forgotten the incident!."
As for the issue of transferring characters between accounts: apparently
people want to do this, for various reasons, and that's why it's
available. I'm considering transferring one of my characters to my
husband's account so that my kids can play 2 of my characters at the
same time. If that character is a mystic, how would Joe be capable of
ascertaining my motives? Or, indeed, would it be a violation for my
children to play my mystic character at all?
About selling accounts: the only way that Joe would know an account had
been sold or given away would be the change in billing information. How
many of us have moved, gotten married, or gone off to college and
changed our billing information accordingly since we started playing? I
just don't see joe asking for copies of marriage licenses before he
accepts a credit card with a new name. Furthermore, with the Paypal
payment option, DT sees nothing but an email address. How could they
distinguish a sale from a new ISP?
-Shamhat
Phelps
> Basically, Hidden bought the mystic Manticore (or so its reported) and
> sought to obtain an orga stone. Neige sued him right before the magician
> showed up. Manticore chose not to attend his trial. He was convicted in
> absentia and prevented from getting the stone.
>
> This was a good thing, because Manticore is really no longer a mystic.
Manticore is so a mystic. You have a problem with the clicker for
Manticore, and you (collectively) allowed an OOC dispute to interfere
with an IC endevour -- and that SDB.
Also, as one of the main bitchers about the ICQ list fiasco, I find
it very hypocritical that you chose to "out" Manticore on this list,
thus showing that you personally SDB.
> Those who castigate Neige for disrupting an FMOCR should instead be
> applauding him for preventing a bug from being further exploited.
If it is a bug, /bug it. No one appointed you or him town vigilante.
HWC for Phelps
obPhelpses of the World
obBalanceTaxSDB
--
"The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually
idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of
us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched.
He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to
despair." -- H.L. Mencken
Koric
> A discussion of mystics and the recent FMOCR are happening on the Winds
> of Dawn Forum. (why its not happening on this ng, I'm not sure... Koric
> chose to open the topic there, rather than on this ng) The discussion
> is here:
>
> http://www.windsofdawn.org/forum/forumdisplay.html?s=&forumid=2
I opened it in that forum because I have found that, historically for
whatever reason, the quality of discussion in that forum is far, far
higher than in this newsgroup. So far, I'd say I chose well. You're
welcome! :)
> Those who castigate Neige for disrupting an FMOCR should instead be
> applauding him for preventing a bug from being further exploited.
He prevented one "bug" (transferrable mystics) by exploiting another
"bug" (easy to sabotage a delicate and timed plan with a court case).
Two wrongs don't make a right. There are other, better ways to do
what Neige wanted. Unfortunately, the needed debate is happening now
rather than a week (or a year) ago. But at least it is happening,
and I hope DT pays attention to the consensus.
--
Doug Ingram (Koric/Siri) --
Check out Koric's Journal at http://dingram.phys.tcu.edu/koric.html
Kiriel D'Sol
Shamhat de Leon <sham...@SPAMvagilemind.com> wrote:
> In article <althea-199374....@cnews.newsguy.com>,
> Althea <alt...@clanname.com> wrote:
>
> > Mystic character transfers that created this problem, should not be
> > allowed.
>
> That's a reasonable and defensible position, but I'm not sure that it
> would be possible for DT to implement. There is no /webcam command, even
> for the GMs, and it is impossible for DT to know whether the person
> playing a given character at a given time is the person who originally
> created the character or was clicking for that character at the time of
> his promotion.
In my opinion, the problem this stems from is that there is no way for
the mystic council to demote a full mystic currently. Personally I would
like to see character transfers happen in a mostly IC way, and let the
person who takes over the character set the trend for whether that
character acts like they used to or doesn't. But I respect that the
mystic council doesn't feel comfortable with the transfer of mystics,
and it would be useful if they had an IC way of dealing with the problem
that didn't involve taking advantage of flaws in the court system and
general harrassment. I'm of the opinion that the treatment of
transferred characters should be dealt with on an individual basis
instead of the blanket "they're transferred so they must be unqualified"
approach the mystic council seems to take, but give them the power to
make those judgements themselves and perhaps we'll see a more reasonable
response to the situation. Maybe if the mystics didn't feel forced into
a corner they might actually repromote the full mystic one day after
having the opportunity to demote them. Personally I think it's rather
sad to waste a character with a huge amount of skill just because the
PWC no lo longer is around, if someone wants to turn them around and
make them a productive member of society. I suspect if Manticore was
actually treated as a mystic by the guild he would be a very good one,
but they've forced him into his position as clearly as DT has forced
them.
If DT is uncomfortable with giving the mystic guild complete power to
demote, perhaps there could be a system for mystics to lodge a grievance
that might result in demotion if enough mystics supported the grievance
and it seemed a reasonable one. Although I personally support
Manticore's right to continued existence as a mystic, I think that the
mystic council should have the opportunity to deal with this in their
own way, without resorting to the kind of slimy tactics we saw yesterday.
Jo posted on the WoD forum that the reason there have been no full
mystic promotions in over a year is because of the concern over pocket
mystics and the inability to demote them. If this is the case, then this
is truly a sad turn of events because the lack of full mystics in
Puddleby is a big problem. I don't think it's really fair to blame the
problem on Manticore- the current system doesn't deal with the situation
properly and if full mystic promotions are completely halted then it
makes sense to try to make full use of existing full mystics (and
Manticore has more training in the teleport stone than any other
mystic). Preventing promotions just makes the problem worse. I'm
assuming this has already been brought to the attention of DT, but if
the mystic council is really serious about this, start pushing harder
and more publicly about it. This is a case where your guild's policy of
secrecy is really hurting you.
-SWC Kiriel D'Sol
-- Ye have enemies? Good, good- that means ye've stood up for
something, sometime in thy life.... -Elminster of Shadowdale
Nath_J
> In article <althea-199374....@cnews.newsguy.com>,
> Althea <alt...@clanname.com> wrote:
>
> > Mystic character transfers that created this problem, should not be
> > allowed.
>
> There are numerous characters who are played by more than one person,
> for a variety of reasons. There are also rumors about characters being
> clicked by more than one person. I remember being presented with a
> portfolio of "evidence" that Axell was being played by more than one
> person--"She was mad at me in the morning and in the afternoon it was as
> if she had completely forgotten the incident!."
Actually, Axell is played by only one person.
--
Axell
mike...@mac.com
Bug my ass. If we can transfer bards around I dont see why we cant do
it with mystics. Neige is an asshole for doing what he did, and fucked
up a lot of peoples hard work. Just because becomming a mystic is
different doesnt mean that it needs special protection. You dont think
it bugs me to see someone inherit a 5th circle fighter? I worked damn
hard to get where I am too. Just because its RWing instead of
asskissing does not make it any less important. And you dont get to 5th
circle without having relationships, who would you hunt with?
This kind of thing is impossible to police anyway. You know (or think
you do) that Manticore is a new person, but what about the mystics that
get traded that you dont know about? Its not a hard thing to keep
secrect if you want to.
Michael
Kojiro
anymore, who really gives a damn if Manticore is a mystic or not?
-Kojiro
Noah
>
> Basically, Hidden bought the mystic Manticore (or so its reported)
Just to clarify: I gave Manticore to Hidden before I canceled my
account with the intention of keeping Manticore alive. I didn't want
an exile with a Training Ledger in teleportation to go to waste.
There was no money involved except for the fee of moving Manticore and
the fee of creating a new character of space. For the record, I know
and trust PWC for Hidden in real life.
-Noah, PWC for Manticore for the past 2 years, now ex-clanner
Shamhat de Leon
natha...@skynet.be (Nath_J) wrote:
> I remember being presented with a
> > portfolio of "evidence" that Axell was being played by more than one
> > person--"She was mad at me in the morning and in the afternoon it was as
> > if she had completely forgotten the incident!."
>
> Actually, Axell is played by only one person.
>
>
> --
> Axell
Who obviously has a more forgiving nature than the person who reported
the "evidence!"
-Shamhat
Shamhat de Leon
Shamhat de Leon <sham...@SPAMvagilemind.com> wrote:
> > I remember being presented with a
> > > portfolio of "evidence" that Axell was being played by more than one
> > > person--"She was mad at me in the morning and in the afternoon it was as
> > > if she had completely forgotten the incident!."
> >
> > Actually, Axell is played by only one person.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Axell
>
> Who obviously has a more forgiving nature than the person who reported
> the "evidence!"
>
> -Shamhat
Sorry to follow up to myself, but my point is that it's very easy to
start a rumor that a character has been sold or shared, and impossible
to prove or disprove it.
-Shamhat
Tigger
I think that was her point...that the person's claimed evidence was silly
and could easily be explained any number of other ways...so there's no
real way of knowing for sure if clickers are switched or not?
- Tigger
Nath_J
> I think that was her point...that the person's claimed evidence was silly
> and could easily be explained any number of other ways...so there's no
> real way of knowing for sure if clickers are switched or not?
Yes, exactly...
Just dont play for or with rumors ;-)
--
Axell
Althea
no...@olteco.com (Noah) wrote:
> There was no money involved except for the fee of moving Manticore and
> the fee of creating a new character of space.
thanks for the correction.
Althea
Dandelion
I had quotes and full colour sketches with circles and arrows and a
paragraph on the back of each one ...
This is something I feel very strongly about and have for a long time.
There's just too much to say! So, instead of all of the in-spite-ofs
and whiles, I think I'll just say that I support Neige in this and
would be happy to discuss it face to face in town.
Dande
--
Solipsism is pointless. - Kojiro
Yes, but it's only pointless to me. - Michael - HWC for Monolith
Warren J. Dew
He prevented one "bug" (transferrable mystics) by exploiting
another "bug" (easy to sabotage a delicate and timed plan
with a court case). Two wrongs don't make a right.
Agree with that last sentence.
Unfortunately, the needed debate is happening now
rather than a week (or a year) ago.
Actually, both have been discussed fairly extensively within the past year.
In the mystic transfer case, DT has not done anything, and I believe that
indicates they believe the system works now. For what it's worth, I agree with
them. The mystic council - which by the way is distinct from the set of all
full mystics - may think they control mystic magic, but the reality is the
other way around.
The lawsuit problem was to some degree mitigated by the ability to refuse to
show up for a court case. I'm not sure what happens if you are convicted in
absentia - do you magically get thrown in jail, or do you only go to jail if a
guard catches you? If the former, perhaps a further fix to change it to the
latter would be appropriate. If the latter, it seems to me Hidden and
Manticore could have ignored the whole thing, hiding out outside of town until
they got their stone.
Warren J. Dew
Powderhouse Software
Warren J. Dew
I suspect if Manticore was actually treated as a mystic by
the guild he would be a very good one, but they've forced
him into his position as clearly as DT has forced them.
You see two problems, but there's another way of looking at things. As I see
it, there isn't even one problem.
The way mystic magic works, mystics can promote other mystics, but cannot
demote them. That's just the way the world works. The fact that the subset of
full mystics that participate in the council are unhappy with the current
situation is no more indicative of a bug than the fact that Michael is unhappy
with vermine swarms.
As for personality changes, perhaps if Manticore hadn't gotten so fed up with
council politics, he wouldn't have felt a need to visit Lethe and change
personalities.
Jo posted on the WoD forum that the reason there have been
no full mystic promotions in over a year is because of the
concern over pocket mystics and the inability to demote them.
If this is the case ...
If he is talking about years of player time, it is not the case. There have
been at least two promotions to full mystic in the last player year. One
promotion, for which I was online, was of a mystic I had never heard of before,
and have not heard of since. The other is of a mystic that was quite well
known and active. I wouldn't be surprised if there had been several others
that I wasn't aware of.
If he's talking about years of Puddleby time, I guess I don't find it too
appalling if an occasional Puddleby year goes by without a new full mystic.
Kiriel D'Sol
psych...@aol.com (Warren J. Dew) wrote:
> The lawsuit problem was to some degree mitigated by the ability to refuse to
> show up for a court case. I'm not sure what happens if you are convicted in
> absentia - do you magically get thrown in jail, or do you only go to jail if
> a
> guard catches you? If the former, perhaps a further fix to change it to the
> latter would be appropriate. If the latter, it seems to me Hidden and
> Manticore could have ignored the whole thing, hiding out outside of town
> until
> they got their stone.
Manticore refused to show up for the case because at the time he had to
stay to get the stone. Because he wasn't there to defend himself, and
because his potential supporters had to avoid jury duty to continue
their work in helping with the stone, he didn't get a real chance at a
fair trial. As it turns out when you get convicted you do get
immediately ported to jail, so when he got ported, the FMOCR failed
because there was no other mystic present to get the stone.
I don't know if the verdict would have been different had he been there
to defend himself and had a more balanced jury, but the timing of the
courtcase had the effect of denying him a proper chance at a fair trial
in addition to making it so the FMOCR had no chance to succeed.
Simsu
things..
1) Grouping all mystics into trhe 'evil bastards' catagory is highly
unfair to those who did not participate or condone any actions that are
wrothy of that title.
2) Anything said by non council members (and I'm not going to say who
the council is) describing how the council feels or how it looks upon
someone or something should be looked upon from very far away trying not
to get the stench of the crap their slinging around on you. After all,
unless it comes from the horse's mouth it's probably shit anyway.
pwc salandra
Hidden
> I'm not sure what happens if you are convicted in
> absentia - do you magically get thrown in jail
That's exactly what happened. On the other hand, it makes about as much
sense as the jury being magically thrown into their box or the same with
the defendant, so that argument doesn't hold too much water.
--
His Holiness,
sir Hidden T. Thoom
Knight of the South Farms Empire
and High Priest to Mak'ros
Jeanne
> 2) Anything said by non council members (and I'm not going to say who
> the council is) describing how the council feels or how it looks upon
> someone or something should be looked upon from very far away trying not
> to get the stench of the crap their slinging around on you. After all,
> unless it comes from the horse's mouth it's probably shit anyway.
If we don't know who the Mystic Council is then how can we determine who
is, to use your analogy, speaking from the horse's mouth or the horse's
rear?
--
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Catenae member & webmaster <http://catenae.puddleby.info>
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Helpful GM
> Mystic character transfers that created this problem, should not be
> allowed.
[snip, a whole lot of opinion, a lot of it flame-bait, but
that's ok, she meant well]
> I hope DT will fix this bug soon.
"Thank you for your input." <G>
Or, if you prefer,
"You are mistaken (x2)"
Helpful "custom customer-service paths, while you wait" GM
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Helpful GM
Kiriel D'Sol <kirie...@windsofdawn.org> wrote:
> Manticore refused to show up for the case because at the time he had to
> stay to get the stone. Because he wasn't there to defend himself, and
> because his potential supporters had to avoid jury duty to continue
> their work in helping with the stone, he didn't get a real chance at a
> fair trial.
To clarify, the whole lot of them had a chance at a fair trial, and
chose to waive that chance in favour of something they deemed more
valuable.
No one denied anyone a "chance at a fair trial" (as fair as any trial in
Pby is, YMMV, etc.) People make choices, and live with the consequences.
Windy Dorf
Helpful GM wrote:
> In article <kirielspam-87821F.13012102092002@localhost>,
> Kiriel D'Sol <kirie...@windsofdawn.org> wrote:
>
> > Manticore refused to show up for the case because at the time he had to
> > stay to get the stone. Because he wasn't there to defend himself, and
> > because his potential supporters had to avoid jury duty to continue
> > their work in helping with the stone, he didn't get a real chance at a
> > fair trial.
>
> To clarify, the whole lot of them had a chance at a fair trial, and
> chose to waive that chance in favour of something they deemed more
> valuable.
>
> No one denied anyone a "chance at a fair trial" (as fair as any trial in
> Pby is, YMMV, etc.) People make choices, and live with the consequences.
OK...
Yer right. They all had the chance at a fair trial.
They also had the chance that to attend that fair trial, they would have put the
OC4 party in jeapardy in the event that key people would have been removed to the
coutroom, leaving the group in a bad way. Yes, they saw remaining as a cohesive
group as more valuable than the "fair trial"
This was not a huge group raiding OC4. One or two less would (imho) have been
disastrous.
People were denied the right to complete a hunt as a group.
-WD
Maeght
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> To clarify, the whole lot of them had a chance at a fair trial, and
> chose to waive that chance in favour of something they deemed more
> valuable.
>
> No one denied anyone a "chance at a fair trial" (as fair as any trial in
> Pby is, YMMV, etc.) People make choices, and live with the consequences.
Well, you've heard it from on high folks, this was a fair and sanctioned
method.
The fact that many if not most of us don't think it was doesn't really
enter into it.
Hurrah for justice.
- Maeght
Kiriel D'Sol
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> In article <kirielspam-87821F.13012102092002@localhost>,
> Kiriel D'Sol <kirie...@windsofdawn.org> wrote:
>
> > Manticore refused to show up for the case because at the time he had to
> > stay to get the stone. Because he wasn't there to defend himself, and
> > because his potential supporters had to avoid jury duty to continue
> > their work in helping with the stone, he didn't get a real chance at a
> > fair trial.
>
> To clarify, the whole lot of them had a chance at a fair trial, and
> chose to waive that chance in favour of something they deemed more
> valuable.
>
> No one denied anyone a "chance at a fair trial" (as fair as any trial in
> Pby is, YMMV, etc.) People make choices, and live with the consequences.
Personally I wouldn't qualify that as fair. In order to participate in
his trial he would have basically been giving up the very thing the
trial was designed to prevent him from achiving. He could have chosen to
defend himself and put the work of everyone else in the toilet, thereby
giving the person who brought the suit exactly what he was working for,
and he could have asked the folks present to not avoid jury duty thus
putting the rest of the group in danger. But given the trial was
entirely a harassment suit and the end result of the trial had no
significance if he left to defend himself, Manticore did the only
reasonable thing he could have done. If the court gave him the
opportunity to be returned to where he was after defending himself, then
that might have been more fair, but I understand why that option isn't
there, just as I understand why there's no option to reschedule court
for a more reasonable time.
Still, the basic design of the court gives a lot of advantage to the
person bringing the suit- they get to choose the time, they can warn
folks ahead of time to prepare for jury duty, and they can have their
witnesses prepared ahead of time, which does put the accused at a
significant disadvantage, especially is they're doing something time
critical. I would suggest looking into the possibility of putting some
small advantage on the accused's side or at least trying to negate some
of the benefits the accuser gets to make things more balanced.
Kojiro
teleport people, even if they opt not to show up. Perhaps that should
be changed.
-Kojiro
Lex
> small advantage on the accused's side or at least trying to negate some
> of the benefits the accuser gets to make things more balanced.
>
> -SWC Kiriel D'Sol
How about requiring 2/3 vote to convict? Is it 50% required now?
Lex
Warren J. Dew
[Magically getting thrown in jail upon being convicted in
absentia is] exactly what happened. On the other hand, it
makes about as much sense as the jury being magically
thrown into their box or the same with the defendant, so
that argument doesn't hold too much water.
Maybe it's subtle, but to me there's a difference.
To me, the teleportation is an abstraction of the whole process of having the
court schedule the most inconvenient possible time (very realistic in my
experience), and the jurors and willing defendant showing up anyway. Sure, you
could make people play out the actual scheduling and walking to the courtyard
and such, but it's a game - why not cut to the fun part, the actual court
scene?
The case is a little different for unwilling defendants and convicts in
absentia. If this is an abstraction, it abstracts more than a willing stroll
to the courthouse - it also abstracts constables tracking down and capturing
the person in question. The present situation of having the capture be
abstracted for a convict in absentia, and not for an accused, seems
inconsistent to me.
From a roleplaying perspective, I think it would be much more fun to allow
convicts outside the courthouse to roam around until they are captured by a
gate guard or constable. The code already exists for constables capturing
people who are banished and throwing them in jail; I wouldn't think it too
difficult to modify this coe appropriately.
Robin Greyhawk
> > of Dawn Forum. (why its not happening on this ng, I'm not sure... Koric
> > chose to open the topic there, rather than on this ng) The discussion
> > is here:
> >
> > http://www.windsofdawn.org/forum/forumdisplay.html?s=&forumid=2
>
> whatever reason, the quality of discussion in that forum is far, far
> higher than in this newsgroup. So far, I'd say I chose well. You're
> welcome! :)
And so neutral too! Yes, it's only lightly moderated and anyone can
post their opinion, but WOD has many of Manticore's main supporters in
this. I'm reluctant to post there because I can't consider it a
neutral site.
>
> > Those who castigate Neige for disrupting an FMOCR should instead be
> > applauding him for preventing a bug from being further exploited.
>
> He prevented one "bug" (transferrable mystics) by exploiting another
> "bug" (easy to sabotage a delicate and timed plan with a court case).
I do consider Manticore being transferred as a Mystic a bug and a big
one. But I admit it is also a difficult one to fix. I object to having
to try to clean up DT's mess in an IC way. For a long time Manticore
was fairly inactive, the problem was minor and there was little
incentive to tackle a difficult problem. Now that the problem is much
larger, I hope it recieves appropiate attention.
> Two wrongs don't make a right. There are other, better ways to do
> what Neige wanted. Unfortunately, the needed debate is happening now
> rather than a week (or a year) ago. But at least it is happening,
> and I hope DT pays attention to the consensus.
Neige acted rashly but did not exploit a bug. Manticore was able to
choose to attend or not. People were able to choose to be on the jury
or not. Had he been exploiting a bug, he likely would have been found
frivolous, even without people from OC on the jury.
Consider the penalty Manticore got. Ninety minutes and 5 days
banishment. The jury had to be almost unanimous in giving the maximum
to get this kind of penalty. Even if some had come from OC to be on
the jury, it's likely that Manticore still would have been found
guilty and Neige certainly wouldn't have been found frivolous.
Of course HGM will tell you there are no bugs, it's all IC.
Robert
Helpful GM
Benefits for the defendant:
* Gets to decide to show up or not.
* Gets to speak last, allowing rebuttal of all points made by accuser
and a chance for closing comments that the accuser will not get to
rebutt.
* Requires > 50% to convict. That is, with a jury of 6, it takes 4,
with a jury of 9, it takes 5, etc.
Lex
> and a chance for closing comments that the accuser will not get to
> rebutt.
ah, good point.
> * Requires > 50% to convict. That is, with a jury of 6, it takes 4,
> with a jury of 9, it takes 5, etc.
thanks for the info
Lex
Yor
<its...@garhole.com> wrote:
If the defendant refuses to show up and is found guilty how about not
imposing the punishment on him/her until the next time they are within
the town limits, sort of like the banishing? This way, people couldn't
be suddenly jerked out of whatever they are doing yet they do have to
come back to town at some point.
I will admit that this might only serve to not drive the point home
as good as it could have though in any given dispute.
Yor
Koric
robn...@aol.com (Robin Greyhawk) wrote:
> > > http://www.windsofdawn.org/forum/forumdisplay.html?s=&forumid=2
> >
> > I opened it in that forum because I have found that, historically for
> > whatever reason, the quality of discussion in that forum is far, far
> > higher than in this newsgroup. So far, I'd say I chose well. You're
> > welcome! :)
>
> And so neutral too! Yes, it's only lightly moderated and anyone can
> post their opinion, but WOD has many of Manticore's main supporters in
> this. I'm reluctant to post there because I can't consider it a
> neutral site.
I opened it there because it is a good site for discussion, one used by
many who have "given up" on the newsgroup. It is also universally
accessible, unlike the newsgroup (not all articles propagate, and the
client software is a big hurdle for some who have never participated,
unlike the WoD site, which is browser based). I also find the
signal-to-noise there higher and the discussions a little friendlier,
for whatever reason. But maybe that's just me.
I am glad that Althea provided a pointer to it in the newsgroup, just
so that DT can follow the discussion. Not that it will do any good
for them to follow the discussion, if HGM's comments are any
indication, but it's a nice and useful gesture.
Anyway, I'm not sure how you can consider a discussion forum that is
accessible to everyone "biased". It looks to me like all sides of
the debate have had a chance (and done a good job) at expressing their
views. The newsgroup is similarly unbiased, because its lack of
accessibility (a minimal issue) has nothing to do with whether one
is for/against Neige from what I can tell.
--
Doug Ingram (Koric/Siri) --
Check out Koric's Journal at http://dingram.phys.tcu.edu/koric.html
Kiriel D'Sol
> post their opinion, but WOD has many of Manticore's main supporters in
> this. I'm reluctant to post there because I can't consider it a
> neutral site.
Just to clarify, there is pretty much no moderation on the WoD forum. I
suppose if someone posted something incredibly blatantly inappropriate I
might think about removing the post, but I've never done that before.
Currently the only moderation I do is remove posts discussing candidates
for membership in the private section before they are inducted into the
clan, and that's so clan members don't feel uncomfortable speaking
freely about applicants.
Yes, there are many folks on the forum who support Manticore, but there
are also folks who don't and it's open to the public so anyone can post
there (and no registration is required although it's useful to be able
to be able to be notified by email when responses to a thread are
posted). Robin- if you think I'd try in any way to prevent a free and
honest discussion there, you don't know me very well.
John Holley
Greyhawk <robn...@aol.com> wrote:
> I do consider Manticore being transferred as a Mystic a bug and a big
> one. But I admit it is also a difficult one to fix. I object to having
> to try to clean up DT's mess in an IC way. For a long time Manticore
> was fairly inactive, the problem was minor and there was little
> incentive to tackle a difficult problem. Now that the problem is much
> larger, I hope it recieves appropiate attention.
So just to clarify. It is the PWC, not the character that really is the
mystic?
So a person who was a full mystic who leaves the game then comes back
with a new character is automatically a full mystic? Yeah, right.
From a true RP aspect I would say that unless you can show good cause
as to why someone should have their mystic status revoked, due to in
game issues then you are all being hypocrits by attacking the PWC.
What right do you have to use in game mechanisms to handle out of game
transactions?
Are mystic IC or IC/OOC?
John
RobnSunny
>honest discussion there, you don't know me very well.
>
I didn't mean to imply that you would. However, I am not comfortable using the
site for this purpose. Suppose this had been started on a Dark Horse site
(we're not nearly that organized) instead. Would you have participated as
easily there? Maybe you would and this is just one of my quirks.
I posted once and I'll probably read it in a few days, but it's unlikely I'll
post anything further there.
Robin
Hidden
> > > http://www.windsofdawn.org/forum/forumdisplay.html?s=&forumid=2
> >
> > I opened it in that forum because I have found that, historically for
> > whatever reason, the quality of discussion in that forum is far, far
> > higher than in this newsgroup. So far, I'd say I chose well. You're
> > welcome! :)
>
> And so neutral too! Yes, it's only lightly moderated and anyone can
> post their opinion, but WOD has many of Manticore's main supporters in
> this. I'm reluctant to post there because I can't consider it a
> neutral site.
If you consider this newsgroup any more neutral and free than WoD.org
then you've got some serious crack-smoking problems. Right now it looks
like the split on WoD.org is pretty well 50/50, but I've already given
up, so I'm not paying particular attention to the resulting discussion.
If you can't handle a civilized discussion that you don't automatically
win by virtue of being a moderator and having everyone else's balls in a
vice-grip (as you may be used to on the Mystic discussion lists), then
WoD.org is probably not the place for you.
--
HWC for Hidden <hid...@noDASHop.com>
"America Online -- So easy to use, no wonder
the internet is full of morons."
Kiriel D'Sol
robn...@aol.com (RobnSunny) wrote:
> >Robin- if you think I'd try in any way to prevent a free and
> >honest discussion there, you don't know me very well.
>
> I didn't mean to imply that you would. However, I am not comfortable using the
> site for this purpose. Suppose this had been started on a Dark Horse site
> (we're not nearly that organized) instead. Would you have participated as
> easily there? Maybe you would and this is just one of my quirks.
Personally I have nothing against discussing things in clan forums. I'm
a regular over at the Tan forum and if other clan forums have
interesting discussions that are open to the public, point me to them!
I'm kind of a news junkie so I'll go anywhere.
The WoD forum has always been a welcoming place for non-members and we
often have detailed discussions about things totally non-clan related,
That's probably why Koric thought it'd be a good spot for discussion
given that many folks are loathe to travel in the newsgroup where a
significantly thicker skin is required with all the daggers being thrown
around. I find that in general people tend to be more polite and
respectful of people's opinions on the forum than on the newsgroup
although I'm perfectly willing to post in either location.
Kojiro
Consider the fact that the 3rd ever person to make full mystic was NOAH.
I think you will agree that this is the root of the entire problem.
-Kojiro
Koric
<kirie...@windsofdawn.org> wrote:
> In article <20020903183851...@mb-fa.aol.com>,
> robn...@aol.com (RobnSunny) wrote:
>
> > Suppose this had been started on a Dark Horse site
> > (we're not nearly that organized) instead. Would you have participated
> > as easily there? Maybe you would and this is just one of my quirks.
Err, yes, that's one of your quirks. If the forum is freely accessible
and not moderated in a biased way (or not moderated at all), then I
don't see the problem. It helps if the forum is well-known, easy to
use, etc.
> That's probably why Koric thought it'd be a good spot for discussion
What's funny here is that you all are talking as though I have control
over where the discussion takes place. What's less funny (to put it
politely) is the notion that I would somehow try to "stack the deck"
to avoid a fair debate.
Para
> What's funny here is that you all are talking as though I have control
> over where the discussion takes place. What's less funny (to put it
> politely) is the notion that I would somehow try to "stack the deck"
> to avoid a fair debate.
I also linked from TMN to the discussion in the Winds of Dawn forum. It
had nothing to do with stacking the deck or any sort of bias, but due to
the simple fact that the Winds of Dawn group had the best discussion on
the topic and because it was showing both sides of the debate. The
discussion there is much better than has been held here on the
newsgroup. It's worth noting that the discussion was going on there (in
an in-depth way, with views from both sides) even before Koric linked to it.
- Para
Garscow
> From a true RP aspect I would say that unless you can show good cause
> as to why someone should have their mystic status revoked, due to in
> game issues then you are all being hypocrits by attacking the PWC.
In my opinion, the problem with Manticore is just the start.
If other PWCs for mystics leave the game, selling off their highly
skilled full mystic characters, the problem will become much worse.
As Jo Ma'rill has said on the WOD message board, the mystic council is
scared of mystics becoming "pocket mystics." You need a mystic door
open? Ask the local super fighter to spend 5 minutes getting his second
account up and full [pocket] mystic out. In return, he'd get a bunch of
shares.
Setting a precedent of letting Hidden use Manticore for things that are
good for the community (getting a strange stone, taking other mystics to
trainers) would end up being very, very bad for all mystics.
Garscow
Shamhat de Leon
garsNO...@ihug.co.nz (Garscow) wrote:
> Setting a precedent of letting Hidden use Manticore for things that are
> good for the community (getting a strange stone, taking other mystics to
> trainers) would end up being very, very bad for all mystics.
Bad for all mystics, or only bad for the mystics who control both the
services in question and access to the ability to perform the services?
Seriously, if the only value a full mystic has lies in the scarcity of
full mystics, then I understand completely why the council rarely
promotes anyone. It's in the best interest of each individual who has
already made it to that level, and they are the only ones involved in
making that decision.
However, restraint of trade is not necessarily in the best interest of
the community.
-Shamhat
Catherine Calin
<snip>
Seriously, if the only value a full mystic has lies in the scarcity
of
full mystics, then I understand completely why the council rarely
promotes anyone. It's in the best interest of each individual who
has
already made it to that level, and they are the only ones involved
in
making that decision.
<snip>
So does that situation apply to me as well? They aren't going to advance me because I can just log off and bring my AM on, so I can open something or whatever? Isn't that my right as a player on Clanlord, to decide what I feel I'd like to do? I pay just like everyone else here, and I can't even get a character to advance. I think that's really screwed up. To give power over all other players to one group of people that can decide to screw with your playing style or advancement. I mean really, Who the hell even thought of that? Why not have a couple of NPC's in the Guild, register your progress, and let you know if you are up for an advancement? I am really considering just deleting my AM just so I don't have to worry if I am going to spend the next 5 years of playing clanlord just to watch her stay as an Apprentice Mystic. Get a grip folks.. this isn't a one player game. If you want that, go play something else. No Exile/player should even be allowed to judge if someone else is worthy or not.
I will just say my AM has over 1200 ranks. All earned, Library or otherwise.
<snip>
However, restraint of trade is not necessarily in the best interest
of
the community.
-Shamhat
<snip>
My case in point.
If any GM's see this post, Just know there are some pretty damn frustrated
players out here that are fed up with the "Exile Control" over other players.
Kissing ass isn't the way for advancement in any game. Playing hard and
training your character hard are the keys for advancement. Not some stupid
idea of letting other players control your advancement.
Gurgi
represents the same hard work as a Full Mystic. The arguement that mystics
are some holy order above everything else is silly. Trying to prevent a
character from going about his business in the world on the basis that his
clicker has changed is just as mean spirited and inexcusable regardless of
the character's class. The fact that all 3 classes advance in different
ways is irrelevent.
Healers advance by implimenting strategies whereby they accumulate the
most shares possible over the greatest amount of time. Fighters advance by
killing the most monsters that give them the most experience. Mystics
advance by making the most existing Full Mystics like them the most and by
building a strong social network. All three methods of advancement are
distictly different and involve different strategies. To claim that the
method a mystic uses is somehow so special that mystics deserve special
treatment with regard to clicker change is silly.
A mystic that is transfered to another clicker has just as much right to
continue attempting to advance and contribute to the community as a fighter
or healer that has changed clickers.
-Gurgi
in article althea-199374....@cnews.newsguy.com, Althea at
alt...@clanname.com wrote on 9/1/02 4:08 PM:
> A discussion of mystics and the recent FMOCR are happening on the Winds
> of Dawn Forum. (why its not happening on this ng, I'm not sure... Koric
> chose to open the topic there, rather than on this ng) The discussion
> is here:
>
>
> http://www.windsofdawn.org/forum/forumdisplay.html?s=&forumid=2
>
> Xel has a decent account of the events for some background on the raid.
>
> http://xel.puddleby.info/report.html
>
>
> Basically, Hidden bought the mystic Manticore (or so its reported) and
> sought to obtain an orga stone. Neige sued him right before the magician
> showed up. Manticore chose not to attend his trial. He was convicted in
> absentia and prevented from getting the stone.
>
> This was a good thing, because Manticore is really no longer a mystic.
>
> Mystic character transfers that created this problem, should not be
> allowed. Mystic character transfers should be treated differently from
> other class characters transfers because the mystic class is different
> from the other main classes. Mystic tests and promotions have nothing
> to do with ranks. In fact, mystics get to earn their ranks after passing
> their tests.
>
> Becoming a mystic requires more of the clicker than the other classes,
> in part because of the system of peer control built into the Mystic
> Guild. Becoming a mystic requires enculturation in a political system.
> There's a series of relationships that are created in the process of
> becoming a full mystic, unlike healers or fighters. No other class has
> that requirement --its one of the things that sets the mystic class
> apart -- peer control. The closest analogy is the bard system. Becoming
> a full mystic requires of the clicker that they follow the guidance and
> dictates of the mystic council.
>
> All of this adds up to making a full mystic character very different
> than a high level fighter or healer. They are far more than simply the
> sum of their skills. Hence, transferring a mystic character is quite
> different from transferring a healer or a fighter.
>
> The fact that Manticore is enjoying FM status and skills seems contrary
> to design intent (based on writings in this NG on what the design intent
> is) Hence, I'd say its a bug.
>
> Those who castigate Neige for disrupting an FMOCR should instead be
> applauding him for preventing a bug from being further exploited.
>
Gurgi
GM at HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com wrote on 9/2/02 6:28 PM:
> In article <kirielspam-87821F.13012102092002@localhost>,
> Kiriel D'Sol <kirie...@windsofdawn.org> wrote:
>
>> Manticore refused to show up for the case because at the time he had to
>> stay to get the stone. Because he wasn't there to defend himself, and
>> because his potential supporters had to avoid jury duty to continue
>> their work in helping with the stone, he didn't get a real chance at a
>> fair trial.
>
> To clarify, the whole lot of them had a chance at a fair trial, and
> chose to waive that chance in favour of something they deemed more
> valuable.
>
> No one denied anyone a "chance at a fair trial" (as fair as any trial in
> Pby is, YMMV, etc.) People make choices, and live with the consequences.
IT was not a fair trial because of the catch 22. There were two options.
1) Manticore and his supporters in the OC go to the trial to make sure he
gets a defense and at least a chance at a sympathetic jury.
Result: Manticore does not get the stone and the FMOCR fails (because
of the time sensitive nature of the FMOCR).
2) Manticore chooses not to go to trial and his fellows refuse jury duty to
continue the FMOCR.
Result: Manticore does not get the stone and the FMOCR fails (because
of the time sensitive nature of the FMOCR).
Manticore's trial proceeds without him, such that he is unable to defend
himself. The Jury is chosen from those who were not supporters of Manticore
and who ONLY hear the prosecution's case.
As you can see, he really did get denied the chance at a fair trial since
the mere occurance of the trial punished Manticore and accomplished the
prosecution's goal regardless of the outcome of the trial and regardless of
the choices made by Manticore and his supporters.
This is a perfect example of a case where the court is effectively used
purely as an OOC tool to harrass a character for OOC reasons. The
harrassment had significant consequences on the victim.
The court should not be able to teleport victims from outside of town to the
jail house. It's authority should only extend to the boundaries of town.
-Gurgi
Garscow
> > Setting a precedent of letting Hidden use Manticore for things that are
> > good for the community (getting a strange stone, taking other mystics to
> > trainers) would end up being very, very bad for all mystics.
>
> Bad for all mystics, or only bad for the mystics who control both the
> services in question and access to the ability to perform the services?
>
> Seriously, if the only value a full mystic has lies in the scarcity of
> full mystics, then I understand completely why the council rarely
> promotes anyone. It's in the best interest of each individual who has
> already made it to that level, and they are the only ones involved in
> making that decision.
>
> However, restraint of trade is not necessarily in the best interest of
> the community.
>
> -Shamhat
People having the ability using mystic skills without having to support
real mystics will create an enviroment where mystic wannabes will wonder
if it's worth trying to put in the effort to become a mystic and advance
further in that profession.
It's not just about control of the skills, it's about making people want
to get the ability to use those skills beyond becoming a pocket mystic.
(Assuming of course that you think pocket mystics are inherently bad. We
could of course all use 'em!)
Garscow
Warren J. Dew
People having the ability using mystic skills without
having to support real mystics will create an enviroment
where mystic wannabes will wonder if it's worth trying
to put in the effort to become a mystic and advance
further in that profession.
Actually, I'd argue that purchased characters are far less of a threat for
people wanting to play mystics than for people wanting to play fighters.
Being a fighter is all about improving your combat ability. You kill creatures
for experience, hunt for money for better weapons, schmooze your way into
groups that can go to tougher areas - all to improve your skills and ability to
kill bigger and better things. I can see how a fighter might be miffed if
another became a powerful fighter without going through all the hard work of
stacking up gazillions of critter carcasses.
Being a mystic, in contrast, isn't about improving abilities. Rather, it's
about solving puzzles - both set piece puzzles and less clearly defined
puzzles, like how skills work exactly, or what orga stones do. If someone else
skips that step, that's not a bad thing, it's a good thing - it leaves more
unsolved puzzles for you to work on.
Now, if you're focused solely on advancement, you could argue that being a
mystic isn't actually about learning, but about shmoozing higher ranked
mystics, and someone who skips that step might be considered an affront. If
the full mystics really felt this way, though, they had a simple solution:
don't ever promote a character who might decide to change its player!
Jeffrey Lambert
hid...@no-op.com wrote on 9/3/02 6:52 PM:
Entertainment at its finist. Thanks Hidden for this gem. In your first
paragraph you say because the discussion seems unwinable you quit, then in
your second paragraph you chide the poster for not participateing for fear
of losing. A master work. Can you give us some more logic master works oh
great one?
Boris
Jeffrey Lambert
kirie...@windsofdawn.org wrote on 9/3/02 8:46 PM:
I'd agree but I get attacked on yer forum even when I haven't posted in
months....it's prolly my winning smile and charming disposition. :-)
Boris (clueless)
Hidden
Jeffrey Lambert <jeffrey...@mac.com> wrote:
> Entertainment at its finist. Thanks Hidden for this gem. In your first
finest
> paragraph you say because the discussion seems unwinable you quit, then in
unwinnable
> your second paragraph you chide the poster for not participateing for fear
participating
> of losing. A master work. Can you give us some more logic master works oh
masterwork o'
> great one?
Where did I say it was unwinnable? I just said it would take more effort
than HWC is willing to spend on a rather insignificant game to win, and
for no reward other than bragging rights. In the second paragraph I
pointed out that Robin's motivation was probably a no-effort win in a
forum he controlled.
Hidden
psych...@aol.com (Warren J. Dew) wrote:
> don't ever promote a character who might decide to change its player!
This was already discussed. It turns out Manticore was promoted by GMs,
and the Mystic Council had no part in it.
Donna Maindrault
garsNO...@ihug.co.nz (Garscow) wrote:
> People having the ability using mystic skills without having to support
> real mystics will create an enviroment where mystic wannabes will wonder
> if it's worth trying to put in the effort to become a mystic and advance
> further in that profession.
What I'm really wondering is, are the separate issues of whether
Manticore is the devil and how rarely a hard-working JM gets promoted
actually related? Is the mystic council protecting their own turf by not
promoting other perfectly good candidates?
I'm more concerned about Rincewind et al than whether all of us with
healer/coin whore or fighter/slave healer portfolios can easily add a
door opener.
-Shamhat
John Holley
<garsNO...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> People having the ability using mystic skills without having to support
> real mystics will create an enviroment where mystic wannabes will wonder
> if it's worth trying to put in the effort to become a mystic and advance
> further in that profession.
>
> It's not just about control of the skills, it's about making people want
> to get the ability to use those skills beyond becoming a pocket mystic.
> (Assuming of course that you think pocket mystics are inherently bad. We
> could of course all use 'em!)
The question must be asked then how this is any different for fighters
or healers?
Quite clearly much different standards are being used.
I know many players who have pocket healers or fighters that they bring
out as required.
The big problem for me here is the blurring between IC and OOC issues.
No where have I seen anyone say that the IC Manticore does not deserve
to be a mystic due to his actions in Puddleby.
If we start tieing characters to out of game attributes e.g. owners,
where do we stop?
John
Hidden
John Holley <john....@NOSPAM.adeptsystems.co.nz> wrote:
> No where have I seen anyone say that the IC Manticore does not deserve
> to be a mystic due to his actions in Puddleby.
http://www.windsofdawn.org/forum/
->General
->Mystics and FMOCR
All the real discussion is happening there.
Sunoril
<hid...@no-op.com> wrote:
> This was already discussed. It turns out Manticore was promoted by GMs,
> and the Mystic Council had no part in it.
ISTR that Manticore was one of the first (two?) promoted to FM. Did the
Mystic Council even exist back then?
--
HWC for Sunoril
Chum
Hidden <hid...@no-op.com> posted a grammar & spelling correction which
included:
> > of losing. A master work. Can you give us some more logic master works oh
> masterwork o'
> great one?
It's "oh, great one". "O'" would be "of", as in "Micky O'Connel" or "I
got plenty o' great ones".
-2 points for getting spelling corrections from Chum, 2nd worst speller
on the planet.
--
You have to remove your clothes if you want me to read your e-mail.
I will not, no matter how "good" the deal, ever purchase any product from
any company which gathers addresses from the usenet; period.
Helpful GM
> In article <20020904175126...@mb-fi.aol.com>,
> psych...@aol.com (Warren J. Dew) wrote:
> > don't ever promote a character who might decide to change its player!
> This was already discussed. It turns out Manticore was promoted by GMs,
> and the Mystic Council had no part in it.
You are mistaken.
--
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I never purchase anything from unsolicited commercial e-mail. Ever.
I do not speak for anyone and typically don't like if they try to speak for me.
Everything here is my personal opinion, do with it what you will.
Helpful GM
wrote:
> in article HelpfulGM-464E3...@sea-read.news.verio.net, Helpful
> GM at HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com wrote on 9/2/02 6:28 PM:
>
> > In article <kirielspam-87821F.13012102092002@localhost>,
> > Kiriel D'Sol <kirie...@windsofdawn.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Manticore refused to show up for the case because at the time he had to
> >> stay to get the stone. Because he wasn't there to defend himself, and
> >> because his potential supporters had to avoid jury duty to continue
> >> their work in helping with the stone, he didn't get a real chance at a
> >> fair trial.
> >
> > To clarify, the whole lot of them had a chance at a fair trial, and
> > chose to waive that chance in favour of something they deemed more
> > valuable.
> >
> > No one denied anyone a "chance at a fair trial" (as fair as any trial in
> > Pby is, YMMV, etc.) People make choices, and live with the consequences.
> IT was not a fair trial because of the catch 22. There were two options.
You are mistaken.
I stand by my previous -- he had the option, he chose not to excersize
it. With every action comes consiquences -- sometimes they're
enjoyable, sometimes they're not. One chooses what to do based on where
they feel the value is, both Manticore and Nevyn chose for perceived
value. That you may have different values doesn't matter.
[snip]
> Manticore's trial proceeds without him, such that he is unable to defend
> himself.
...by his own choice. If it was important to him, he could have chosen
differently. He had other, more important things to do, and chose that.
The Jury is chosen from those who were not supporters of Manticore
> and who ONLY hear the prosecution's case.
The jury was chosen randomly as it always is, from among the entire
population that has asked to be included in the choosing. Any who felt
they had something more important to do than to hear this case chose to
do that something-else, by their own choice.
The choice was offered them, they chose not to partake.
The original says "he didn't get a chance" -- I'm saying he had a
chance, he chose to do something else.
> The court should not be able to teleport victims from outside of town to the
> jail house. It's authority should only extend to the boundaries of town.
> -Gurgi
I'm sure you would like that. Others disagree.
If you don't want to be teleported to jail, don't do things that piss
off your fellow clanners enough that a group of them end up voting you
to jail. It's just that simple.
Hidden
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> In article <hidden-EB79EB....@usenet.stanford.edu>,
> Hidden <hid...@no-op.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <20020904175126...@mb-fi.aol.com>,
> > psych...@aol.com (Warren J. Dew) wrote:
> > > don't ever promote a character who might decide to change its player!
>
> > This was already discussed. It turns out Manticore was promoted by GMs,
> > and the Mystic Council had no part in it.
>
> You are mistaken.
Tell that to Lundar.
Phelps
> Setting a precedent of letting Hidden use Manticore for things that are
> good for the community (getting a strange stone, taking other mystics to
> trainers) would end up being very, very bad for all mystics.
And setting up a precident where it is OK for PWC for Neige to punish
Manticore because he has a problem with HWC is even worse.
HWC for Phelps
obPhelpses of the World
obBalanceTaxSDB
--
"The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually
idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of
us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched.
He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to
despair." -- H.L. Mencken
Helpful GM
Phelps <phe...@attbi.com> wrote:
> In article <1fi0g7b.1323dsnu83jr4N%garsNO...@ihug.co.nz>,
> garsNO...@ihug.co.nz (Garscow) wrote:
>
> > Setting a precedent of letting Hidden use Manticore for things that are
> > good for the community (getting a strange stone, taking other mystics to
> > trainers) would end up being very, very bad for all mystics.
> And setting up a precident where it is OK for PWC for Neige to punish
> Manticore because he has a problem with HWC is even worse.
Just so everyone's clear on this -- I don't have an opinion on any of
this. The precident that Manticore should go to jail because of
whatever reasaon, whether it was IC or OOC or who cares, was set by a
volunteer jury of clanners.
If you think something is really important, and you want to change how
people behave, volunteer to be on jury duty, and vote lock them up for
it. Campaign for others to sign up and vote the way you vote.
Every once in a great while, it will be inconvenient for you to "do your
civic duty" and smack someone around for being an idiot. It is this
small price ("well, I guess I'll have to hunt KI/kill the
magician/hot-chat with you next week, this is really important to me")
that one pays to maintain one's idea of a decent society in Clan Lord.
People who deligate that decision to others are stuck with the decisions
made by those other people.
It's not "a precident" until enough people say "ok, I can go along with
that. It's not worth my bother to try to guide people to my way of
thinking." Even then, precidents change/evolve over time.
Anyway, I just wanted to point that out -- DT isn't saying "this should
have happened or that shouldn't have happened", THE PLAYERS have said
what they think, and if enough people disagree and feel strongly enough
about it, they should get together and say what THEY think, until
people's behaviour reaches a level that is tolerable by others.
Go, you guys, go!
Koric
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> In article <B99BC21A.65CA%gu...@puddleby.dk>, Gurgi <gu...@puddleby.dk>
> wrote:
>
> > IT was not a fair trial because of the catch 22. There were two
> > options.
>
> You are mistaken.
>
> > Manticore's trial proceeds without him, such that he is unable to
> > defend himself.
>
> ...by his own choice. If it was important to him, he could have chosen
> differently. He had other, more important things to do, and chose that.
I think the problem here is that Neige was able to exact a cost from
Manticore without Manticore's consent by a well-timed lawsuit. The
ability of one exile to force another into such a no-win decision is
fixable by allowing the accused an option to, for example, ask that the
trial be deferred from some length of time or that any penalty be
exacted upon return to town.
Maeght
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> If you think something is really important, and you want to change how
> people behave, volunteer to be on jury duty, and vote lock them up for
> it. Campaign for others to sign up and vote the way you vote.
Or you could do the same thing by abusing the court system and sueing
key members of groups out hunting.
"All lawsuits are deserved"
- Maeght
Helpful GM
Maeght <awes...@pacbell.net> wrote:
I know that you're just trying to be a pain in the ass -- but you're
absolutely right (except for the "abuse" part)! If people do that and
other people don't care, then that means it's ok (hence, not abuse.)
...But if people do that, and other people get pissed off about it, and
they sue you/them, and/or find them frivolous, then maybe people will
stop doing it.
Helpful GM
Koric <d.in...@tcu.edu> wrote:
> I think the problem here is that Neige was able to exact a cost from
> Manticore without Manticore's consent by a well-timed lawsuit. The
> ability of one exile to force another into such a no-win decision is
> fixable by allowing the accused an option to, for example, ask that the
> trial be deferred from some length of time or that any penalty be
> exacted upon return to town.
That'd be one option that I'm sure your snerts would love. Another
option would be for The People Of Puddleby to find that this sort of
thing is undesirable, and find people like Neige frivolous.
...But they didn't. It's not like Manticore/Hidden (and a cast of 1000s
of supporters) couldn't have SSed that this whole thing was BS, designed
to disrupt his "legitimate hunt", etc., and gotten a frivolous (or, at
least, innocent) verdict, had The People felt that way -- PWC
Hidden/Manticore is neither stupid nor inarticulate and, had he actually
had a case, he could've made it quite well, in absentia.
...But he chose not to and/or The People decided that they agreed with
Neige.
This isn't that complicated, folks. If you think Neige's behaviour was
BS, sue him! If you think all the people who support Neige are full of
BS, sue them, too! Sue the whole lot of them, and keep suing them until
they relent and see your POV.
...Or maybe spend some time in jail for friviolity -- it all depends on
what The People think is Right.
Helpful "no, no -- don't mention it" GM
Hidden
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> This isn't that complicated, folks. If you think Neige's behaviour was
> BS, sue him! If you think all the people who support Neige are full of
> BS, sue them, too! Sue the whole lot of them, and keep suing them until
> they relent and see your POV.
I'm clipping this and saving it next time someone says I'm going
overboard with my lawsuits. The GMs support me! <G>
I remember at one point <name omitted> was harassing Algy, was sued, and
was defeated. My fighter wasn't happy and thought the punishment too
small, so he sued again and won. I'll never forget the tantrum I heard
from Little <gender specific title> RP Nazi <name omitted> about making
evil less fun to play. Got a real chuckle out of that.
And we DID sue Neige until we won (first was innocent, second guilty).
Hooray for justice, eh? It was decided suing the jury was
pointless/ineffective since a large # of them were throwaway characters
who came out of the library to influence jury selection.
Hidden
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> ...But he chose not to and/or The People decided that they agreed with
> Neige.
I have a question: If I bought 500 accounts (hypothetically), logged 'em
all on, put 'em in safe places on no-dc macros with jury duty turned on,
so I was practically guaranteed to get a mostly-me jury, then proceeded
to get a player I disliked (let's say Robin Greyhawk) fined 100k and
bannished for 2000 days, would that still not be abuse of the court
system?
Helpful GM
Hidden <hid...@no-op.com> wrote:
> In article <HelpfulGM-69535...@sea-read.news.verio.net>,
> Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
>
> > ...But he chose not to and/or The People decided that they agreed with
> > Neige.
> I have a question: If I bought 500 accounts (hypothetically), logged 'em
> all on, put 'em in safe places on no-dc macros with jury duty turned on,
> so I was practically guaranteed to get a mostly-me jury, then proceeded
> to get a player I disliked (let's say Robin Greyhawk) fined 100k and
> bannished for 2000 days, would that still not be abuse of the court
> system?
I think you already know the answer but... IMO, no -- it'd be an abuse
of the CL account system, as well as illegal scripting and circumventing
of what you know darn well is the rule against multiple simultaneous
chars per player.
...and I'd expect The People of Puddleby to sue the bejeebeez out of you
before you got even halfway through your plan, although Joe might
appreciate the $35 * 500 you send him ;)
---
Try to remember that it's built in that the Pby court system is
corruptable -- that's one of your options. Then, if players decide they
like a corrupt court, they can go along with it. Or, if it drives
enough of them batty, they can rebell against it and work to clean it
up, as well as rid the streets of Hidden-LXXiV and "friends" ;)
(Besides, you'd be better-off using all those chars to BK-bomb the
bejeebees out of someone, wouldn't you? Every time they departed,
they'd spend the rest of that update in purgatory ;)
Hidden
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> ...and I'd expect The People of Puddleby to sue the bejeebeez out of you
> before you got even halfway through your plan, although Joe might
> appreciate the $35 * 500 you send him ;)
How would they win? I'd control the jury unless someone else wanted to
send Joe $35 * 2000.
Prue
Chum <Chum@*YOUR-CLOTHES*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> It's "oh, great one". "O'" would be "of", as in "Micky O'Connel" or "I
> got plenty o' great ones".
You are mistaken. Sorta.
"O'" (with an apostrophe) is a contraction of "of". Just like you wrote.
"O" (no apostrophe, and often capitalized) is a variation of "oh". It's
a form of the interjection frequently used in highfalutin poetry. As in
Whitman's "O Hymen! O Hymenee!" Or as in Romeo and Juliet: "O, she doth
teach the torches to burn bright!"
"O Great One!" works just fine. Deduct some points from your lifetime
score.
Yours,
Prue.
--
All karma is derserved.
Keep Prue green.
Obey.
Koric
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> Another
> option would be for The People Of Puddleby to find that this sort of
> thing is undesirable, and find people like Neige frivolous.
> ...But they didn't.
"They" is a jury that just happened to consist of everyone *except*
those at FMOCR. Biased by that and by the fact that a lot of
sympathizers were apparently (don't know for sure) called from the
library to stack the deck. It looked well planned.
You say, "Well, it was your choice not to be represented on the jury".
That's right, and that choice (the no-win situation I mentioned) is what
Neige inflicted upon all of us. Surely there is a creative solution to
avoid such a thing. The ability to ask one time for a one hour delay?
The ability to ask one time for a one hour delay in penalty?
Perhaps if the vote by the jury isn't unanimous (or within 1 vote of
unanimous), show some flexibility to the defendant? Perhaps if the
sentence isn't heavy or it is the first offense or it is a conviction
after a series of innocent findings? Surely there is some condition
that can be found to separate snerts from cases like a serious dispute
in which both sides have a case to make.
> This isn't that complicated, folks. If you think Neige's behaviour was
> BS, sue him! If you think all the people who support Neige are full of
> BS, sue them, too! Sue the whole lot of them, and keep suing them until
> they relent and see your POV.
Sounds like a fun game! LawsuitLord! Yes, I know, the whole hands-off
thing by DT, the court system is the best we're going to get. SACWAG.
Already tried that in a case that was far more black and white, the
theft of Rel'lim's Oak Basher. Fully documented, diligently followed,
etc., but the thief eventually fenced it off and the profits filtered
back to the primary character, likely one of the same people who try to
sell CL assets for OOC money (who is stupid enough to buy them?).
Warren J. Dew
If you don't want to be teleported to jail, don't do things
that piss off your fellow clanners enough that a group of
them end up voting you to jail. It's just that simple.
You are mistaken.
The jury votes based on what they hear, not what you actually did. You should
say, "don't do things that upset one of your fellow clanners enough that he
sues at an inconvenient time so as to put you in jail. At least not one of the
persuasive ones."
Lex
> of supporters) couldn't have SSed that this whole thing was BS, designed
> to disrupt his "legitimate hunt", etc., and gotten a frivolous (or, at
> least, innocent) verdict, had The People felt that way -- PWC
> Hidden/Manticore is neither stupid nor inarticulate and, had he actually
> had a case, he could've made it quite well, in absentia.
People are willing to abuse the court system, or any other system, if they
feel the result is "just".
Lex
Lex
> BS, sue him! If you think all the people who support Neige are full of
> BS, sue them, too! Sue the whole lot of them, and keep suing them until
> they relent and see your POV.
"Only in America"! Why isn't lawyer an official CL profession? After all,
we could just all sit around suing each other instead of doing something
fun. Soon everyone will hate everyone else and we'll finally have the
competitive character interaction we've all been waiting for.
Lex
Lex
> of the CL account system, as well as illegal scripting and circumventing
> of what you know darn well is the rule against multiple simultaneous
> chars per player.
What's this about multiple simultaneous characters? A rule? Is this a
DT/GM rule or a player honor-system rule? I know a ton of people that have
multiple characters on at the same time and it seems to be tolerated by both
player and GM alike.
Lex
Helpful GM
> > I think you already know the answer but... IMO, no -- it'd be an abuse
> > of the CL account system, as well as illegal scripting and circumventing
> > of what you know darn well is the rule against multiple simultaneous
> > chars per player.
>
> What's this about multiple simultaneous characters? A rule? Is this a
> DT/GM rule or a player honor-system rule?
Honour system.
> I know a ton of people that have
> multiple characters on at the same time and it seems to be tolerated by both
> player and GM alike.
As you know, the game does not allow you to run multiple clients and
have multiple chars from the same account.
Some have figured out a way to circumvent this.
DT/GMs "tolerate" it because it's a pain in the ass to try to police
players that are hellbent on finding ways around things -- not to
mention the fact that, in this case, enforcement is pretty much
impossible, even if we were interested in trying.
If you have to jump through hoops to circumvent the system's attempt to
stop you from doing something, it's probably on the "discouraged" list.
Hidden
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> As you know, the game does not allow you to run multiple clients and
> have multiple chars from the same account.
>
> Some have figured out a way to circumvent this.
I figured it was a bandwidth thing. You want to use twice the bandwidth,
you pay twice the money. It never occured to me that there was any other
reason.
Maeght
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> In article <awessels-C9AF55...@news.supernews.com>,
> Maeght <awes...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > Or you could do the same thing by abusing the court system and sueing
> > key members of groups out hunting.
>
> I know that you're just trying to be a pain in the ass -- but you're
Damn, and here I thought I was succeeding.
> absolutely right (except for the "abuse" part)! If people do that and
> other people don't care, then that means it's ok (hence, not abuse.)
Other people do care.
> ...But if people do that, and other people get pissed off about it, and
> they sue you/them, and/or find them frivolous, then maybe people will
> stop doing it.
Nope!*
- Maeght
* (sorry to hijack yer Nope!, Nopey.)
Warren J. Dew
People are willing to abuse the court system, or any other
system, if they feel the result is "just".
Actually, if everyone were willing to do that, then everyone could just
countersue as HGM suggests, and everything would be fine.
The problem is, some people actually aren't willing to abuse the court system
no matter what they think the just result is. It's these people that are out
of luck. As it's these people I'd prefer to have playing alongside, I don't
like the fact that the court system discourages them.
Robin Greyhawk
> In article <hidden-EB79EB....@usenet.stanford.edu>,
> Hidden <hid...@no-op.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <20020904175126...@mb-fi.aol.com>,
> > psych...@aol.com (Warren J. Dew) wrote:
> > > don't ever promote a character who might decide to change its player!
>
> > This was already discussed. It turns out Manticore was promoted by GMs,
> > and the Mystic Council had no part in it.
>
> You are mistaken.
Translation:
The origin of the Mystic Council is hidden in the depths of time. It
certainly predates Puddleby. The Mystics who brought the Guild to
Puddleby, who we refer to as Elders played a significant role in
Manticore's promotion. It would seem that as with Nyssa, a mistake was
made. We try to learn from such mistakes.
Robin Greyhawk
Robin Greyhawk
>
> Being a mystic, in contrast, isn't about improving abilities.
True.
Rather, it's
> about solving puzzles - both set piece puzzles and less clearly defined
> puzzles, like how skills work exactly, or what orga stones do. If someone else
> skips that step, that's not a bad thing, it's a good thing - it leaves more
> unsolved puzzles for you to work on.
False. You have much to learn.
Robin Greyhawk
Robin Greyhawk
>
> So just to clarify. It is the PWC, not the character that really is the
> mystic?
I consider the PWC to be an integral part of any character. The
clicker holds the character's memories and shapes his attitudes. Most
of the transfers I've seen go badly. A really good role player/ actor
who is thoroughly briefed might be able to pull it off, but I think
you'd be able to see a number of changes over the long run.
To successfully click for a Full Mystic, you have to draw on a large
number of experiences that shape the character's attitudes and
perceptions. These affect far more things with a Mystic than with a
fighter or healer. So to transfer a Mystic character, you'd also have
to transfer an enormous body of knowledge and experience. I've seen no
attempt to do that in this case.
Can this stuff be taught? Sure, it's being taught all the time. But
the clicker has to want to learn it. Not all (or even that many) get
it.
Robert
Lex
system
> no matter what they think the just result is. It's these people that are
out
> of luck. As it's these people I'd prefer to have playing alongside, I
don't
> like the fact that the court system discourages them.
>
> Warren J. Dew
> Powderhouse Software
I should have added that they have to "feel like it". I'm as lazy as
anyone, and will avoid court if the probelm is just easier to ignore.
Lex
Robin Greyhawk
>
> Where did I say it was unwinnable? I just said it would take more effort
> than HWC is willing to spend on a rather insignificant game to win, and
> for no reward other than bragging rights. In the second paragraph I
> pointed out that Robin's motivation was probably a no-effort win in a
> forum he controlled.
Thanks for your brilliant analysis of my motivations. I'm here.
Where's the control?
Neither side can "win" in this Hidden. At least not in a forum. There
are at least 2 distinct world views being expressed and they're not
really compatible. Each side is "right" in it's own world view and
neither side can bring up an argument that will persuade the core
support of the other. The most we can do is persuade a few of the
fence sitters.
Robert
Jeff Ray
> ...But if people do that, and other people get pissed off about it, and
> they sue you/them, and/or find them frivolous, then maybe people will
> stop doing it.
Unless they are using library characters to do the dirty work, creating
a shield of "plausible deniability".
-jrr
Jeff Ray
> If you have to jump through hoops to circumvent the system's attempt to
> stop you from doing something, it's probably on the "discouraged" list.
For the benefit of the more clueless players, it would be nice if DT
would publish the "discouraged" list, and perhaps the rational for why
each is discouraged.
-jrr
Fool's Guild
Michael
> In article <62eb5668.02090...@posting.google.com>, Kojiro
> <its...@garhole.com> wrote:
>
> > It sounds like the problem is the fact that court can be used to
> > teleport people, even if they opt not to show up. Perhaps that should
> > be changed.
> >
> > -Kojiro
>
> If the defendant refuses to show up and is found guilty how about not
> imposing the punishment on him/her until the next time they are within
> the town limits, sort of like the banishing? This way, people couldn't
> be suddenly jerked out of whatever they are doing yet they do have to
> come back to town at some point.
>
> I will admit that this might only serve to not drive the point home
> as good as it could have though in any given dispute.
>
> Yor
Problem with this is that it also lets snerts avoid it. Say Cmdrguard
was in OC4 and said that he was going to jump into the power room to
fuck us out of getting a stone. Since he can avoid count, AND avoid the
sentence after he is convicted, there is no way for us to get him out of
OC.
Thats just an example, there are plenty of ways that it could happen.
The real problem with the court system is that many juries seem to be
made up of fucking morons. There should be some kind of IQ test before
you can sign up for jury duty. Your IQ should at least be above room
tempeture.
Michael
Michael
> Personally I wouldn't qualify that as fair. In order to participate in
> his trial he would have basically been giving up the very thing the
> trial was designed to prevent him from achiving. He could have chosen to
> defend himself and put the work of everyone else in the toilet, thereby
> giving the person who brought the suit exactly what he was working for,
> and he could have asked the folks present to not avoid jury duty thus
> putting the rest of the group in danger. But given the trial was
> entirely a harassment suit and the end result of the trial had no
> significance if he left to defend himself, Manticore did the only
> reasonable thing he could have done. If the court gave him the
> opportunity to be returned to where he was after defending himself, then
> that might have been more fair, but I understand why that option isn't
> there, just as I understand why there's no option to reschedule court
> for a more reasonable time.
That last part is a good idea. If you win your case you should have the
CHOICE to return to where you were. But it shouldnt be automatic. What
if you were sued from OC4 and by the time you are done the raid is over
and everyone is home? It would sure suck to show up there.
Michael
Michael
> If you don't want to be teleported to jail, don't do things that piss
> off your fellow clanners enough that a group of them end up voting you
> to jail. It's just that simple.
This sends the bullshit meeter off the scale. Since you can sue for ANY
reason, the only way to avoid that is not to clan. That would be lots
of fun.
Michael
Michael
>the rule against multiple simultaneous chars per player.
First I heard this rule. Where are these rules written down again?
This is one you see damn near every day, even if its just people handing
off coins to their other account to avoid the bank fees.
Michael
Helpful GM
mike...@mac.com (Michael) wrote:
Are you having Maeght adjust your meter, again? ;)
There's a difference between "being sued" and "going to jail" -- try
suing someone for "just any old reason", and see which of you ends up
doing time.
If you don't want to be teleported to jail, don't do things that piss
off your fellow clanners enough that a group of them end up voting you
to jail. It's just that simple.
--
Helpful GM
mike...@mac.com (Michael) wrote:
> The real problem with the court system is that many juries seem to be
> made up of fucking morons. There should be some kind of IQ test before
> you can sign up for jury duty.
Ok, *NOW* we're talkin'! ;)
Design the test & interface, and I'll see what I can do.
Callia
Helpful GM <HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> One chooses what to do based on where they feel the value is, both
> Manticore and Nevyn...
Uh.. quick correction: the two parties involved were Manticore and
NEIGE. Nevyn wasn't involved.
"Helpful" Callia
--
"Patience in self.
Patience with others.
At peace with all things."
Mahkrahz'kta
SD
robn...@aol.com (Robin Greyhawk) wrote:
In summation, the goal is to only promote completely humorless jerks to FM so that it
remains ever the dominion of a small group of people who will play Clan Lord until they die
(never transferring characters) all the time taking it way too seriously and further
assuring that mystics remain a useless group of idiots whose services are too expensive and
too rare to be any discernable benefit to the community at large? Hurrah for player run
promotion schemes dominating an entire bloody profession. God, what a stupid system.
Outcast
SD
wrote:
> Basically, Hidden bought the mystic Manticore (or so its reported) and
> sought to obtain an orga stone. Neige sued him right before the magician
> showed up. Manticore chose not to attend his trial. He was convicted in
> absentia and prevented from getting the stone.
>
> This was a good thing, because Manticore is really no longer a mystic.
if the mystic council has a problem with character transfers, they need to get over
themselves. They think they're the papacy or something. Remember-- it's just a stupid
game, you're just a stupid profession in a stupid game, don't try to butt your way into the
outside world and punish characters for things their owners do there. It really doens't
matter if some clicker somewhere is playing a full mystic and didn't go through the SACRED
INITIATION PROCESS TOP SECRET TRAINING ORDEALS, because there aren't any, just silly little
puzzles or politicking people did in a game. GET. OVER. YOURSELVES.
Honestly, you're laughable, all of you. Some story GM (Are there any GMs left but Chum?)
instead of making useless stories that never resolve should instead whoop out a mystic
pogrom. Summarily kill all FM characters, we'll use their pixellated skulls as stepping
stones. You tedious unmutual mystic council people bore the heck out of everyone, this
mystic profession so desperately needs some kind of serious shake up. Sweep out the cobwebs
and the translucent troglodytes who rule them.
Outcast
Gurgi
Maindrault at don...@SPAMmaindrault.com wrote on 9/4/02 4:00 PM:
> In article <1fi14xa.suo9s8xvkrw4N%garsNO...@ihug.co.nz>,
> garsNO...@ihug.co.nz (Garscow) wrote:
>
>> People having the ability using mystic skills without having to support
>> real mystics will create an enviroment where mystic wannabes will wonder
>> if it's worth trying to put in the effort to become a mystic and advance
>> further in that profession.
>
> What I'm really wondering is, are the separate issues of whether
> Manticore is the devil and how rarely a hard-working JM gets promoted
> actually related? Is the mystic council protecting their own turf by not
> promoting other perfectly good candidates?
>
> I'm more concerned about Rincewind et al than whether all of us with
> healer/coin whore or fighter/slave healer portfolios can easily add a
> door opener.
>
> -Shamhat
If the people who work hard to get promoted were actually promoted, then
this whole issue of mystics would not exist.
-Gurgi
Gurgi
GM at HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com wrote on 9/4/02 5:31 PM:
> In article <B99BC21A.65CA%gu...@puddleby.dk>, Gurgi <gu...@puddleby.dk>
> wrote:
>
>> in article HelpfulGM-464E3...@sea-read.news.verio.net, Helpful
>> GM at HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com wrote on 9/2/02 6:28 PM:
>>
>>> In article <kirielspam-87821F.13012102092002@localhost>,
>>> Kiriel D'Sol <kirie...@windsofdawn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Manticore refused to show up for the case because at the time he had to
>>>> stay to get the stone. Because he wasn't there to defend himself, and
>>>> because his potential supporters had to avoid jury duty to continue
>>>> their work in helping with the stone, he didn't get a real chance at a
>>>> fair trial.
>>>
>>> To clarify, the whole lot of them had a chance at a fair trial, and
>>> chose to waive that chance in favour of something they deemed more
>>> valuable.
>>>
>>> No one denied anyone a "chance at a fair trial" (as fair as any trial in
>>> Pby is, YMMV, etc.) People make choices, and live with the consequences.
>
>> IT was not a fair trial because of the catch 22. There were two options.
>
> You are mistaken.
>
> I stand by my previous -- he had the option, he chose not to excersize
> it. With every action comes consiquences -- sometimes they're
> enjoyable, sometimes they're not. One chooses what to do based on where
> they feel the value is, both Manticore and Nevyn chose for perceived
> value. That you may have different values doesn't matter.
You didnt read the whole arguement obviously. It is very simple. The
verdict of the jury in this case was irrelevent because the court system was
being abused to cause punishment to manticore in the form of teleporting him
back to town. Whether he was teleported to the court or to jail was
equivalent. Thus he was subjected to punishment regardless of the jury's
verdict. A trial cannot be claimed fair if the defendent is given the same
punishment regardless of whether he is found guilty or innocent.
This is a problem with the court system that I have mentioned long ago. The
court system right now is simply a powerful tool that snerts can freely use
to harrass others in a way that cannot be ignored or avoided and has
significant impact on the victim.
-Gurgi
>
> [snip]
>
>> Manticore's trial proceeds without him, such that he is unable to defend
>> himself.
>
> ...by his own choice. If it was important to him, he could have chosen
> differently. He had other, more important things to do, and chose that.
>
> The Jury is chosen from those who were not supporters of Manticore
>> and who ONLY hear the prosecution's case.
>
> The jury was chosen randomly as it always is, from among the entire
> population that has asked to be included in the choosing. Any who felt
> they had something more important to do than to hear this case chose to
> do that something-else, by their own choice.
>
> The choice was offered them, they chose not to partake.
>
> The original says "he didn't get a chance" -- I'm saying he had a
> chance, he chose to do something else.
>
>> The court should not be able to teleport victims from outside of town to the
>> jail house. It's authority should only extend to the boundaries of town.
>> -Gurgi
>
> I'm sure you would like that. Others disagree.
Gurgi
GM at HelpfulGM@*NO-SPAM*PlayNaked.com wrote on 9/4/02 5:31 PM:
>> The court should not be able to teleport victims from outside of town to the
>> jail house. It's authority should only extend to the boundaries of town.
>> -Gurgi
>
> I'm sure you would like that. Others disagree.
>
> If you don't want to be teleported to jail, don't do things that piss
> off your fellow clanners enough that a group of them end up voting you
> to jail. It's just that simple.
It may be the case that I can avoid getting sent to jail by following your
advice, however, there is absolutely nothing I can do to avoid being
teleported to town against my will at the whim of any given random snert.
-Gurgi