OOC Thread and Chatroom

[TinCow]

I'm just worried about the precedent, since there's no guarentee we'll notice a rules violation after the first turn it happens. If people think they can bend the rules and then avoid punishment merely by stopping after they've already been caught, it could be troublesome later on.

Well, I'm the only person running this game and I have no problems being completely and utterly inconsistent in my rulings, so I don't think you need to worry about precedent. I will do whatever I think is best for the game in any particular situation, even if it blatantly contradicts something that I've done beforehand.

Also, there's a major difference between someone intentionally violating the rules with intent to harm someone else by doing so and someone intentionally violating the rules but without realizing the harm that it would cause. In law, we call this malice aforethought and it's the difference between murder and manslaughter, and thus between the death penalty and a very short prison sentence. In this case, Ignoramus definitely knew he was violating the rules, but it does not seem to me like he was trying to hurt anyone in the process. That's a significant factor to consider when determining a punishment.

Ironically, the latin term for malice aforethought (scienter) is my wife's internet handle.

Because my 1,5 year old son scratched my medieval game disk then from tonight on I wouldn't be able to keep an eye on the game

If the scratch isn't deep, you can remove it relatively easily with some normal household products. Toothpaste works pretty well. Just use a clean cloth, put some toothpaste over the scratch and rub until its gone. It might take a while, depending on how deep it is, but it's a lot cheaper than buying a new copy of the game.

[Privateerkev]

In this case, Ignoramus definitely knew he was violating the rules, but it does not seem to me like he was trying to hurt anyone in the process.

He was absolutlely trying to hurt us IC by his own admission. He was trying to find ways to get out of giving Cecil an army.

Of course what complicates it is that there was actually two rules in question.

Ig admitted to trying to hire mercenaries so he wouldn't have to recruit. He stated on here that he believed that could get him around recruiting an army for the Order.

But, he also broke another rule that is clear cut. And that is when he built things while armies still needed filling.

Now, whether he built things with the knowledge that he was breaking that rule is unclear. What is clear is that he was trying to find any way possible to avoid giving the Order their army.

In the course of his turn, he deliberately tried to circumvent the rules in order to punish his IC political opponents. (If you want, I can dig up his OOC comment.)

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Here it is.