On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the not-quite-birthday HERALD'S REPORT - June 30, 2008 > > -------------------------------- > HERALD'S HISTORY CORNER (*NEW!*) > -------------------------------- > > DID YOU KNOW? > Samurai, Shogun, and Honorless Worm are "Kudos-related" titles. > > Kudos were a zero-sum measure of Players' honor and respect for each > other. Once per week, a player could increase someone's kudos (other > than eir own) at the expense of someone else's (perhaps eir own), if > e gave a reason. Typical uses: "I increase Murphy's kudos by one by > decreasing mine by one, to thank em for helping me with my report" or > (to encourage good behavior and discourage bad) "I increase Eris's > kudos by one (for making a good judgement) by decreasing Goethe's > kudos by one (for being such a jerk while arguing against said good > judgement)." In reality, there was some kudo inflation as players > tended to decrease kudos of "vanished inactive" players prior to de- > registration, so as to award without punishing. > > Players with kudos above a certain high threshold were Samurai. The > Shogun was e with the most kudos at any given time, the Honorless Worm > the least; titles below reflect the instant kudos were repealed ca. > 2002. Some insight may be gained by the fact that the last holder of > "Honorless Worm" was the only person to have Left in a Huff thrice. > Hooray! I hope this becomes a regular feature of the Herald's report (on a new subject each report of course).
BobTHJ
