I got it. A Death Row, or some mechanic that puts the harsher punishments on a delay (In X days, the card takes effect), so even if it is scammable, we'll have time to counter it with a proposal or something so that its not fait accompli.
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 1:20 AM, Cuddle Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > If any "formal" mechanic can be scammed, I don't see how we could punish > someone at all via them then. > > The only other solution I see is that the really strong cards are issued > at discretion of some single person or some democratic process. Town Jury? > Its logistics could be annoying though. hrm. > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 1:00 AM, Aris Merchant <thoughtsoflifeandlight17@ > gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Alex Smith <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > On Mon, 2017-09-04 at 15:05 -0700, Aris Merchant wrote: >> >> I'm currently working on that unified contracts/orgs/agencies >> >> implementation I was talking about. I want non-player persons to be >> >> able to join contracts, which necessitates some penalty for breaches. >> >> This would also incidentally also fix that thing where G. couldn't be >> >> punished for publishing a false report because e wasn't a player. To >> >> understand what is meant by "persons who play the game" see CFJ 1709. >> >> Of course, most existing punishments are meaningless for non-players, >> >> so I had to come up with something. This proposal adds a new card, >> >> called a Black Card, which, upon activation, prevents the bad sport >> >> from registering or taking any game actions for 30 days. >> > >> > You need to be very very careful with this sort of mechanic, because if >> > there's any way to award such a card via scam, it can lead to one >> > player locking out all the others and gaining a dictatorship over time >> > (it'd just take four days in this case; attempt to Ratify Without >> > Objection a blatantly false statement that gives you an advantage, and >> > use Black Cards to lock everyone else out of objecting). >> > >> > I'd rather the mechanic were designed in such a way that even if >> > scammed, other players could still overcome the restrictions it imposes >> > somehow. >> >> There are already some fairly strong restrictions on how many cards >> the referee can issue per week. Still, this could be a problem. How's >> this addition: >> >> "A Black Card CANNOT be issued to current players, and no more than 3 >> Black Cards >> CAN be issued per week. Any attempt to issue a Black Card in violation >> of these limitations is INEFFECTIVE." >> >> -Aris >> >> P.S. Can someone come up with a better name for Levying a Fine? >> >> -Aris >> > >
