The penalty card limits set out in rules 2478 (“Vigilante Justice”) and 2479 (“Official Justice”) appear to be designed to prevent two problems:
* abuses of finger-pointing, such as pointing one’s finger at every player, or repeatedly pointing one’s finger at someone long past the point where the allegations have been settled, and * abuses of the office of Referee, such as issuing an inordinate number of Yellow or Red cards as part of an attempt to scam ballots. These are pro-active protections - they apply to prevent the actions, rather than to address actions that have happened - and I think that’s important. However, they’re structurally a bit shaky - the recent bug found in the Referee rules that forces that officer to card every finger-pointing and the rule requiring that the Referee receive a card for inappropriately issuing cards combined to exhaust some of the limits this week, leaving the office in a slightly odd state. With that in mind, I’d like to propose the following reforms to the office: * Remove the limits on finger-pointing entirely. Replace them with a rule along the lines that a player SHALL NOT point eir finger an excessive number of times, or similar, and leave the determination of what “excessive” is up to CFJs and the patience of the investigator. * Remove the limits on summary judgement. Continue to allow the Referee to issue cards immediately in response to finger-pointing, but remove the ability for the Referee to unilaterally issue cards: if the Referee is the finger-pointer, or if no finger has been pointed, then the Referee can only issue cards without objection. Thoughts? -o
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