On 5/14/2020 12:14 AM, Reuben Staley via agora-discussion wrote: > On 5/14/20 1:06 AM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: >> >> On 5/14/2020 12:00 AM, Reuben Staley wrote: >>> On 5/13/20 5:54 PM, nch wrote: >>>> Well that's an easy fix. We just need to commit/make-up more Agoran crimes. >>> >>> This was something I was going to point out when I got to my computer, >>> but someone beat me to it, it looks like. I, for one, would be perfectly >>> fine with being a lot harsher on crimes. >> >> When we had that old system, blots were a bit more transactional and part >> of gameplay. Every missed report was blotted, but some officers just >> shrugged and had a few blots all the time. At least one subgame used >> blots as gameplay penalties that were socially acceptable to accumulate. >> Though some crimes were clearly more "unacceptable" so it was mixed (not >> sure if that made it "harsher" just a different mindset). > > Wow, we are really ripping past-Agora off here. >
Eh, not so much ripping off as a perennial discussion point - whether blots are seen as genuine cheating/taboos to be avoided, versus being acceptable penalties accumulated during game play, is a pendulum that's gone back and forth a few times I think. -G.
