Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Invasion protection, again

2016-11-04 Thread ais523
On Fri, 2016-11-04 at 19:38 -0400, Owen Jacobson wrote: > I’m skeptical of rules which serve to disenfranchise players > generally, and more so of rules that disenfranchise new players > specifically. In general, I think raising the bar to participation is > an extremely high-risk move for the heal

DIS: Re: BUS: Invasion protection, again

2016-11-04 Thread Owen Jacobson
On Nov 4, 2016, at 4:01 AM, ais523 wrote: > In many periods of history, Agora has had some sort of invasion > protection rule. This normally serves two purposes: protecting Agora > from a large influx of new players who are aiming to gain control over > the ruleset; and making counterscamming mor