On principle, I'm opposed to the interjection of the 'machinery of God' into these games. Some one afflicted with some inflexible ethic (say British fairplay) can do a lot of damage to them. Persons who desire to be impartial are sometimes not able to reach that goal. If you meet and know a fellow countryman and hold him in high regard, then that fellow from New Zealand is just a name and pixels on a screen.
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From: bgb <pbmnoot@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] 2-1 Let the game end
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:36:10 -0400 (EDT)I would support the ethic behind this concept, but I could not
support such an arbitrary "rule" perse. As I've ever heard, the
complaints are usually in reference to a "bug hunt" and not an
actual 2-1 split. 8-4 is not necessarily a bug hunt. I would
propose an approach like the following:"Whenever the ratio of natinos between allegiances becomes 2:1 or
greater, the company reserves the right to terminate the game and
award victory to the allegiance with the greater number of active
nations. This right will be exercised only after consultation with
the players involved for the purposes of determining if it's an
appropriate course of action. We do not actively track the course
of games and will not initiate this process unless requested to by
a client participating in the game in question."Which mean: If you suspect the "rule" is applicable, you ask the
company to kill the game. They then get in touch with your
opposition, who then have to demonstrate their in-game reasons
the game is worth persuing. I can see 3 possible results:1-Your opposition meekly surrenders into the fading mist.
2-Your opposition yells, screams, name-calls, and MEGames kills
the game.
3-Your opposition says "We just located the One Ring" or "Look,
there are 4 of us only because the others got rounded up in a bust,
but we're rocking and they know that they can't win in ME so they're
trying to win using this unfair and arbitrary rule!" and the GM
says "Play On!"Did I miss anything?
Regards,
Brad B
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