Quorumed -Darth
Adminned at 19 Jan 2009 18:44:42 UTC
Spam CfJs have been used far more than the true use for anonymous CfJs.
Remove the text “If the Member of the Staff wishes, he may post anonymously by choosing “Call for Judgment” from the Author drop-down menu on the OPTIONS tab.” from Rule 1.6 Calls for Judgment.
Explicit author for.
By the way, I’m technically not the Mad King of the DDA/F/B/O/C. I’m the Ultimate Mad King of the DDA/F/B/O/C.
You were never a member.
You attempted to take my position.
*kills Darth Cliche. Quickly.*
*catches the bullet and throws it back at you, like Vader did with Han Solo’s blaster bolt in Episode V*
Well fine. However you killed me, I evaded it using the Stereotypical Side of the Force. I then killed you with a friggin’ lightsaber.
Thread?
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This is BlogNomic, not ForumNomic.
Threads are only in fora.
There is nothing wrong with CfJ, there is something wrong with spammers. Although I have never used anonymous CfJ, I have thought of many instances where I might need to use them. Please, just don’t abuse the rules.
Per Qwazukee, Anony CfJ has a very valid reasoning, provide another means of combating spam.
CfJs can be raised “if a Member of the Staff feels that an aspect of the game needs urgent attention”, which seems fair enough here.
What’s the valid reasoning for keeping the anonymous CfJs? All we’ve had so far is:-
* Sometimes you might want to fix a problem that’s hurting you without betraying a secret identity (such as a purely werewolf-favouring fix during the Werewolf dynasty). But you can also do this by asking the Emperor to submit a CfJ on your behalf, by arguing your case well or by some sneaky social engineering.
* Sometimes you might want to pull some sort of CfJ scam that lets you win, but if it has your name on it people might work out what you’re up to. But being able to pull off a particular type of scam is not a fundamental right of Nomic players.
Hey Qwazukee! You’ve said before that “it’s a bad idea to disagree with someone who has five dynasties named after them”.
By your own logic, you should CoV and get this to quorum.
Kevan himself has posited that it may be a trap to earn a 6th dynasty. E’s wilier than a roadrunner, e is.
Scamming is a fundamental right of Blognomic players! Else we’d never have fun.
Absolutely! But scamming using an anonymous CfJ isn’t a fundamental right (and it’s only actually happened once), and it’s clear that having this mechanic in the ruleset is causing unrelated problems.
It’s sad that it has to come to this.
In any case, this should be a proposal.
So, my reasoning would be that you want to present a fix of the rules that could cause a disadvantage to other players without causing undue hurt between players.
Preventing someone from winning comes to mind as an action that can cause animosity between players for no reason other than it having happened 4 dynasties back.
Or, put another way, I don’t want to look like a jerk when I post an unpopular but ultimately important CfJ. Amnistar is correct, although I wasn’t around 4 dynasties ago to know what happened then.
I think CfJ needs to go. It hurts no one to be brave and just post the issue directly, under your own name.
However, Kevan raises a good point, a Player can ask the Emperor to raise the issue on his behalf. I think we can work with that.
I actually have never revealed this before, but I had someone who had agreed to help me. I could have just as easily asked him to post the CfJ if the anonymous moniker wasn’t there.
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