On Thu, 2014-04-24 at 09:32 -0400, x1122334455 wrote:
> On 4/23/14 at 4:11pm, Jonathan Rouillard <jonathan.rouill...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:34 PM, x1122334455 wrote:
> > > I register
> >
> > Well, it looks like hazing isn't a crime anymore so... I CFJ on
> > x1122334455, putting forth tradition as my main argument.
> >
> > Also: Welcome! =D
> >
> > ~ Roujo
> >
> What was/is hazing?
Basically, the history goes something like this:
* In Agora, it's quite popular to probe the edges of the rules;
it's one of our main pastimes.
* Additionally, many new players used to mess up the old (rather
strict) system for registration (by this, I mean very old;
several years ago). So we relaxed the requirements on it so that
most actual attempts by new players would count as working.
* As a result, many players (either old players reregistering, or
new players who had been looking for a while) tried to register
in an ambiguous way so that we could debate whether it worked or
not. (In fact, we even change the rules on registration from
time to time to shake up what sort of avenues for ambiguous
registration are available.)
* This lead to something of a pattern where if someone registered,
someone else would immediately create a CFJ (Call For Judgement,
we use them to gain insight into disputes or uncertain
situations) about whether the registration worked or not.
* Given how many registrations were CFJed, it lead to something of
a tradition where people would CFJ on a registration even if it
wasn't ambiguous at all, just to keep up the pattern. (It didn't
help that in many cases, apparently unambiguous registrations
did turn out to be at least slightly ambiguous.)
* This was deemed unfair to new players, so the practice of CFJing
a new registration without a good reason was given a name -
Hazing - and banned in the rules.
* Recently, we repealed a lot of rules, and the Hazing rule is one
of them. Because it isn't against the rules any more, Roujo
decided to start up the old tradition again. (With some
ambiguity involved, because e forgot to actually specify the
statement of the CFJ; although it was probably intended as a
joke because it was sent to -discussion, where messages don't
officially count, rather than -business, where the gameplay
happens.)
--
ais523
