On Fri, 15 May 2015, Henri Bouchard wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Proposal: Amendment to Rule 2426 "Cards" > Author: Henri > Adoption Index: 1 > > Replace the following paragraph of Rule 2426 "Cards": > > The Referee CAN issue a Card to a specified player by > announcement. When issuing each Card, e SHALL cite a unique > violation of the rules e perceives to have occurred within the > last 14 days, and CANNOT issue more than three Cards per week, > or one per week to a single player. The Arbitor CAN issue Black > Cards to the Referee solely for alleged violations of the former > requirement. > > with: > > The Referee CAN issue a Card to a specified player by > announcement. When issuing each Card, e SHALL cite a unique > violation of the rules e perceives to have occurred within the > last 14 days. > > [In its current state, the rule limits the Referee's ability to > enforce Agoran laws and increases the possibility of a person > committing a crime unpunished.]
Note that both the original rule and the proposed text allow the following: "I give a red card to Henri, citing omd's perceived violation of rule X". This was another by-design office powerup. That's fine within reason. However, if Cards have punishment attached (like no voting), then without limits the Referee could kick everyone out of a vote or similar. I think a beter solution is to extend the back-window to 30 days. This gives a single criminal several chances to be carded, but prevents a rogue referee from carding everyone for a scam. -G.
