On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 2:51 PM Owen Jacobson <o...@grimoire.ca> wrote:
> The penalty card limits set out in rules 2478 (“Vigilante Justice”) and > 2479 (“Official Justice”) appear to be designed to prevent two problems: > > * abuses of finger-pointing, such as pointing one’s finger at every > player, or repeatedly pointing one’s finger at someone long past the point > where the allegations have been settled, and > > * abuses of the office of Referee, such as issuing an inordinate number of > Yellow or Red cards as part of an attempt to scam ballots. > > These are pro-active protections - they apply to prevent the actions, > rather than to address actions that have happened - and I think that’s > important. However, they’re structurally a bit shaky - the recent bug found > in the Referee rules that forces that officer to card every finger-pointing > and the rule requiring that the Referee receive a card for inappropriately > issuing cards combined to exhaust some of the limits this week, leaving the > office in a slightly odd state. With that in mind, I’d like to propose the > following reforms to the office: > > * Remove the limits on finger-pointing entirely. Replace them with a rule > along the lines that a player SHALL NOT point eir finger an excessive > number of times, or similar, and leave the determination of what > “excessive” is up to CFJs and the patience of the investigator. > > * Remove the limits on summary judgement. Continue to allow the Referee to > issue cards immediately in response to finger-pointing, but remove the > ability for the Referee to unilaterally issue cards: if the Referee is the > finger-pointer, or if no finger has been pointed, then the Referee can only > issue cards without objection. > > Thoughts? > > -o > I generally concur. However, without objection is a mighty high standard to meet. I think we can trust that someone will often object to being given a card, and certain players have a habit of objecting to random things for no apparent reason. That's at least two objections. Maybe with some amount of support/ N agora consent would be better (support has the significant advantage that there's no minimum time limit, so I might tend to go with that). -Aris > >
