On Thursday, 14 May 2020, 14:48:20 GMT, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On 5/14/2020 12:14 AM, Reuben Staley via agora-discussion wrote: > > On 5/14/20 1:06 AM, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > >> > >> On 5/14/2020 12:00 AM, Reuben Staley wrote: > >>> On 5/13/20 5:54 PM, nch wrote: > >>>> Well that's an easy fix. We just need to commit/make-up more Agoran > >>>> crimes. > >>> > >>> This was something I was going to point out when I got to my computer, > >>> but someone beat me to it, it looks like. I, for one, would be perfectly > >>> fine with being a lot harsher on crimes. > >> > >> When we had that old system, blots were a bit more transactional and part > >> of gameplay. Every missed report was blotted, but some officers just > >> shrugged and had a few blots all the time. At least one subgame used > >> blots as gameplay penalties that were socially acceptable to accumulate. > >> Though some crimes were clearly more "unacceptable" so it was mixed (not > >> sure if that made it "harsher" just a different mindset). > > > > Wow, we are really ripping past-Agora off here. > > Eh, not so much ripping off as a perennial discussion point - whether > blots are seen as genuine cheating/taboos to be avoided, versus being > acceptable penalties accumulated during game play, is a pendulum that's > gone back and forth a few times I think.
Committing crimes is unacceptable. Accumulating Blots for reasons other than committing crimes is entirely acceptable. -- ais523
