4st wrote:
I think my concern here is that current subgames and play is asset-based. No matter what the bribe is, it is already taking away from other players, which is equivalent to bullying, just hidden. Giving people coins increases the amount a boatload is, thus reducing the amount of boatloads other players have. Giving people points reduces the amount of points other player's have, as winning by points reduces others' points by half. Horses, stones, and birds are all things that only one person can earn.
At some point, this probably needs to come down to consensus interpretation (possibly via CFJs). "Give Bob 5 coins because e was the only one affected by that one rule bug" will be received differently than "Give Bob 5 coins 'cos I feel like it", even though objectively the impact on assets is identical. (Another contrast that's been discussed in the past is "Doing X has a fee of 5 coins" vs. "Doing X has a fine of 5 coins".) There are some exceptions, e.g. G.'s dictatorship, but that one was based on how much trust G. had built up that e wasn't going to be a jerk and intentionally drive Agora into a Not Fun gamestate.
