Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] "Fix" fix...er, fix

[Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth Glotmorf,

> On 10/26/02 at 5:22 PM Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
> 
>>>> How about you just say "When a Player goes On Leave, e leaves all
>>>> societies."  And e can rejoin when e gets back.  That's pretty dang
>>> simple.
>>> 
>>> Then e loses the benefit of any club props that were made before e went
>> on
>>> leave, but passed while e's on leave.  That's unfair.  Especially because
>>> most people go on leave for reasons they can't control.
>> 
>> Yup, that solution does suck, but so does a solution that fractures the
>> gamestate.  The best solution is to not let Socities force people to do
>> stuff without em being able to make a decision about it.  They can either
>> do
>> what is asked by the Society, or face the Society's wrath (ousting or
>> whatever).
>> 
>> I don't see why you have to complicate things up so much.
> 
> I told you, I have a special situation.  And what I'm doing hardly "fractures
> the gamestate".
> 
> And the members of a society can make a decision.  They can accept the changes
> that are coming, or quit the society before they come.  If a player is On
> Leave and the charter gets changed, e can accept the changes that have
> happened, or quit the society.
> 
> By your rule players can't be surprised by changes.  By my change, players on
> leave can't be surprised by them either.
> 
> It's just not that complicated.  And it preserves my existing functionality.
> Almost.

If I may interrupt your lively conversation for a moment, I believe the
current ruleset forbids On Leave players from taking any action other than
forfeiture or coming Off Leave. So even if a society tries to force an On
Leave player to do something, they not only don't have to, but in fact they
cannot, until they return. Add to the rules that players On Leave may also
leave societies, and you're set - before the come Off Leave, they can look
at what they'll have to do, and back out before they wake up.

-- 
Wonko

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