Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Society Tweaking again!

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 11:57  AM, bd wrote:

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> On Tuesday 17 June 2003 11:51 am, SkArcher wrote:
> > > > > No - players must be able to leave a society *period*. Use some 
> > > > > other
> > > > > mechanism for returning items.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps societal possessions aren't exactly possessed by its members
> > > > as much as members have an "account" with a society, and societal
> > > > possessions are either free to be used as needed or assigned to
> > > > members' accounts.  That way, if a member leaves a society, e 
> > > > forfeits
> > > > eir account.  It's not as much a question of giving back items as it
> > > > is not possessing them in the first place.
> > > >
> > > > Or this could be a *gasp* standard method.
> > >
> > > The restrictions on quitting are not merely intended as a mechanism 
> > > for
> > > returning borrowed goods; if that were the case, a better method 
> > > could
> > > easily be devised. There are a number of reasons why a society might
> > > not want to let a member go immediately. Restrictions could include
> > > returning items, leaving certain Grid regions, setting up some sort 
> > > of
> > > Offer to ensure that a given proposal is voted for, giving at least
> > > three ndays notice before quitting...
> > >
> > > If you fear being trapped by a society, remember that you can choose
> > > not to join any society with restrictions you don't want to meet.
> > > Remember also that Dave can veto any attempt to establish harsher
> > > restrictions while you're a member, and that anything too absurd is
> > > likely to be CFI'd down.
> >
> > How about making it so the changing of a societies charter is 
> > *allways* a
> > valid reason to quit a society? That way charter changes that 
> > institute too
> > harsh lock in mechanisms will simply be ineffective.
>
> I know - mandate that all charter changes need to be announced 3 ndays 
> early,
> and any members can leave at any time during that.

I suppose... I always favored a more "let the buyer beware" method - 
let people create whatever societies they want, and if you don't trust 
a given society not to nail you, don't join. If you go ahead and join 
anyway, and get screwed over for it, well, whose fault is that?

--
Wonko

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