Funny thing happened...

[zanzibar]

Originally posted by Nikodemus
All true
It would be some challange.

inspired by Zanzibar point \"3. I am a nice guy who helps others.\" from his sig:
A nice guy who helps others die faster challanging them? yay! What are you going to prove?

Stop being so closed minded.

[zanzibar]

Originally posted by Rage McCloud
well if indeed this fame system comes into play... you should have to be able to present a plausible reason... so like it detects insults directed to YOU the player and then automatically lowers it... or if they compliment you then it raises it... so like if you say

\"Billy you are horrible at this game\" it would get horrible and Billy and then see it as an isult and lower that persons rating however,

\"Billy you are an extremely good fighter\"
it sees billy and extremely good and then raises it...

but this could malfunction and see a compliment as an insult if it is worded wrong... so pretty much it would FORCE people to think before they speak... which is my favorite thing to say...

Ah, I can see it now..... Planeshift:  Myspace Blue!  Where mobbing is systemic!

[Typhorean]

Originally posted by Zan
I think that once PS advanced enough to have some more shady and criminal acts it might become possible to steal your objects back.

In this scenario a thief would definitely have saved the day ... beating the guy up really doesn\'t help much. *wonders why he accepted the challenge anyway*

Personally I think implementing a simple type of fame system would work best in these cases. All players have a fame rating, starting out at 0 of course and others can change this fame by either adding or detracting. In this case you would obviously have lowered the unfair player\'s fame ... which would have its impact on his communication. I would even go as far as NPC\'s not liking characters with really bad fame. Most decent merchants and the like wouldn\'t talk to these people, let alone sell them items or give them quests. So \'bad\' people could only do business with other shady individuals and are therefor limited in their progress and communication.

Of course there will have to be limits to the fame changing unless we want the system to be abused.

Perhaps it could start out with just 50 or so trusted people able to adjust fame...Once someone gets 10 points they can change one person\'s fame by 1 per day and so on...?  **Shrugs** It\'d be difficult to implement, but it done effectively, could have MAJOR benefits.

[zanzibar]

Originally posted by Typhorean
Perhaps it could start out with just 50 or so trusted people able to adjust fame...Once someone gets 10 points they can change one person\'s fame by 1 per day and so on...?  **Shrugs** It\'d be difficult to implement, but it done effectively, could have MAJOR benefits.

And fatal drawbacks.

[Typhorean]

Well, I did stipulate that *if* it could be done effectively, it could have major benefits, and I agree...too many drawbacks, it would just be another non-RPish double-edged sword.  The planeshift community has, in the past, managed to weed out the idiots and the bad apples, and will continue to do so in the future.  A few incidents like this and word will get around about him, usually.  Maybe a shunning list is in order, but nothing more than that.  Kind of like a voting thing.   You just type /shun or /unshun .  Even that would be a bit much, really.  I think that for now, until someone has a brilliant idea, though, it\'s best not to waste time programming such a system that could so easily be abused.

EDIT:  As an example...has anyone played AlienAA?  Does the phrase \'Selling Karma +/- 5000 credits!\' sound at all familiar?

[zanzibar]

Originally posted by Typhorean
Well, I did stipulate that *if* it could be done effectively, it could have major benefits, and I agree...too many drawbacks, it would just be another non-RPish double-edged sword.  The planeshift community has, in the past, managed to weed out the idiots and the bad apples, and will continue to do so in the future.  A few incidents like this and word will get around about him, usually.  Maybe a shunning list is in order, but nothing more than that.  Kind of like a voting thing.   You just type /shun or /unshun .  Even that would be a bit much, really.  I think that for now, until someone has a brilliant idea, though, it\'s best not to waste time programming such a system that could so easily be abused.

EDIT:  As an example...has anyone played AlienAA?  Does the phrase \'Selling Karma +/- 5000 credits!\' sound at all familiar?

Listen, as soon as you start doing a shun system or any other variation, this game will turn into a livejournal voting community.  People will avoid RPing because they won\'t want to draw attention to themselves from the regulars and suddenly find themselves at a disadvantage.

Let reuptation go by word of mouth.  If your reputation preceeds you, it will be by what people know about you and by what guild you are in.  If planeshift changes such that it becomes possible to break the law, then perhaps in rare events we could have trials.  If found guilty, the offender might be tatooed or branded, and people will know what he or she did.

[Typhorean]

I see what you\'re saying, point taken and recieved.  No more argument from me.