12-29-2019, 09:05 AM
Whilst I feel something like this is a genuine good idea, it has a few issues.
Players are generally, and correctly, in it for themselves. The games very design encourages it. It's not a huge deal, it's just the nature of things. Any attempt at making an adequate judicial system would require levels of RP that, quite frankly, I don't feel we have in our current community. Every time it's been attempted in the past, it's turned into something of a cringefest. (See - Rape in Avalon : 1443AC)
Something like this couldn't be implemented properly, because it's extremely obvious when someone is guilty, and the sheer amount of witness testimony would be absurd. It would do little beyond extending the death scene of a character (by days) or wind up releasing them, so they could immediately go back out and do what they were doing previously, breaking the law and all other manner of degeneracy, only for the thing to repeat itself. (Players -must- repeat these actions in order to get their development. It's just the nature of the game.)
It would however allow for these antagonist factions to have time to free their comrades, and lead to more interesting arcs for characters. (This is a good thing.) The only problem with it, is players would -still- perform 'street-justice' and kill their enemies on the spot. This would need to be punishable by death, in order to prevent the actions from taking place, which would only serve to infuriate players.
This would also not apply to non-osronan factions, resulting in even more fury.
Sorry man, love you, but I don't think it would work out.
Everyone sucks but me fuck the police!
Players are generally, and correctly, in it for themselves. The games very design encourages it. It's not a huge deal, it's just the nature of things. Any attempt at making an adequate judicial system would require levels of RP that, quite frankly, I don't feel we have in our current community. Every time it's been attempted in the past, it's turned into something of a cringefest. (See - Rape in Avalon : 1443AC)
Something like this couldn't be implemented properly, because it's extremely obvious when someone is guilty, and the sheer amount of witness testimony would be absurd. It would do little beyond extending the death scene of a character (by days) or wind up releasing them, so they could immediately go back out and do what they were doing previously, breaking the law and all other manner of degeneracy, only for the thing to repeat itself. (Players -must- repeat these actions in order to get their development. It's just the nature of the game.)
It would however allow for these antagonist factions to have time to free their comrades, and lead to more interesting arcs for characters. (This is a good thing.) The only problem with it, is players would -still- perform 'street-justice' and kill their enemies on the spot. This would need to be punishable by death, in order to prevent the actions from taking place, which would only serve to infuriate players.
This would also not apply to non-osronan factions, resulting in even more fury.
Sorry man, love you, but I don't think it would work out.
Everyone sucks but me fuck the police!