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Weren't you banned in Cathay by Baudoin last year and now you're in Cathay's dungeon?

How does this not end in execution? (I ask because I don't know - haven't executed anyone in years)

Well it hasn't ended in an execution....

So reactions to Seperoth coming back and tying up loose ends>

Lasanar attracted malcontents from other realms and turned on Ethiala,  and even though they didn't end up winning anything in the war they managed to kill the ruler in a skirmish (Galiard's more popular cousin, Septimus). Septimus' successor was a Leonidas and I don't have to tell you how that turned out.

Let it go already that was well over 5 years ago, or did the recent attempt at regime change in the "Democratic People's Republic of Cathay" just happen to make that all come crashing back?

To be fair I only inherited what you created, you allowed that Duke in Lasop who could barely speak English to think he could turn the duchy into a "special economic zone" or whatever he called it.  I did manage to follow him to Dwilight and get the whole of Madina to oust him as ruler for his screwing around(not hard).  I had a nice run till it became a daily political intrigue to just log in, we had Arcaea pulling its magnum opus along with the other realms politically reshuffling.  It was a lot of fun.

I stand corrected.

What is bad luck but another man's good fortune?

Unless someone complains its a bug.

Because how I decide my in game character acts to a situation and how I want to play that character is an accurate reflection of me as a human being.

Okay I feel like I should clarify somethings.  First I really am out of state, my family happens to live in the land the internet forgot, at least since I had been there.  In addition to WiFi the town now has standing volunteer fire department no longer sharing the same building as the local sheriff's office.

That aside I see this game as a sandbox, we have the mechanics we work in, but this game is driven by player content.  If I am playing a judge turned traitor or a puritanical judge gone rogue, it makes sense I would make use of my powers even in one last blow to the realm.  The fact that an infiltrator was used to try and wound me was to force me to leave my position without being able to do anything.  The infiltrator failed and having a lot of gold I used it to take down a realm.  Now understanding the game mechanics is no crime, and I have kept all my stuff in game.  I know there are some unhappy players because I just did the equivalent of putting up a for sale sign on a house, and selling it away while a family still lived there.  But it was done all in game and when the natural in game answers failed to remove me, the infiltrator failed and the protests were not great enough to unseat me, I responded with my in game ability to hammer blow the realm.

I don't mind being called a douchebag for what I did.  I would feel hurt to if I was on the other end of this.  But restricting the sandbox is a bad idea.  The emergent content that will arise from this is going to make for a really interesting game.  When you talk to your friends about games, and this game you can talk about how an entire island now has to deal with the ramifications of a realm disappearing.  Its not gamey, no one ultimately wins from what I did.  It set people back, and helped others but certainly its not a game ender.

I hope this clarifies some things.