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« on: October 07, 2012, 05:02:47 AM »
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.
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