Wanted to see opinions on this - used to see it from time to time when I played before, and might be seeing it again:
We all know that in a great many realms, Dukes are the long-time friends of the ruler, hardly ever change, very often never say a word, etc.
Occasionally, they go inactive. And the ruler "hems" and "haws" for a few days about making a decision, and then Oh, look! the player logs back in, "IC claims" is used as an excuse, and the character is reappointed to Duke.
Now, in my mind, this is circumventing a rule created by Tom specifically to aid turn-over in positions and let more people become involved, and so the ruler should be punished.
That's my opinion - what is yours?
From my experience, this means that the ruler has OOC contacts with the player, such as with MSN, and when this happens they try to get in contact with the person via OOC means to get them to log in again to re-appoint them.
Kinda sucks, but I think that's how it is.
