Proposal: Even the best thief makes mistakes. [Trivial]
When Master Thief was first proposed, Satyr Eyes spoke up with some valid concerns about how quickly someone must say "gotcha" after the thief strikes. Unfortunately, the voting began before I could fix it.
I had loosely taken the time limit idea from the last dynasty, but forgot that in the last one people had to conspire to commit crimes. Since I promised to try to fix the time limit on it:
In rule 12, in the superpower Master Thief, change the phrase "within 10 minutes after the thief strikes" to "within 3 minutes, per point of power taken, after the thief strikes".
Also add a sentence immediately before the last sentence that says:
Give the 2 power for enacting this proposal to Satyr Eyes, who after the voting began on that proposal rightly said 10 minutes wasn't enough time to be caught.
The goal is to give people more opportunity and incentive to catch the thief - even though it's me, and I would always use my power for good. Honest. ;P
I chose the graded time scale for a couple of reasons: first, if with great reward there should be great risk, and heroes are more likely to go after and be able to trace the person who robbed the national mint than someone who takes candy from a vending machine (it calls into question their commitment to fighting crime, but it's true); second, the time ranges from 6 to 36 minutes, and more than half the time it's 21-36 minutes; with 23 active players, odds are reasonably good that someone will be active when a theft is attempted. It could be adjusted to 4 minutes per point of power taken, with 4-48 minutes and an average of 28 minutes for 7 power, but with people actively hunting the thief to get some power, that seemed a bit unfair. (Heck, I wish I hadn't bid as much as I did with this much risk.) If anybody thinks the time is still imbalanced in either direction, please speak up with an alternative.
Passed 14 to 1 at 8:51 pm GMT, 3.4.2004. +2 to Satyr Eyes, +1 to Brendan.
I had loosely taken the time limit idea from the last dynasty, but forgot that in the last one people had to conspire to commit crimes. Since I promised to try to fix the time limit on it:
In rule 12, in the superpower Master Thief, change the phrase "within 10 minutes after the thief strikes" to "within 3 minutes, per point of power taken, after the thief strikes".
Also add a sentence immediately before the last sentence that says:
The first hero who says "Gotcha" for that theft is rewarded with power equal to what the thief would have gained had the theft been successful.
Give the 2 power for enacting this proposal to Satyr Eyes, who after the voting began on that proposal rightly said 10 minutes wasn't enough time to be caught.
The goal is to give people more opportunity and incentive to catch the thief - even though it's me, and I would always use my power for good. Honest. ;P
I chose the graded time scale for a couple of reasons: first, if with great reward there should be great risk, and heroes are more likely to go after and be able to trace the person who robbed the national mint than someone who takes candy from a vending machine (it calls into question their commitment to fighting crime, but it's true); second, the time ranges from 6 to 36 minutes, and more than half the time it's 21-36 minutes; with 23 active players, odds are reasonably good that someone will be active when a theft is attempted. It could be adjusted to 4 minutes per point of power taken, with 4-48 minutes and an average of 28 minutes for 7 power, but with people actively hunting the thief to get some power, that seemed a bit unfair. (Heck, I wish I hadn't bid as much as I did with this much risk.) If anybody thinks the time is still imbalanced in either direction, please speak up with an alternative.
Passed 14 to 1 at 8:51 pm GMT, 3.4.2004. +2 to Satyr Eyes, +1 to Brendan.
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