(08-28-2014, 01:09 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:(08-28-2014, 12:58 PM)CrookedTarot Wrote: Especially where one tries to establish a body of law enforcement.
And with this string, your assessment is dismantled! Lo, watch how I pull it!
Specifically, nobody here is attempting to establish anything. No one's Captain of the Guard, nobody is creating a freelance body of police. Those of us who play Sultansworn or Yellow Jackets still have IC-NPC people to report to. There's not really any room for people to go above their heads, since we're all pretty strictly adhering to the status quo.
The series of events you're referring to can be fully accredited to douches not wanting to let anyone else have fun with THEIR world they were setting up; I can't speak for anyone but myself but I think I'm fairly content to exist in the world SE's created for us. I'd like to believe most of us have no agenda on trying to force civility or justice on the world.
This was more a cautionary tale based on what I read in the thread itself. I am sure I saw several references to 'needing an established set of rules' or 'Community'.
Communities can't exist without rules and a governing body. Hell, even a housing development has a Home-Owner's Association with people that drive around to make sure your lawn is the right height. This was largely a reference to people who talked about creating a community where everyone agreed to a set of rules and THAT would allow a law-enforcement with weight to it. That when someone that the community knew was playing a Yellowjacket or a Blade said 'You're under arrest' they actually could do something to follow through without needing to ask you, the player, first.