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Threshold · 10-06-2009, 01:56 PM

Actually, the current rules reward that type of cheating. You are allowed to give your game a mud-wide reward based on a result (being #1, being in the top 10, whatever). You are not allowed to give people a specific reward if *THEY* vote (I believe IRE used to have their vote button setup so they knew which IP numbers hit the vote button on their web site, and would reward players in game accordingly).

Rewarding game wide encourages people to do whatever they can to get the mud's total ranking up.

Rewarding people individual only encourages that ONE person to vote one time.

I am not arguing for a change in the rules, but I think if anything, the current system rewards cheating more than the old, no-rules system.

10-06-2009, 01:56 PM	#22
Threshold Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Home MUD: Threshold RPG Posts: 1,260	Re: Lets Talk about Voting - Shall we? Actually, the current rules reward that type of cheating. You are allowed to give your game a mud-wide reward based on a result (being #1, being in the top 10, whatever). You are not allowed to give people a specific reward if THEY vote (I believe IRE used to have their vote button setup so they knew which IP numbers hit the vote button on their web site, and would reward players in game accordingly). Rewarding game wide encourages people to do whatever they can to get the mud's total ranking up. Rewarding people individual only encourages that ONE person to vote one time. I am not arguing for a change in the rules, but I think if anything, the current system rewards cheating more than the old, no-rules system.