[Artemisia] Winning or Just Not Losing?

[Mike Bradley]

Nah, make Crown a rapier tourney. I guarantee I'll be totally and
wonderfully fair as King.

Conchobhar
On Oct 1, 2015 3:15 PM, <ratslayer at spro.net> wrote:

> So it sounds like to me you are implying that only fighters will abuse the
> power.  Hmmmm, interesting.  I guarantee that if there was a different way
> to choose Crowns, people would be left out, things wouldn't be fair and
> people would still abuse the power, find a way to cheat and just be total
> bozos.  Unfortunately that is part of some peoples' nature.
>
> Kelwin
>
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:31:41 -0600, "danoman1000 ." <danoman1000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I applaud you for that.  You did not abuse the power.  But what is
> stopping
> > others from doing so?
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Mellane McCammon <mellane30 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Agreed. When we were sitting the thrones in the principality of
> Cynagua,
> >> not once did we make any large decisions on our own. We consulted the
> >> officers, other royal peers, pelicans..ect. Decisions were never made
> on
> >> a
> >> whim regardless of how much pressure was put on us to do so.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Illora <illoraofthewestlea at hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > It isn't really JUST the King making decisions. It is a group of
> >> > advisors
> >> > (K
> >> > Seneschal and any other officer that is involved at the Kingdom or
> >> Baronial
> >> > level), the Queen, and if it's a smart K&Q, more advisors that make
> the
> >> > hard
> >> > decisions. I think most of the people who win are smart enough to
> know
> >> they
> >> > don't know it all and have to have good advice from trusted people in
> >> > the
> >> > kingdom to help with the heavy stuff. I was very involved in an
> >> > infamous
> >> > Duke getting R&D and there was no ONE person make those calls. Most
> >> > don't
> >> > even change laws without long discussions and considerations.
> >> > Illora
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Personally I like the model I've heard described by a friend in
> >> > Northshield.
> >> > From what I'm told their crown gives out awards and does all the
> >> ceremonial
> >> > and fun things our crowns do, but they leave all the legislative
> stuff
> >> > (revisions to law, banishments, dispute resolution,
> >> > etc.) to the "Stellar Committee"
> >> >  a parliamentary body with representatives from each group.
> Obviously
> >> I've
> >> > only heard of it second hand, but it seems like a fair and period way
> >> > to
> >> go
> >> > about it.
> >> >
> >> > Sneferu
> >> >
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