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mrbadmood Wrote:This has been a most serious and interesting debate. As I understand it, the question at bottom seems to be where to draw the line with the spirit of the game.

There are valid points on both sides. On the one hand, some of our leading players argue for limited administrative authority over personal affairs, so long as game rules are not violated. On the other, there is an issue of higher level players attacking new players in order to coerce the admins into altering the game code and/or rules.

I suspect a new rule will be the result of all this; perhaps it will mandate the formation of an independent, anonymous group of AL 'justices' to render decisions in sticky cases like this. In either case, I don't think anyone is going to be altogether happy with the outcome.

I am very pleased with the discussion so far. Thank you for everyone sharing their opinions.

I just wanted attention brought to fact that hospitalizations are a legitimate part of this game and this game is totally based on your stats. You get out what you put in and that is the nature of this game. It sucks that low level players can be put into the hospital by higher level players, but again that is what makes this game interesting...

I will be back in a few... meetings coming up

Thank you everyone for staying on topic and not turning this into a personal attack thread. I believe we are all stakeholders in the outcome of this conversation, as having the ability to hospitalize users is what makes this game so unique and fun.