[Freeciv] Re: feature request againts pubserver cheats

[Jason Short <jshort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 08:29:37PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 10:10:20AM -0700, Paul Zastoupil wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 03:49:41PM +0200, Thomas Strub wrote:
>>>
>>>>The 2-3 biggest players in the game should not be overvoteable. And then
>>>>the problem is solved.
>>>>
>>>>You need a majority in active players to make the vote and a seperate
>>>>majority (all) from the leading players for the result. 
>>>
>>>Are you referring to the Freeciv Security Council?
>>
>>*LOL*
> 
> 
> All joking aside, perhaps such a thing should be available as an
> option, to determine who can declare war on who and stuff :)
> 
> Increased reputation loss from going against the wishes of the
> security council?  Get put into an axis of evil and have everyone
> declare war on you?
> 
> Might be useful for those long term games mentioned earlier, where
> early war is not desired.

In other civ games, diplomatic victory (e.g., /endgame <player>) is 
possible via a planet-wide vote.  If it works for /endgame, it might as 
well work for other commands as well...

Another way to do it would be to have a reputation/karma system for 
*users*, and give the highest-reputation users the most weight in votes.

jason