A Discussion on kingmaking and community standards.

[chrispedersen]

I've been thinking of this thread a bit - I think there are things on the winning side that are also gray area.

For example, I've been involved in several games where someone found an amazing site. Call it a 50% construction bonus. Two people - or three people - share the site.

To me, this just sucks. 50% construction bonus sites are really too powerful to be in the game. The introduction of the site into the game - especially when hidden, and therefor not known by all players essentially means that the all the players in the game except maybe 2-3 are wasting their time. They often have *no* chance of winning.

I think I will make it as part of the balance mod that there are no sites with more than a 20% construction bonus. I think I would like to make it a house rule that all bonus sites, when found, must be announced. I think I would like to make it a rule of honor that they cannot be shared.