POLL TIME.

[ex-enables28.livejournal.com]

[Poll #1273213]

Posted with my account 'cause the mod one isn't + :| Anyway, guys, this is serious business-- we need to decide what we're gonna do. SO FEEDBACK IS WELCOME.

ONE JOURNAL PER PLAYER, PLEASE.

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[ex-enables28.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we're not looking for an all-encompassing law. It would make things way too difficult, and way too hard to play off of. I think that Bruce was planning to set up a watch of some kind, and considering he's BATMAN, it might be a good way to combat the smaller crimes.

If the scientists do get involved, then they will confirm the "not coming back" theory if the death penalty is used as an option. Because hey, it's not exactly the best thing to think about, especially for criminals that have already died within the city before. Re-chipping is probably going to be a requirement for murderers, and then they'll get slapped with another option-- death penalty, community service, whatever-- depending on how bad things are. And there's also a limit on how many times you can get your chips removed before the scientists inflict a punishment, so that's also worth looking into.

The force would probably only get involved with tresspassing if it got violent-- if there was a watch group, then someone there could take care if it. Like, the watch group could get involved with the church dispute that just happened, but the police force would have to take on the auditorium dealo. It just realy depends on the scope of the accident.

They won't have absolute authority. If the scientists are helping out with this, then they're the ones that are going to have the most power. And frankly, we can't make the force work. So it will be successful depending on how many people are actually going to listen to it. A lot of people don't trust the scientists, that's true, but I think that a lot of characters would appreciate them helping to move to make the city a more safe place for them, so that they don't have to constantly worry about getting killed. A lot of people are only mad at the scientists because they never help, so maybe this could be a turnaround. XD

Yeah, it's going to take a lot of time to work it in ICly. But I think we can do it. An OOC brainstorm was needed first, though, so that we had something to go off of.

[leatherrr.livejournal.com]

BATMAN as the head of the neighborhood watch sldjflasjkdf XD That would be amazing.

So, possible confirmations of the 'not coming back' and 'eventual chip punishment' theories? 8D Progress! Always good. Mello will be pleased. ♥ Once he. Actually gets that information. OTL

Yeah, I think divvying up the enforcement between the formal police force and a sort of citizens' group might be best. That way the rest of the community still has some leeway to get involved in deciding how to deal with both criminals and people who are just disturbances. I think finding a balance in that would help make sure there aren't leadership issues like in the past, while at the same time finally giving the law a more coherent system. \o/ If that. Made any sense sob.

Well, we seem to be stocking up on lawyers. XD Always a step in the right direction. And in terms of the scientists, I'm mostly speaking from a personal level too, I guess, because my character might cooperate eventually if it's advantageous, but 'what kind of fucking idiot ever trusts the asses who kidnapped them and then rain shit from the sky to pacify them' is pretty much his reasoning. XD So I figure he can't be alone in the city in that. The danger of having a real law system is that the RP might get too one-sided, which is why still having room for vigilantes is, I think, important. o/

And, now that I think about it, maybe getting a charter of rights drawn up wouldn't be such a bad idea, lol. Just to let the citizens know exactly what they can expect in terms of benefits if they decide to cooperate with the police force, and then let folks decide for themselves. Also, in terms of communication, I say having a general police contact post is a great idea, sort of like an IC/OOC 911? The players on the police force can keep that post tracked, and calls can come in either IC or OOC format, etc. That doesn't preclude alerting the OOC comm as well (you can never communicate too much XD), but I thought that would be an interesting way of doing it. The scientists could maybe even set up a special channel on the communicators; it might also help with privacy/preventing mass panic with random accidental voice posts of people dying (of course, if the players are aiming for mass panic, accidents happen).