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Pein, you made an interesting remark earlier that seemed to be essentially creating a self sufficient farm in this prison. Do you stand by this, or are you subscribing to the idea of milkweed - or a combination? The size of the building should be kept in mind. I haven't found huge buildings to be too common place, as stone is so cumbersome and Adobe decays. Also, a fantastic griefing method in a prison town would be to find a way to release prisoners...

If a griefer goes to the trouble of acquiring enough sets of handcuffs to handcuff all weapon holders, steal all the files, remove any means of creating new files, handcuffs the only people able to stop him, and also gets a knife and enough food Management to do as you say, I'll quote pein "you deserve it"

I think this task would be easily spotted Midway through by any decent player. It'd be an awfully conspicuous setup without a town being essentially braindead.

Still, not a bad point

Not to mention: people complain that there's nothing to do in A big town. Eventually as the tech tree grows, towns will get bigger. Perhaps it's soon time to have multiple guards be a more common thing.

Also, having one doctor isn't something I've noticed. Most big towns will have a dedicated doc, but if he is killed or tied up, other people can easily use the meds instead. If there's only one ball of thread, what the heck is going on?

Griefers will always be able to use the tech against a civ. But with meds and now curses, I believe it will become more challenging. If someone is running around cuffing well known useful members, that's noteworthy to anyone.

Yes, I have no real evidence to back this up, but I assume griefers tend to suck at the game.

Yes, griefers could abuse cuffs. But what if there is an unmarked who's griefing? Cuff em, pull them away, question them, kill them. If they keep trying to escape, let em. They'll run away and die if you can't feed yourself. If a griefer cuffs you, run into your town and get fed and released. As long as you have a civ (and cuffs would be in the steel tech, so there'd likely be some people) a griefer could hardly abuse it effectively.

Milkweed is a baller idea. It could totally work. Instead of individual cells, make the whole building one large cell. Put the airlock at the entrance, and employ a guard to bring the goods in and out and kill any who seem up to no good. They have something to do better than being eve (arguably) and they provide an often vastly needed service.

I can't think of anything you could have someone do while confined to a single building other than perhaps smith. but that seems like a terrible idea. Perhaps baking?

This is how it goes - someone is marked in THEIR NEXT LIFE if they surpass 10 during a life. So once you pass 10, you are marked until you have fewer than 10 curses, starting the next time you live. Once marked, you cannot be cursed again until you are below 10 curses. this system does allow for one to be brought well above 10, provided they acquire them before they become marked.

John has 0 curses.

John is cursed 18 times in life A.

John is marked in life B, not in life A.

John will be unmarked in about 8 hours of gameplay.

John cannot be cursed again until he is unmarked next - in about 8 hours.

Life Y - John has 8 curses and is therefore no longer marked. John can once again be cursed.

John is cursed 3 times in life Y - he now has 11 curses but is not marked yet.

John is marked in life Z, not in life Y and will be unmarked in about an hour of gameplay.

I dunno - maybe right now there aren't any real reasons to do it other than that I want to. Is it a waste to put griefers to some sort of use? The most efficient way to play the game isn't necessarily the right way, or the most fun.

I'd say the only thing this idea has in common with a prison is not letting them leave, and the name.

But it's more like someone being born, everyone immediately knowing god hates them, and locking them in a sad room to be made fun of. Other than locking someone up, how can you be sure they won't grief? The only difference is now we know who is prone to pissing off the world. It's at least a bit more creative than murdering them. I'd love other suggestions too.

At least most can choose what to make to be taken. A slave gets both no choice and no compensation, not just no compensation.

That's my thinking. Of course, a cursed baby could easily refuse to enter the cell - but what better alternative is their really? If you're griefing, you're probably a shit Eve...