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orichalcum at 03:49pm on 24/01/2007 under politics
orichalcum at 03:49pm on 24/01/2007 under politicsAthens Update:
Debate got quite heated yesterday, especially when the President would not call on the Rich Athlete, who had already been interrupting and monopolizing debate over the question of whether to choose Athenian generals by random lot from the Assemblymembers. Finally, the Rich Athlete got up and went to the podium, a position where the rules require that he eventually be called upon by the President. When she called on several other people first, however, he grew upset, and began talking. She went over to him to try and get him away from the podium. He put his hands on her shoulders, forcefully. She pushed back. Things got nasty for a moment, and then they settled down, I restored a bit of order, and after another minute, he was allowed to speak.
This was, um, unintended, and I hope I dealt with it okay.
OTOH, it's having the great consequence in-game in that the other students are responding by deciding to hold a trial and charge the Rich Athlete with hubris, or outrage, against the duly selected President. They're hoping to take a bunch of his money and use it to pay poor Athenians. Meanwhile, the Rich Athlete has gotten together with at least one other Assemblymember (the Metic) and are plotting to try and convince Sparta or Persia to invade and set up a tyranny/oligarchy, with them as rulers, in defense against the Radical Democrats seizing too much power.
The next few sessions will be exciting, I think.
Debate got quite heated yesterday, especially when the President would not call on the Rich Athlete, who had already been interrupting and monopolizing debate over the question of whether to choose Athenian generals by random lot from the Assemblymembers. Finally, the Rich Athlete got up and went to the podium, a position where the rules require that he eventually be called upon by the President. When she called on several other people first, however, he grew upset, and began talking. She went over to him to try and get him away from the podium. He put his hands on her shoulders, forcefully. She pushed back. Things got nasty for a moment, and then they settled down, I restored a bit of order, and after another minute, he was allowed to speak.
This was, um, unintended, and I hope I dealt with it okay.
OTOH, it's having the great consequence in-game in that the other students are responding by deciding to hold a trial and charge the Rich Athlete with hubris, or outrage, against the duly selected President. They're hoping to take a bunch of his money and use it to pay poor Athenians. Meanwhile, the Rich Athlete has gotten together with at least one other Assemblymember (the Metic) and are plotting to try and convince Sparta or Persia to invade and set up a tyranny/oligarchy, with them as rulers, in defense against the Radical Democrats seizing too much power.
The next few sessions will be exciting, I think.
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