Let's Stop Tricking the Newbies Act (Debating)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I support a cap of say 2-3 months, it's easy for people to join and make an honest mistake about which region they want to be in. I mean I picked Taxachusettes because I'm a liberal hack

That does bring up a concern for me that foreigners may be disproportionally impacted by the removal of the free move. Someone in the US could be reasonably expected to default to their home region, whereas foreigners don't even have that to fall back on and have either a whimsical choice or the recommendations of someone asking them to join to go on in terms of joining a region.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I would be game for possibilty changing the free move situation, were it not for the problems it creates for foreign players, I worry it would be disproportionate in its effects and therefore I would have to oppose it for the same reason I opposed reducing the vote change period (standing up for the poor dial up user ).

Anyway, I am also leary of having two different policies one for the domestic players and one for the fereners so I am at a loss as to how to proceed at this time.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Abstain

Well, we could make the free move expire after a year.

True, but I don't see how it much impacts the underlying focus of the bill much. That is not to say that such doesn't have merit on its own though obviously.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Yea, that would help out a lot. I noticed a few before that were overlooked. I know from experience it can be annoying (try having your dial up internet connection jam whilst just trying to update that thread title to reflect a vote starting or stopping. ), but it is a courtesy well worth the time and effort.