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This article is from the netrek
Frequently Offered Clever Suggestions list, by Tom Holub
doosh@best.com with numerous contributions by others.
16. Prevent bombing/taking out of T-mode.
Problem: Many players either don't know Netrek-etiquette about not
messing with planets outside of T-mode, or they choose to ignore it.
Proposal: Make the server enforce it.
Why Not: The main problem with it is that sometimes its okay to bomb
out of t-mode. If you've got a 2-on-2 "training" session and just want
to practice trading planets, it's annoying to have it blocked. Making
this policy work without getting in the way generally requires human
intervention. Most servers nowadays do something to prevent you from
doing this, but, for example, on servers where you can't take neutral
planets out of t-mode, you can genocide a team (leaving their last
planet neutral), and then they quit out, you lose T-mode, and you
can't reset the galaxy because you can't take neutral planets.
The most common implementation now is to not allow bombing, but to
allow dropping armies out of t-mode. This gets around the problem
resetting the galaxy. Most server send in robots to kill people who do
this, which should keep people from doing it too much.
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