To prevent misuse and littering of compounds, players with trial
accounts are prohibited from expanding a compound they own to span
more than 6 floor segments in either direction or creating a compound
while already owning one.
Before implementing this law, Pharaoh discussed the details on System:
10-04-2004-04:59:00 Pharaoh here...
10-04-2004-05:00:00 I am about to implement the Trial Account Compound law, introduced by Taral.
10-04-2004-05:01:00 In that law a character in the free trial period may not own more than one compound. Obviously this is easy to get around by guilding the compound, and I assume that that is not the intent of the law.
10-04-2004-05:03:00 I can think of two ways to handle this: Either ignore that clause (or implement it in a way that allows for the obvious loophole), or prohibit trial accounts from guilding compounds. I prefer the cleanliness of the 2nd method, but it does go beyong what the law specifies. So, I'm going to run a simple poll and use that to determine the implementation method. Sound fair?
10-04-2004-05:04:00 If you have any suggestions before I put up the poll, /tell pharaoh ...
10-04-2004-05:09:00 Ok, good idea was suggested - allow guilding, but still count the compound as the trial account's one. That satisfies the spirit of the law better than any other method. No poll needed.
10-04-2004-05:34:00 The other assumption I will make is that the author of the bill meant a span of 6 of the original size cells (equal to 18 current cells), since some (all?) of the initial compound shapes are more than 6 (current) cells.
Implementing it took some time, and he spoke about it again two days later:
10-06-2004-19:26:00 Pharaoh here...
10-06-2004-19:30:00 The law "Trial Account Compound Law" is now in effect...
10-06-2004-19:30:00 The first part went into effect two days ago, limiting the number of compounds built by a trial account holder to one.
10-06-2004-19:31:00 Today I added the restriction that a compound built by a trial account holder may not span more than 6 coordinates in either direction.
A historical note is that this petition has been on every ballot since the first, until it passed on the fifth ballot.