Stormlord, I answer 1) to that question. I think I even did a similar thing to you in one game.

"I wish someone would help me with defining these words. Define fair!"

Here to help you.

"In the situation I gave earlier should:"
"A)1st accept the offer of giving 2nd (rational)
B)1st refuse the offer of giving 2nd (irrational)
c)the 8-stack should flag out 7th (irrational)"

well. fair would be the rest of the table realising this and say i flag 2nd and according and give the 8 stack 7th.
If you want kdice to be a fair place.
It's always that people whine about afirst not being fair but thats the point.
the rules which are going to be followed are those propagated by the winning players.
So if you want to make any change to the way kdice is played, then do it while winning. not in forum not when losing.

so back to your example.
If that 8 stack tries to take first hostage its up to the table if they allow it or not.
So would you please stop complaining about _them_ and tell us how you convince the table not to support lame blackmail. because until then i'm gonna do exactly that. blackmailing my way into scores.

MW

what is this nowadays shit. this is how kdice has always been played. the only difference between now and then is that no one cool plays anymore.

Why would 1st place deserve 1st for being silly/unlucky enough to get an 8 stack in his tail?

Why would 2nd place flag 2nd when the 8-stack bomb will make him 1st?

Why is there more inflation in february and March than the other months? Anyway it is a general trend, not just those 2 months.

Higher monthly scores = inflated scoring system and tourneys .... there were no tourneys a year ago

Are you sure it's just that though, and not also increased play?

Yes, we're sure.

wiggin what kind of a leekstepclone are you?

Now the guys from one group complain because another group is doing something they don't like. Because some don't follow their made-up rules of etiquette. Tell me something new.

It seems that all the crap from the high tables spread over the other tables and something went really wrong during translation. Somehow it got worse. It was definitely better when they spent their time in their little club and did not annoy much the rest of players.

Said that, I have to say I agree with Thraxle. vflags suck. But you should be used to this. It is just another attempt to bend the rules. Early flags are forbidden. That is a rule the game tries to enforce. We did hate ninja flags. Remember that?

You kids are wasting time worrying too much about useless points, empty fame, "friends" you will never meet, made-up rules, childish interpretations of fairness.

Soon somebody will also talk (again) about honor and we will see all these new and old "honorable" players showing that they actually have the sense of honor of a mobster.

p.s. I also agree with Mr Kreuzfeld. I also fear that 4+ players will make random moves? Good Lord! How terrifying! It was certainly much better when we knew what the other players were going to do. Wasn't it?