New Griefer Punishment - Crucification

garylian writes "I found this interesting little news snippet from the game Roma Victor. Apparently, the game designers have decided that since their game is going to be based on realistic events that happened in the Roman Empire in Europe, there is nothing wrong with handing out punishments that were handed out in that time. The game's site has a letter from the Publisher's CEO explaining about how crucification is an appropriate form of punishment for in-game behavior. There are also pictures of the avatar hanging from his week-long perch."

Comments

Re:Obligatory

[booch]

No, I'm Spartacus!

Huh?

[Opportunist]

Who said crucifixion is special for Christ? It was a very common way of executing criminals in ancient times, actually it's older than the roman empire.

First it was a way of treating slaves that tried to escape, later, during the time of the emperors, it became the way of executing non-romans. That's the reason why Saulus/Paulus was executed with a sword instead of crucifixion (he was a Roman citizen).

Is there really anyone who thinks the Romans came up with crucifixion for Jesus? I mean, for them he was a quite ordinary criminal (and one they couldn't have cared less about to top it off), why'd they go to lengths and come up with an ingenious way to execute him?

Re:Can we somehow incorporate that here?

[jb.hl.com]

Yeah, but there's a fine line between a troll on Slashdot and someone who just happens to hold a contrary opinion to the majority. By now, I'd probably have been banhammered to shit for my views on DRM and P2P if such a thing was in action (and it's a bit of a stupid idea on forums anyway).

Re:Sounds pretty neat

[Pranadevil2k]

You know in the US felons lose their right to vote, and must inform any employers that they are ex-convicts, right? There are no physical marks, but that doesn't change the fact they're 'branded.'

I mean, I know you're trolling, too...

[Chmcginn]

But what, seriously, would make you think it's even marginally okay to come out with a blanket statement like that? It's "News for Nerds", not "News for hippy nerds". Saying that someone is unwelcome due to their political orientation is functionally equivalent to saying that people of a particular religion shouldn't be posting here.

I have not only friends, but family members pretty much all across the political spectrum. If you're so overzealous about your progressive, liberal, uber-tolerant views that you can't stand to be around a 'conservative'. And which flavor of conservative, might I ask?