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Mortal Government Knowledge of Magic
Kindler:
--- Quote from: Quantus on July 19, 2017, 12:37:07 PM ---Well sure, just about anything is vulnerable to a sufficiently motivated Conspiracy, but how is that relevant?
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In fairness, you don't really need a conspiracy to accomplish that, you just need to tell 4chan about it and let them troll it to death. There is no shortage of willing participants for pretty much any disinformation campaign I can think of. Look at the amount of faulty stories people share on Facebook that get accepted as fact, regardless of the academic rigor (or lack thereof) present in the article. It's not even malicious most of the time, just uninformed.
The one thing about the Paranet is that there are real people who talk to each other involved, and it's not just a forum. They know specific names of members in Ghost Story, and are unnerved when they don't hear anything from a particular city for some length of time (can't remember the names, nor how long it was). With actual names, faces, and personal relationships, it's harder to take the Paranet down, compared to a place like this. I could just be a particularly intelligent dromedary, and none of you would know it. On the Paranet, they would. They kind of have to in order to prevent turning it into a shopping list for anyone looking to take down talents like they did in White Night.
Cozarkian:
Casinos don't really need magical protections. Their normal by policies would be quite sufficient. If somebody is winning a suspicious amount they either bribe the person to stop playing (have some show tickets and a free day pass to our spa) or they politely ask them to find another casino and mention that this hugely muscled security personnel will be happy to make recommendations on your way off the premises.
Quantus:
Im relatively sure it's not always cordial and they likely still prefer to confirm cheating, especially in the age of litigation and social media flash-fires.
Cozarkian:
--- Quote from: Quantus on July 19, 2017, 05:37:01 PM ---Im relatively sure it's not always cordial and they likely still prefer to confirm cheating, especially in the age of litigation and social media flash-fires.
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Yes, I doubt it it's always cordial. For example, if you win a couple of jackpots on slot machines, you will probably be searched for some electronic tampering device and held while they review tapes and search the machines for tampering. But no casino is going to file ba lawsuit for magical tampering.
The point is casinos have enough reserves to survive losses from the few number of immoral wizards, cheaters, along with some perfectly legal threats (card counters) and that they will be have non-magical policies in place to remove such threats before it breaks the bank.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Cozarkian on July 19, 2017, 05:50:20 PM ---Yes, I doubt it it's always cordial. For example, if you win a couple of jackpots on slot machines, you will probably be searched for some electronic tampering device and held while they review tapes and search the machines for tampering. But no casino is going to file ba lawsuit for magical tampering.
The point is casinos have enough reserves to survive losses from the few number of immoral wizards, cheaters, along with some perfectly legal threats (card counters) and that they will be have non-magical policies in place to remove such threats before it breaks the bank.
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This all assumes you are going ot be stupid enough to stick around and provide them a suspicious Pattern. But we're talking about cheating via some random Magic, which in many cases you could leverage with a single Game. Mortgage your House, bet everything on Black (or something more specific with higher yield odds) and then go home rich. Too many wins and they ask you to leave, but One big one and they give you lots of free crap on the hope you'll stick around long enough for them to win it back
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