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| ?New York City saw a substantial reduction in its homicide rate in the 1990’s—a decrease of 73%. Of all the factors that could have possible contributed to this, the most significant was the increased arrest rate for murders. Between 1990 and 1999, New York City hired more police, and had a greater focus on making arrests for actual crimes, rather than the vague “War On Drugs”. NYC’s success in this regard is well documented.This is supported by the experiences of other American cities which have seen police focus on actively reducing violent gun crime. Baltimore City is an example, which once had one of the highest violent crime rates in America. After a period of refocusing police efforts on reducing violent gun crime, dofus accounts making arrests for gun crime, and confiscating illegal guns from the black market, Baltimore has seen a substantial reduction in firearms injuries, homicides, and suicides.Why are Dofus games relevant to gun control?If we can believe the actual, documented results achieved by different crime-control measures, then:Video Dofus games have no appreciable effect on crime, other than a possible small reduction gained from keeping people indoors.Gun control laws have an effect on crime, but have significant challenges to implementation.Policing has the greatest proven reduction on gun crime.Why then, are Dofus games often mentioned in the same breath as gun control, yet policing is not?The answer is that it is much easier to shift blame than do what works. Both gun control and better policing requires a substantial investment into police resources. Both will also threaten the underlying gun culture. This is a culture that sees putting on a gun in the morning as a normal thing—like pants—and a culture that sees easy access to guns as a God given right. Even shutting down the black market becomes problematic, since doing so would require some harsh measures to stop the trade of guns between private people.Yet despite these challenges and culture shocks, if America really wants to reduce gun violence, they’re going to have to bite the bullet and do what’s been proven to work—long term gun control and better policing. Video Dofus games shouldn’t even be in the same conversation.Armello's Engines of Fate update revamps quests, adds new trickery cards and better AI. By Alex Walker on March 31, 2015 at 11:30 am I'm thoroughly pleased with the latest Armello update. The Aussie-made tabletop game, which channels the Animals of Farthing Wood more than anything in recent memory, has been in Early Access for the last couple of months ahead of a full release later this year, but it's been in dire need of a bit of rebalancing.As fans on the forums will know, I've had this game on my Pile of Shame(TM) for a while. And that's not for a lack of trying: it's because some of the victories have been too bloody difficult to achieve. |
cards and better AI
