Separatist Peoples wrote:It is true that there is roleplay of noncompliance which does not deliberately denigrate authors or participants in the shared illusion of the game. I use a little bit of it (arguing a prolonged series of legal disputes), and players like Auralia often manage to roleplay noncompliance without harming the group experience. I don't see this as incompatible with the presumptive competence of WA committees.
There are many actions taken by competent experts and organizations that are intended to bring about a behavior that nonetheless fail. As Captain Picard once said, it is possible to make no mistakes and still fail. Assuming this passes, a player could theoretically roleplay a nation who remains non-compliant at the cost of the serious penalties imposed. After all, there are ways to evade sanctions, and WA members are the minority in the world. To be realistic, however, I suspect such nations would have to roleplay the serious impacts of those sanctions.
So, tl;dr, I don't think that the possibility of the committee failing to accomplish a specific goal upset the presumption of effectiveness and competency. I do think it seriously affects non-compliant roleply, and that is the goal.
OOC: Hm... yeah, that addresses my concern. Thanks.