[SC- DEFEATED] Convention Against Heisting

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Convention Against Heisting
Category: Declaration | Type: Declare
Proposed by: Debussy | Onsite Topic


The Security Council,

Believing it necessary to inform the greater public on how nations attempt to collect signature artworks of other nations in order to protect collectors and minimize disputes,

Recognizing that the collecting of signature artworks, even with the help of advanced tools, can be extremely time-consuming and arduous,

Defining, for the purpose of this resolution,

  • Card Farming – the process in which nations puppet, enslave, or administer other nations in order to collect their artwork, generally with the aim of increasing reserves of bank.
  • Transfer – artwork being bought and sold with the intention of moving bank between nations controlled by the same administration.
  • Heist – when a nation attempts to steal bank from another nation, typically during transfers, by placing a lower ask than the amount being transferred.
  • Pull Event – an event in which nations attempt to duplicate artwork by matching an ask above market value and placing repeated, rapid, and increasing bids while card farming.

Understanding that in order to build a collection, a nation must obtain bank, usually through card farming, and that bank, once pooled on secondary nations, must be transferred to the nation building the collection,

Noting that during a transfer, there is considerable risk of being heisted, and that this risk can change depending on a variety of factors, which, for the benefit of the public, have been outlined below,

Asserting that nations are entitled to the fruits of their labor, and that the practice of heisting does not align with the mission of this Council,

Hereby declares the following guidelines for collectors:

Article I. Reducing Risk

  • Transfers are best conducted during times of low market activity.
  • Avoid conducting transfers during pull events, which can disrupt the event and increase the chances of having the transfers heisted.
  • Artworks of higher scarcity make for better transfers, decreasing the chances of having heisters obtain a copy of the artwork being used.
  • Have several copies of an artwork before conducting transfers with it.
  • The greater the amount of bank attempting to be transferred over a single exchange, the greater the risk of heisters obtaining a copy of the artwork.
  • For large transfers, start the auction with a low risk bid, generally around market value, and wait towards the end of the auction before attempting to move large sums of bank, thus limiting the amount of time heisters can intervene.

Article II. International Cooperation

  • When possible, members of regional and non-regional organizations having to do with the exchange of artwork, henceforth referred to as “guilds,” should refrain from heisting and advise against the practice.
  • Guilds are encouraged to craft agreements, publish literature, and issue their own guidelines regarding heisting in an attempt to build a safer market space.
  • Guilds are encouraged to organize against heisters, and use whatever means available on the market to corral the threat.

Article III. Communication

  • When subject to a heist, nations should make an effort to end the dispute by communicating with the heister.
  • When a heist originates from a region with a guild, the guild should facilitate communication between the parties involved when requested and practical.
Note: Only votes from TNP WA nations and NPA personnel will be counted. If you do not meet these requirements, please add (non-WA) or something of that effect to your vote.
Voting Instructions:
  • Vote For if you want the Delegate to vote For the resolution.
  • Vote Against if you want the Delegate to vote Against the resolution.
  • Vote Abstain if you want the Delegate to abstain from voting on this resolution.
  • Vote Present if you are personally abstaining from this vote.
Detailed opinions with your vote are appreciated and encouraged!

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Overview


This resolution seeks to outlaw the practice of heisting, or seizing bank from other nations without their consent by unintentionally or intentionally undercutting their bids on international artwork. To do this, the author defines a serious of best practices related to transfers of international artwork.

Recommendation

While we are of the opinion that any theft from nations is in bad taste and may even rise to the level of being despicable, we cannot condone a resolution of this nature for a number of reasons. First, while the recommendations in this resolution are helpful, they fail to capture the gist of why things like pull events and transfers happen—realities the author should be aware of before writing about the international artwork situation. Second, this resolution also fails in adequately defining international cooperation to rectify the issue—instead encouraging intra-regional methods of problem-solving. Finally, the author applies a good faith tactic to an often bad faith tactic by the heister, a strategy which in less malicious cases might succeed, but a strategy whose failure really can’t be used to surmise malice or innocence.

For the above reasons, the Ministry of World Assembly Affairs recommends a vote Against the Security Council Resolution at vote, “Convention Against Heisting”.
 
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Against. Is this b*tch really trying to tell us what to do with our cards? Does he think he's the World Police? How many bottles of vodka did he drink before thinking this is a good idea?
 
Lean against. I have made bids on cards that are undervalued that people have treated as a heist. Also I think strictly speaking NS does not prohibit this, nor does it prevent card farming in the first place. Also card farms aren't going to be WA members anyway, so what's the point?.
 
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