Here's where I truly think you are wrong because of the power of the CF community. People encourage others in game to RP. Ever listen to the Newbie Channel when someone tries to treat it as an OOC chat line? Those that don't follow some semblance of RP guidelines get shunned, and getting shunned makes the game even less fun.

You're arguing with the implicit assumption that the existence of minotaur thieves automatically increases the quality of roleplay. I think it would simply dilute it.

Why would this be neat? Because, currently, the only way to get a change is for SUPER stellar RP for HUNDREDS of game time, and then you MIGHT get lucky enough to be turned into something else. The expectation that someone might even try that is incredibly unrealistic, and really unfair if they play during a time that few imms are on.

Which is a fine mechanism for keeping them at the desired populations. (Zero or close to it.)

It's not that we can't think of a mechanism that would result in minotaur thieves or your other ideas. It's that we don't want minotaur thieves.

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