CONTENT REVIEW & VOTING
This is one of two threads in the forum for the discussion and consideration of new content for the game. This thread has been created to allow review and discussion of suggestions by players of new facts, figures, and details of the island's law, history, demographics, etc. that are not contained within the existing Game History or the many existing background threads.
This is NOT the thread to initiate those suggestions. A companion thread has been set up to receive those proposals, as discussed below.
This purpose of this thread is to allow players to review suggestions for introducing game content that is not addressed elsewhere. Players will post suggestions here that have already been determined to be, upon initial review, compatible with existing Eutopia game history and content. This thread is not to be used for suggesting changes that would re-write existing history or to change laws without going through the legislature.
The CONTENT SUGGESTIONS thread is where ideas should initially be proposed. This thread is where players actively discuss, debate, and ultimately help decide whether these suggestions are adopted.
Here's How the Two Threads Will Work:
- Players submit a proposal for background content by posting in this thread, CONTENT SUGGESTIONS including "TOPIC: (insert name of topic here)" in the title.
- Players provide exactly what they are proposing and why - why they think their proposal is needed information, how they developed it, etc.
- There is public initial evaluation by the GMs, a quick check to see if what's being suggested is compatible with the game. This is not a comprehensive review. This is simply a way to screen out anything obviously inconsistent with the rules or game history. Justification for such a ruling would be provided.
- After this initial screening and GM confirmation that the topic is Open for Review, Players should submit the idea to the CONTENT REVIEW THREAD. Players get a fixed time period, say a week to two weeks to comment. They can support it, oppose it, suggest changes, etc. The player proposing it can comment as well. GMs might share their comments, too.
- At the end of the review period, the GMs will look at the discussion and, if it hasn't been amended in such a way to be incompatible with the rules or existing history, the GM Administration will post the final proposal in and call for a period of player voting on the proposal in the CONTENT REVIEW THREAD.
- Once there has been sufficient voting, if the majority of players endorse the change, it shall be recorded and added as official game content, and added to appropriate Eutopiary threads. If players vote it down, then it is rejected and can be reconsidered in a revised form at a later date, unless rejection is overwhelming.
GM Rulings on Content will continue to be Final. But that's how it's always been.
This new procedure will delegate a lot of the decision-making on content review to the players, and hopefully many interested and informed opinions will make for better content.
Questions about content review or suggestions should NOT be posted in this thread, but rather in the HELPDESK or OOC Thread. Thanks.