All,
I'm back (mostly). Thanks to Blade! for a great job as interim GM Admin during my absence!
I understand he's also kept you guys busy in his usual role as GM Events... Anyhow, I'm still working with significant time constraints, so game operation will have to be streamlined in a number of ways.
(1) Every player should decide on a name for their in-game character; all IC-posts should be *signed* with the IC-name. This will make it easier for me (and the players) to keep track of a character and to differentiate between IC- and OOC-posts.
(2) There has been an increased number of OOC-posts in IC-threads, and an erosion of the boundaries between IC- and OOC-posts. Please keep in mind that OOC-posts should be kept to an absolute minimum. In the future, OOC-posts which are in effect thinly disguised IC-posts will be deleted when they are posted in inappropriate locations.
(3) More generally, posts made in inappropriate locations will no longer be moved but deleted; that goes for multiple (mostly) identical posts as well. Moving posts takes a lot of time which the GM Admin can spend more productively elsewhere.
(4) The party roll-call process will be simplified by having a general citizen roll-call every three months that will include a party roll-call element. That process should also eliminate some of the "dead wood" that has accumulated in the citizen registry, and will take care of some problematic developments (people registering anew without deleting old registration entries).
(5) Parliamentary roll-calls will now be organized by the Speaker, not by the CRO/ GM Admin.
(6) There will be one dedicated thread for parliamentary votes.
(7) Elections will be held every three months instead of every second month.
(8) Ministers will be allowed a maximum of *two* official advisors; they may not delegate ministerial duties to someone else (no deputy ministers).
(9) Commission structures will be harmonized and simplified; more on that later.
(10) I will go through the Guide to see if I can find any other areas that would allow for simplification; stay tuned.
Items (7) through (10) are things that, as a GM, I would have preferred to see dealt with in-game by the player community rather than by GM-fiat. Unfortunately, I don't have that luxury at the moment. On the positive side, I don't believe any of those changes will affect gameplay negatively, and think they may actually have a positive impact by cutting down on confusion and increasing transparency.
Mel
I'm back (mostly). Thanks to Blade! for a great job as interim GM Admin during my absence!
I understand he's also kept you guys busy in his usual role as GM Events... Anyhow, I'm still working with significant time constraints, so game operation will have to be streamlined in a number of ways.(1) Every player should decide on a name for their in-game character; all IC-posts should be *signed* with the IC-name. This will make it easier for me (and the players) to keep track of a character and to differentiate between IC- and OOC-posts.
(2) There has been an increased number of OOC-posts in IC-threads, and an erosion of the boundaries between IC- and OOC-posts. Please keep in mind that OOC-posts should be kept to an absolute minimum. In the future, OOC-posts which are in effect thinly disguised IC-posts will be deleted when they are posted in inappropriate locations.
(3) More generally, posts made in inappropriate locations will no longer be moved but deleted; that goes for multiple (mostly) identical posts as well. Moving posts takes a lot of time which the GM Admin can spend more productively elsewhere.
(4) The party roll-call process will be simplified by having a general citizen roll-call every three months that will include a party roll-call element. That process should also eliminate some of the "dead wood" that has accumulated in the citizen registry, and will take care of some problematic developments (people registering anew without deleting old registration entries).
(5) Parliamentary roll-calls will now be organized by the Speaker, not by the CRO/ GM Admin.
(6) There will be one dedicated thread for parliamentary votes.
(7) Elections will be held every three months instead of every second month.
(8) Ministers will be allowed a maximum of *two* official advisors; they may not delegate ministerial duties to someone else (no deputy ministers).
(9) Commission structures will be harmonized and simplified; more on that later.
(10) I will go through the Guide to see if I can find any other areas that would allow for simplification; stay tuned.
Items (7) through (10) are things that, as a GM, I would have preferred to see dealt with in-game by the player community rather than by GM-fiat. Unfortunately, I don't have that luxury at the moment. On the positive side, I don't believe any of those changes will affect gameplay negatively, and think they may actually have a positive impact by cutting down on confusion and increasing transparency.
Mel
